Why now? Why this: Supernatural Family
by ravenclaw
As with Willow and Faith, there was an awkward silence however this didn’t carry any of the tension that the last awkward silence had. It was more a nervous silence as if no one really knew how to start the conversation. In the end, it was Connor who broke the silence.

“I’m sorry about your face, didn’t mean to hit you quite that hard but I thought you were a vampire,” he said sheepishly.
Buffy shook her head, a thin smile playing on her lips, “don’t worry bout it, comes with the territory I…sorry we work in.” Angel shot a glance at Buffy to see if she really did want to get along with Connor as a family (I should have more faith in her, of course she does. It’s the one thing she’s wanted, a family and now she can have that chance…even though she isn’t Connor’s real parent, she is willing to be).

“Dad says you want us to be a kinda family,” Connor said bluntly just (to put the question out there because if she says yes…I can, I like her. And I would get to learn some of Dad’s history with this chick and learn some fighting moves from the Slayer herself). Connor shivered that prospect delighted him (what is it with me and Slayers?)
“There is one thing that’s been bugging me Angel” Buffy said quietly, “how come you didn’t lose your soul with Darla…well I assume you didn’t because no one called me or Willow.”
“That’s the thing Buffy, I didn’t lose my soul…I guess there is only one woman who can do that to me and that’s you Buffy. Perfect happiness for me is you.” Connor moved over to stand by the door seeing if he could sneak out with no one seeing him because he had had enough with the smooching atmosphere developing in the room between the two lovers.

“Hang on Connor,” Buffy said covering the room in about three strides and taking his hand in her own, “you don’t have to answer this question now but do you want me to become part of this supernatural family for want of a better word?” For what seemed like an eternity there was silence in the room…the seconds appeared to Buffy and Angel as hours till eventually Connor said that one word which would unify this family with its strange history.
“Yes…as long as I could learn to fight like you,” said Connor looking sheepishly at one of the strongest women in the world. Buffy simply smiled at Connor and walked over to Angel and leaned into him, after everything they had each learned, Angel that Buffy had been with Spike and Buffy that Angel had slept with Darla they were back finally in each others arms and now they were a family.

“Everything is as it should be,” said Buffy and Angel in unison. They smiled like knowing lovers do, that smile reserved for the one your soul is meant for.
“I hate to interrupt this moment you guys but we still have to decide to do with the twenty something girls we now have sleeping in various rooms here? Do they stay here? Or do we spread the forces of good around the world?” Connor’s sense of foreboding made Buffy look up at Angel with one eyebrow raised as if to say ‘wonder where he got that from’. Angel laughed at Buffy’s little dib and amusingly shook his head. Then he went back to business.

“I’d love to bask in this moment of finally being together, the three and of us, but Buffy Connor has a point what are we gonna do now?” Buffy looked sharply up at Angel with memory . Buffy wandered over to the window, Connor started to wander over to as if to sorry for bringing that up but Angel stopped him with a fatherly gesture a hand on the shoulder.

He whispered to Connor with compassionate patience towards his son, “she needs to do this alone.”
“I disagree Dad she needs someone to help her make this decision, its too much responsibility for one person to carry even if she is the Slayer.” (He has a point, there are so many Slayers now, just one last major decision from this generation’s Slayer then I give her the peaceful life she has wanted here in LA…okay peaceful here in LA well slightly more peaceful than a Sunnydale life). He started to walk over his soul’s other half when she turned around, they looked at each other (your so beautiful and strong, we’ve come so far, been through so much…) they frowned then realised they were hearing the other’s thoughts, the Powers That Be had at last realised that they wouldn’t be able to ever truly separate them, were slowly allowing them privileges no other supernatural couple had (we are stronger together, these powers…I love you). They embraced, knowing their love was now accepted
“I’ve got it but we’ll have to wait till morning since most of the Slayers are either asleep or still at hospital but I know what we are going to do now”.


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