Bloodsucker.
Vampire.
A traitor to his own kind.
Angel.
Angel?
More like an Archangel. Maybe Gabriel, or...
No, just leave it at Angel.
That was good enough, he supposed. It would do.
For now.
Angel - a vampire.
Once one of the most ruthless vampires.
Now a "softie." A "slayer sympathizer."
Angel gave a bitter laugh. He supposed he was.
But Buffy would't always be there for him. Buffy would grow old... die a natural death.
He envied her.
Why was he jealous of her? He was immortal. He had strength, power, he could OWN the night... what could she have that he couldn't?
Children...
A normal life...
Sunlight.
Angel longed to see the sun. The sunrise, the sunset, high noon. He wanted to look directly into the sun and damage his eyes, as if proving he was mortal, could be harmed, could be hurt, could be killed!
By the sun.
He missed the sun. When Buffy was gone, he would go watch the sunrise. He vowed it.
But now Buffy was here. Buffy would stay until she would die. Stay with HIM...
NO! She would NOT stay with him. She would NOT!
The temptations that she had awakened within him were too great. The ticking in his teeth everytime she was near was almost unbearable. When she kissed him, it was all he could do to resist from killing her.
Or worse.
Buffy was going to stay human. He would see to that. Fight off any who would threaten her, even if it cost him his life. He would be her guardian... her guardian Angel.
Angel laughed again. Almost too obvious, even for him.
But what could you do when you had met the sun? The sun that would kill the vampires. Kill them all.
Would she kill him? He was, after all, a vampire...
A God damn vampire.
One of THEM.
~Why?~ he asked himself for the hundreth time. ~Why me? Why was I the one that had to become a creature of the night?~ A miracle? A curse?
Perhaps a little of both...
After all, if he hadn't been immortal, then he would have never met Buffy.
Funny. He was suddenly tempted to sing "You Are My Sunshine."
She was running through his thoughts. Her name repeated itself in his mind. Buffy Buffy Buffy Buffy...
There was Buffy, and then there was him.
Nosferatu. Bruja. Ne'er cantour. Whatever anyone called him, he would still be an outcast from the human species.
Was he still human? He looked human enough, after all...
Angel avoided his eyes from the tombstone that was so well shined you could see your reflection in it. The one Buffy's friend Willow was amazed by.
Not that it was a problem. When you were a vampire you didn't need a reflection. You didn't want one. You didn't want to see what you had become.
"Well, aren't we philosophical tonight, Angel?" he said out loud.
He listened to his own voice as it died away on the gentle wind.
But now, what was this? Laughing, voices...
Mortals!
Angel ducked into the shadows quickly, blending in perfectly with the night in his black clothes. Four heads bobbed up and down a row of tombstones away. They looked vaguely familiar.
Buffy's friends! Willow, Xander, Giles, and that other one... the girl that was just a bit odd in the head. Cordelia? Cornelia? Connie? Oh, well.
Angel let them pass without them seeing him. He didn't want to face them. Giles and his wise proverbs. Xander and his big nouth. Willow and her brainy... brains. And that other girl...
A frustrating life he had.
At least the life he had now. The one of the night. Angel could barely remember what his life was like before he was changed. Before he was ripped away from his friends, his family...
Angel felt wetness on his cheek. Had it begun to rain? He turned his head up to the sky.
No. No rain. Then what?
Was he actually CRYING for the life he had lost? Crying for the life he would never be able to regain?
No, it had to be raining. Vampires didn't cry.
Ignoring his last thought, he let the tears roll down his cheeks.
AN END
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