Title: "No Moldy Bread"
Author: Kat Lee
Rating: PG/K+
Summary: To Willow, Xander's much more than a Zeppo or moldy bread.
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Her lips quirked into a smile as she read the words with which the author finished. She knew the quote well and had once heard it ascribed to her husband. She looked over to where he slept, peacefully unaware of the thoughts and memories racing through her mind. The others could call him what they wanted, think of him as they would, but she knew the truth. Her Xander was no Zeppo and certainly no moldy bread.

He'd always been there for them, risking life, limb, and soul and eventually losing his eye. He had saved her even more times than Buffy. It had all started with his generosity and a simple crayon, but he had been her friend when she'd had no one else. The world - her world, especially - existed because he had reached her when nothing and no one else could. He'd found a way to make a light shine inside of her when all had been pitch black. Willow shut her book, placed it aside, leaned over, kissed his temple, and snuggled in around him. He might be moldy bread to some, a Zeppo to most of the world, but to her, he'd always be her hero.

The End