Burning Bridge
Characters: Angel, Buffy
Timeline: The Freshman/City Of... (BtVS/AtS crossover)
Rating: G
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open_on_sundayA/N: This weeks' prompt on
open_on_sunday is "Bridge", and it somehow jibed with the episodes we watch this week...
He has to burn his bridges.
The phone attracts Angel like a magnet. He wants to hear her voice so much it hurts.
No! He won't be calling her.
But his treacherous hands are already dialing Buffy's number. The number he remembers even after a hundred years in hell.
"Hello?"
Her voice makes him dizzy. She's so close. And so far away. What could he say to her? "How do you do?" Pain. "I draw your face every day?" Pain. "I miss you?" A world of pain.
"Hello?"
Angel slowly hangs up.
Living on a burning bridge is so hard.