For the 'Once Upon a Time' Challenge at open_on_sunday

[alwaysjbj]

With 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.
Author: 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.

Comments

[talesofspike.livejournal.com]

Okay, blame the beginnings of what promises to be a pounding headache and some solid sleep deprivation, but my inner voice is jumping up and down and shouting that it's no more than she deserves (bitch)... No fault of your wonderful prose, just me being strange again.

[alwaysjbj.livejournal.com]

I hope your head is feeling better now, sweetie! You will get no argument from me about Buffy deserving it!! I agree whole-heartedly! But I like to think she finally realised how she felt... and that she mourned him (and that The Girl in Question never happened). I am hanging onto the longer (and slightly angstier) version of this as I have a bunny or two that may yet see it expanded upon.