Author's Note: Angel drabble for the LJ sunday100 challenge. May 25's subject: goodbye. It didn't turn out as good as I wanted it to, but oh well. VAGUE SPOILER FOR SEASON 4 FINALE "HOME."
Foregone Conclusion
By Trisana McGraw
Angel knew from the start that the situation with Connor would not have a happy ending. The poor kid had been born to two undead creatures, and he had grown up in a hell dimension where Angel himself would've been hard-pressed to find a way of survival.
He'd known that it was his fatherly duty to give Connor a better life, and that it was the only act that Connor would appreciate from him. Angel had said goodbye to any chance of a loving father-son relationship when Connor had jumped out of the portal aiming a crossbow at Angel's heart.