DISCLAIMER: Standard. Not mine. Never will be. Joss owns all.
SPOILERS: Up through the beginning episodes of season seven
SUMMARY: Just a little ficlet revealing the one person that was missing through the seventh season.
"Let my heart call to the one I long for." Buffy heard the chant coming from her old bedroom and opened the door. "Hi, Buffy."
"Getting all chanty on me, Wills?" Willow blushed and it was then that Buffy saw the Pez witch sitting on her lap and had an idea of what Willow was trying to do. "Thinking of Oz again?"
"Almost constantly. I miss him so much lately. I look in the mirror and can almost see him standing behind me." The pain in her voice was heartbreaking to Buffy. "I want him here. This would be so much easier if he were here. Although . . ."
"What, Will?"
"What if he hates me after finding out that I killed someone? What if he leaves me again when he finds out what I did to Warren?"
"Never happen." The familiar voice came from behind Buffy.
Oz walked through the door and over to the bed. Willow looked at him with eyes full of tears. "I was right." The puzzled look on Buffy's face caused Willow to explain. "I told him one time. I said, 'I was waiting. I feel like some part of me will always be waiting for you. Like if I'm old and blue-haired and I turn a corner in Istanbul and there you are, I won't be surprised. Because you're with me, you know?'"
Oz nodded he remembered those words. He remembered everything she had ever said to him. Especially her "I'd still" remark after they had found out that he was all wolfy and he had tried to bite her. He saw his little Eskimo peeking through again.
Oz sat down on the bed. "I'm back to stay. So I'd still if you'd still."
"I'd still. I'd very still." She smiled and threw herself into the arms of her once and future love.
SPOILERS: Up through the beginning episodes of season seven
SUMMARY: Just a little ficlet revealing the one person that was missing through the seventh season.
"Let my heart call to the one I long for." Buffy heard the chant coming from her old bedroom and opened the door. "Hi, Buffy."
"Getting all chanty on me, Wills?" Willow blushed and it was then that Buffy saw the Pez witch sitting on her lap and had an idea of what Willow was trying to do. "Thinking of Oz again?"
"Almost constantly. I miss him so much lately. I look in the mirror and can almost see him standing behind me." The pain in her voice was heartbreaking to Buffy. "I want him here. This would be so much easier if he were here. Although . . ."
"What, Will?"
"What if he hates me after finding out that I killed someone? What if he leaves me again when he finds out what I did to Warren?"
"Never happen." The familiar voice came from behind Buffy.
Oz walked through the door and over to the bed. Willow looked at him with eyes full of tears. "I was right." The puzzled look on Buffy's face caused Willow to explain. "I told him one time. I said, 'I was waiting. I feel like some part of me will always be waiting for you. Like if I'm old and blue-haired and I turn a corner in Istanbul and there you are, I won't be surprised. Because you're with me, you know?'"
Oz nodded he remembered those words. He remembered everything she had ever said to him. Especially her "I'd still" remark after they had found out that he was all wolfy and he had tried to bite her. He saw his little Eskimo peeking through again.
Oz sat down on the bed. "I'm back to stay. So I'd still if you'd still."
"I'd still. I'd very still." She smiled and threw herself into the arms of her once and future love.