[Prompt #377] BtVS / Buffy, Dawn — Gone

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Title: Gone
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Characters: Buffy, Dawn
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: none
Word count: 100 (Google Docs)
Spoilers/Setting: Set shortly after ep. 7x22 “Chosen” at Giles’s country house in Westbury.
Summary: Dawn is worried about Buffy’s distant demeanor.
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction created for fun and no profit has been made. All rights belong to the respective owners.

Prompt: #377 - Distant
Crossposted: drabble_zone, My journal, Sunnydale After Dark

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Buffy was seated under a tree, staring at the darkening horizon when Dawn walked up to her, dangling a blanket in front of her face.
“If you insist on doing your sulking outside, at least take this. England is chilly,” she said, sitting beside Buffy wrapped in her own quilt. “I miss California.”
“Not sulking,” said Buffy, taking the blanket. “Just avoiding Giles’s great-aunts. They always try to force feed me their chocolate pudding.”
“Because they sense you’re distant.”
“I’m alright, Dawn.”
“No, you aren’t. It’s about Spike, isn’t it? Talk to me.”
“There’s nothing to say, Dawnie. He’s gone.”