Title: It Really Wasn’t Fair
Author: Bj Jones
Prompt: #79 - Agony
Word Count: 111
Rating: FRT
Disclaimer: I think we all know that I don’t own them, cause if I did…. Anyway. Various executives, producers, studios, and writers who have more lawyers on retainer than I want to mess with – own them. I’m not making any money, just borrowing them. I promise to return them to the lab when I’m done with them
Beta: Kay (Joe)
Warning: Slash – if you don’t like it – don’t read it
2nd Warning: Spoilers from all seasons
3rd Warning: Issues of death and suicide
Author’s Note: The episode – didn’t happen
Challenge: 100 Drabbles – Horatio Caine/Timothy Speedle

It wasn’t fair. Horatio stared at the grave where his lover lay. He had fought so hard to get out of the darkness and live his life. And cancer took him not even three years later.

He watched his lover fight until the end. He would never forget the look in Speed’s eyes before he closed them forever. They held no fear, only sadness and regret at leaving Horatio behind.

They had been apart a month, a month too long. Their friends had not left him alone; afraid of what he would do if they did. Horatio sat down and leaned against the tombstone.

A gunshot echoed through the still cemetery.