Title: Gone
Author:
maryficDisclaimer; Nope.
Word Count: 100
Rating/Pairing: Xander/Larry, G
A/N: Part of the Thanksgiving Drabble Challenge
That day was something else. Giant snake, explosives, student coalition of demon fighters; sure, those were all big things.
But Xander’s big moment happened when there was only one other person around. Ain’t that always the way, he thought afterwards, kneeling over Larry’s body.
Hours before, they’d both been alive, on their feet, the previous year’s awkwardness obliterated by shared fates.
“You’re a good man, Larry.”
A flash of that quarterback smile.
“Been trying to tell you that.”
“This wouldn’t have gone off without you, man.”
Larry’s hand, big on his shoulder.
Gone now, for good or ill, that secret.
END