Chapter Text
Goodnight My Someone 2: Goodnight My Love
by Ragna
Buffy did a spin kick, hitting the vampire in the face. She glanced back at Angel, who was doing fine on his own. And Xander was, too, she realized as she watched him sneak up on a vampire that was giving Angel trouble.
This was the first meeting between Xander and Angel in almost six months, and it had to start out as a fight. This was just the way everything had to go when Angel and Xander and Buffy were in the same place together. It was just always that way. Buffy had been hoping the two wouldn't be amped after a fight, but...
At least they weren't fighting each other...yet...
After a few more scattered kicks, punches and stake thrusting, the fight was over. "I haven't fought vampires in a while," Buffy said, sitting down on the bench. Xander took his normal spot on her left, slipping his hand into hers.
Buffy noted briefly that Angel turned away, a pained look on his face. "I've fought a lot of them. I think the demons migrated here and the vamps..." He didn't finish the sentence, instead keeping his back turned towards the two lovers.
"I found a way to close the Sunnydale Hellmouth and get my soul back permanently."
Xander sharply took his hand away from Buffy's, using it to, instead, rub the back of his neck slightly. "What?"
"Well...someone made a sacrifice for me, and others, once. And if I make this sacrifice, then I can save a lot more lives. More than he did, maybe."
Buffy looked at her first lover, then to her second, then back at her first. "All you have to do is get your soul back permanently?"
Angel nodded. "I'll never lose it again, no matter what." For the first time since they started talking, he turned around, his eyes on Buffy. "Ever."
Buffy started to respond, but it was only then that she realized that Xander, who she had thought was pacing, had instead walked away without a word.
TBC