Five Times Buffy Kissed Angel (and once when she didn't) by Trixen (PG-13)

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FANDOM: BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER/ANGEL: THE SERIES
PAIRING: Buffy/Angel, very brief mentions of others
LENGTH: One-shot, <1,000 words
AUTHOR ON LJ: trixiefirecra
AUTHOR WEBSITE: this girl's a FIRECRACKER

Why this must be read: This fic illustrates the ever-present strom und drang of the B/A relationship, while capturing a several key moments in that relationship, which are also key moments in their lives. The angst is ever-present, but, as in canon, it doesn't preclude love or a small moment of (imperfect) happiness. The first paragraph in particular always gets me.

 

The library was sweet and still. Everyone was at home, asleep in their beds. Or so she believed. She would find out later that Giles stopped by Jenny Calendar’s grave; a pilgrim bringing flowers and tears, that Willow’s hymen tore just as the bells tolled five O’clock, that Faith and the Mayor lay together in a dark hospital bed and dreamt of snakes, that her Mother baked a pie and it burned, filling the house with the smell of ash.

She would never know what Xander did.

Five Times Buffy Kissed Angel (and once when she didn't)