A/N: 55 word challenge. Make your own speculations as to who the woman is. [:
He found her sitting in the chapel, IV at her side.
She looked at him as he sat beside her, tired eyes seeking understanding.
"Why me?" she asked, blinking back tears.
"I... don't know," he whispered at last, his voice hollow.
Cold fingers fit themselves between the spaces in his, and he closed his eyes.