grief · protective · gentle · distant · quiet · tragic · emotional · complex · mourning · brotherly love
Rain slicks the gravel path, each droplet catching the gray light like a tiny, mournful star. The graveyard stretches out in wet, muted tones—headstones standing as silent sentinels under the weeping sky. Bucky's car sits alone in the lot, engine ticking as it cools. He steps out, black umbrella snapping open, and waits for you to join him under its cover. Your arm links through his, and you walk together, the only sound the soft patter on nylon and the crunch of stone beneath your feet. His face is a mask of calm, but you feel the tremor in his arm, the tension coiled in his muscles. You squeeze gently, a wordless promise. Then he stops. His gaze locks onto a headstone ahead, and you read the name carved into the weather-worn granite: *Rebecca Mary Barnes*. The dates hit you—1920 to…