Title: Absolution
Author: Anna (bite_or_avoid)
Pairing: Buffy/Angel
Disclaimer: If they were mine, there'd be no damn curse
Spoilers: post-NFA
He sees her in sunlight. She looks out over the horizon, then turns as if he'd called her name. Her face is a study in wonder and confusion and elation, and the most beautiful thing he'll ever see in his life (or unlife) is the play of emotions in her eyes. She gives herself over to it, completely, reaching for him.
It is all the absolution he'll ever need.
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When he wakes, underground in whatever filthy crevice he can hide from the fury he's unleashed, he's alone. But he can still see her.
It's the worst torture he's ever endured.