Title: there but for the grace
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: post-season 7
Pairings: mentions of Buffy/Angel, Buffy/Xander, a smidge of maybe implied Xander/Jesse
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 130
Point of view: third
Prompt: BtVS, Xander, He played God when he told Buffy that lie in Becoming.
Sometimes, he wishes he could regret it. He really, truly does. He's done a lot of bad things in his life (Jesse, Jesse, oh Jesse), but that one - he made the tough decision.
He saved the world. He really, truly believes that. Buffy would've held back. Angelus would've won, and Angel might've come back just in time to watch the world die.
Was it his choice to make?
Xander looks at Buffy, and then around at the room full of baby slayers, all watching Buffy like she's something amazing. (She is. A part of him will always love her, and look at her like she's sixteen and perfect.)
Even if it wasn't his choice, he made it, and the world is still here.
He'll never regret it.