Title: Nightmare
Author: victoriamartynne
Rating: R
Disclaimer: I own nothing!
Spoilers: None, I think!
Summary: Something bad happens to Cordelia which makes Angel realise how much he loves her (Crossover).
"Cordelia?" Angel called out as he reached the bluffs. "Where are you honey? It's okay, I'm on my own. Buffy and the others are going back to Sunnydale. Sweetheart, where are you? I know you're here."
"I'm here." She answered.
He stopped dead when he saw her sat on the end of the bluff, her feet dangling over the edge overlooking the beach. "Cordelia, what are you doing?" He gasped.
"Did I really deserve to get raped? Was I really that much of a bitch or a slut to deserve it?" She asked him.
"Don't ever think that it was your fault! You were not a slut and you were not that much of a bitch!"
She laughed bitterly at his words. "But I was a bitch right? Maybe this is my punishment for all those people I upset in high school. Maybe this was my punishment for wearing all those outfits that seemed so right at the time. Maybe I deserved to be degraded for all those people that I degraded."
"You never degraded anyone, insulted them maybe. But you didn't physically abuse or hurt anyone. And you know what would make me feel a lot better? You getting away from the edge." Angel suggested and held out his hand for her to grab. She didn't.
"I made so many people feel bad, and now I feel bad. This is my punishment. I don't even deserve to feel like I do. I asked for this! I deserve to feel pain and shame. I don't deserve your love or your pity or even your anger! I deserve nothing." Cordelia broke down in sobs that wracked her body. The movement made loose stones and rubble fall off the edge of the bluff.
Angel swallowed hard. "Cordelia, if you are ever going to do as I tell you, do it now. Take my hand!"
"I don't deserve to!"
"Take my hand!" He shouted at her. "Take it!"
Not used to him shouting at her, she turned to look at him.
With the movement of her body she slipped off the end of the bluff.
Author: victoriamartynne
Rating: R
Disclaimer: I own nothing!
Spoilers: None, I think!
Summary: Something bad happens to Cordelia which makes Angel realise how much he loves her (Crossover).
"Cordelia?" Angel called out as he reached the bluffs. "Where are you honey? It's okay, I'm on my own. Buffy and the others are going back to Sunnydale. Sweetheart, where are you? I know you're here."
"I'm here." She answered.
He stopped dead when he saw her sat on the end of the bluff, her feet dangling over the edge overlooking the beach. "Cordelia, what are you doing?" He gasped.
"Did I really deserve to get raped? Was I really that much of a bitch or a slut to deserve it?" She asked him.
"Don't ever think that it was your fault! You were not a slut and you were not that much of a bitch!"
She laughed bitterly at his words. "But I was a bitch right? Maybe this is my punishment for all those people I upset in high school. Maybe this was my punishment for wearing all those outfits that seemed so right at the time. Maybe I deserved to be degraded for all those people that I degraded."
"You never degraded anyone, insulted them maybe. But you didn't physically abuse or hurt anyone. And you know what would make me feel a lot better? You getting away from the edge." Angel suggested and held out his hand for her to grab. She didn't.
"I made so many people feel bad, and now I feel bad. This is my punishment. I don't even deserve to feel like I do. I asked for this! I deserve to feel pain and shame. I don't deserve your love or your pity or even your anger! I deserve nothing." Cordelia broke down in sobs that wracked her body. The movement made loose stones and rubble fall off the edge of the bluff.
Angel swallowed hard. "Cordelia, if you are ever going to do as I tell you, do it now. Take my hand!"
"I don't deserve to!"
"Take my hand!" He shouted at her. "Take it!"
Not used to him shouting at her, she turned to look at him.
With the movement of her body she slipped off the end of the bluff.