Subject: Angelus toys with Connor while Angel watches.
Spoilers: None.
Timeline: Season three.
Comments: Feedback - please! Also, there's an ick and dark factor.
Disclaimer: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel and associated characters belong to 20th Century Fox and Joss Whedon. No infringement is intended.

Author's Note: This story is meant to be this short - it's a postcard story, meaning it is meant to only capture one moment in the life of the characters.

***

Silence. I watch as the blood wells swiftly in the cuts and overflows. It creates tiny red rivers on the smooth pale flesh. I am powerless to staunch its flow and helplessly watch the knife. The blade gleams in the crepuscular light of the room.

The baby -- my son -- squirms and cries out. The shock and distrust in his innocent face cut me deeper than any knife could. I am trapped; my hands are no longer under my control. I am a prisoner of the demon within -- Angelus.