I think Will deciding to live would have been the "happy" ending, and sometimes life doesn't happen that way. Will couldn't accept what he'd become, considering the life he had before the accident, and I can completely understand, while not supporting suicide. The thought of being paralyzed is terrifying (especially from the neck down) and I can't imagine how I'd cope...and I'm not rich, and my life is much less exciting. Having to be fed, and bathed and "wiped" by someone else is not a cake walk...at all. He was in pain, and had several bouts with pneumonia.
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He would have never given Lou the time of day, had he been the pre-accident Will. She would have gone undetected...completely under his radar. They joked about it, and he admitted it. The only reason they got as close as they did is because he was forced to get to know her and although he was mean, he was also terribly lonely....and she stuck around because she needed the money. That's it. It's different when someone chooses you, when they can have anyone they want, and another when they accept you because they can't have anyone they want.
I think while Lou was caught up in her feelings and the beauty of the "idea" of being Will's significant other and him deciding to live, the reality of it was something entirely different - and Will understood the reality and didn't let his, nor her feelings take him away from his reality. He wanted his old life back, and not being able to get it was a deal-breaker for...him. He didn't want to live. She wouldn't have been able to change that, and his misery would have broken her spirit, over time.
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