The Angel of Music?
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maevebranTitle:The Angel of Music?
Author: Maeve Bran
Summary: Dawn and Zack relax at home with a movie. Dawn knows what really happened in the events that inspired the movie.
Disclaimer:I don't own Buffy or Angel or Bones or Phantom of the Opera.
Word Count: 411
Prompt: Beat the Clock started at 8:30pm finished at 9:15pm
Notes: This is part of the Our Mrs. Addy series in my AU season5 Angelverse. Offshoot of the "Willow, the Squint" subseries. Takes place sometime after "Our Mrs. Addy" and "A Little Vacation", and "Coming Home".
Dawn and Zack were just sitting down on the large overstuffed camel colored suede couch in their living room for their weekly movie night. On the coffee table in front of them was a large bowl of popcorn and several sodas. The opening music of this night's movie selection started, the instantly recognizable organ cords of the Phantom of the Opera. Zack held back a groan. It had been Dawn's turn to pick the movie. He had chosen The Terminator last week so he supposed he could humor his wife in her choice.
Once they were settled, with Dawn curled up with her legs on the couch and Zack's arm around her, Zack handed her the popcorn and both reached in from time to time for more. The longer the movie went on the more Dawn was aware that the story was increasingly familiar, not just the music - which she had memories of hearing Buffy ice skate to- but the plot. It bugged her that she couldn't remember where she had heard this story before. The feeling never went away. Dawn got absorbed in the sweeping and majestic music and refused to wrack her brain for the elusive, wayward memory. The bittersweet love of Christine and Raoul and the angst of the Phantom were enough to keep her occupied. Even if they weren't, the novelty of curling up with her husband would. The idea of having a husband at her age was mind boggling.
Finally, the movie was racing for it's conclusion, the Phantom was on stage seducing Christine with the Point of No Return. It finally dawned on Dawn why the story was so familiar: Angel's file contained an account of Angelus haunting an Paris opera house! Could Angel really be the Phantom? She was defiantly going to have to call Buffy and Angel. But could it be? The Phantom had been Christine's tutor in singing and hadn't Lorne teased Angel about how badly he sang? Maybe with over a century of being unused, Angel's voice had gotten rusty. That must be it because the Wolfram and Hart file had never been that wrong. Angel had confided to Buffy that the file had made some rather off conclusions of his motives sometimes but the actual details were spot on. Dawn chuckled at the idea and returned to snuggling with her husband. She could investigate this tomorrow while Zack was at work, she had better things to do right now.
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Author: Maeve Bran
Summary: Dawn and Zack relax at home with a movie. Dawn knows what really happened in the events that inspired the movie.
Disclaimer:I don't own Buffy or Angel or Bones or Phantom of the Opera.
Word Count: 411
Prompt: Beat the Clock started at 8:30pm finished at 9:15pm
Notes: This is part of the Our Mrs. Addy series in my AU season5 Angelverse. Offshoot of the "Willow, the Squint" subseries. Takes place sometime after "Our Mrs. Addy" and "A Little Vacation", and "Coming Home".
Dawn and Zack were just sitting down on the large overstuffed camel colored suede couch in their living room for their weekly movie night. On the coffee table in front of them was a large bowl of popcorn and several sodas. The opening music of this night's movie selection started, the instantly recognizable organ cords of the Phantom of the Opera. Zack held back a groan. It had been Dawn's turn to pick the movie. He had chosen The Terminator last week so he supposed he could humor his wife in her choice.
Once they were settled, with Dawn curled up with her legs on the couch and Zack's arm around her, Zack handed her the popcorn and both reached in from time to time for more. The longer the movie went on the more Dawn was aware that the story was increasingly familiar, not just the music - which she had memories of hearing Buffy ice skate to- but the plot. It bugged her that she couldn't remember where she had heard this story before. The feeling never went away. Dawn got absorbed in the sweeping and majestic music and refused to wrack her brain for the elusive, wayward memory. The bittersweet love of Christine and Raoul and the angst of the Phantom were enough to keep her occupied. Even if they weren't, the novelty of curling up with her husband would. The idea of having a husband at her age was mind boggling.
Finally, the movie was racing for it's conclusion, the Phantom was on stage seducing Christine with the Point of No Return. It finally dawned on Dawn why the story was so familiar: Angel's file contained an account of Angelus haunting an Paris opera house! Could Angel really be the Phantom? She was defiantly going to have to call Buffy and Angel. But could it be? The Phantom had been Christine's tutor in singing and hadn't Lorne teased Angel about how badly he sang? Maybe with over a century of being unused, Angel's voice had gotten rusty. That must be it because the Wolfram and Hart file had never been that wrong. Angel had confided to Buffy that the file had made some rather off conclusions of his motives sometimes but the actual details were spot on. Dawn chuckled at the idea and returned to snuggling with her husband. She could investigate this tomorrow while Zack was at work, she had better things to do right now.
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