#fahc jack

It was a glorious night, filled with hearty laughter and drunken shenanigans. Geoff watched happily as his crew had fun. Jack came wandering up behind him, resting an arm around his shoulders and leaning into him.

"They're having the time of their lives," Jack spoke.

"Yeah, I just hope it won't be the last." Geoff swirled his drink in hand, ice cubes clinking against the glass.

"Have some faith, we've done this before plenty of times." Jack slid away from Geoff, stepping in front to give him a reassuring smile.

"Not to this degree, we're going all out on this one, the stakes are high." Geoff clenched the glass in his hand, staring down at it anxiously.

Jack sighed, giving Geoff's shoulder a squeeze she pulled his eyes to her.

"I know you're worried, truth be told I am too. But we can't freak out, we have to stay strong, for ourselves and the others." Jack looked back over her shoulder at the ongoing party.

Geoff took a shaky breath, tears welling up in his eyes.

"Even if everything goes according to plan, things are gonna be different after tomorrow. I'm not gonna be here anymore."

Jack looked back at Geoff, giving him a sad smile.

"Is that why you're so somber?"

With another shaky breath, Geoff nodded.

"Oh, Geoff." Pulling him into a hug Jack held on to Geoff tightly.

The sad truth of the party, the thing everyone had desperately been trying not to think too deeply on, was the fact that tomorrow was Geoff's last heist. While Geoff had not really been in charge of the crew for a while, he was still the leader of the FAHC both in name and in sentiment. But Geoff was getting older, and he wasn't going out on many missions anymore, very rarely to be exact. But despite his absence from action, Geoff was still there for everyone, ready to step in if needed. But now? Now Geoff was officially retiring from the crew. Geoff had wanted to leave quietly, nothing too grand, no fuss. But the others had talked him into one last hurrah.

"You can't go out without a bang." Everyone insisted.

So they planned the grand finale of the Kingpin, he was gonna go out in style.

"What's gonna happen when I'm not here? What if it all falls apart? What if..." Geoff paused burying his face into Jack's shoulder and letting out tears. "What if someone dies? What if you all die?"

Jack rubbed small circles into Geoff's back.

"I can't promise we won't die, cause we all will eventually, you included. But I guarantee it's not all gonna come crashing down just cause you're not here. You'd have to have a pretty big ego to think that." Jack laughed lightly.

Geoff laughed too, tears still falling. He pulled away, to look at Jack, taking a breath he smiled sadly.

"What am I gonna do? How am I gonna handle leaving you all behind?"

"You're not leaving us behind, you're starting a new chapter of your life. It'll be hard at first, you'll miss us, we'll miss you. We'll all be lost at first, unsteady of what to do. But We'll get through it, we'll all find ourselves again and things will be good, different, but good. You know I don't want you to leave, and I know a part of you doesn't want to either, but I'm happy for you. Happy that you're starting something new. Happy that I got to spend this long by your side, and you by mine. I promise I'll take care of everyone, we'll all take care of each other. It's alright to be scared, but don't let it stop you." Jack held Geoff's hands, rubbing her thumbs against the back of them.

"I love you, Jack, I love all of you."