Joss Whedon created BtVS and its characters. Not me.

Written for TV100 LJ community's challenge prompt of "birthday, blossom, a stain on a white shirt"

Seeing Red
by Zzilly14

Tara felt alive for the first time in months. She and Willow were together again, and the only magic involved was their love for each other. It was heavenly, perfect. Nothing could separate them ever again.

Suddenly Will's white blouse is stained blood red.

"Your shirt," Tara ponders before falling to the ground.

She remembers... Sweet sixteen birthday party. Miss Kitty Fantastico. The last episode of her favorite show "Blossom." A colorful sunset.

The last thing her mind sees is Willow's loving face, but then it all fades away as her spirit leaves the earthly plane, never to return again.