My Elizabeth - Chapter 35

Thanks to Lutamira, DoriansKitten and Science for the beta on this!  :)  Sorry this one took so long.  I ended up doing five rewrites.  Turns out that after William out-duelled Billy the Kid, anything I wrote after that seemed pretty damned anti-climactic!  (Because ... err, it was!)


Chapter 35

Samson, went to bed, not much hair left on his head

He ate a slice of Wonder Bread and went right back to bed.  –Regina Spektor-

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Buffy led William into their hotel room.  He stepped gingerly, his boot leaving dirt trails on the bright blue carpet.  She gestured toward the wingback chair next to the window.

“Want to sit down?” she asked.

William shook his head and coughed.  He swayed on his feet, but she noticed he was careful not to use a steadying hand on the wallpaper.  He was covered in grime and dried blood.  Knowing William, he felt too dirty to touch anything in the room, and for certain he was too exhausted to keep standing for much longer.

Buffy touched his arm, tentatively.  “Maybe you’d like a bath before sleeping?”

“Very much.”

( Sexybathtime? Hmmm. Maybe not... )