Drabble: Cave In, Hand Over, Hang On

[lettered]

Title: Cave In, Hand Over, Hang On
Length: I may have cheated a bit. But 100 words, my way; I DID IT AGAIN!
Rating: G! again!
Prompt: for semby. Angel and Xander.
A/N: Xander saves Angel.
edited because I fucked up.



Cave In, Hand Over, Hang On

Angel lives and gives in, lives to give in, lives/gives with army ordinances/Lawsons, haunted hotels/ungratefuls. Angel put quarters in for Mandy but drank a man already dead instead.

Then there's Buffy, and Angel wants life again. But she rips his necklace off, quits, and that's the end of this . . . but for Xander at his door.

Then Angel puts hopes in some pool underground (for pennies: pounds), but Buffy's already dead. And Angel wants to drink her, too; give in, like Darla said . . . but for Xander on the floor, beside the dead.

Instead, Angel watches Xander bring him back to life.

Comments

[semby.livejournal.com]

Damn! So pretty. And I love love love how you show his complete loss and despair, only to be revived by Xander, of all people. Xander was certainly a hero that night.

[tkp.livejournal.com]

For some reason, at first I never really bought that Angel would need Xander to come convince him to save Buffy. She was his life; he was already obsessed with her by then. But recently while rewatching, I realized what I hadn't before: I think that Angel used to be the kind of person who expected the world to fall into place for him, and when it didn't, he liked to revel in despair and feel sorry for himself. His love for Buffy didn't resist that but rather facillitated it. He's still like that to some extent all the way up through "Amends", and it's not till then, I think, that he decides to fight and fight without any expectation of anything in return. And then, he still falls and falters and wants to give up on his own show.

Anyway, babbling, but I wanted to show that here and I'm glad you think I did.