Author: Maeve Bran
Rating: K+
Summary: The world is ending and there is no place that Buffy Summers would rather be than right here, right now.
Prompt: There is nothing like you and so why do I even try?
Disclaimer: I don't own Buffy or Angel.
The world was ending (again) and there is no place that Buffy Summers would rather be than right here, right now. She was at the top of a bell tower on top of an auditorium in the heart of a small college town. The reason Buffy was content has something to do with the fact that this time she was facing the apocalypse with Angel. In fact he had an arm wrapped around her.
They both had one arm wrapped around the ladder they had just come up from below. They just had to wait for the end and then Willow's spell would kick in and reset the time with them here and they could prevent the end the second time.
"Angel, I'm glad you're here," Buffy whispered.
"There is no place I'd rather be than by your side in a fight. You know that," Angel replied.
"Still, after all we've been through..." her thought trailed off. "I just wanted you to know that though I've tried to move on like you wanted me to, I've found there is no one like you. I couldn't replace you in my heart. So why must I try?"
Angel was speechless. He never thought that Buffy would ever say anything like that to him. He had long ago decided that he could never replace her but to know that she felt the same melted some of the ice around his heart that he had built up since that day six years ago when he had left Sunnydale.
"You don't have to try anymore," Angel whispered back as he bent his head and kissed her. She was hesitant at first, but when Buffy realized that he meant what he had said she returned the kiss with equal passion.
Sometime into the kiss came a brilliant flash of white light. They broke apart after that.
"Time to get to work," Buffy said with a smile.
"Let's prevent this apocalypse, then we can discuss the future," Angel agreed.
(fin)