Pairing: Cordelia/Leo
Disclaimer: I, of course, own nothing but my words
Distribution: Just tell me if you want to take it.
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Spoilers: None really. Future fic, but AU. Pretend the last year or so of Angel never happened. Also, the mess with Hoynes in season 4 of TWW didn't happen
Rating: PG-13
ing at her. A smile lit up her face, and then it clicked. I knew where I had seen that smile before.
She approached me and we began to talk. She asked me a few questions about my lecture, and we ended up talking for quite a while. She asked me to come out for dinner, and, despite my better judgment, I said yes. We talked for hours, about pretty much everything under the sun.
Late into the evening, she mentioned that she wasn't from L.A. originally. She told me she was Sunnydale. I recognized the name immediately. She had grown up on the Hellmouth. I probed as gently as I could, and eventually ascertained that she knew about all of the things that go bump in the night. I didn't tell her that I knew about it, not then. It wasn't until a few months later that I told her she could be completely honest about her life with me.
She told me about working for Angel, about her visions, about her battles against darkness. My Cordelia has many layers to her. She can be superficial. She can be mean spirited. She can be more self involved than anyone I've ever met; which is saying quite a bit, considering I've spent most of my life in politics. But there is a lot more to her than that. She's intelligent, she has depth, and despite everything that has happened to her, she still keeps fighting the good fight. She has a great capacity for caring. And woe to the man who hurts someone she loves.
Cordelia is fiercely loyal. I learned that when a tabloid reporter came after me. After everything that the Bartlet administration went through, I've learned not to let the press get to me. Cordelia was a different story. She wanted to go to a friend of hers, and have the reporter cursed. When I stopped her, she decided to take a different route. I'm still not entirely sure how she did it, but she got the reporter fired. She's actually gotten a reputation among the press. Most people are careful not to piss her off to much.
We've been together for almost a year now. Despite the age difference, despite the reactions of the people around us, we're still together. I don't' know how long it'll last. I still worry sometimes that she'll decide that she wants someone closer to her own age. But I love her, and I truly believe that she loves me too.
Even if I am old enough to be her father.
END
I'm not sure yet, but I might do a companion piece to this, from Cordy's
point of view.