Title: Broken
Fandom: Angel the Series
Rating: PG-13
Words: 100
Disclaimer: Not mine, they're Whedon's. sob
Written for: LJ Community Challenge100's "Angst/Broken" challenge.
Notes: Wes/Fred/Illryia; a broken needle, a broken axe, and Wesley's broken heart.
I realized it was useless when the needle broke on her arm. While I promised it wouldn't take her, I knew it would. And even as my heart broke, I had to stay strong, to not show her how afraid I was.

Because, make no bones about it, I was afraid. Terrified. My Fred was brave, though. Then she said, "Why can't I stay?"...and died in my arms. But it wasn't over, not yet. She stood up, only it wasn't her anymore.

And as the axe shattered on what was once Fred's head, my heart shattered all over again.