Elder
She leaned against him as he relaxed on the couch. He caressed her hands, the ring that he put on her finger still shining after all those years. Their love was untouched. They were together years apart, watching as Alexis played with their grandchildren and talked to her brother and sister, consequence of their love.
They had been so happy. She would always remember the morning after they had reunited, the day he proposed, the day they got married, the days when their children were born. Happiness was noticeable in everything they did together; they had not left each others' side since they had been reunited.
He loved her even more than the day he realized he loved her. He belonged to her, mentally and physically. As wrinkled as they both were, he still found her beautiful. Her eyes still seemed to sparkle every time she smiled, every time he looked at her, every time she saw her family united. She had looked beautiful when she had walked down the aisle on their wedding day, she had looked beautiful even when she had been in labor for hours, and she looked beautiful still. He couldn't believe his eyes when he looked at her. She was his wife, his better half, and she was with him.
Alexis loved Kate, as Martha had when she had been around them. They thought she was perfect for Rick, the right person to make him settle down and live with, and they had been right. He had never been happier, they noticed. Even when his mother left his side, and he had been sad, Kate had been there for him. She had comforted him through his sorrow, feeling her own sorrow as she loved the elder woman like family.
Their children were the happiest kids. They were brought up in an environment of love and happiness, and they had grown up caring and loving every person around them. They had had fights, of course. Misunderstandings, misconceptions. They always found their ways to do what they wanted. Their father had a sweet spot for them, and granted them wished without spoiling them very much.
Overall, their family was as united as it could be, they agreed as they sat together on the couch.
Alexis was the first one to give a speech at their funeral. She cried, but most of all she smiled, remembering the love she had felt for them, from them, and between them. They were finally together forever, she said, for eternity.
Katherine Houghton Beckett:Beloved daughter, wife, friend, and mother.
Richard Edgar Alexander Rodgers Castle: Beloved son, husband, friend, and father.
Together for eternity.