Eternal Vow
Title: Eternal Vow
Creator: Tennyo_elf
Rating: PG-13 (for Blood)
Setting: Way, way into the future, after the last apocalypse Buffy will ever have to face
Summary: The last moment to exchange vows that will last an eternity.
Prompt: Exchanging Vows (Special Occasion, could be seen as a wedding)
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The brown dirt floor was hard and brittle. The sky was red and hung low by unforgiving smoke. Buffy lay in Spike’s arms, her blood pooling below her, as she struggled to breathe. He watched her face, his features stuck in complete devastation. The others stood around them, unable to move for fear they would do something to advance the horrible inevitable.
Spike slowly lifted one of his hands and Buffy used some of her last bits of strength to clasp his hand with her own. She felt his other strong and steady arm holding her to him and felt a ghost of contentment pour into her.
“Promise me Spike.” Her words toiled for release.
“Anything love, anything,” said Spike in the barest of whispers.
“You’re a good man, so I-I trust you…to protect them.”
Spike thought she meant her family, their family, which included those who surrounded them, Xander, Willow, and even Oz. But after her steady blink, he understood. She meant everyone, the world, the human race.
“Always Buffy, I’ll protect them always. Don’t worry about a thing.” He tried to smile, but his tears blurred the smile from his eyes, “Go on now, heaven’s waiting for you, they have a nice warm spot up there with your name on it.” He could see her struggle to stay with him and it hurt him to see her in such pain.
“I-I’ll be waiting for you,” said Buffy as she felt him hold her tighter.
Spike couldn’t say anything to her, but the awe in his face was clear. The belief she held in him to be able to one day make it to heaven after all the wrongs he committed left him dazed.
“You better make it…wouldn’t…wouldn’t be heaven without you.”
“I promise,” Spike choked out.
Buffy’s eyes wandered over Spike’s face and he felt her slip away from him. Any moment she would be gone. “Do you think they’ll have good cheese there this time?”
Spike smiled for a second before he felt the tears run down his face, “Yeah, I think they would, for you.”
“Good,” said Buffy with a little more strength.
“Be happy Buffy and don’t wait up for me, yeah?”
“Sure…but I’m waiting…for you,” her voice was now a wisp of air. Spike knew she wasn’t all there, she was barely hanging on to her last ounce of life.
“I love you Buffy.”
Buffy smiled at him and gave him the most loving, adoring gaze that Spike could have sworn his heart had begun to beat again. “I know you do, but thanks for the reminder.”
Not long after that Buffy was gone, leaving Spike her legacy, her vows and her love.
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Sorry for the late post for week one. :(
Creator: Tennyo_elf
Rating: PG-13 (for Blood)
Setting: Way, way into the future, after the last apocalypse Buffy will ever have to face
Summary: The last moment to exchange vows that will last an eternity.
Prompt: Exchanging Vows (Special Occasion, could be seen as a wedding)
_____________________________________________________
The brown dirt floor was hard and brittle. The sky was red and hung low by unforgiving smoke. Buffy lay in Spike’s arms, her blood pooling below her, as she struggled to breathe. He watched her face, his features stuck in complete devastation. The others stood around them, unable to move for fear they would do something to advance the horrible inevitable.
Spike slowly lifted one of his hands and Buffy used some of her last bits of strength to clasp his hand with her own. She felt his other strong and steady arm holding her to him and felt a ghost of contentment pour into her.
“Promise me Spike.” Her words toiled for release.
“Anything love, anything,” said Spike in the barest of whispers.
“You’re a good man, so I-I trust you…to protect them.”
Spike thought she meant her family, their family, which included those who surrounded them, Xander, Willow, and even Oz. But after her steady blink, he understood. She meant everyone, the world, the human race.
“Always Buffy, I’ll protect them always. Don’t worry about a thing.” He tried to smile, but his tears blurred the smile from his eyes, “Go on now, heaven’s waiting for you, they have a nice warm spot up there with your name on it.” He could see her struggle to stay with him and it hurt him to see her in such pain.
“I-I’ll be waiting for you,” said Buffy as she felt him hold her tighter.
Spike couldn’t say anything to her, but the awe in his face was clear. The belief she held in him to be able to one day make it to heaven after all the wrongs he committed left him dazed.
“You better make it…wouldn’t…wouldn’t be heaven without you.”
“I promise,” Spike choked out.
Buffy’s eyes wandered over Spike’s face and he felt her slip away from him. Any moment she would be gone. “Do you think they’ll have good cheese there this time?”
Spike smiled for a second before he felt the tears run down his face, “Yeah, I think they would, for you.”
“Good,” said Buffy with a little more strength.
“Be happy Buffy and don’t wait up for me, yeah?”
“Sure…but I’m waiting…for you,” her voice was now a wisp of air. Spike knew she wasn’t all there, she was barely hanging on to her last ounce of life.
“I love you Buffy.”
Buffy smiled at him and gave him the most loving, adoring gaze that Spike could have sworn his heart had begun to beat again. “I know you do, but thanks for the reminder.”
Not long after that Buffy was gone, leaving Spike her legacy, her vows and her love.
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Sorry for the late post for week one. :(