I Come Bearing Fic...

...because I am weak. And because I haven't decided if this flashback scene will be making it into the next chapter of "Does It Have to Mean Something?" or not. I've sort of gone flashback crazy, lately.

Anyway, rough, first-drafty, but it's the sort of thing that comes to you in one piece, you know?

And yay, seasonal_spuffy has begun!

( Flashback scene, BtVS S6, immediately Post-'Dead Things' - no spoilers for 'Does It Have to Mean Something?' )

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In other news, "Welcome to the Hellmouth" on the FX rerun this morning. Damn, but is Angel being all glib and slick and Angelus-like, or what? It's really sad, in a way - I still can't help but see Angel as a tragic character, in that both here and even at the end of his own series, he ends up reaching for the Angelus aspects of his personality to help him do something he really feels strongly about (defeat the Black Thorn, help the Slayer), because even though you suspect the one thing he'd love to do more than anything is just be himself, live life at face value, he always ends up fronting because when he's upfront and true and wears his heart on his sleeve, it always ends up a disaster. (pets Angel)

I guess that's another way and a reason he has to feel irritated by Spike, come to think of it, but that's a longer essay for another day.