now_ish
I left Connor in my room, a faint smile still on my face. After talking to him, I almost felt confident about this. We'll get Angel back, and after that, everything else will fall into place with time.
Wesley has his job, and I don't have the time to accept that. He can worry all he wants about saving their lives, and I'll focus on saving souls. I wonder what Doyle would have to say about me stealing his motto. He'd be proud; maybe I'd get a grin and comment about copyright infringement. Someone has to keep alive the things that he stood for, and that's my job. Doyle and Angel understood that you have to step up and fight for what you believe in, especially when no one else will. It makes Wesley's decision hurt even more. I know that he wants Angel back, almost as much as the rest of us do, but he refuses to do something about it. He'll stay here and hope, and if we fail, he's always going to wonder if he could have made a difference. He'll have to live with that, and he doesn't even realize what a huge weight that'll be to carry. It's worse for all of us that he's on our side.
Willow deserves a medal for putting up with Buffy for as long as she has. And if that wasn't enough for her, she has me too now. I still haven't thanked her or Mike for what they're doing, but I will. From what Tamara has said about Mike, he's more than capable of helping Willow locate Angel's soul. Then it'll just be a rescue mission, and we've done plenty of those. I still wish we didn't have to do it without the rest of the team, but if that's the way that it has to be, we'll all just have to work a little harder to pick up the slack.
((Open to...Buffy))
Wesley has his job, and I don't have the time to accept that. He can worry all he wants about saving their lives, and I'll focus on saving souls. I wonder what Doyle would have to say about me stealing his motto. He'd be proud; maybe I'd get a grin and comment about copyright infringement. Someone has to keep alive the things that he stood for, and that's my job. Doyle and Angel understood that you have to step up and fight for what you believe in, especially when no one else will. It makes Wesley's decision hurt even more. I know that he wants Angel back, almost as much as the rest of us do, but he refuses to do something about it. He'll stay here and hope, and if we fail, he's always going to wonder if he could have made a difference. He'll have to live with that, and he doesn't even realize what a huge weight that'll be to carry. It's worse for all of us that he's on our side.
Willow deserves a medal for putting up with Buffy for as long as she has. And if that wasn't enough for her, she has me too now. I still haven't thanked her or Mike for what they're doing, but I will. From what Tamara has said about Mike, he's more than capable of helping Willow locate Angel's soul. Then it'll just be a rescue mission, and we've done plenty of those. I still wish we didn't have to do it without the rest of the team, but if that's the way that it has to be, we'll all just have to work a little harder to pick up the slack.
((Open to...Buffy))