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There has never been such a thing as an innocent touch between them.

Her hand lands on his, and she stares, understanding what she’s just done. The shock of the contact is a current that passes through both of them and snaps back on itself again, drawing them into its power.

He kisses her. Hard and fast and warm… Oh God, he’s so warm… ( Read more... )

Previous: Chapter 24~ Deliverance

Chapter 25~ Turbulence

It felt like she had only just dosed off when the sensation of being watched pulled her back into the world of the conscious. She blinked her eyes in the faded light of the cabin, vision clearing to focus on a familiar face. Registering the lightest brush of his fingers against her cheek, ( Read more... )

Previous: Chapter 23~ All Or Nothing

Chapter 24~ Deliverance

For all the heartache it had brought him, there were things Angel definitely missed about running Wolfram and Hart.

As Faith so astutely observed, he missed his extensive wardrobe. Missed the assortment of exotic cars. Missed the luxury of looking out into a sunlit sky and not ( Read more... )

Sorry I've been so full of LJ!fail lately, guys. I'm trying, but there just aren't enough hours in the day :(

Title: From The Ashes: Chapter 23~ All Or Nothing
Author: Anna (bite_or_avoid)
Characters: Angel, Buffy, Faith, Spike, other canon characters
Rating:  M
Word Count: 1,563
Disclaimer: Joss Whedon is an evil genius, who pwns all
Spoilers: All ( Read more... )

Chapter 22~ The Long Road Home

In the end, Connor’s fervent protests were overruled by a very determined vampire. Not that he didn’t give it his all. There was even a moment when (Faith had to stifle a laugh at that) Angel looked like he was ready to bodily throw the kid over his shoulder and be done with it. But he had finally prevailed, ( Read more... )

Previous: Chapter 20~ Refuge Lost

Chapter 21~ Knowledge Found

With Willow’s locator spell, finding Spike proved a lot easier than the conversation Buffy was sure Angel was trying to have at that very moment.

“We getting there my way, or the old fashioned way?” Willow asked.

Buffy scrunched her face in distaste.

“Your way makes me all ( Read more... )

 
( “Brought to you by our regularly scheduled Apocalypse. Or maybe, Angel’s not so regularly scheduled one.” )

Chapter 19~ Tangled

Buffy awoke slowly, the sensation of a crushing weight within her chest gnawing at the edges of consciousness. Opening first one bleary eye and then the other, she realized that it wasn’t so much a weight within her chest, as one on top of her chest. Specifically, Angel’s arm sprawled across her upper body and firmly drawing ( Read more... )

She peeked out at him through lowered lashes.

“But Angel, nothing’s changed.”

His gaze held hers for what seemed like forever, boring through her with its intensity. He didn’t argue, didn’t deny. She watched as he finally sighed in resignation, shoved his hands in his pockets, slumped his shoulders. He looked like he was trying to curl in on ( Read more... )

Title: From The Ashes: Chapter 17~ Collision
Author: Anna (bite_or_avoid)
Characters: Angel, Buffy, Faith, Spike, other canon characters
Rating: From here on out, they're all M.
Word Count: 2,563
Disclaimer: Joss Whedon is an evil genius, who pwns all
Spoilers: All canon Jossverse for both series; I've never read the comics, so they don't exist ( Read more... )