Lawless [h.s.] AU

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With a final shot, the battle was over.

"Harry?" She called out.

"Charlotte? Baby see? I told you it would all be fine! We're all ok!" Harry shouted as he ran through the dead bodies, searching for his friends and love. Eventually he spotted them cleaning themselves off, shifting the rubble from the crumbled parts of the city.

But as he got closer he saw Niall run over to catch her as her legs gave out from beneath her. "Charlie?!"

Harry replaced Niall, holding her in his arms sitting in the middle of the battle that was all his fault. Suddenly his hands felt warm and sticky. Blood. Her blood.

"Harry?" Charlie searched the sky above her, working hard to focus in on Harry's eyes.

"Tell her. Tell her about me, make sure she knows how much I loved her. Don't be afraid, you can do this, the boys will help." Charlie brushed along Harry's tearstained cheekbone as she continued, "Abigail and Eric will be there to help you too. Just please make sure she knows me. I love you Harry, you showed me what it means to truly live, I lived. Do you hear me?"

"No! Stop saying this you're fine. You're going to be just fine, we're going to be alright! We'll be alright!" Harry shouted. But when he looked up at the boys for support, the tears on Louis' face said it all. Niall collapsed at the sight in front of him. How far they have come, and how steeply they have fallen. Niall buckled over in tears himself, watching his best friend's heart break and his newest friend wither away in front of him.

"Harry I love you, I love this family, our family." She began as she began to cough and struggle some more. "I wouldn't trade this family for anything - you need to keep going. Sing to her at night for me, and I'll be there with you to remind you of the words you forget." Her coughs intensify and she barely is able to speak: "I'll see you soon, look for me in the stars."

And with that, her eyes shut and Harry was alone.