BtVS Drabble: Like Sunlight

[bk_forever]

Title: Like Sunlight
Fandom: BtVS
Author: badly_knitted
Characters: Angel, Buffy.
Rating: PG
Written For: Challenge 9: Fragrant at sesquidrabbles.
Spoilers/Setting: Early Season Two.
Summary: Buffy is like a splash of sunlight in Angel’s dark existence.
Disclaimer: I don’t own BtVS, or the characters. They belong to the wonderful Joss Whedon.
A/N: Drabble and a half, 150 words.




Angel loves Buffy’s hair; it’s golden like he imagines the sunlight on fields of ripe corn would be, or a beach on a summer’s day. Being a vampire he can’t tolerate sunlight, he’s a creature of the night, destined to skulk in the shadows, but every time he sees her, Buffy’s bright hair brings a splash of sunlight into his undead existence, and it fills him with a sense almost of euphoria.


Her hair smells as wonderful as it looks. When he holds her close he can’t help burying his nose in it, breathing in the fragrance of her shampoo; she smells of apples, and vanilla, and the subtle floral scent she favours. Being near her fills all his enhanced vampire senses, to the point where he feels he could happily drown in her forever.


Surely this must be what real love feels like; he can’t imagine existing without her.



The End

Comments

[katyastarling.livejournal.com]

I am NOT a Bangel fan. However, this definitely sums up quite nicely how I feel about my man, so I can relate and enjoy. :)

[bk_forever]

We all have our favourite pairings; Buffy/Angel is mine. I'm glad you could appreciate even though the pairing isn't to your tastes.

I've always loved that there are pairings to suit all tastes. I'm not into Buffy/Giles, or Buff/Spike, although they seem very popular pairings. To each their own.

Thank you!

[katyastarling.livejournal.com]

Ayk, I'm a firm believer in to each their own, but when I read something that's not one of my pairings and enjoy it anyway, I like to point that out. I always feel, when receiving or giving reviews, that it's especially meaningful when someone can enjoy something that they would usually not because of the pairing involved.

I've moved away from Giles/Buffy somewhere, but Spike/Buffy will always be my favorite BtVS pairing. But as you said and, again, in which I firmly believe: each to their own. :)

[bk_forever]

I wish more people could be like you. Too many act all entitled, criticising people for writing pairings that they themselves dislike. There are pairing enough to please everyone.

There are also pairings I would never read, but I dip into pairings I'm not keen on and I've found some really good fics that way. Sometimes it pays to try to be more open-minded. =D

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

And yet he must.*refers to last line*

[bk_forever]

Yes, in the end he has no real choice =(

Thank you.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

That sounds like something you read off the bottom of a movie poster.

[bk_forever]

*laughs* It really does!

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

*grins*

That could be your side job or something.:)

[bk_forever]

I sure could use the extra income...

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

Maybe you could look into that. Write monologues. You never know.:)

[bk_forever]

If it was that easy, everyone would be doing it.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

I suppose so. I doubt my voice would be good for train service announcements despite my enthusiasm.:)

I wish I had a newsreader voice. I'll make do with my own though.

[bk_forever]

Mine probably wouldn't either. I sound weird when I've recorded my own voice o_O

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

I remember a telemarkerter asked for "mummy or daddy" while on the landline phone. It was only a couple of years ago. I was almost pushing 30 at that point.

Unless a company wants me to do voiceover's in a kid's voice.*shrugs*

[bk_forever]

I hope you set them straight, lol! Phones do make people sound odd though.

You could get work as a voice artist on cartoons!

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

I try but sometimes I wonder if they believe me.:)

Well, if the opportunity were to present itself I'd seriously consider it. Since I wouldn't have to worry about how I looked or with body language and all that.*self-conscious*

[bk_forever]

I'd never get out in front of people. Stage fright.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

I've learnt some strategies to deal with making presentations to overcome nerves but yeah, not much fun.:(

[bk_forever]

I've never learned, but then I've never needed to make presentation beyond one show and tell thing at school.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

You're lucky. I felt it was something I needed to do. My anxiety in the past was a burden for me. I have a better coping mechanism now.

In hindsight I wish I'd done things differently. Aint that something most of us can identify with or is it just me.*hopes not just me*

[bk_forever]

I think everyone looks back and swishes they'd done certain things differently. I know I wish I'd worked harder at school, got glasses sooner so I could the blackboard... So many things.

The odd thing is, I remember going on stage at a pantomime one year when I was maybe 5 or 6 and singing in front of hundreds of people. Then I got older and developed anxieties about being in the spotlight.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

I guess it's just one of those life lessons. As long as I learn from the past, then it really wasn't a waste of time.

Watching motivational video's online really puts thing's in perspective.:)

[bk_forever]

None of us can learn anything if we don't make mistakes. Those are the lessons we don't forget.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

Exactly. It keeps you humble. I see people who have no idea how lucky they are. Gratitude is something that everyone should practice. I know it's hard to do consistently though.

[bk_forever]

We should never take good fortune for granted.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

Yes, just take things as they come but don't settle for whatevers there. It's a balance.

[bk_forever]

Just like everything else in life.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

So true.

[aaronlisa.livejournal.com]

This was very lovely. I felt that it really captured the sense of longing that Angel has for her.

[bk_forever]

Thank you, that's so kind of you! Glad you enjoyed it.

(I love your icon.)

[vantiri.livejournal.com]

This, as per your usual, is really very good quality work, please keep it up!

[bk_forever]

Thank you.