Disclaimer: Angel is not mine. I just borrowed him. Sava is mine, ask before using.

Author's Note: Just a little song-fic. Angel/my character. Please read and review.

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"Angel, you promised." Sava held the phone in a white-knuckled grip.

"I'm sorry, sweetheart. The meeting was delayed. I won't be back until tomorrow." There was a pause. "I have to go. I love you."

"Love you too." Sava's voice was quiet. She gently set the reciever down, tears blurring her vision. She sat down on the couch, looking over the first meal she'd managed to cook without ruining it, and began to cry, her scales returning.

There's no time for us
There's no place for us
What is this thing that builds our dreams yet slips away from us

Who wants to live forever?
Who wants to live forever?

Sava knelt beside Angel, pulling him into her arms. She sheltered him the best she could from the fight, refusing to leave him. He had gone down early, so now the X-men had lost both him and Snake.

Her eyes watered with pain as she took one attack in the back, the skin peeling from her bones. She knew she'd live.

Awash with pain, she barely registered her brother picking her up, carrying her to the waiting jet. All she cared about was making sure Angel was safe.

"Angel..." That was all she could get out. She saw Logan nod, and step aside. Angel was being floated in by Jean. Snake smiled, and passed out.

There's no chance for us
It's all decided for us
This world has only one sweet moment set aside for us

Who wants to live forever?
Who wants to live forever?

Who dares to love forever?
When love must die

Sava nestled in Angel's arms, tears running down her cheeks. He tilted her face upwards, looking at the tears a moment, before bringing his lips down to kiss them away. He worked his way down to her lips, parting them with his tongue.

Her scales seem to melt away beneath his fingers as he drew her closer. Her arms slipped up around his neck, tangling in his hair. He picked her up, carrying her to her bed and laying her back against it, before going to the door, and closing it.

But touch my tears with your lips
Touch my world with your fingertips

And we can have forever
And we can love forever
Forever is our today

Who wants to live forever?
Who wants to live forever?
Forever is our today

Sava laid a single red rose on the grave as she had every day for the last twenty years. Her hair was still thick and black, her body still fit and strong. She had never changed, hadn't been able to age or die since the wizard had cursed her several thousand years before.

A simple gravestone, hidden away in the woods surrounding the Xavier Institute. Someplace she was willing to come. "One day, Angel. I'll figure it out, and I'll come back to you." She wanted so much to die with him gone. "I've lived too long. There's nothing I care about anymore."

Who waits forever anyway?