Author: Maeve Bran
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: I own nothing. I'm just borrowing the characters for a little fun.
Summary: Buffy has a Slayer dream warning her of danger.
Notes: This is for prompt #7 at Still My Girl: "Somewhere in time."
Buffy Summers is sitting on the edge of her bed in the house on Revello Drive. It's the week after her seventeenth birthday; on the bed beside her are his leather jacket, Mr. Gordo, and the ring he had given her. She's wearing the cross he had given her when they first met. She is crying.
Suddenly, the scene changes: she is at his mansion, in his bed, asleep in his arms. It's just before senior Prom. She is happy.
And then he's telling that her he's leaving after graduation.
She's in the hallway outside her dorm. Angel is there apologizing for his behavior in L.A. He goes to leave and smiles, says he doesn't like Riley.
She's in the graveyard, in his arms once more. He is offering the comfort she needs. She wants to take it, but knows that if she does, it will be too risky. So she just rests in his arms, basking in the feeling that for a few hours-- just until daylight-- she doesn't have to be the strong one. She can lean on him.
She's on the beach. He comes up behind her and wraps his arms around her; life is harsh, but this feels better. He starts to talk about how he dealt with coming back from Hell and she realizes she can't tell him the truth. He wouldn't understand, but that's ok. He doesn't need to understand. He just needs to be there-- and he is.
She's fighting Caleb and suddenly he's there, holding out his hand to her. He offers to be by her side and kisses her. She's basking again, just being near him; then she realizes she needs him elsewhere. If she doesn't survive this, again, she needs to know that he is still fighting the fight and gaining his redemption.
He goes.
A few days later she's on his doorstep; she survived. She has to see him and let him know that she can stop an Apocalypse without dying.
And now he's in an alley, with his team beside him. The sky is dark; it is raining, and there is a dragon flying overhead. The alley is filled with thousands of demons rushing at him and his friends. It is a fight he probably can't survive.
Buffy sits bolt upright in her bed in Las Vegas. It was a Slayer dream; she knows this is about to happen. Somewhere-- in time, she hopes-- the Powers that Be know of Angel's danger and are warning her. She throws on some clothes, grabs her keys and rushes off to gather an army of Slayers.
She only can hope that they will be in time, for she doesn't think she can bear it if Angel dies again.
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