Disclaimer: I dont own BtVS.
A/N: Sorry if anything seems a bit out of character or infos wrong. Im pretty new to BtVS and havent seen the last ep yet.
Dreams
1 week and 5 days after they leave Sunnydale and all its madness behind the dreams begin. At first she doesn't believe they're real. How could they be? But every night for reasons unknown to her she finds herself in a very familiar room, its single occupant watching her from the shadows.
Sometimes they talk, they talk about everything under the sun until she finds herself awake in her bed, left with a strange emptiness inside. Other times they stay silent, and the ghost merely observes her from afar.
She doesn't mention it to anyone, feeling as if they're all walking on eggshells, trying not to cause a stir in their new lives.
A long time ago she associated the perfect life, her perfect life, with normalcy. Now she knows better. When she tells him this he just laughs and says that she never was one to follow society's code. She shuts him up with a kiss.
She finds herself looking forward to nightfall when she can meet with him again. The irony is not lost on her.
2 months and 3 days since Sunnydale was destroyed she closes her eyes only to open them again, greeted by the sight of him. They embrace only briefly, he says she can't come anymore, that she has to go and live her life. Angry tears slide down her cheeks as she yells, unable to comprehend this change in him. She beats her fists against his chest but he still doesn't pull away.
When all the fight leaves her she looks up at him with tear stained cheeks and red eyes. His composure slips and they kiss for the final time. When they break apart she whispers to him.
"I love you Spike"
He smiles and as she feels the familiar pull of the waking world he whispers back to her.
"I know Buffy"
THE END