Into the Blue
Title: Into the Blue
Prompt: Back
Timeline: Awakening
Disclaimer: Still not mine, alas
The sun was shining.
And though he was shut indoors again, Angel was glad.
He’d worried The Beast would end them and plunge the world into permanent apocalypse. But his son had fought at his side, champions together. He was reconciled with Wesley. Cordelia was here beneath him, strong and warm and his, oh his.
He spent his unlife clenched against disaster. Treasures were too easily lost, loved ones so fragile.
The bright balloon’s tether slipped from his relaxing fingers and floated into the sky.
It would take a lot more than a string to reel it back.
Prompt: Back
Timeline: Awakening
Disclaimer: Still not mine, alas
The sun was shining.
And though he was shut indoors again, Angel was glad.
He’d worried The Beast would end them and plunge the world into permanent apocalypse. But his son had fought at his side, champions together. He was reconciled with Wesley. Cordelia was here beneath him, strong and warm and his, oh his.
He spent his unlife clenched against disaster. Treasures were too easily lost, loved ones so fragile.
The bright balloon’s tether slipped from his relaxing fingers and floated into the sky.
It would take a lot more than a string to reel it back.