Slayer Bella and vampire Miles
cross_and_bow
(prologue)
Bella slips into the school by a side door; she just saw a thing and she thinks she's seen it in a book before and thinks it's supposed to be mostly harmless but before she wakes Giles up over probably nothing or kills a likely neutral demon she wants to check.
And she pushes into the library.
Bella slips into the school by a side door; she just saw a thing and she thinks she's seen it in a book before and thinks it's supposed to be mostly harmless but before she wakes Giles up over probably nothing or kills a likely neutral demon she wants to check.
And she pushes into the library.
cross_and_bow
"Especially if you run into me. ...Sorry, I was going to stop it with the relentlessy reminding you of that thing."
cross_and_bow
And eventually: airport.
"Have a fun soul adventure. Please be gentle stowing away on the plane, and don't get caught or they'll add having crosses waved in one's face as a TSA screening procedure and the lines'll be twice as long."
"Have a fun soul adventure. Please be gentle stowing away on the plane, and don't get caught or they'll add having crosses waved in one's face as a TSA screening procedure and the lines'll be twice as long."
thisvorlunatic
"Thanks. Take care. If I come back and find you've been killed in the line of duty, I will look into resurrection."
cross_and_bow
"Aww, thanks, although please consult people on that, I hear it can be a real disaster handled improperly."
thisvorlunatic
Time passes. One week stretches to two. Reclaiming one's soul is a time-consuming business, apparently.
Then Bella gets a call from the airport.
Then Bella gets a call from the airport.
thisvorlunatic
Miles is looking slightly weathered but intensely happy. He waves when he spots her car approaching.