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A/N: Written a long time ago on Insane Journal for the prompt: Weddings and Funerals.
Thanks, Techgirl, for making me remember it!
A/N 2: You've got to use your imagination with this pic.
Think of it as age-enhanced to the point of Justin being 60 years old and Brian 72.
Arriving by limo, they file unobtrusively into the church, distinguished gentlemen clad appropriately in dark colors. Time has slowed them down considerably: Brian's knees causing him discomfort most mornings and Justin's eyesight poor.
"I have to attend," Justin had announced over breakfast the morning he'd spotted the obituary in the newspaper.
"Naturally," Brian had agreed, leaning into his husband with a kiss to the side of his face. Some gestures never get old. "We'll go together."
Now he absorbs by osmosis the closure that washes over Justin as they sit listening to the eulogy, shoulders pressed together, staring straight ahead.
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It hits Justin in the gut as he stands at the grave site observing the casket lowering into the earth. The source of his pain, inflicted a lifetime ago and returning to haunt him intermittently as his youth had slipped into advanced age, has been silenced forever.
His hand reaches for Brian's down at their sides, the last clump of dirt thrown onto the pine box by a grieving family member of the deceased. "I'm glad I can't remember," he utters softly into his ear.
"I still can't forget."
Returning to their limo arm in arm, blessed peace has arrived.
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Date: 2012-03-05 05:47 pm (UTC)From:Lovely job.
...and so nice to imagine B/J at this advanced age- still happy together, always there for each other.
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Date: 2012-03-05 05:48 pm (UTC)From:Nicely done.
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Date: 2012-03-05 07:12 pm (UTC)From:Hugs, Cindy
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Date: 2012-03-05 07:25 pm (UTC)From:Thank you for sharing, Linda.
*Hugs you tight*
V.
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Date: 2012-03-05 07:33 pm (UTC)From:I love that Brian and Justin survived and he did not. Lovely drabble
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Date: 2012-03-05 07:58 pm (UTC)From:Huge Hugs,Vonnie xoxox
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Date: 2012-03-05 09:49 pm (UTC)From:I doubt that Brian will ever forget what happened to Justin!
and this is beautiful!
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Date: 2012-03-05 10:08 pm (UTC)From:Really beautiful, sweetie.
It's so good to see them still so close in the future.
Thanks ♥
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Date: 2012-03-05 11:54 pm (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2012-03-06 12:09 am (UTC)From:I absolutely love that photo -- it's one of my favorites of them.
I adore fics where Brian and Justin are much older and there simply aren't enough of them around.
"The source of his pain, inflicted a lifetime ago yet returning to haunt him intermittently while his youth had slipped into advanced age, has been silenced forever." -- Beautiful. ♥
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Date: 2012-03-06 03:55 am (UTC)From:Hugs ♥
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Date: 2012-03-06 04:06 am (UTC)From:Hugs, ♥
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