For the 'Once Upon a Time' Challenge at ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
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Mon, Jan. 30th, 2006 12:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alwaysjbjWith a little over-inventive use of the hyphen and a lot of culling I managed to get this down from the 170 words it wanted to be to 100.
Title: Too late.
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alwaysjbj
Word Count: 100
Character: Buffy
Rating: G
Too late.
Buffy stared sightlessly at the destruction before her.
“I used to think fairytales were real; one day I’d find my prince and live happily-ever-after,” her voice broke the all-encompassing silence. “Then I found out fairytales were real; only not in the happy-ending kinda way, but the evil-monsters-and-things-that-go-bump-in-the-night kinda way. I guess I figured there were no happily-ever-afters. Only there was, and I didn’t realise ‘til it was too late. I really blew it, huh?” A tear traced slowly down her cheek, her gaze fixed on the ground beneath her, searching for his dust amidst the detritus of her former home.
Title: Too late.
Author:
alwaysjbjWord Count: 100
Character: Buffy
Rating: G
Too late.
Buffy stared sightlessly at the destruction before her.
“I used to think fairytales were real; one day I’d find my prince and live happily-ever-after,” her voice broke the all-encompassing silence. “Then I found out fairytales were real; only not in the happy-ending kinda way, but the evil-monsters-and-things-that-go-bump-in-the-night kinda way. I guess I figured there were no happily-ever-afters. Only there was, and I didn’t realise ‘til it was too late. I really blew it, huh?” A tear traced slowly down her cheek, her gaze fixed on the ground beneath her, searching for his dust amidst the detritus of her former home.
