@mouthofhellβ gets a season 6 starter
βYou donβt gotta come tonight if youβre not up to it, B.β
It wasnβt that Faith didnβt want Buffy to tag along -- sheβd love to throw back to the good olβ days, if they were really that good. Yβknow, before she went and blew everything up by throwing in with the Mayor. But they were older now and things werenβt so simple. Especially considering the blonde had recently just come back from the dead.
Faith was furious with Willow for reasons the redhead couldnβt understand. The Scoobies all thought the dark Slayer was glad to have B out of the way, which couldnβt be further from the truth. But what they didnβt know, didnβt feel, was how deeply Buffy had been at peace with her sacrifice. Slayers saw their predecessors die in dreams all the time -- it was a cosmic lesson from the universe not to fall in the same way. Drowning, stabbing, and so, so many teeth. But Buffyβs was different. The bright light, the warmth. And Sunnydale couldnβt see a path forward without her, but that was how the world worked, right?
Slayers called, Slayers died. No one wept -- except for this one.
No one would cry for Faith, would they?
βReally, you need to rest. I know itβs a big ask, but... trust me?β