SUMMARY: Just a short retrospective piece in Buffy's POV. Inspired, oddly enough, by my getting logged off while the song was on the radio.
SPOILER: IWRY, Pangs - what else????
DISTRIBUTION: Sandee, of course - My site - - Crystal and Butterfly if they want it - A Soul's Redemption - Buffy & Angel Star Crossed Lovers - Anyone else - sure, just email me & lmk where it's going - I like seeing my name in print =)
RATING: TV-PG
DISCLAIMER: Joss the butthead owns the characters. Faith Hill owns the song. I own nothing.

I can feel the magic floating in the air
Being with you gets me that way
I saw the sunlight dance across your face
And I've
Never been this swept away\\

Someone told me once that a song can change your whole life. That even one note can make your heart stop.

The whole world just fades away
The only thing
I hear
Is the beating of your heart\\

That someone was Angel. I guess he gave me alot of great advice during our time together, much more than I ever realized until it was too late. That's a habit of mine, taking great things for granted until you've lost them and you've got nothing.

I can feel you breathe
Washing over me
Suddenly I'm melting into you
It's nothing I can prove
Baby, all we need is just to be
Caught up in the touch
A slow and steady rush
Baby, isn't that the way that love's supposed to be?
I can feel you breathe\\

Then there's that movie with Jude Law, Music From Another Room, and again, love is compared with song. I hate it when everyone is right and I'm wrong.

In a way I know my heart is waking up
As all the walls come tumbling down
Closer than I've ever felt before
And I know
And you know\\

The day I left Angel in LA, the day after our wonderful time together while he was human, I heard this song on the radio. Ever since, everytime I hear it, my heart stops.

I can feel you breathe
Washing over me
Suddenly I'm melting into you
It's nothing I can prove
Baby, all we need is just to be
Caught up in the touch
A slow and steady rush
Baby, isn't that the way that love's supposed to be?
I can feel you breathe\\

I can feel you breathe....

Even now, months later, it makes me think of him. I guess it always will.

I can feel you breathe, Angel. Wherever you are.

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