Black Tendrils

She has not been innocent for a long time. Despite what everyone thinks there are things she has done and things she has seen that anyone sane would run from. She has seen things able to stain the most pure of hearts like the black tendrils of evil taking a victim in its grasp.

She may not look like much on the outside but her life experiences put her well beyond the rest. Or nearly the rest. Maybe not Angel. Maybe not even his friends. But others, for sure.

She’s not all cute and innocent Fred. She’s strong willed and she’s a survivor. She does whatever it takes to protect herself. She doesn’t let her fear override her.

With Wesley she feels she can show her fear. It isn’t a burden to dream for a better outcome than the one she is in. Fantasies are welcome and the more she has of them, the more she wants to have more of them. She wants simple. She wants to be herself and to learn more about whom she really is and who Wesley really is.

She may not be innocent any longer but that doesn’t mean she can’t act like it.

fin.