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The instant that Bobby's ice encased skull slams into John's head, he's scared that he's killed the one person he's ever loved, so he abandons the fight and picks John up tenderly and finds a way off the dreaded island and lays John down on the ground.
He's relieved to find that John is still breathing, just out cold, and he hugs the other teen to his chest tightly.
He loves John to death, but he really doesn't want to love him in death.