Angel didn't go straight to L.A. after Graduation Day...
Seattle was sort of nice, with all that cloud cover. It didn't take Angel long at all to find the demon bar, and they didn't give him any guff about preferring pig's blood.
"Make that two," said a voice behind him.
Angel whirled around. Another vampire. Young man. Handsome young man. Slight, thin, not too much shorter, reddish brown hair with too much gel.
"Another vegetarian?" he asked politely.
Angel laughed. "Never heard it called that," he admitted.
The bartender gave them their glasses. "Cheers," said the other vampire, clinking his glass. Then: "New in town?"
"Just passing through," said Angel warily.
"Same here. I live out on the coast."
"I'll probably go back to California tomorrow."
"An odd choice."
Angel shrugged. "I find it hard to keep away."
"There's a girl?" he guessed.
"There's a girl," Angel confirmed. "But I really have to keep away from her."
"For her own good. She's human."
"She deserves better than me," concluded Angel.
"She deserves a full human life," added the stranger. "I think we have similar problems."
Angel started. He didn't realize that the stranger was talking aloud. "You have a girl too?"
"In a manner of speaking," he said dryly. "Unconsummated love."
"Mine was consummated, but, that ended badly."
"Not surprising."
Angel sighed. "Humans. Women."
The stranger nodded. "Amen."