RATING: G
CLASSIFICATION: Willow/Angel friendship
SPOILERS: Grad Part 2
SUMMARY: So short, a summary would ruin it. But it is a sequel of sorts to Innocent Soul.
DISTRIBUTION: Go ahead and ask.
DISCLAIMER: Willow, Angel, Buffy, and the Slayerettes all belong to Joss and Co. They aren’t mine, as much as I’d like them to be.
FEEDBACK: Please? I know it’s short, but please?
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Sometimes, things come full circle. Buffy once told me how she met Angel. Very cryptic with a bit of humor added in. But I also know how Angel was introduced to Buffy. Whistler took him to her school and he watched as her first Watcher showed her the world of slayage. So he pretty much slipped quietly into her life. And that’s the way he left it. We were all pretty much around when he left. Xander was with Cordelia and Oz, Giles was checking up on Wesley, and Buffy was just there. Staring at him.
I remember when I first saw him, in the Bronze. His eyes flicked back to us for a moment and in that moment, I felt such sorrow. I’d convinced myself I’d imagined it, until I found out that he was a vampire with a soul.
I can only assume what he was like when he found Buffy, dead in the water. I’m assuming that it’s the same look he gave her the night that he left town. A look that said, “I’m never going to see you again.” I’m sure that we will see him. We’ll always need his help, but something tells me that things will never be the same.
I’ll never see him jealous over her boyfriends. I’ll never see him stare at her with longing. I’ll never see a smile, one of his rare smiles, directed at her and only for her. At least not a smile full of love.
I pray to all that’s good that I’m wrong. They need each other, at least now. But I understand why they separated. Angel needs to come to terms with his vampirism, at least a little. And Buffy needs time to be in a normal relationship. At least, not one that’s has a Vampire Slayer with a vampire.
Angel is a wonderful
man. A man that’s saved my life many times. I may not know him very well,
at least not what he’s done, but I know that he’s a kind soul and I am
proud to call him my friend.
The End