c a n ' t . t a k e . t h a t . a w a y

Can't Take That Away
[by victoria p.]

Rating: PG

Summary: Still I always, always keep the memory of / The way you hold your knife ~“They Can’t Take that Away from Me” – George & Ira Gershwin

Notes: Thanks to Dot, Meg, Jen, and Pete. Written for James Hsiao, for the informal lyrics challenge. He gave me the above lyrics.

Date: March 26, 2004

She still wakes in a cold sweat sometimes, bolting upright, stake in hand, ready to dust whichever enemy has returned from the dead to haunt her.

"Hey, hey, it's all right."

Strong hands grasp her shoulders, stroke her hair. She grabs one of them and holds tight, closing her eyes to capture fragments of an already-fading dream.

Dark hair, red lip curled in a feral smile, the glint of a knife--

Not a prophetic dream, then, just another relic of the past.

"B?"

She reaches down, strokes the scar on Faith's belly, then leans in for a kiss.

They fall back onto the pillows, bodies entangled, and Buffy lets the dream -- the memory -- slip away. She knows it will be back again tomorrow.

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