maevebran

#12

Title: A Superhero's Funeral
Author: Maeve Bran
Summary: Willow gets ready to attend another funeral.
Disclaimer:I don't own Buffy or Angel or Bones
Notes:This is for the August fic a day. This is part of the Willow the Squint universe. Set at the end of Supperhero in the Alley episode of Bones.
Word Count:376
TTH100 Prompt: #39 Funeral

Willow stood looking in her mirror at home. She was dressed all in black again. It wasn't the kind of black for breaking and entering, no it was the much sadder black for a funeral. This time it was for Warren Granger, the eighteen year old victim in Special Agent Seeley Booth's latest case. Willow had felt an instant sympathy for him as he was only a few years younger then herself and had been a loner geek. She could relate for that was what she had been pre-Buffy. Willow had had the chance to grow past that into a pretty and relatively popular witch. Warren would never have the chance to do any of that.

The name Warren also had unpleasant associations for Willow. A year and a half ago she had flayed Warren Meers. Both Warrens died too soon. One for trying to defend a battered wife from her abusive husband. The other for killing Willow's lover. Willow still felt guilt over that and she believed she should but the guilt no longer crippled her. She knew she had something in common with Booth though she never expressed it for she knew he'd never understand. Booth killed for his country but she had for revenge.

Willow shook off the guilt filled thought that she felt gathering like a storm and returned to thinking of Warren Granger. The teenager who was dieing and still managed, without superpowers, to stick up for a woman in need. She supposed that could be considered a superpower too.

Willow just finished getting dressed when Toni, her current girlfriend came into the room. She was also dressed for the funeral. Toni had managed to take a few hours off to pay her respects to a man who tried to do what she did every night- save the innocent from the forces of darkness. Toni was a slayer and fought actual demons and vampires but Warren had fought a man who behaved like a demon. One warrior to another was how both Willow and Toni saw this gesture.

“Ready to go?” Toni asked.

“As ready as I’ll ever be to bury one so young. I’ve had my fill of death.” Willow said as she grasped Toni’s hand. They left the apartment.

(x-posted to