Eternal - A Buffy And Angel Story

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Chapter 4

Angel had a nightmare that night. It was a mix of Angelus and Hell. Buffy awoke to him whimpering and moaning her name in his sleep.

"Hush little Angel..." She whispered.

She glanced at her clock. It was two in the morning. Suddenly, his body jerked upwards and he awoke, sobbing her name.

"O-Oh G-God, B-Buff-Buffy! H-He p-put y-y-you through a-a-a l-living H-Hell! H-Him.... M-Me! I-I-" He buried his face in her neck and wept brokenly.

"You're okay, shh, don't cry, baby" Her hand trailed up and down his back.

"E-Everything h-he- I did to you" He cried with a ferocity Buffy had never seen, "Help me... P-Please?"

"Shh, I will, baby, shh, I will" She held him closer to her barely clothed body.

All she was wearing was Angel's shirt. Angel was in jeans and boxers, but that was it. After a while, Angel quietened. Buffy pressed her lips to his head. He looked up, his deep chocolate brown eyes meeting her hazel ones.

"K-Kiss m-me?" Angel whispered.

Buffy nodded, then kissed him. He couldn't help but moan. Buffy kissed his neck and they ended up making love again. Afterwards, he held her, nuzzling her hair.

"Mmm" He whispered, stroking her sweaty back.

"By the way, mom's staying in LA for three weeks more" Buffy smiled shyly.

"Hmm, what am I gonna do with a gorgeous girl like you for three weeks?" Angel smirked.

Buffy kissed his lips, savouring the sweat on them. Soon, they fell asleep.

A few hours later, Buffy awoke to her phone ringing. Angel was asleep still. She took the phone into the bathroom, grabbing her robe and putting it on.

"Hello?"

"Hey, it's Xander"

"Xander who?" Buffy joked, keeping quiet.

"The Xander who is wondering why you didn't turn up to school or training today?"

Buffy looked at the clock. It was 10:00 at night. She had spent her Sunday and Monday with Angel.

"Shit!" She hissed.

"Language. Where were you?"

"Um, Angel's in a very bad way"

"So you...."

"I, um...."

"Oh. OH!"

"Bye, Xander"

"Buff-" she hung up.

She went into the bedroom to see Angel wide awake, hugging the covers to his bare body.

"You're awake, Angel" Buffy walked up and kissed him.

"Y-Yeah" Angel kissed her back.

"I missed school today. I was with you though, so that's good"

Angel nodded, then his dark eyes filled up with tears.

"Hey, Hey, baby, don't cry" Buffy said as she took him into her warm, safe arms.

"Oh, Lord..." Angel said, a prayer in two words.

Then he felt a sharp pain. He cried out, and looked down to see Buffy's cross necklace. Then he looked back up, tears spilling over his high cheekbones. Buffy took off the necklace, then chucked it aside. Then, yet again, she held him. Uneeded gasping and hitching breaths escaped him before tears. The intensity of the crying made his frame shake, taking hers along with it. How she wished she could kiss away all the pain she caused. As if he could read her mind, he lifted his head. His face was red from so much tears. It almost made him look human. Almost. His dark eyes were terrified and filled with fresh tears.

Then, his voice shaking and hoarse with tears, he whispered "I-I should go..."

Then Buffy clung to him with more slayerstrength and practically yelled "No! I am not letting you leave like this, Mister!"

Angel started to shake in fear at her harsh tone. She had never shouted at him like this before. He tried to escape her grip but couldn't, and started to whimper. Like a child. The noise snapped Buffy back into reality, and she gasped when she realised he was afraid. He was afraid of her. She let his shoulders go and started to rub them. He whimpered again, in pain. Not only had she scared him, she had hurt him.

"Shh, baby" she rubbed continuously.

Then, finally, he returned into her arms. He let out hysterical cries that broke Buffy's heart. She stroked his hair and bare back until the hysterical cries became soft, quiet weeping, the trembling became soft shivering. Then he quietened altogether.

"My poor dear Angel. Baby" Buffy said in a voice that reminded Angel of his childe, Drusilla.

Just the thought of poor, sweet, innocent Drusilla almost made him cry again. His eyes shined, almost a warning. Only one escaped though, and Buffy wiped it away. He had done a lot of bad things as Angelus. It felt bizzare having the memories of a monster as if they were his own. They were, in a way, but Buffy had always told him that she loved him, vampire or not. Evil past or not. She loved every inch of him, from his demon to his ragged soul. Everything about him, she loved. His unbeating heart almost leapt when he saw her, because it truly did belong to her and her alone. Angel was snapped out of deep thought when Buffy shifted.

"Are you leaving me?" Angel asked.

Buffy stared down in shock.

"O-Of course not, Angel" She stammered, holding his head on her chest.

"W-W-Why n-not?" Angel said, forcing back the tears that threatened to fall.

"Because I love you" She whispered.

Those words made his broken heart heal.

"I-I-I love you too, Buffy" A few tears managed to escape and roll down his cheeks.

Buffy caught his tears with her tongue and then kissed his cheeks.

"I love you, Angel" She whispered.

"I love you, Buffy" He said as he kissed her.