( you don't turn anyone evil has not been her lived experience. or maybe β less she doesn't turn people evil, more she doesn't make anyone better. like, a leech, or something. buffy is so dark, so sad, she soaks up all the goodness in everyone else, until there's nothing left.
it's why the watchers are always saying she should be alone, disconnected, without attachments. safer. better. someplace where you can't hurt anyone else, buffy. )
what did it say? if he's making moves i have to go after him. it won't be hard. i've done it before.
[august thinks about lying to her. a younger version of him would have stopped the conversation before it started, bypassing communication to go straight to the source. this is likely what angel wants, to sow doubt somewhere in their relationship. to test it.]
no, this is between us. i told you he reached out and that's all i'm going to tell you.
[the contents of the letter aren't words he wants buffy to read, not when she already thinks she's the worst of the worst.]
( she sits with it, for a second. tries not to feel like a door is shutting in her face βΒ though if that was truth of it, august wouldn't have told her in the first place. so this is ... she's not sure. the content was awful, or personal. not something he wants buffy to know about, whether it's about her or about him. or βΒ something else? she's not really good on the logical aspects of thought, more punch first and speak never in mentality. so. )
we're not in the commune anymore. angel can't touch me.
[the thought is sweet. he thinks highly of buffy, but he doesn't want her to get caught in a web of his own making. he told her because she's involved with him, and angel is involved with herβ was, technically, but he seems in the mood to paint a target on his back.]
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it's why the watchers are always saying she should be alone, disconnected, without attachments. safer. better. someplace where you can't hurt anyone else, buffy. )
what did it say? if he's making moves i have to go after him.
it won't be hard. i've done it before.
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no, this is between us.
i told you he reached out and that's all i'm going to tell you.
[the contents of the letter aren't words he wants buffy to read, not when she already thinks she's the worst of the worst.]
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i just don't want something to happen to you
( because of me. )
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[the thought is sweet. he thinks highly of buffy, but he doesn't want her to get caught in a web of his own making. he told her because she's involved with him, and angel is involved with herβ was, technically, but he seems in the mood to paint a target on his back.]
think you'll need a hound? they don't sleep.