"I think her first love might have been me so. You know."
Maybe it really was just for the best that he'd managed to fuck things up with Buffy. Now she could move on and have the sort of love that she deserved.
He just couldn't stand the thought of not being a part of her life.
"Yeah, I figured." Unfortunately she knew a little too much about Drusilla by now. It had been easier when she just found her unsettling and felt jealous, now there was all that pity and other complex emotions. "I just think she's right. Don't you think she might be?"
This was so not the conversation she should have with Angel.
Or else maybe she had to curl up in bed and keep from crying somehow, have a good snuggle with her stuffed toys, that might be quite likely to be in the books.
Buffy couldn't even blame him for this. It was just what happened when she talked to Angel. The Angel effect.
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Maybe it really was just for the best that he'd managed to fuck things up with Buffy. Now she could move on and have the sort of love that she deserved.
He just couldn't stand the thought of not being a part of her life.
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This was so not the conversation she should have with Angel.
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He was pretty sure that it could never be anything but pain for him now, but that was another matter.
"Because I refuse to believe that is what your future looks like. If you love Riley and..."
He had to swallow a few times, because his throat was suddenly starting to feel very tight.
"And he loves you, then embrace it. Don't be afraid of pain, because if you're with someone you love, you never have to be alone with it."
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Or else maybe she had to curl up in bed and keep from crying somehow, have a good snuggle with her stuffed toys, that might be quite likely to be in the books.
Buffy couldn't even blame him for this. It was just what happened when she talked to Angel. The Angel effect.
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It would be too much to ask her if they could maybe talk again some time, wouldn't it?
"Sleep well."
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"I love you."