Death shall have no dominion (Drabble, PG)

[electricalgwen]

Inspired by the prompt "Dominion" at open_on_sunday. The title is of course from Dylan Thomas.


He’s glad Tara’s dead.

Death is vague when you’re a kid. It gains reality and form slowly. Grandma’s not baking cookies anymore; the class guinea pig lies unmoving on the cage floor.

Eventually, you’re old enough to attend funerals. And despite the minister’s assertion of the Resurrection and the Life, you know death is final.

Only… then you get a little older, and meet the Slayer. You learn about vampires and zombie cats, and eventually one of your best friends brings another one back – from heaven.

So, yeah. He’s not glad Tara died. But he’s glad she’s still dead.

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[electricalgwen.livejournal.com]

Thanks for reading and commenting - it's great to hear that it affected you that way! Yes, I imagined this from Xander's POV.