Bernard sat next to his husband on the bench outside their home, the trees around them slowly swaying in the sun. They were waiting for their kids and grandkids to get there, they had driven all the way from the opposite end of Massachusetts to get to Salem to visit Bernard and Rowan. Bernard mindlessly kicked his feet under the bench, his eyes focusing on a roly poly scuttling along the dirt below his feet. He held his feet up so the Roly poly could safely walk along without being squashed.