meme | @lorelaithesecond | accepting
he remembers the accident, he remembers the car coming towards them, he remembers pushing his wife out of the way. it happened so FAST, they were walking across the street in the dead of winter while the roads were completely iced. the car hit a patch of black ice and head straight for lorelai, so he pushed her out of the way, not even considering the possibility of his own death; saving lorelai was the only thought that went through his mind.
he’s s l i p p i n g AWAY, he knows this. he knows he won’t make it to the hospital, he doubts he would even make it home. he wouldn’t get to say goodbye to rory or liam, the latter making his heart ache. he hears his son saying ‘ i love you, daddy ’ and his heart breaks for the little boy who will barely remember his father.
he reaches his hand up to cup the side of his wife’s face. he hates that this hurts her so, but luke knows he can’t live without lorelai by his side. he wants to comfort her, to tell her that it’s all going to be okay, but he can’t bring himself to lie; especially not to her and especially not now. there’s a wound forming in his heart from the pain his family will be in once this torture is through.
“ i love you, ” he whispers with the remaining strength he has. “ you were the best thing that ever happened to me. ”
and with luke danes was GONE.