A Distant Angel 2
Giles stepped forward after a few minutes and pulled Buffy's arm, trying to get her off him. Faith pried Angel's arms away from Buffy and he weakly tried to stop her.
'No.' he snarled, vamping out. He hugged Buffy tightly, keeping her close to him. He'd lost everything, and he wasn't going to lose Buffy anytime soon.
Giles had to resort to a cross to free Buffy from Angel's grasp. Even when Buffy tried to pull free, she couldn't.
'Angel, let go. We need to talk.' Giles held a cross out at him and he unwillingly released his grip on Buffy. She fell backwards and Faith and Xander caught her.
'You did it B.' Faith praised her. They all looked at Angel who had got up and backed up against a wall. Giles dropped the cross to the floor, even though Angel still had his game face on.
'Angel, listen to me. We don't want to hurt you, we just want to help.' Giles assured him. Angel's eyes darted nervously and he morphed back into his human visage. He brought his hands up to his head and ran them through his hair uncomfortably.
'Angel?' Buffy whispered in a weak and soft voice.
'Buffy…' Angel whispered, his voice breaking under pressure. 'They're all gone. All of them.' He slowly sunk to the floor, his fingers fumbling through his hair.
'Angel, it's okay. We know.' Buffy told him.
'It's all my fault. They're dead and it's because of me.' He began sobbing as he brought his knees back up to his chin again, in the same position that Buffy had found him in back in the alley.
'Angel…' Buffy wasn't sure what to say to him. He was in so much pain, and she could feel it. The others looked on in silence, still unsure of what they could do either.
Suddenly Angel looked up. He clasped his hands around Buffy's arm as she crouched in front of him.
'Buffy… help me?' He whispered. Buffy looked into his eyes and saw how torn apart he really was. There was no sense of who he was anymore. Everything he knew was gone, and everyone he loved too. All he had left was Buffy.
Author's Note: Yeah, I know. Really short. But there's more to come, I promise. I'll update soon if there are readers who want me to. :)