maia, thomas and the writers changed (ended) lives here because this scene is both uplifting and romantic, making us experience the height of dodgerfox's love confession, and also tragic and heartbreaking, slamming on us like a hammer when belle confesses to jack she's dying
jack dawkins when he found out belle was dying and her only chance was him attempting a surgery that had never succeeded before so he was scared as hell but still went "if it's what you want, i will try. for you." because life without her would be infinitely scarier