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

[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.

[xlivvielockex.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I think the best drabbles are the ones that can give you the same emotional wallop as a longer fic.

[yazizzle33.livejournal.com]

I would agree. If only there were more drabbles out there like yours then I wouldn't be so adamant about mainly reading longer fics.