jedibuttercup

PG; B:tVS/A:tS. Double drabble, for

maevebran.

Wesley talks to Fred about Buffy and Angel.

Title: Difficult Question
Author: Jedi Buttercup
Disclaimer: All your Buffy and Angel are belong to Joss Whedon.
Rating: PG
Summary: Wesley talks to Fred about Buffy and Angel. Double drabble.
Spoilers: A:tS 3.05, "Fredless"
Notes: For

maevebran, 4th entry in the

btvsats_love drabblethon. She requested B/A, B/Wes, or Wes/Fred. (Ha! I glanced off all of them with this one.) Builds on the previous three.

"So, now that she's alive again," Fred asked, innocently, "are they gonna get back together? Angel and that girl with the goofy name?"

"Well, Fred," Wesley answered, slowly seating himself on the floor of the weapons cabinet. "That's a difficult question."

From someone not particularly well acquainted with the pair, it was a logical assumption; after all, Angel had spent the summer traveling, grieving for the fallen Slayer. Buffy had been-- was still-- the love of his life. Wesley knew, however, that both Buffy and Angel had moved too far onward, were too aware of the risks, to ever tempt fate in that manner again.

He remembered when he'd seen her last, the blood on her lip, the anguish in her eyes when she'd looked to Angel. It had tugged at Wesley's heart-- and did still. Perhaps because of his failures as her Watcher, perhaps because of what had happened with Faith, he'd very much wished that he could somehow erase Buffy's difficulties, make her happier. And now that she was back--

"I think it's fair to say-- no," he continued lightly, putting that train of thought aside. When he saw her again-- if-- would be soon enough for that.

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