"Willow, Sweetling, its me Angel, your safe now"
She just broke down and started sobbing. Her shoulders were heaving and she was haveing trouble drawing breath. He sank to the floor next to her and cradled her in his arms, rocking back and fourth and rubbing soothing circles over her back.
Doyle and Delia walked in and stopped dead. The sight before them was heart wrenching, there on the floor was Willow in fits of sobs and Angel haveing real trouble fighting the tears aswell. He was strokeing her back and cooing at her to try and calm her down a little. He didnt even notice they`d come in.
"Come on Willow, sweety, stop crying, its alright now, your safe, I wont let anything hurt you ever again"
Nothing
"Come on little one, I need you too be okay, come back to me, come on look at me, please Wills, come back to me"
Willow could hear someone calling her and feel someones arms around her but she was so terrified she didnt want to leave the safety of her mind. The voice sounded familliar, and then she realised who it was...
"A..Angel..?"
"yeah Wills, its me sweetheart"
"What..what are you doing here?"
"Doyle, he had a vision and we came as soon as we could"
"Oh, Angel..I was so, so scared, and he was going to drain me of my power and..and he said he wanted to have some fun with me and then he...I was so scared"
"I know sweetheart, I know, dont worry, Im here now, I wont let anyone hurt you ever again"
Willow snuggled into his protective arms and held on for dear life, then she remebered she was practically naked,
"Ang..Angel..I ..Im cold..can we go"
"Course"
He took his coat off and wrapped it around her body and swept her up into his arms. Willow tried not to notice how good it felt to be cuddled against his muscular chest, how right it felt. Angel was wallowing in everything that was Willow, he was soo releived that she was okay, he couldnt bring himself to let her go yet, he knew he`d have to at some point, but not yet, so he carried her out to the car and sat in the back.
"Could you drive us back to Willows D?"
"yeah sure, Im glad your okay Will"
"Me too, Umm, I need to talk to you later, if thats okay"
"Thats fine Wills, lets just get you home and safe"
They drove to Willows in silence. Once they were there Doyle opened the car door for her and Angel, he had a feeling that he didnt want to let her go just yet. Delia took her keys off of her and opened the front door. Angel took Willow straight upstairs and into her room.
Delia and Doyle went into the front room to wait.
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Angel carried Willow into her room and placed her on the bed gently. He went into the bathroom and started running a hot bubble bath to warm her up. He went back into her room and tried to get Willow to look at him, she`d spaced out again.
"Willow, little one, look at me"
Sweetheat, you need to go for a bath, warm up, come on, look at me"
She got up and started for the door but almost collapsed half way there, Angel was at her side in an instant, he took her arms in his and helped her into the bathroom. Willow realised she was still in just her underwear and started to blush, the color crept from her chest up her neck and settled on her cheeks.
"Umm, Angel, I need to get these things off, why dont you wait down stairs with the others"
"Oh umm, okay then, i`ll se you in a little while"
",Kay"
Angel closed the door and started for the stairs, but half way down he heard the soft sounds of crying, he wanted to comfort her, but she needed her privacy, he didnt have the right anyway. So slowly he made his way downstairs to wait with the others.
He walked into the front room and dropped down onto the sofa, a look
like thunder on his face, and a heavy heart in his chest. Delia sighed.
