I let Kris choose the word for me- bridge. I'm pretty sure this isn't what she meant.

Bridges: #80 Author's Choice

She’d hoped the news would bridge the gap between them. For days now, Remus had been acting more and more distant. More like the skittish man he’d been during their prolonged and backwards courtship than the loving husband she’d come to enjoy having around.

She’d been so excited to sit him down and curl up in his lap. She’d put his hand on her stomach and told him with bright eyes and smiles that they were going to have a baby. And every word of the bridge she’d built was a heavy stone that fell across the distance between them.