Waiting for Rescue

[catko]

Waiting for Rescue
Rating: PG
Words: 200
Summary: These two episodes were a lot about rescue. Here are a couple vignettes on that. For fantas_magoria , What’s My Line 2. The second one is based on the Flash Challenge.


I. No breath? His seems to be coming short and hard. No body fluids? Sweat is trickling down his chest. And being bloodless usually meant preternaturally cool. But his skin’s afire, eyes scorched by the light.

Still, a weird, dim glow of relief. The long nights, shadowy days; endless years, some blank, some filled with horror. Soon to end, the last of his kind. Only one of his kind.

Almost gone, he hears a clang, and looks up blearily. A redshirted form, bending down to haul him out of the sun. Another chance at un-Life? He steels himself to survive yet again.

II. In this split second…

…she thinks: Well, this has been a  day. Freaking squeamishness. Pure terror. Overwhelming relief. Utter frustration. Screaming annoyance. But now, his breath on her cheek, a whole new feeling. A warmth rising, flowing outward, to the surface--her outer shell, that all her life she had cooled to an extermal perfection. The emotion floods her. Suddenly scared, she jumps back.

 
… he thinks: Yeah! Saved from a life of never touching a human woman! Woo hoo! Man, it feels good! But what’s that? A feeling in his chest, like that hollow space, pressed into a tight ball, begins to expand. Gah! Startled, he jumps back.

 

Comments

[brunettepet.livejournal.com]

I loved the description of the physical effects waiting to die were having on Angel, then pulling back and finding his calm, relieved emotional state. Living forever has got to be exhausting.

Xander's shock at realizing kissing Cordy means something to him was stellar. that would be a startling, confusing development!

[catko]

"Living forever has got to be exhausting."

Ah, that's what I was thinking. And Xander, yeah, that she does bring out something in him. Appreciate your comments!