Challenge #113: Vampire
Author: Bitterfig
Title: Not a Nightmare but a Wish
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Pairing: Willow/Tara
Word Count: 169
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Minor violence, macabre imagery.
Challenge #113: Vampire
Not a Nightmare but a Wish
Though she dreamed it night after night for many years Willow never mentioned the dream to anyone, not Buffy, not Giles, and especially not Kennedy or the women who followed her.
There was nothing unusual about the dream, it was if anything, all too familiar. Standing beside a grave, stake in hand, watching the ground break open, and watching the vampire emerge. Except in the dream it was Tara’s grave that burst open, Tara who emerged vampiric.
Willow never mentioned the dream to anyone and no one ever asked about it. Because Willow never woke up screaming from this dream, or stayed up hoping to avoid it.
It was Willow’s secret that she felt, not terror but joy when Tara rose from her grave. The stake fell from her hand and she stepped forward, gasping at her lover’s bite but knowing that in a moment that all there would be no more pain, ever.
It was Willow’s secret that she called this dream not a nightmare, but a wish.
Title: Not a Nightmare but a Wish
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Pairing: Willow/Tara
Word Count: 169
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Minor violence, macabre imagery.
Challenge #113: Vampire
Not a Nightmare but a Wish
Though she dreamed it night after night for many years Willow never mentioned the dream to anyone, not Buffy, not Giles, and especially not Kennedy or the women who followed her.
There was nothing unusual about the dream, it was if anything, all too familiar. Standing beside a grave, stake in hand, watching the ground break open, and watching the vampire emerge. Except in the dream it was Tara’s grave that burst open, Tara who emerged vampiric.
Willow never mentioned the dream to anyone and no one ever asked about it. Because Willow never woke up screaming from this dream, or stayed up hoping to avoid it.
It was Willow’s secret that she felt, not terror but joy when Tara rose from her grave. The stake fell from her hand and she stepped forward, gasping at her lover’s bite but knowing that in a moment that all there would be no more pain, ever.
It was Willow’s secret that she called this dream not a nightmare, but a wish.