Summary: Buffy and Angel dance and loose themselves to each other.

Disclaimer: I still don't own the characters – it's all Joss.

Rating: G.

Author's Note: Buffy's POV. Song: "You Set Me Free" by Michelle Branch.

"Can't you see?

There's a feeling that's

come over me.

Close my eyes.

You're the only one

that leaves me

completely breathless."

He's here. I can feel him so close to me. My breath seems to go still and my heart races. The music, the noise, everything around me just disappears and I'm aware of only him. I know he's watching me – his eyes set my skin on fire. My eyes dart from one side of the room to the other. The Bronze is crowded but I my eyes are drawn to him. On the balcony over the stage he stands in the shadows but I see him.

"No need to wonder why

sometimes a gift like this

you can't deny. 'Cause I

wanted to fly so you gave

me your wings and time

held its breath so I could

see and you set me free."

The crowd parts as he walks toward me – girls wanting him, guys wanting to be him. But he's mine and I hold my breath. Smiling he holds out his hand and I place mine in his. Fire and ice coming together. Leading me to the dance floor his eyes never leave mine and I can feel my heart start to melt. Brushing his fingertips across my cheek I sigh beneath his touch and close my eyes. As though on cue the music turns slow and he wraps me in his arms. I'm complete.

"There's a will, there's a

way. Sometimes words

just can't explain. This is

real, I'm afraid. I guess

this time there's just no

hiding, fighting. You

make me restless."

I know people are watching us, envying us, but all I'm aware of is the rhythm of his body. Strong arms holding me so gently; a strong voice whispering so soft. Resting my head against his chest the world around us disappears until it's only us on the dance floor. He and I dancing together for all eternity. All I need is him – he completes me and makes this life worth living. How could I live without him? Now that I have him I'll never let go. He is my heart, my soul, my eternity.

"You're in my heart, the

only light that shines there

in the dark. 'Cause I wanted

to fly so you gave me your

wings and time held its

breath so I could see and

you set me free."

Swaying to the beat I'm lost in him. Distantly I hear the rhythm pick up but we're lost in the moment and in our minds the song still beats slowly. Nuzzling my head against his neck I feel him sigh and my heart flutters. Only I do that to him. Touching my cheek he nudges my eyes to look into his. He looks so young but his eyes shine with so much age and wisdom its takes my breath away. I forget, sometimes, what he is and all that he's seen and done. It frightens me, too, to think that he was once the worst of them all but just one look into those dark eyes and all fear shrinks away.

"When I was all alone you

came around when I was

down. You pulled me through

and there's nothing that

I wouldn't do for you."

Pressing his lips to mine I feel the world begin to spin. Such passion lies in his tender touch and I crave more. Needing only him I want to cry while he kisses me and beg him to never stop. How he makes me so weak with such a light touch I'll never know but when he does I pray for that weakness to stay. I love him so much I want to die sometimes and it hurts so deeply when I'm not able to touch him, talk to him, look at him. These are the moments in which I truly live and only he can give them to me. Only he can set me free.

"'Cause I wanted to fly so

you gave me your wings and

time held its breath so I could

see. And you set me free."