~ Wide Open ~

Title: Wide Open
Author: Sandy S.
Rating: PG-13 (I guess?)
Disclaimer: I own nothing. Joss owns all.
Summary: Set after "Beneath You" in season seven of BtVS. S/B. Response to "Eyes" challenge.

Been a while since I did one of these, and since I'm feeling restless...

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She wants to close her eyes...is desperate to blink away the wide open soul before her...

She wants to scream at him, clinch her fists, and pound him until he bursts into whirlpools of dust.

Most of all, she wants to run from the scene before her.

But she can't do any of those things.

Her nose is filled with the sharp smoky smell of decay, regret, sacrifice, and...love...

...not the pity she expected.

Her body lurches forward without her usual Slayer's grace, and without turning her eyes, she helps him off the cross to burn no more.

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