"Trap", Anya, PG, post-"Beneath You"
Last one, I promise...
“The Spark”
It’s so obvious that she wonders how she didn’t notice before. There, though it shouldn’t be, that glorious glimmer in his eyes. It calls out to her, her kindred twin; she has to know how.
Anya can feel her own soul, trapped in the darkness where her heart once was. It’s always been there, she knows, but not like this. If only he would remind her, tell her how he lives with it!
She finds him in the basement later, huddled in the corner. “It burns,” he moans, rocking himself.
Anya wraps her arms around herself and refuses to cry.
“The Spark”
It’s so obvious that she wonders how she didn’t notice before. There, though it shouldn’t be, that glorious glimmer in his eyes. It calls out to her, her kindred twin; she has to know how.
Anya can feel her own soul, trapped in the darkness where her heart once was. It’s always been there, she knows, but not like this. If only he would remind her, tell her how he lives with it!
She finds him in the basement later, huddled in the corner. “It burns,” he moans, rocking himself.
Anya wraps her arms around herself and refuses to cry.