Summary: Buffy writes to Angel.
Rating: G
Pairings: Buffy/Angel, Buffy/Other
Author's Notes: This is my first fic, so please be gentle!
Disclaimer: All characters, themes, etc. associated with Buffy the
Vampire Slayer and Angel: the Series belong to Joss Whedon, Mutant
Enemy, etc.
Dear Angel,
It's strange, writing this letter. I guess I never expected things to turn out this way. Even through all the things that have happened, I think a little part of me, the part that is still young and naïve, the part that still has that hope for first love, always held on to the idea that we would be together someday.
Of course we both know that will never happen. I don't really want it anymore, not like I used to. There was a time when the thought of you came with a pang in my heart that hurt so much it almost made me wish I never knew you. Eventually, I stopped thinking about you simply out of an instinct for self-preservation. And then when you did occupy my mind again, it didn't hurt like it had before.
So I started living my life again, and there were been some ups and downs, but then I found something that I didn't know I could have again. I fell in love. I got married a little less than a year ago. Now, I'm watching my daughter sleep as I write.
I thought you should hear it from me, not because I still hold any silly thoughts that you'll pine for me until the day you die, but because I know when I found out about your son I wished you had told me yourself. I have to confess that for a long time I wasn't exactly glad that you had him, but now, looking at my baby girl, I'm glad you got a chance to feel that joy.
I'm happy now, happier than I ever knew I could be. It doesn't matter anymore if life is hard, and scary, because I have someone to chase away the bad things. And I think that the real reason I am finally writing you after so long is simply to say goodbye. Goodbye, Angel. I wish you all the happiness in the world.
Buffy
Dear Angel,
It's strange, writing this letter. I guess I never expected things to turn out this way. Even through all the things that have happened, I think a little part of me, the part that is still young and naïve, the part that still has that hope for first love, always held on to the idea that we would be together someday.
Of course we both know that will never happen. I don't really want it anymore, not like I used to. There was a time when the thought of you came with a pang in my heart that hurt so much it almost made me wish I never knew you. Eventually, I stopped thinking about you simply out of an instinct for self-preservation. And then when you did occupy my mind again, it didn't hurt like it had before.
So I started living my life again, and there were been some ups and downs, but then I found something that I didn't know I could have again. I fell in love. I got married a little less than a year ago. Now, I'm watching my daughter sleep as I write.
I thought you should hear it from me, not because I still hold any silly thoughts that you'll pine for me until the day you die, but because I know when I found out about your son I wished you had told me yourself. I have to confess that for a long time I wasn't exactly glad that you had him, but now, looking at my baby girl, I'm glad you got a chance to feel that joy.
I'm happy now, happier than I ever knew I could be. It doesn't matter anymore if life is hard, and scary, because I have someone to chase away the bad things. And I think that the real reason I am finally writing you after so long is simply to say goodbye. Goodbye, Angel. I wish you all the happiness in the world.
Buffy