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#29 Only the Lonely
Title: Only the Lonely
Author: Christy
Rating: FR 15
TtH Prompt: #29 Heartache
Fandom/Theme: Buffy/Alex Cross
Wordcount: 200
Disclaimer: I own none of the characters featured here. They belong to their respective creators and production companies.
Distribution: NeverNormal.com and TtH
Spoilers: None for Buffy; after Cross for Alex Cross
A/N: This was written for the tth100. The only linking thing for these is Faith in them.
Summary: Faith talks to Alex about what love makes you do.

I was definitely glad to have my practice back up again and enjoyed having more time for my kids.
“I got out early for good behavior,” she said. “I went back to helping my friends fight the good fight. That’s how I met Kennedy. She was one of our…trainees. We fell in love…and her job got her killed. I got her killed.”
“Faith, how can you say that?”
She looked up at me. “Patient confidentiality, right?”
“Yes,” I said, hesitant as to why she’d want that reassurance.
“We got ambushed and I wasn’t watching my back and got clobbered. And before I could get back up, the one that had hit me bit her.”
I wanted to laugh at the absurdity of her last comment, but the look in her eyes stopped me. “Why would biting matter? Human bites are rarely fatal.”
Quirking an eyebrow, Faith smiled, if that dark expression on her face could be called such. “Doc, who said it was human? Haven’t you heard of vampires?”
“Can’t say that I have. I’m sure I’ve read the clinical definitions of porphyria, but I can’t say I’ve ever personally seen a case.”
Vamping out, she grinned. “You have now.”

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