A Slayer Slays, A Watcher Watches
Timeline: "The Gift"

It doesn't seem real until he lifts her. The pain as he pops the stitches in his side wakes him up. He was run through by a bloody spear, how can he be the one still breathing?

Her face is peaceful, dead before impact, but broken bones shift and her head lolls at a... wrong angle. He cradles her carefully; she hardly weighs anything. Was she always this fragile? Some still-functioning part of his brain starts counting things he could have done differently.

Her watcher carries her home, refusing offers of help. Their blood drips and mixes on the pavement.