crack_van | and every breath we drew was (hallelujah) by biggrstaffbunch (R)

Fandom: ANGEL/BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER
Pairing: Buffy/Angel
Length: 5,000+ words
Author on LJ:

biggrstaffbunch
Author Website: fic list
Why this must be read: I do not read Buffy/Angel. EVER. That said, this fic snagged me with the title from one of my favorite songs ever, Hallelujah, and I just had to read it and I'm glad I did. It's not a song fic, but she inserts snippets of lyrics that just work so amazingly well with the story - that song is so versatile! Six times our star-cross'd lovers never made it to their final act; the author revisits several key episodes over the years in the Buffy/Angel saga. Very tragic, poetic and full of lovely imagery, and I love it when people write in second person, and write it well.

There was you, and there was him. A girl not quite a girl and a man not quite a man, and all the words you've never said just sinking in the expanse of space stretching out between the both of you. He looked you in the eyes, resolute and sorrowful, broad shouldered and strong, and then he walked away. The ambulance lights flashing red over his stupid, stoic expression, and the smoke swallowing his form in one unapologetic gulp, he turned to leave like leaving you was all he knew to do.

and every breath we drew was (hallelujah)