Well, I knew what I was getting in to when I saw the warning, so I certainly shouldn't complain. And I'm not really, but I wasn't expecting the story to be so well written and so powerful. You were able to bring tears to my eyes, and that doesn't happen very often.
I watched the video before reading the story. The way you intermix flashbacks in the prose captures the feel of the vid very well. I know that many people do not like deathfics. I usually have to be in the mood for them or I will not read them, but this one was so well done that I would recommend it even to people that typically shy away from deathfics.
-Em