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doyle/buffy ~ birthday au for betrayedloyalty

[kiss_evilgoodbye]

"Buffy."

She doesn't know the voice, but she turns when she hears her name regardless. It's instinct, really. They call, and she always comes, no matter what. The man in question is on the short side, and someone she's never seen before. She's pretty sure she would have remembered that face.

"Can I help you?"

"I'm not the one you need to help. You need to help Angel."

She stiffens at the name. Angel's dead. Angel's dead, because they were stupid and thought that they could get around the rules. But vampires don't have souls and humans are much more fragile.

"If you knew Angel? Then you should know that he's a little past my help right now."

She turns and starts to walk away, and he darts ahead to cut in front of her. "No. No, you need to find a way ... it wasn't supposed to be like this."

"Oh really?" She doesn't have time for this. She has a world to save and vampires to kill. She doesn't need some Irish idiot telling her that she needs to fix a mess she put behind her a long time ago. "And how was it supposed to be, exactly?"

"Angel's supposed to be the champion. He's supposed to be on the path, fighting the fight."

"And I still don't see where this is my problem? Angel's still dead. How exactly do you expect me to fix it?"

There's a moment where she stares him down, waiting for him to answer the question. It's a long silence as this guy, whoever he is, considers what she said, before shaking his head.

"No, I guess that wouldn't be on you, would it?" He slides his hands into his pockets, and starts to walk away. "Sorry to have bothered you. I'll see you around, Buffy."

As she turns to watch him as she walks away, there's a small part of her that hopes she doesn't.

"Wait. Who are you?"

He glances back, looking at her for a long moment, before shaking his head. "Doesn't matter. Not now, anyway."