A/N So I was doing a crossword the other day and I thought 'hey, if people do series of drabbles based on songs on shuffle, why not based on each word of a crossword?' And then this endeavor was born. Comments would be greatly appreciated though if you would like to flame me, my only wish is that it would be well constructed and intelligent.
1-Across Flag
At her funeral, there was no flag. To him, a Marine, the flag-covered casket was the ultimate symbol of a sacrifice for one's country. Jenny didn't have that. He didn't know who would have received it, but he knew that it wouldn't have been him. He could have been that singled out loved one, if he had known, would he have been? That hypothetical flag bore the burden of his sorrows, a picture drawn in stars and stripes of what he could have had. But he knew what his Jen had died for – in his heart she had a flag.