As she walked through the dining room towards the basement she could hear Xander’s voice asking her where she was going.
Buffy turned and smiled at him.
"To bed," she said.
"Isn't your room upstairs?" he asked and now the other three people in the room, or the awake ones, looked up from their game and at her with curious expressions.
"It is," she answered him with a calm and even voice as she gave him a sweet smile.
"Then where are you going?" he asked again and her smile widened.
"To where I belong" buffy said and then turned and continued on her path down to the dark of the basement and the soft, comforting embrace of her lover as Xander looked at her back, wondering, a bit worried what exactly she meant by that.
They looked at each other from across the basement for what seemed like hours. Time didn't matter right now.
Two warriors who have both been dead for a long time but brought to life by each other.
They both knew that this was it; past and future meant nothing right now. Everything was forgiven in that moment as they continued to gaze at each other; not moving an inch and everything seemed to stand still.
The sounds from upstairs quieted down and everything was all right in their little private world now that they were together.
"Dance with me?" her quiet voice broke the silence and time started to exist again.
He looked startled, by her voice or her words she didn't know and she gave him a small smile and took a small step forward.
"Sure, luv..." he said and looked around the basement. The training mats were stacked on each other by the far wall and he made a move to go to them when her voice stopped him.
"No, I meant a real dance" she whispered and he turned his head back to her and saw her bowed head. She noticed that he was looking at her and she looked up and smiled at his surprised and hopeful face.
"...ehh...yeah, but we don't have any music," he said and then followed her with his blue eyes as she walked past him to the back of the basement and took down an old radio from one of the bookcases that lined the wall.
"My moms," she answered his unasked question as she put it down on the table in the middle of the room and turned it on. She picked a channel and turned to him.
He stood in a few feet away from her with his hand in his pockets and looking a bit lost. She smiled and walked up to him and pulled at his arms until he took his hands out from his pockets and looked down at her.
She stepped closer and into his arms, wrapping her arms around his neck and lying her head on his chest as he wrapped his arms around her waist and his head came to rest on top of hers, they started to sway to the music as a new song came on.
"I don't think this is the way to dance to Metallica, luv" he whispered in her ear making her shiver.
"Does it matter?" she whispered back and looked up at him through her thick lashes as he smiled down at her. She closed her eyes as he kissed her forehead softly and tightened his arms around her.
"No, it doesn't matter" he said as she rested her head back on his chest once again and he pulled her closer still and kissed the top of her head before resting his head there once more.
Both their eyes were closed and they sighed at the same time, knowing that this was where they both belonged.
As the song continued in the background and the two warriors were wrapped around each other, swaying to the music, without a care in the world. The basement door opened quietly.
Neither of the two noticed anything, but each other and therefore they didn't notice the young red haired girl who was standing at the top of the stairs. She watched the two blondes dance, seeing their contented smiles and the way they moved together, all the while with a sad smile on her lips before backing out the door and closing it softly behind her.
She turned to the young brown haired man standing beside the door and shook her head silently at him before going back to the stairs and to her own bed room.
The brown haired man stood in front of the basement door for a while before sighing and going back to the dining room where he sat down on the chair and continued to play the board game, stealing glances at the blonde who was asleep on the chair next to him, her head on the table.
Down in the basement the two blondes continued to sway gently. As the song almost came to an end the woman raised her head and looked the man deep in the eyes.
She smiled at him and un-wrapped her right arm from his neck and brought it to his cheek and caressed it softly.
Both knew that this could be the last time they were together, depending on the outcome of tomorrow. But neither wanted to think about that, not when they held each other in their arms.
"I love you" he whispered and she smiled softly.
"I know" she whispered back to him. She raised her head up to his and kissed him softly and lovingly on the lips.
As he started to kiss her back the soft kiss turned more passionate and they started to caress each other and brush off clothes as another song started to play in the background.
Soon the two touched and kissed naked flesh and the man picked up his love and lay her down on the cot.
He then proceeded to love every inch of her for what probably would be the last time.
They both felt it inside, but neither wanted to destroy the peace they had finally found in each other.
Bronze and marble skin glistening with sweat in the soft basement light.
Heated and cooled skin and everything in between.
Their bodies moved as one and they fit perfectly together.
Soft moans and heated murmurs that were accompanied with the groaning from the cot they made love on.
They gave, received and shared so much more that either of them had ever experienced before. But it still wasn't enough; it would never be enough of each other for them.
They looked into each other’s eyes, blue meeting green, and clasped each other’s hands; their fingers intertwined together as the waves of pleasure hit them both.
A few teardrops broke free from the woman’s eyes and the man leaned down to kiss them away as they tried to control their breathing. They then kissed once more and the man rolled off the woman and lay down next to her on his side. His arms wrapped around her waist as he started to purr.
'I love him', she though and then smiled at the thought and turned her head to tell him, but as she saw that he was asleep she thought 'I'll tell him tomorrow' and then snuggled closer to him and closed her eyes.
She was asleep within minutes, lulled by the purring that emanated from her lovers body. She was sated and happy for the first time in a long time in the comforting embrace of the man she loved as the song came to an end in the background...both of their souls and hearts at rest for now...
The End.
Songs; "Nothing Else Matters" by Metallica and "Everything" by Lifehouse.
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