Written by I Believe in Snorkacks
Based on some situations originated by James Cameron.

I sat clinging to the bobbing door, clinging to life. Rose lay shivering, lips an alarming blue. Sure, mine looked the same. I gave her a small smile, trying to be brave. For both of us, for both our sakes, both our lives.

"We’re going to be okay, Rose." I tried to reassure her, reassure myself.

God, that water was freezing. I tried to suppress my shivers, make it seem like it was okay. If only to save Rose, I tried to be brave.

"The boats will come back for us, won’t they?" Rose asked quietly, voice quavering from shaking.

"Of course they will." I tried to comfort her the best I could, goosebumps crawling slowly up my arms.

We lay there, clinging to each other for hours. I talked quietly to her, thinking of things that had happened to us during our fateful journey; things that would make her laugh, things to keep her mind from returning to the fate that she was sure would come. I could see it in her eyes. Those beautiful eyes that had held a fire, unrivaled by even my own, eyes that had held spirit, love, and unmatched stubbornness now held fear.

Rose turned so that she was facing the stars, twinkling unmercifully down at us. The cold that gripped my body intensified as the wind picked up, sweeping past us. Even though it died down again, I shivered with an intensity so great that it started to shake the door to which we clung. I relaxed my grip before I overturned Rose.

I lay there silently, colder than I could have ever imagined I would be. Rose started humming to herself, trying to pass the time, I guess. All around us people started to fall into an endless sleep that I vowed would not overcome Rose.

Hours passed, and I started feeling a warmth kindling in my heart. It grew rapidly, turning into a burning warmth that spread throughout my body. Now to my stomach, then my hands. It kept spreading, warming me. The warmth reached my head last, and I realized what was happening as my vision started to blur. I sighed as, right before my vision blurred all together, I heard voices and saw a shape gliding through the water. I gave Rose’s hand a kiss. She would be safe now. She would do as she had promised and grow old. And I…I was doing what I had boarded the ship to do in the first place. I was going home.

The End.

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