Disclaimer: I don't own Buffy the Vampire Slayer, or Angel. I wish I did, but I don't. They both belong to Joss Whedon, and his amazing mind. Please don't sue me! So, on to the summery
Summery: What if Graduation went different? What if Angel acted more like the vampire he is instead of the human that he wants to be? What would happen then? This is my take on it.
AU season 3, ep 22 on.
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He took her hand and felt the warmth of her body leave. He picked her up tenderly, as if she was a piece of blown glass. Once she was in his arms he raised himself gently making sure to keep his good balance and footing.
She felt as if she were made of the air itself and that made him worry. The last time he saw her she was light, but she wasn't starved. Now she looked and felt starved. She was so weak that she burrowed deeper into his arms, even though he knew that he had no body heat to offer her. Had she been awake she would have remembered that as well.
Still, he carried her to his couch and tried to lie her down on the coushin, but she refused to let go of him. That small trusting act made his heart both swell and break. He had done this to her, he was the reason that she was like this, yet she still trusted him with her life and that made him love her even more.
He tried yet again to put her down on the seat but still she resisted. As he continued to try her...unconscious state became troubled. She finally voiced her discomfort as a slight whimper while burrowing deeper into his chest. He heard her whimper and responded before he could ever think. He brought her neck to his mouth and suckled on the raised care that marked her as his and began to purr. As soon as he started to suckle she calmed her movements, and she herself began to purr in response to him.
As he finally got a hold of his instincts, he felt both of them purring, and he pulled back in shock. As soon as he pulled away she stopped her contented purring and tilted her head to the side, offering him her neck, and in the same token, her life. Once again his instincts took control and he buried his face into the curve of her neck. He didn't bite her he still had that small amount of control over his beast, but he couldn't tear him self from her.
He continued with his previous assault on her neck, resuming both the purring and the harsh nipping and sucking of his mark. He felt his mate arch her body into his, and he purred louder with satisfaction knowing that she still responded so well to him, even after all this time.
The woman in his arms was beautiful. She was comely opposite of her mate and that is what made them both so beautiful especially when they were together. She was small, no more than 5' 4'' and extremely petite. She had gorgeous green eyes that made everyone smile when they looked into him or her. Her hair was a beautify gold color, and they way it shone in the sun made everyone think that she had a little star attached to her hair.
As the male felt his mate respond to him he felt that others were close, people that he wasn't sure if he could trust. So he gave one last long suck and nip as well as a kiss to the mark on his mate's neck and put her down.
He knew that his more animals like side was coming out, but right now with his mate like she was, he didn't care. He took a protective stance in front of his mate and waited.
The people that came out of the darkness were ones he knew, but right now, with his mate in her condition, and with his beast close to the surface, there was no way he would let them get too close.
There were three people in front of him. Two males and one female. They were his mate's family, surrogate family. The males were the first ones that tried to take a step forward. He growled out a warning for them to stop. They did so and waited for him to calm. Then one of the males spoke to the other. He could understand but didn't care what the male said.
"Xander back off. I'm going to try something that will hopefully calm him down."
The man that spoke as called Giles, he remembered. He was his mate's surrogate father, friend, and co-protector. He knew this and eased up on the growling, but just a little.
Giles took a calming breath and took another step forward. He heard Angel growl increase in volume, but the Watcher didn't stop. He took another step forward and bared his throat to the irate vampire. He knew that this was a risky move, but one that needed to be taken. He had to get to his slayer- his daughter, and make sure that she was all right.
Giles continued to bare his throat. He knew that this was a classic sign of submission and subjugation, especially when done to or from a vampire. This meant that they would offer their lives and in turn loyalty, obedience, and respect.
He heard the vampire stop growling for a moment and looked up. The vampire was standing right in front of him. He stayed still not wanting to anger the vampire further.
Angel had walked up to the older male, the beta, as far as he was concerned, and looked him over, as well as taking in a sniff. He knew that the beta held a parents love for his mate and he knew that the beta would help solve the problem that he was having with his mate. He didn't know exactly how much to trust the beta, but he did trust him so Angel did the only thing that his instincts would allow him to do.
Angle took the last step and stood right in front of the older male. He increased his growling and waited for the other to make his move, this was a test, one that if the beta didn't pass would end in death.
Giles looked up at the sudden movement of the irate vampire and made no physical response when the vampire growled. Giles didn't know what to do. He knew that he did nothing to anger the vampire but he still wondered what he should do. So he did the only thing he could, he titled his head farther to the side, and exposed his jugular again. He hoped that doing so would appease him.
Angel watched that beta with curiosity, waiting to see what he male would do. When he saw him bare his throat even more this was the answer that both Angel and his beast wanted. So Angel did the natural vampire act when a person had pleased a vampire: Angel reached forward, and let his fangs scrape the side of the beta's neck. He felt the beta tense at the pain of his fangs, but angel wasn't done. He tasted the blood that was on the tip of his fang and after he was done tasting the blood, leaned over and licked the two little scratches that he had left of the other man's neck. As soon as Angel touched his tongue to the scrapes, he felt the other male relax into the touch.
Angel gave a soft grunt, and detached him from the beta, catching the other male when he almost lost his footing. Angel nudged the male with his head and led him over to his mate. He turned around once he saw that the beta was seeing to his mate, and turned to the two others.
The other male stood in front of the female. Angel studied the boy, Xander, that was his name, and the boy didn't back down form Angel's challenging stare.
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