crack_van | They Say You Can't Go Home Again by inlovewithnight (PG)

Fandom: ANGEL/BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER
Pairing: gen
Length: 8,800 words
Author on LJ:

inlovewithnight
Author Website: Exaggeration and Blank Verse
Why this must be read: Post Not Fade Away, the family that Angel created for himself is either dead or gone, and Buffy's not an option. What's left for Angel? This is a great fic about how to move on, and it doesn't give a definite conclusion as to what will happen, but that's part of the beauty of it, just a snapshot of that time, of things to come, that things are going to be okay. It's great to see the survivors reunited, and there are moments of sheer awesome in this fic, like when Illyria goes on to conquer reality tv!

"I think I've got it now, finally. I think it makes sense. It's not souls saved, it's not apocalypses foiled, and it's not even the mission, not really. It's people- letting them love you, and letting yourself love them back. And it doesn't matter what kind of love...there's so many kinds, and they're all real, and they're all too precious and awesome to let slip away. That's all that matters, I think, in the end. Maybe what the Powers have been trying to beat into my head all these years is that..."

"All you need is love?" Lorne threw his head back and laughed. "Sweetcheeks, four very wise men said that fifty years ago. But who knows, between the five of you, you just might have something."

They Say You Can't Go Home Again