This Love

When I Look At You

August 4th, 2026
Malibu, USA
Liam's POV

4:30 AM

"Miley...Miley...babe, please." I say sitting next to her, holding her hand. I kissed her forehead and sat down again.

"She's breathing, but there's barely a pulse." I almost passed out when I heard that news. She still has a chance.

"Where is she going?" I ask.

"The ICU. You can follow." Dr. Walsh replies.

I followed Dr. Walsh to a room where they're keeping Miley. It was on a completely different floor. I'm devastated about Griffin, I'm broken inside, but I can't lose Miley too. When they got her set up on oxygen and a bunch of machines I have no clue what they're for, I sat next to her.

"Miley will get a different doctor, Liam. I'm not on this floor. Good luck, I hope things turn out okay. I'm so sorry I couldn't save your son, he had passed away by the time he was born. About seven or so hours ago."

"Why? Everything was fine, Miley was fine, Griffin was healthy."

"Things can happen for no reason, and it's very devastating. No one should ever lose a baby. But sometimes things happen that you can't control. Would you like to hold him?"

"I'm able to hold him?" I ask, and Dr. Walsh nods. "I wanna see him, I wanna hold my son." My eyes are full of tears, I'm practically crying.

"I'll bring him up."

I waited a few minutes, and while I was waiting I got an amazing surprise.

"Liam." Miley says, very weak.

"Miley, babe." I cry more and kiss her hand. "I thought I lost you..."

"I'm stubborn, you should know that."

"Shh, you need to rest. You have a weak pulse. But yes you are."

"Trust me, I know...wait. Griffin. Where's Griffin? I'm in a different room, where's our Griffin?" Miley says.

"You don't remember...maybe that's for the best."

"Where is Griffin? Is he in the NICU?" I took a deep breath and looked at her with tears in my eyes. "Liam Hemsworth. Tell me something."

"Miley...he didn't-"

"No. No don't you do that. I know what you mean. You're lying, don't say that." As she says that, Dr. Walsh comes into the room. "See? He's right there."

"Miley..."

"Dr. Walsh not you too. Don't say that, c'mon he's fine right?" Dr. Walsh hands me Griffin.

He looked so perfect, a lot like me. But we can't bring him home. As I held his lifeless body in my arms, I sat next to Miley. Miley looked at him and was frozen. Tears formed in her eyes. She was about to break, I know it.

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-Miley's POV-

I looked at Griffin in Liam's arms. He looked cold. He was still, not moving at all. Confirming that my nightmare is real. I wanted to scream, but I couldn't. It was physically impossible for me at the moment. I started to cry, very very hard. I was sobbing, my face in my hands. Dr. Walsh left to give us privacy, and the second she shut the door I started crying louder and harder. I didn't know I could cry this much, I didn't think it was possible. The same two questions played over and over in my head like a broken record. Why me? Why Griffin?

"Liam..." I say while crying. "When?"

"He was gone before he was even born, there wasn't anything they could do." He answers, shaking his head.