Characters: Buffy
Spoilers: BtVS 6.12 "Doublemeat Palace"
Disclaimer: Property of Mutant Enemy
Theme: Costumes or Masks
Her hat has a cow.
Be.cause I wanted to be a part of the DoubleMeat experience?
Smiles. Nods. Punches in another order.
You don't belong here. You're something ... you're better than this.
Classes cut and dropped. Seventy-five credits short of the degree she'll never earn.
I'm sorry Buffy. This conversation is reserved for people who actually have a future.
That's not your world. You belong in the shadows... with me.
This is adulthood? This is exciting?
She provides. Little silent deaths. Dawn's dinner-sack. Willow-hugs. Joyce's wedding album for Anya and Xander. Perfunctory patrols.
She pays her bills.
Doesn't read her battered book of poetry. Doesn't wear her cross. Doesn't look at Mr. Gordo. Doesn't call England. Burns the course catalog.
I'm sorry Buffy. This conversation is reserved for people who actually have a future.
She has a future. The Chicken-Cow-Hat? It's not a costume. It's her life.
A.N.: a drabble for LiveJournal's sunday100.
