Dance Me to the End of Love

[ceridweyn_lin]

This is the way the world ends.

That is what she thinks every time: this is the way the world ends.  Because I was not able to stop it.

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On the anniversary of that day (that day when they blew up their hometown and that day that everything changed) Buffy finds Willow and Xander: the three of them, the original Scoobies, the ones who

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[gryfndor_godess]

Oh this is so melancholy and still uplifting, and it's a lovely combination of emotions. I like how Buffy and Willow talk about their loves and how it convinces Buffy to take a chance at the end.

maybe merely interrupted
Oh gosh that's harsh and so very realistic a thought to have (glad she doesn't actually feel that way!).

Sometimes she asks herself if she really did love him, or if she just got used to him being around.
Ooh, also painful and realistic, and I love her for wondering!

“Well, now I’m not,” he scowls.  “I’m alive enough to be your punching bag.”

(behind her she can hear a child asking why the pretty lady hit the man)

“This isn’t how I thought this would go,” Buffy says.

“I didn’t either.”
This whole exchange is so funny!

And I love the beginning and ending lines! :)

[tangwstyl]

Oh, lovely. Really.

Thank you.

[petzipellepingo]

Sometimes she asks herself if she really did love him, or if she just got used to him being around.

But it’s been two years and she can’t stop thinking of him, can’t stop seeing his smirk in her head, can’t stop replaying that kiss, god that kiss, that kiss after the musical theater demon did his work.
Such a Buffy thought.

“Spike?” she asks.

“Buffy,” he says.

And then she punches him in the stomach.
Such a Buffy action.

Buffy remembers Willow. She remembers Tara, too. She remembers what she needs to do.

She walks over to him and wraps herself around Spike. He tenses at first, but soon his arms come up and she can feel his hands pressing against her spine.

When she pulls away, she can feel a slight dampness on her cheek. Spike touches her face gently, swipes the tears away with a pull of calloused fingers. She exhales.

“Start from when you first came back,” Buffy says.

And this is how it begins again.
That's my two crazy kids "beams".

[slaymesoftly]

Very nice. Real and sad and ultimately (go Buffy!) happy. Very them.

[maryperk73703]

Good oneshot. I think I'm jealous.