#009 A Long Time Coming (Buffy/Spike)
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xfirefly9xTitle: A Long Time Coming
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Characters: Buffy/Spike
Prompt: #009 Sacrifice // #091 Burst
Word Count: 173
Rating: PG
Summary: “I love you.” As she looks him in the eyes, she truly means it.
Notes: Written for![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
10_fics and 100_situations. November 15. Tag to 7x22 ‘Chosen’.
“I love you.”
As she looks him in the eyes, she truly means it. Perhaps seeing him like this, sacrificing to keep the Hellmouth closed is what finally persuades her to say it. Perhaps it’s been a long time coming.
All she knows is that she loves him and she wants him to know that before... before he bursts into flames, before the end.
She looks at their joined hands, now on fire, and her eyes blur more with the tears already in them. She blinks them away; they slide silently down her cheeks.
She knows that behind her the Potentials and her friends are fighting the toughest battle of their lives, the battle of all battles, but for a moment that doesn’t matter.
Spike does.
He offers her a crooked smile, small and not quite believing. His words send a jolt of pain and longing through her.
(No. This can’t be how it ends!)
His voice is soft and his words break her heart. “No you don’t. But thanks for saying it.”
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Characters: Buffy/Spike
Prompt: #009 Sacrifice // #091 Burst
Word Count: 173
Rating: PG
Summary: “I love you.” As she looks him in the eyes, she truly means it.
Notes: Written for
10_fics and 100_situations. November 15. Tag to 7x22 ‘Chosen’.“I love you.”
As she looks him in the eyes, she truly means it. Perhaps seeing him like this, sacrificing to keep the Hellmouth closed is what finally persuades her to say it. Perhaps it’s been a long time coming.
All she knows is that she loves him and she wants him to know that before... before he bursts into flames, before the end.
She looks at their joined hands, now on fire, and her eyes blur more with the tears already in them. She blinks them away; they slide silently down her cheeks.
She knows that behind her the Potentials and her friends are fighting the toughest battle of their lives, the battle of all battles, but for a moment that doesn’t matter.
Spike does.
He offers her a crooked smile, small and not quite believing. His words send a jolt of pain and longing through her.
(No. This can’t be how it ends!)
His voice is soft and his words break her heart. “No you don’t. But thanks for saying it.”
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