Title: If Only Tears Could Bring You Back To Me
By: Bobbie
Fandom: CSI: Miami
Pairing:Horatio Caine/ Tim Speedle
Rating: NC-17
Disclaimer: I don't own the charcters or the song which belongs to the Midnight Sons
Warning: Angst, Suicide, Main Character Death,Violence. You have been warned.
Author's note: This is an updated version of an angst story that I did for an A-Team list that I was in once and the original can be found at ateamfanfic.com.***
I look out over the field of stone, drowning out the Priest's words as they lower the coffin into the ground.
Your coffin.
The questions swirl themselves around in my mind as my broken spirit cries out in regret.
How could I have let my guard down?
Why wasn't I paying attention to our surroundings?
Why didn't I listen to you?
You warned me about what could go wrong. You even argued that the case's lone lead sounded like a trap but I didn't listen.
I never listened to your warnings and now I'll never hear your sweet voice again.
What will I do without you?
I turn my head too look over at Eric.
He's just shaking his head and blaming himself for your death or maybe he's blaming me for not taking your advice.
It wasn't his or anyone else's fault but my own and guilt boils inside of me as I glance over at your parents who aren't standing that far from me.
They flew down here from Syracuse to be here for today and they're hugging each other while your mother cries against your father's shoulder as I stare down at the green grass under my feet silently, feeling nothing but hurt.
Yelina comes over to me and asks how I'm doing. My heart is breaking into millions of little pieces and she has the nerve too ask me that?
I just push her away and concentrate on the mahogany box that contains you is lowered into the dirt.
Hot tears spring into my eyes as I brush them away quickly with my hand and stare up into the deep blue sky not knowing what to do.
Police officers aren't supposed too cry but I'm also a man who just lost the only person that he ever truly loved so that rule doesn't apply here.
An emptiness that I've only known twice before settles into my stomach as I recall our conversation the night before you died.
We were lying in our bed and I was drifting off to sleep when you asked me if we could talk. I can still hear your voice as if you're standing by my side right now.
You turned too face me and , locking those dark eyes on my blue ones, said as I listened. " No matter what happens tomorrow, no matter how this case turns out Horatio,I will always love you and be in your heart forever."
I just laughed and kissed you good night but you were saying good bye to me. I realize that now ,Tim.
You knew that that was our last night together and you told me good bye.
We even joked about it that morning over our coffee. I told you that you would out live me and not too worry about it.
You just smiled lovingly and looked at me like you were memorizing my face.
God, I'll miss your smile babe. It could always brighten my day no matter how bad it was.
I didn't want to believe you when you told me that we weren't going too grow old together.
I was wrong and now you're dead.
Dead because of my carelessness.
I shouldn't have looked away. I should have been more alert.
Eric has brought a portable CD player with him. I don't even know where he got it when a fitting tune plays over its speakers.
The song hits me like a punch to my stomach and I try too shut out the painful words but fail.
"How will I start too marvel without you here?
Who's heart will giude me if all the answers disappear?
Is it too late?
Are you too far gone too stay?
Best friends forever should never have too go away
What will I do?
I'm only half without you
How will I make it through?
If only tears could bring you back to me
If only love could find a way
What I would do
What I would give if you'd returned to me someday
Somehow
Somewhere
If my tears could bring you back to me"
I told you that I'd always protect you from harm and I not only failed you but myself as well. Maybe I didn't deserve the love you gave me.
"I'd cry you an ocean if you sail back home again
Wakes of emotion carry you and all they can
Just let love guide you and your heart will chart the course
Soon you'll be drifting into the arms of your true North
Look in my eyes, a million tears have gone by and still they're not dry
If only tears could bring you back to me
If only love could find a way
What I would do
What I would give you'd return to me someday
Somehow
Somewhere
If my tears could bring you back to me"
The guy drew a gun and you shouted my name before diving in front of the barrel as the bullet hit you in the chest.
That bullet was meant for me. I was distracted and you took a bullet meant for me.
"I hold you close and shout the words I only whispered before
For one last chance
For one last dance
There's not a pain that I would ignore
If only tears could bring you back to me
If only love could find a way
What I would do
What I would give if you'd returned to me someday
Somehow
Somewhere
If my tears could bring you back to me."
I don't think that I can stand much more of this and bow my head too pray for both of our souls.
The doctor that treated you at the hospital told me that you called out my name before your heart stopped beating. I didn't want to believe him. I couldn't believe him. You couldn't be dead. Not you.
My heart was shattered when he showed us your corpse lying on the exam table as my brain reeled at the sight of you lying motionless before us. That was the day that my soul died with you.
I still can't get over how much your raven hair contrasted with the eerie paleness of death that froze your handsome features in the mask of enternal sleep.I feel a hand on my shoulder and look up expecting too see you only to find Eric standing by me with compassion in his eyes.
Did you know that it took four orderlies and Eric too prevent me form breaking that doctor's neck? I got drunk that night and I'm not ashamed too admit that I wound up sleeping on Eric's couch because I was afraid to go home.
My mind draws my attention back to the funeral as the Priest throws dirt on your coffin and walks away as my emotions shut down and I go numb. Eric tries to pull me towards the Hummer but I shrug him off and offer my condolences too your parents but they merely glare at me coldly.
I allow the younger man too pull me into the vehicle and drive me away from the grave site. I don't remember going home or being led inside as it sank in fully.
What do I have left to live for now?
I barely hear Eric's voice telling me too go lie down while he fixes me something to eat. I'm not very hungry. I haven't touched any food since this whole nightmare began.
I wander into our bedroom where I collapse onto the matteress. Your scent is still strong on your pillow so I bury my face in it and memorized it The tears finally fall and I make no attempt too stop their flow down my face.
You're dead and its my fault. I was supposed too protect you but I couldn't and now I'm alone. I'm so tired. I have been for days. I haven't slept since the day that you died crying out my name and I couldn't be there.
I know that I should rest, too conserve my strength but you were my strength and now you're gone. I don't know how I'm going too live in this house alone ,Tim. Not when your memory haunts the place like a restless ghost.
My tired eyes land on the holstered weapon resting on the night stand next too your picture and grief over whelms me as I reach for a piece of paper and pen, considering my words carefully.
The letter that I write simply states this:
"Dear Eric, I can't stand the thought of living without my one true love at my side nor handle the guilt knowing that Tim's death was my fault because I simply didn't heed his warning.
I'm sorry for putting you and the others through this misery again. Eric, tell them that I didn't suffer in my final days except that we both know differently. I hope that you all will live your lives too the fullest and enjoy every day you're here but for Tim and I our time is over.
Ray Jr is too young too understand this and Yelina won't tell him anything which is probably for the best.
Eric, please take care of them for me , all right? There are some legal documents locked in the den safe that give you the right too dispose of our property as you see fit and the key is in the top drawer.
I wish that I wasn't such a coward about living alone but I am and for that I'm truly sorry. Please don't blame yourself for any of this mess , okay? Well, I guess that I've said all I had too say so I'll quit writing now.
I don't know what I'll find waiting for me on the other side and I hope that its not only my Tim but the peace that I so desperately sought in this life. There's only one more thing too say and its: Good Bye.
Love:
Lt. Horatio Caine."
Placing the letter against your picture, I unholster the firearm, trace your face one last time, and turn up the radio too make sure that it covers the sound of the gun shot. After saying another short prayer for my soul, I put the barrel to my head and pull the trigger.
I lose consciousness instantly and open my eyes too see you standing there with open arms as I dive into them and kiss you happily.
"I love you Timothy Speedle." I say as you smile and Eric comes in.
You just hold me close and kiss me back before replying." I love you too Horatio. Come on babe, lets go home. Everyone's waiting for us."
We fade away for a better place as Eric cried out and called the police.
I have my love back and nothing can take him away now.
Epilogue:(Eric's point of view)
I can't believe that I'm here again. Two of my best friends are dead and I'm forced too carry on alone. I was shocked when I found Horatio's body slumped on the bed with the gun in his hand and pissed off that he had killed himself.
But what I didn't understand was why he addressed the letter too me and not Yelina until his wake when she called him a cowardly dog for taking his own life.
I will miss them but they're not going too be forgotten. I sold off their property and started a charity in their name that prevents suicides before they happen. I hope that H has finally found the peace he was looking for because I'm going too have to live every day with the guilt knowing that I could've prevented Horatio's suicide but I didn't read the signs.
Well, you can't be aware of everything can you? If I could do anything differently it would have been too talk with Horatio earlier but I couldn't bring myself to do it. I don't know what I'm going to do here now without them guiding me. Hell, maybe I'll leave Miami and not look back.
So, that what true love means huh? I didn't realize how much Speedle meant to H until that day and now I know that I would have never been able too replace the void that Horatio felt. So, only they and God knows what I'm going to do. Good bye Miami.
The End.***
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