Drabble based on 'City Of'

[xlivvielockex]

Title: Rites of Passage
Author: xlivvielockex
Rating: PG
Word Count: 100
Character: Angel
A/N: We are doing an Angel Rewatch at Stranger Things and I noticed Angel has a bakery box in his fridge amongst the blood. It got me thinking. Un'betaed.

Angel isn’t sure why he does it anymore. (By now, she’d been long since dead.) But the same day every year, he finds the nearest bakery, his eyes glued to the rows of sugary confections trapped behind glass. She always did have a sweet tooth.

It’s always the same though. He picks the one the one that is the darkest, most decadent looking shade of cocoa. When he gets home (where ever that is: sewer, apartment, hotel), he puts a single candle atop the cake, lighting it. He waits for her, until the candle sputters and dies.

“Happy birthday, Kathy.”

Comments

[nikkiwawa79.livejournal.com]

Awwwwwww! This was adorable ♥ I can see Angel doing this every year.

LMAO @ the screencap complete with circle. ILU <3

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

*sniffle*

[samantha-78.livejournal.com]

I love the idea of an Angel rewatch! <3

[yazizzle33.livejournal.com]

This was so affecting, which is surprising because of the shortness of it. Really lovely writing that I felt got across the angsty message you were going for.

[samsom.livejournal.com]

Gah! Sad Angel!

wonderful bit of a character study, bb. It reads like it could have happened just like that. :D

[buffyangellvr23.livejournal.com]

nice work :) But who's Kathy?

[angryscientist.livejournal.com]

Aww, that is.. :( So sweet.

[dacian-goddess.livejournal.com]

He waits for her, until the candle sputters and dies.

Is there such a thing as an angsty swoon? Because I think I just had one.

This is great. Just the right measure of sweet to bring depth to the sad and introspective, and this is the kind of angst that's real, which makes it automatically palatable and gorgeous.

Now for the other matter -- An Angel rewatch?! How fun!

[ancor4eva.livejournal.com]

Awww!! <--- Sad awwww.

Such a simple, beautiful and heartbreaking piece.

Ya know how I love me them angsty pieces. :D <3