Emily was at a loss for words, her mouth hanging slightly agape as she tried to process what she had just heard. She looked to Lena, who once again had tears flowing from her eyes. Not sure of what else she could do, Emily simply held her close, embracing her tightly. It was awful... Just... Awful. Beaten to death for standing up to a bunch of muggers... At least, she thought, he got to go out as a hero. Someone doing the right thing.

"The police called me as soon as they found his phone... I was just getting off the plane at the time..." Lena said. She scoffed lightly as she shook her head.

"First thing I was greeted to getting home was the news that my boyfriend was dead... I remember crying the whole taxi ride home..." She said. Emily sighed and released Lena for a moment as she adjusted on the couch, placing her hands together as she pondered what she had heard. So many things were swimming through her head, confusion to why someone so kind had died that way, sorrow for Lena, anger that members of Adam's own race had committed such an atrocity against him. It just didn't make sense... But then again, life wasn't fair. But why did it have to be so unfair to someone like Lena? Like Adam? Sighing, she looked back to Lena, who was sitting up now, her hands folded in front of her mouth as she stared at the now empty kettle.

"So... What happened after that?" Emily asked hesitantly. Lena balled her hands together, keeping them near her mouth before she exhaled and shook her head.

"Something not so awful actually. News was all over the fact that a former Overwatch member's friend was beaten to death for standing up for a human. Turns out, Adam was right about one thing. Things can happen to get people where they need to be. The man he saved? His parents owned a big restaurant chain. They were so thankful that Adam had saved their son, that they paid for him to have a funeral, burial and all." She said. Emily nodded and looked to her hands, which she was slowly rubbing. So, Adam had gotten a funeral, and been buried. That was a small blessing. At least he...

Emily's eyes widened as she came to a realization. He was buried. At a grave. They had to go and visit. She had to do something. Looking to Lena, she stood up suddenly and reached for her scarf, catching Lena by surprise as she jumped slightly from the sudden movement.

"Do you know where he's buried?"

*2 Hours Later*

Emily walked along the freshly mowed grass in the cemetery, observing the various headstones. All human names, all with photos of the deceased, all with years of birth and death. She was shocked, to be honest, that he had been buried in a cemetery with so many other normal people, she'd expected a single grave atop a hill, or at the end of a meadow. But no, here she was in the middle of a massive cemetery, with groundskeepers, preservers, and more. It brought a small smile to her face, seeing that in death Adam had been seen not as an Omnic, or some soulless hunk of metal, but as a person. Someone the world had truly lost. She wondered if Lena was feeling the same way.

Looking behind her, she noticed that Lena too had a small smile on her face, as a soft breeze caused her Tracer jacket to flutter slightly in the wind. She seemed to study every grave she walked past, as if she were looking for any indication she was seeing Adam's head stone, not one of the countless others who had been laid to rest here. Emily sighed and looked forward again, trying her best to stay focused. She was here for one reason. Well, two, technically, but she would leave that as a secret for now. She wanted it to be a surprise to Lena.

"Emily... I found it..." She heard. Emily turned back to face Lena, seeing her eyes light up slightly as she stepped over one of the graves into the next row of headstones, careful not to step on them by accident. Emily carefully followed suit, making sure to step between the gaps in the graves. Walking up next to Lena, she stared down at the gravestone they both now faced. There he was. Beneath a carefully preserved headstone, and a neatly dug patch of dirt, flowers and letters around it, was Adam. Emily smiled as she read the headstone to herself. Adam 3.12, created 2047, died 2072, and a small bible verse. It read as Matthew 22:39. As she was about to read the quoted verse, she heard Lena speak up.

"And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. When the family reached out to me... They asked if he had a favorite bible passage. I remember being so grateful that they referenced it during his funeral. I didn't realize that they put it on his headstone too..." She said. Emily smiled and looked to her girlfriend, noting the fresh tears in her eyes. She smiled and took hold of her hand, to which Lena leaned against her, resting her head on her shoulder.

"It's so weird... I feel like it's so right for him to be here, that it's what he deserves. But at the same time, I just wish he was still alive..." Lena said, her voice growing weak and tearful. Emily smiled and rubbed her hand as she placed a gentle kiss on Lena's forehead.

"I understand. I kinda wish he was here too." She said. And she meant it. True, she loved Lena deeply, and couldn't imagine her with someone else, but for some reason, she saw Adam as the kind of man who would let Lena go, if that was what her heart desired. She smiled as she had those thoughts. She had called him a man, not a machine. Fitting, she found. He had earned that.

Lena pulled away from Emily for a moment and walked in front of the grave, as Emily stepped away to give her some space. This was Lena's time.

"Hey Adam..." She said quietly. Emily simply watched and smiled, placing her hands in her coat pockets.

"I'm... I'm sorry I never came by sooner. I guess I was just so sad that you were gone, I didn't really want to fully accept it yet." She chuckled. "I guess I thought... Maybe if I didn't come to see your grave that... I don't know, maybe it would still feel like you were here in a way. But, it didn't. It just made me feel more alone, if I'm being honest." She said. Emily could hear Lena sniff, and watched as she wiped her eyes. As much as she wanted to rush over to her and give her a hug, to tell her that it was okay, she held herself back. Lena needed to get this off her chest on her own. It wouldn't be respectful if she hopped in now. Lena and Adam both deserved better than that. Lena inhaled and exhaled deeply before she continued.

"I... I guess what I'm trying to say is... Is that I still miss you Adam. I miss the way you would light up when we talked, I miss our discussions on how pointless it was to mop a floor twice... I even kind of miss our arguments over who was right when it came to drinking. There's not a day that goes by that I stop missing you Adam... And as much as it kind of hurts, I hope I never stop missing you. You deserve to be remembered." She said, sniffing again. Emily could tell she was trying to stay composed. She smiled as Lena used both hands to wipe her eyes this time, her chrono accelerator glowing brightly.

"I still love you Adam... And I won't stop loving you no matter what. After all you did for me... It's the least I can do for you. I love you so much..." She said, her voice tearful and on the verge of breaking. She sniffed once more before she held her arm to eyes, unable to say anymore. She began softly crying, and walking towards Emily. Emily in turn opened her arms and pulled her girlfriend into an embrace. She allowed Lena to cry for a while, not moving, not saying anything, just being there for her. Gently rubbing her back, Emily whispered about how it was okay to cry. To cry for Adam. After she had composed herself, Lena took one last look at Adam's grave before slowly nodding her head.

"I think I'm ready to go now..." She said quietly. Emily gently released Lena and shook her head.

"Not just yet Lena." She said. Lena gave her a questioning look as another tear fell down her face, and Emily walked past her, standing before Adam's grave. Looking back to Lena, she seemed unsure for a moment, but then nodded as she folded her hands together. Emily smiled and looked back to Adam's grave.

"Hello Adam. You've never met me, and you died before I could meet you. My name's Emily, I was one of Lena's friends from Primary school and upward..." She began. She inhaled and exhaled deeply before she said the next part.

"...I'm also her girlfriend of the last three years. I'm sure that hurts to hear to some degree..." She stated.

"But, I just wanted to thank you. Lena told me about how you were there for her. How much you cared for her. How much you loved her. So, I want to thank you for taking such good care of her, and supporting her despite everything." She said. Reaching up, she gently undid her scarf, pulling it free. She observed it for a moment as Lena walked up beside her, looking to the scarf as well.

"This was a gift Lena got me for Christmas last year. She zoomed across town for a long time to try and find it, but every chance she got, something got in the way. Eventually, she managed to help a family get their presents back from a thief, and one of the little girls gave the gift to her out of thanks." She said, a small smile on her face. Looking up to Lena, her smile widened as she saw her eyes widen slightly, realizing what Emily was about to do. Emily simply nodded and looked back to the headstone, and knelt down. Carefully, she wrapped the scarf around the base of the grave, and tied a gentle knot in it before standing back up to observe her work. She smiled as she saw Lena smile and bring her hands to her mouth out of the corner of her eye.

"I want you to have it Adam. As one last thank you, from both me, and from her." She said to the stone. Looking back to Lena, she noticed that she had begun crying again. Emily held out her arms, and Lena walked into them. And so there they stood, observing the headstone as the cool breeze continued, both of them content, and grateful to one who loved so unconditionally, and so purely.

The End

A/N With the story now over, I want to challenge you, my readers, to live your life loving, and accepting others for who they are, and not what they are. Whether they agree with your beliefs or not, that you would support them, love them, and never abandon them. To never strike out in hate for someone being different, or thinking differently. We were made to love, and support one another. God bless you all. I hope you have the best lives that you possibly can.