author: Lucinda
rating: pg, pg 13?
pairing: Willow/Doyle QPC #18
the QPC site:
sequel to Lucky Charm
disclaimer: I own nobody from Buffy the Vampire Slayer or Angel the Series.
distribution: WLS, NHA, QPC, Bite Me please?, anyone else just ask.
note: AU. Hero never happened. Cordelia hooked up with Wesley, and Doyle's crush on her faded.
Willow stepped into the Hotel Hyperion, now no longer a hotel, but the base of operations for Angel and his team. A team that included Doyle. The building was amazing, and she felt a moment of envy. Angel and his people had this huge building, and they just had the Magic Box...
"Willow! It's good that you're here although... hmmm... the blue's a good color for you. Really." Cordelia's smile seemed almost too bright. She wore a brown leather cord wrapped multiple times around her wrist, holding a tiny pouch with purple and scarlet embroidery over it. Maybe some sort of new fashion accessory? She'd also cut her hair, so that instead of a dark cascade down her back, it was a sleek bob just a little below her ears.
She chuckled a little. "I still go for comfort over fashion. I brought a few of Giles' books, and a list of some websites..."
"More heavy books of doom, just what I love to do with my time... Wesley! Willow brought you some of Giles creepy old books." Cordelia sighed, looking at Willow.
Willow wasn't terribly surprised when Angel and Wesley came out together, apparently still discussing something about a ritual of empowerment and something about a Lilah giving them troubles... Angel smiled to see her, and Cordelia gave Wesley a very involved looking kiss... "Apparently things got better for them away from Sunnydale..."
Angel walked closer, holding out his hands for the books. It wasn't until Willow actually handed him the books and looked up into his eyes that she realized something was different with him. He didn't have the same look of brooding torment lurking in his eyes, but instead looked almost... peaceful. "Angel? What... you... I mean..."
"Surprise?" Angel offered the word a bit awkwardly. "Some people that we helped... they didn't have money, but they offered us magical thanks. They... they removed the Clause. I wanted it to be a surprise... Doyle didn't give it away?"
So many emotions swirled through her. Surprise, relief, curiosity, happiness, a tiny thread of disappointment that she hadn't found the answer... "It was definitely a surprise. You aren't... umm... not going to Sunnydale?"
"No. What I had with Buffy... it was intense, but its time is gone. We aren't going to work together, no matter how hard we try, and she has what's his name now, the soldier." Angel shook his head, and looked almost as if the mention of Buffy and Riley was a sour taste in his mouth.
Smiling, Willow made her way over to the computer. "So, you're all permanently souled, and seem to be needing magical help more often... maybe I should just transfer to UCLA next Fall." She glanced over at Doyle as she spoke.
Okay, granted that he was apparently half demon, and probably a good ten years older than her, but he was sort of cute. Cute in that charmingly goofy not quite matching sort of way that Xander had, and sort of quiet and self contained like Oz had been, and smart like Giles... Oh dear. It was like he had some of all the guys that she'd had crushes on before. Even more encouraging, he actually seemed like he might be a little interested in her.
Really though, after everything, what was a few years between ages? And considering the people that she knew, the ones that were the closest that she had to family, the people that were her family in every way but blood, human was relative. Maybe there could be something between her and Doyle after all...
"Might be nice if you stayed around." Doyle's voice was soft, the hint of accent softening the words even more. "For all of us, I mean."
She looked at him, noticing the way his eyes rested on her, with something in them - could it be hope? "Yeah, that might be a good thing."
Change could be a very good thing, right? And Doyle seemed like a nice guy. Maybe Los Angeles would be a very good place to move.
end Lucky Charm 2: So Many Changes
rating: pg, pg 13?
pairing: Willow/Doyle QPC #18
the QPC site:
sequel to Lucky Charm
disclaimer: I own nobody from Buffy the Vampire Slayer or Angel the Series.
distribution: WLS, NHA, QPC, Bite Me please?, anyone else just ask.
note: AU. Hero never happened. Cordelia hooked up with Wesley, and Doyle's crush on her faded.
Willow stepped into the Hotel Hyperion, now no longer a hotel, but the base of operations for Angel and his team. A team that included Doyle. The building was amazing, and she felt a moment of envy. Angel and his people had this huge building, and they just had the Magic Box...
"Willow! It's good that you're here although... hmmm... the blue's a good color for you. Really." Cordelia's smile seemed almost too bright. She wore a brown leather cord wrapped multiple times around her wrist, holding a tiny pouch with purple and scarlet embroidery over it. Maybe some sort of new fashion accessory? She'd also cut her hair, so that instead of a dark cascade down her back, it was a sleek bob just a little below her ears.
She chuckled a little. "I still go for comfort over fashion. I brought a few of Giles' books, and a list of some websites..."
"More heavy books of doom, just what I love to do with my time... Wesley! Willow brought you some of Giles creepy old books." Cordelia sighed, looking at Willow.
Willow wasn't terribly surprised when Angel and Wesley came out together, apparently still discussing something about a ritual of empowerment and something about a Lilah giving them troubles... Angel smiled to see her, and Cordelia gave Wesley a very involved looking kiss... "Apparently things got better for them away from Sunnydale..."
Angel walked closer, holding out his hands for the books. It wasn't until Willow actually handed him the books and looked up into his eyes that she realized something was different with him. He didn't have the same look of brooding torment lurking in his eyes, but instead looked almost... peaceful. "Angel? What... you... I mean..."
"Surprise?" Angel offered the word a bit awkwardly. "Some people that we helped... they didn't have money, but they offered us magical thanks. They... they removed the Clause. I wanted it to be a surprise... Doyle didn't give it away?"
So many emotions swirled through her. Surprise, relief, curiosity, happiness, a tiny thread of disappointment that she hadn't found the answer... "It was definitely a surprise. You aren't... umm... not going to Sunnydale?"
"No. What I had with Buffy... it was intense, but its time is gone. We aren't going to work together, no matter how hard we try, and she has what's his name now, the soldier." Angel shook his head, and looked almost as if the mention of Buffy and Riley was a sour taste in his mouth.
Smiling, Willow made her way over to the computer. "So, you're all permanently souled, and seem to be needing magical help more often... maybe I should just transfer to UCLA next Fall." She glanced over at Doyle as she spoke.
Okay, granted that he was apparently half demon, and probably a good ten years older than her, but he was sort of cute. Cute in that charmingly goofy not quite matching sort of way that Xander had, and sort of quiet and self contained like Oz had been, and smart like Giles... Oh dear. It was like he had some of all the guys that she'd had crushes on before. Even more encouraging, he actually seemed like he might be a little interested in her.
Really though, after everything, what was a few years between ages? And considering the people that she knew, the ones that were the closest that she had to family, the people that were her family in every way but blood, human was relative. Maybe there could be something between her and Doyle after all...
"Might be nice if you stayed around." Doyle's voice was soft, the hint of accent softening the words even more. "For all of us, I mean."
She looked at him, noticing the way his eyes rested on her, with something in them - could it be hope? "Yeah, that might be a good thing."
Change could be a very good thing, right? And Doyle seemed like a nice guy. Maybe Los Angeles would be a very good place to move.
end Lucky Charm 2: So Many Changes