Categories > TV > Angel > Never Will You Be Alone
Stalling
With the threat of Buffy's arrival looming on the horizon, Connor and Dawn are faced with choices.
?Blocked
Never Will You Be Alone
Chapter Twelve-Stalling
A gentle knock startled the teens from a much needed sleep. That night in the wilderness of Quor'Toth had made Dawn as jumpy as Connor was alert. The door eased open to reveal Cordelia Chase. She smiled sheepishly at the glare the teens gave her.
"I know that you guys are tired," Connor raised his eyebrow at that. Cordelia's sheepish smile became one of fondness for her 'son'. "But I thought that you should know. Buffy's on her way here. She should get here at about twelve-thirty." Cordelia bit into her lip as Dawn's face fell and Connor's arm tightened around her. "Dawn," the young Summers girl looked up at her. "I'm not going to ask you to leave or for you to stay. It is completely up to you." Cordelia spared a glance toward her son. His arm had tightened even more around her waist. Dawn's hand was laying on his leg. Her fingers seemed to dance across the cloth of his pj pants in a small heart. Her fingers never drifted higher from where they were. "I'll just be leaving now.." Cordelia motioned toward the door. As she turned, a voice stopped her.
"Thank you, Cordelia..." A small smile drifted to the older woman's face.
"You're weclome, Dawn."
Never Will You Be Alone
Dawn looked over at her boyfriend when Cordelia left. She frowned lightly at the tense set of his body. She moved her hand from his thigh and onto his back. She rubbed soothing circles onto his muscles. She alternated the pressure she applied with each pass.
"Are you going to leave?" Connor asked finally. Dawn bit into her lip.
"I don't want too. I could probably stay for the rest of the summer. But when school starts..." Dawn trailed off. Connor understood.
"How long is summer?" Connor asked.
"From May to August." Dawn explained.
"Which is it now?" Dawn tilted her head.
"I'm not sure.." She mumbled with her finger tip to her chin. "Come on!" She exclaimed patting his back. "Let's go ask." Connor eyes widened as she stood easily.
"Hey!" He cried, standing with her. "Are you sure you should be-"
"I'm fine." He watched as she bit her lip. "Completely." She mumbled as she lifted the shirt that Angel had brought her. Where the blade had bit into her skin, a small scar remained.
Connor tilted his head as he noticed three other scars littering her skin. Vaguely, he wondered why he didn't see them the night they had sex for the first time. With a troubled mind, he reached out. She jerked lightly when Connor ran his finger from her rib cage to her hip. She let out a small breath at his inquiring touch. While she tried to hide it, Connor still felt skin quiver as her muscles reacted to him. He suppressed a small smirk.
"Doc. He was one of Glory's henchmen. He was the one to open the portal." For a moment, asking about the month was slowly sliding from her mind the more his fingers roamed across her stomach. She explained the same for the one that stretched in a diagonal line from the top of her rib cage to her belly button.
Dawn jumped when Connor's lip touched one, then shuddered lightly as his tongue traced it. As he moved to pay the same attention to her other, Dawn's fingers ran through his hair.
"Connor.." She sighed.
"Hmm?" He answered as his lips wandered away from her scars and danced across the plains of her stomach.
"We need to ask about the date..." Dawn tried. Her protest sounded weak even to her.
"Date can wait.." Connor mumbled as he wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her back onto the bed. Dawn tumbled onto the double bed with a slight squeak, then Connor was over her. His lips met hers gently. "I just want to.." Dawn didn't let him finish; instead, she claimed his lips again. "Spend all the time I can alone with you before.."
"Then stop talking." Dawn demanded as she flipped them and slid her shirt above her head. Connor smiled and slid his hands up her rib cage. He pulled down the straps of her bra and watched with interested eyes as she slid it off. Just as her bra fell to the ground, Dawn began pulling at his shirt hem. He obliged to her desire and sat up. His face was level with her neck as she rid him of the white T. His lips fell onto her neck. Kissing and biting lightly.
Connor loved the way she gasped and sighed just as much as he loved the way she loved and smiled. He let go of her waist as she began to push him back onto the bed.
"Da-" He began to protect as she slid off of him and stood up. She winked at him and slipped off her bottoms and shut the door with her hip. With a simple twist of her fingers the door was locked. Connor smiled crookedly. Dawn looked pointedly at him. He rolled his eyes as he stood from the bed and slipped his own bottoms off.
A small laugh escaped Dawn's lips as Connor lifted her into his arms and laid her onto the bed.
Never Will You Be Alone
The hotel was empty except for Cordelia and Angel. Gunn, Fred, and Wesley had gone to talk to a source about a recent demon attack. Cordelia raced an eyebrow as Angel smacked his head onto the coffee table.
"Wonder no longer..." He mumbled. Cordelia set the file she had been holding down and moved over to him.
"Wonder about what?" Cordelia asked. Angel shook his head.
"Turn on the radio..." He pleaded. Cordelia's eyes widened.
"Oh! Right..going.." Just as her finger hit the button, she turned back on Angel. "How old is Dawn?"
"Sixteen." Angel mumured. "Old enough.."
"But..Angel..." Cordelia protested. Angel glanced up to see her teetering on the balls of her feet as if debating to run upstairs and stop the teens.
"Cordelia how old were you when you started having sex?" Cordelia blushed brightly and looked away from Angel.
"I don't see how that has anything-"
"It does. You were probably Dawn's age, weren't you? I know I was when I lost my virginity."
"Angel, over a thousand years ago, it wasn't considered against the law!" Cordelia argued. Angel raised his eyebrows.
"Cordy." Cordelia turned away from him and through her hands into the air.
"Fine! I'm being a hypocrite!" Cordelia's body tensed as Angel's arms came around her waist. She sighed. "I know I'm being slightly unreasonable. I just don't want him to get hurt.."
"We can't prevent him from that. It's a stepping stone of life," Angel mumured against her hair. "Dawn makes him happy. Instead of bursting in there and getting a rather awkward eye full, why don't we go get something to eat from the kitchen?" Cordelia laughed as her stomach growled.
"You always seem to time it.." Cordelia grumbled, shaking out of his arms. Angel let them fall with a goofy grin on his face before racing after her.
Chapter Twelve-Stalling
A gentle knock startled the teens from a much needed sleep. That night in the wilderness of Quor'Toth had made Dawn as jumpy as Connor was alert. The door eased open to reveal Cordelia Chase. She smiled sheepishly at the glare the teens gave her.
"I know that you guys are tired," Connor raised his eyebrow at that. Cordelia's sheepish smile became one of fondness for her 'son'. "But I thought that you should know. Buffy's on her way here. She should get here at about twelve-thirty." Cordelia bit into her lip as Dawn's face fell and Connor's arm tightened around her. "Dawn," the young Summers girl looked up at her. "I'm not going to ask you to leave or for you to stay. It is completely up to you." Cordelia spared a glance toward her son. His arm had tightened even more around her waist. Dawn's hand was laying on his leg. Her fingers seemed to dance across the cloth of his pj pants in a small heart. Her fingers never drifted higher from where they were. "I'll just be leaving now.." Cordelia motioned toward the door. As she turned, a voice stopped her.
"Thank you, Cordelia..." A small smile drifted to the older woman's face.
"You're weclome, Dawn."
Never Will You Be Alone
Dawn looked over at her boyfriend when Cordelia left. She frowned lightly at the tense set of his body. She moved her hand from his thigh and onto his back. She rubbed soothing circles onto his muscles. She alternated the pressure she applied with each pass.
"Are you going to leave?" Connor asked finally. Dawn bit into her lip.
"I don't want too. I could probably stay for the rest of the summer. But when school starts..." Dawn trailed off. Connor understood.
"How long is summer?" Connor asked.
"From May to August." Dawn explained.
"Which is it now?" Dawn tilted her head.
"I'm not sure.." She mumbled with her finger tip to her chin. "Come on!" She exclaimed patting his back. "Let's go ask." Connor eyes widened as she stood easily.
"Hey!" He cried, standing with her. "Are you sure you should be-"
"I'm fine." He watched as she bit her lip. "Completely." She mumbled as she lifted the shirt that Angel had brought her. Where the blade had bit into her skin, a small scar remained.
Connor tilted his head as he noticed three other scars littering her skin. Vaguely, he wondered why he didn't see them the night they had sex for the first time. With a troubled mind, he reached out. She jerked lightly when Connor ran his finger from her rib cage to her hip. She let out a small breath at his inquiring touch. While she tried to hide it, Connor still felt skin quiver as her muscles reacted to him. He suppressed a small smirk.
"Doc. He was one of Glory's henchmen. He was the one to open the portal." For a moment, asking about the month was slowly sliding from her mind the more his fingers roamed across her stomach. She explained the same for the one that stretched in a diagonal line from the top of her rib cage to her belly button.
Dawn jumped when Connor's lip touched one, then shuddered lightly as his tongue traced it. As he moved to pay the same attention to her other, Dawn's fingers ran through his hair.
"Connor.." She sighed.
"Hmm?" He answered as his lips wandered away from her scars and danced across the plains of her stomach.
"We need to ask about the date..." Dawn tried. Her protest sounded weak even to her.
"Date can wait.." Connor mumbled as he wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her back onto the bed. Dawn tumbled onto the double bed with a slight squeak, then Connor was over her. His lips met hers gently. "I just want to.." Dawn didn't let him finish; instead, she claimed his lips again. "Spend all the time I can alone with you before.."
"Then stop talking." Dawn demanded as she flipped them and slid her shirt above her head. Connor smiled and slid his hands up her rib cage. He pulled down the straps of her bra and watched with interested eyes as she slid it off. Just as her bra fell to the ground, Dawn began pulling at his shirt hem. He obliged to her desire and sat up. His face was level with her neck as she rid him of the white T. His lips fell onto her neck. Kissing and biting lightly.
Connor loved the way she gasped and sighed just as much as he loved the way she loved and smiled. He let go of her waist as she began to push him back onto the bed.
"Da-" He began to protect as she slid off of him and stood up. She winked at him and slipped off her bottoms and shut the door with her hip. With a simple twist of her fingers the door was locked. Connor smiled crookedly. Dawn looked pointedly at him. He rolled his eyes as he stood from the bed and slipped his own bottoms off.
A small laugh escaped Dawn's lips as Connor lifted her into his arms and laid her onto the bed.
Never Will You Be Alone
The hotel was empty except for Cordelia and Angel. Gunn, Fred, and Wesley had gone to talk to a source about a recent demon attack. Cordelia raced an eyebrow as Angel smacked his head onto the coffee table.
"Wonder no longer..." He mumbled. Cordelia set the file she had been holding down and moved over to him.
"Wonder about what?" Cordelia asked. Angel shook his head.
"Turn on the radio..." He pleaded. Cordelia's eyes widened.
"Oh! Right..going.." Just as her finger hit the button, she turned back on Angel. "How old is Dawn?"
"Sixteen." Angel mumured. "Old enough.."
"But..Angel..." Cordelia protested. Angel glanced up to see her teetering on the balls of her feet as if debating to run upstairs and stop the teens.
"Cordelia how old were you when you started having sex?" Cordelia blushed brightly and looked away from Angel.
"I don't see how that has anything-"
"It does. You were probably Dawn's age, weren't you? I know I was when I lost my virginity."
"Angel, over a thousand years ago, it wasn't considered against the law!" Cordelia argued. Angel raised his eyebrows.
"Cordy." Cordelia turned away from him and through her hands into the air.
"Fine! I'm being a hypocrite!" Cordelia's body tensed as Angel's arms came around her waist. She sighed. "I know I'm being slightly unreasonable. I just don't want him to get hurt.."
"We can't prevent him from that. It's a stepping stone of life," Angel mumured against her hair. "Dawn makes him happy. Instead of bursting in there and getting a rather awkward eye full, why don't we go get something to eat from the kitchen?" Cordelia laughed as her stomach growled.
"You always seem to time it.." Cordelia grumbled, shaking out of his arms. Angel let them fall with a goofy grin on his face before racing after her.
Sign up to rate and review this story