Ficlet: I Preserve You Like a Flower Pressed Into My Mind

[effulgency]

Title: I Preserve You Like a Flower Pressed Into My Mind
Word Count: 497
Characters/Pairings: Buffy/Angel
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Mild language.
Summary: Angel remembers good times and searches for a solution.
Disclaimer: Not mine. Not the characters, not the world, not the relationships. I'm just playing in Joss's sandbox.
Author's Notes: Set

Comments

[thatonekimgirl]

Oh, that last line was painful. So good, but so painful.

[effulgency]

Thank you! It was hard to write the ending, but this just seemed somehow... right. I'm glad it was effective.

[tigre86]

...he will run his fingers through her blonde hair, the closest he can ever come to touching sunshine.

That's just so tragically beautiful and true that it hurts.

He's tried so hard to be the strong one, walking away with his heart in pieces, trying to let her live her life.

Always so noble and fighting his own selfish needs. That captures Angel's mindset perfectly.

Then they'll fuck up against the mirror on his bedroom wall, and later they'll make love.

I really liked the irony of this, it cut in a good way.

Great job on it all, just wanted to comment on some of my favorite parts. :)

[effulgency]

Thanks so much! What a lovely comment. I love hearing what parts of my fics work the best.

[words_by_ash]

But sometimes epic love isn't meant to be. That's why Helen of Troy never could save Paris, and Juliet's fake suicide backfired so horribly. That's why some couples are the stuff of legends. For some romances, a happy ending just isn't in the cards. In the end, love isn't the only thing that matters. Sometimes when two lives intersect, all hell breaks loose. Maybe it's fate. Maybe it's how some cruel deity get its kicks. Maybe it's nothing. Maybe it's everything.

There is no solution. There is no solution. This is what he tells himself over and over again, and it's the only way he can bring himself to move on.
That last part got me right in the heart. It's so beautiful but sad because of it's truth.

Very well written. Thanks for sharing.

[effulgency]

Beautiful and sad is exactly what I was going for, so I'm really pleased that came across. Thank you so much for your comment!

[robas]

Very beautiful and so sad! Thanks for sharing!

[effulgency]

Good! Haha, I sound like a sadist or something, but I really wanted this to be sad without being trite or anything. And thanks for the feedback, it's my pleasure. :)

[effulgency]

Oh, thank you! I always struggle with representing the characters correctly in fic, so it's good to hear that I wasn't off base.