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004. Grave
The procession is slow and laborious, the pitch black coffin borne upon a pitch black car, with pitch black people following behind.
Hawkeye thinks - knows - he would have hated it had he still been alive.
The reigning fuhrer presides over the ceremony with shaking hands and little Elysia Hughes can only cry. The pristine lawn is filled with soldiers in pristine blue dress uniforms, and they can only purse their lips and murmur, "He was a good man."
Through it all, Hawkeye stands with regal professionalism and closes her eyes slowly.
And when all is done and everyone else has left, she stays and turns her head up to the heavens, watching perfect clouds move across the perfect sky.
"Colonel," she says, voice hoarse, "it's raining."
She feels useless.
AN:
I feel like anyone who doesn't follow royai religiously like I do wouldn't understand this. :/
But anyways, it's meant to make you believe it's Hughes' funeral at first, when it's actually Roy's. That's really about it, actually.
Constructive criticism is, as always, more than welcome.
etione