Epilogue: Falling
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Did you ever feel like your entire life you've been falling down a giant hole? And every time you hit something hard you think you're at the bottom only to find that the bottom gives and you're falling again.
Buffy rolled over and looked at Sam resting her head on her upper arms tear tracks streaking her face. Bringing her hands up she covered her face and started to sob again.
Occasionally you manage to grab a hold of something and start to climb out, but no matter how high you get you can't seem to climb out of the bottomless pit your life is.
Upstairs Faith lay, a light sheen of sweat glistening on her forehead. Mac sat silently watching over her, wondering what was coming next. Hoping she could be the hand that pulled this troubled young woman out of the darkness that had plagued her her entire life. Just like had been once done for her.
But then one day, when you're totally not expecting it you see this tiny patch of sky and you know that you're close so close you can feel it.
Xander and Willow sat together on a bed the television flickering but neither of them paying attention. Somehow it seemed right, the two of them together, holding each other, protecting each other against the world. Just like it always had been, and probably always would be.
So you climb higher and higher aiming for the ultimate goal
Jack and Teal'c drove in silence, the car cutting swiftly through the night. Warriors both of them, and both of them wondering if this would be their final battle.
All in the hope that one day you'll get to the top, that you won't start to fall again
Giles sat in the dark still atop the Hyperion Hotel, not willing to go in and face the real world. In the silence he vowed to himself that he would make it right, make it up to her somehow.
You know you can do it, you can get there, but
Standing silently and out of sight, Spike stood, lit cigarette dangling out of cool lips. He watched and wondered if he could offer comfort to Dr Janet Fraiser as she broke down, finally allowing herself to cry allowing the strong mask to drop and the pain to show through although she would never willingly let anyone see.
It's just so hard, it'd be so easy to give up, let go, and let yourself fall.
Not really interested but listening anyway, Jacob and Jonas continued to work in the kitchen as the young Kelownan regaled the Tok'ra with stories of his latest adventures with Stargate Command. Jacob's smile dropped as his eyes strayed to the back door, where he had seen Janet walk out of Spike was out there but he still worried. Following his gaze Jonas frowned in concern; the Doctor still hadn't spoken about the visitor from the night before.
All you want to do is get to the top.
And you know that if you can just get to the top everything's gonna be okay.
Dawn sat curled up in a corner of the room she was given, arms wrapped around herself not wanting anything or anyone to come in. Letting people in meant getting hurt. Turning her face up to the bright moonlight the teenager for the first time allowed herself to wonder what if? What if they could walk away, be normal people?
You're scared of Falling, scared that you'll never get to the top
Reaching over Sam drew Buffy into an embrace, holding the younger woman as she cried. Not knowing that there were others that needed her but right here, right now, she could only comfort one.
But you know that you can't give up
If you give up all you're gonna do is keep falling.
You'll never get out.
You'll never land.
As the late May moon shone through the sky over California people wondered what the next days would bring. To think beyond that would be folly
So they didn't.
End.
AN: No this is not the end, end. I hit this part and was having a bit of trouble, so I made a decision to split into two. Look out for the first chapter of Landed' in the next week or two. I was going to post this slowly but dues to TTH closing for the next few weeks I wanted to get it all out and then start from the beginning with Landed at Ezyboard.
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