(A/N: This was actually done for K'Arthur, for this LJ drabble meme. Right. So there.)
The scent of the bellflowers that are strewn neatly around your grave softens the cold solemnity of the atmosphere. The petals are blue, its tips gently rolling back into the shape of a rounded star.
You've always been my hero.
And then one day, I woke up and you were gone, but your silhouette loomed over me still. I promised to venerate your memory not with tears, but with a sword in my hand, with the part of you that lived on in me. I promised to protect the woman you loved.
And I seal these promises on my honor.