Fic: Withered Stumps of Time Chapter 1

Title: Withered Stumps of Time
Summary: Angel and Spike are trapped. They relive the day of Fred's death over and over. Will they be able to save her and finally break the awful loop?
Rating: Um, R probably.
Pairing: I think this might be just regular ol' general fic. Though there will be elements of Wes/Fred, Spike/Angel, Spike/Buffy...and I reserve the right to add any pairing to the list. heh.


Angel stared at the ceiling for hours, the events of the day turning over and over in his mind. He thought of every possibility, every choice, every action, every reaction, every endless moment of every unforgettable hour that lead to the final, overwhelming conclusion.

He could hear Spike in his living room. Drinking. Watching TV. He’d go home before dawn. Maybe.

If he could do it all over again, if he could change one thing, fix one mistake, he’d fix this. He’d save Fred. He’d keep her safe. Connor was in a better place, Cordelia was…in a better place, and they all thought they were doing the right thing. But Fred was the only good one among them, and she was the one who deserved to be alive, and safe, and happy.

If he could fix one thing…

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Withered Stumps of Time--Chapter 2

Chapter 2

They sat in Angel’s office, two beaten, depressed, exhausted Champions of the People who didn’t feel much like Champions anymore. They felt old. They felt every year weigh on their hearts. They felt like failures. Blood and bourbon sat between them on the desk, two stained glasses, a pack of cigarettes. When Angel reached for one, Spike wasn’t surprised.

“Three times now,” Angel finally said.

“Yeah.”

“It doesn’t get easier.”

“No.”
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My head hurts. Again.

It's very warm today. Almost 90. I think we'll skip Spring completely and move right in to summer.

I had a bitch of a time falling asleep last night. I think I saw the wrong side of 4 am. Why? Because I had about a billion ideas for this fic spinning around my head. I guess if it's keeping me up at night, then I better keep on writing it. (Also, I've roped redqueen6238 into making a graphic, so I better not slack off on it.

But I do have a headache.

Not only did I get to sleep late, I had a very restless sleep full of odd dreams. And then when I woke up, my jaw was popped out of place and my neck and my head hurt, hurt hurt. That wasn't pleasant. I'm bitching a lot. Do I have anything happy to report?

Not really.

Tomorrow is going to both suck and blow. There's a career fair, so the school's largest parkign lot with be closed (the entire fucking thing) for all the fucking career representatives. It's such a joke. There's the police, fire department, and military. Yeah, that's the sort of careers college graduates are looking for. (Well, I'm sure some are, but not enough to constitute an entire fair.) So I have to get there early to find a parking spot (wish me luck...), then I have to tutor for 4 hours...which means I can't go to the guest lecture about the Holocaust. And then I have a poetry test. Which may or may not bad, I don't know. Then I have to work...I'm sure something else is going on tomorrow that'll annoy the fuck out of me.

I've had several conversations IRL (this isn't directed at anybody on LJ) lately which basically came down to somebody telling me, "I wish I had the tiem you do to write!" And then I feel bad, like I'm some sort of lazy bum. Ok, I am a lazy bum, but that's not why I have time to write. I have time to write because I make time. I schedule my school and work schedule to maximize my time. I twist jaime's arm into making dinner mroe often than not. I do everything I can so I have time to do this, because it's not just a hobby, it's what i want to do. So it kinda annoys me when people flaunt their busy life in my face--yes, yes, you're so busy. But if writing was important to you, you'd make it a priority!

Um...ok.

For you, fic is therapy - but that's not a bad
thing. Your focus is on characters,
relationships, and feelings - perhaps with a
healthy dose of angst. You probably write some
pretty deep stuff, now and then, and your story
might even help someone else through their own
issues.


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I don't know if I agree with that assessment, but I don't know if I disagree either.

The final episode of Roseanne

is even more lame than I remember.

Also, sadder.

I'm such a sap.

Withered Stumps of Time...

Ok, so, I've been thinking about it. sadbhyl has a pretty decent system set up. She updates More Than Strangers on a set schedule, twice a week. It works well for her. So I'm going to copy her.

I'm going to update Withered Stumps of Time every Wednesday and Sunday.

That could be the bad news. But the good news is that I already have the next two chapters done! And you know how my chapters are usually really short? Well, these chapters are about twice as long as usual.

I hope you'll read it and I hope you'll enjoy it....