[He falls to his knees the moment she pulls her hand free, something more powerful than the spell she put in place causing him to collapse as a violent shudder runs through him, through his shoulders and down his spine, falling forward to catch himself on his hands. He wants to yell, scream, but nothing comes out when he opens his mouth-- and then as suddenly as it came, the pain of her ripping his heart from his chest dies in a single moment and he feels nothing at all, numb.
No. That wasn't right. Not numb.
Free.
A slow grin spreads across his face as he looks up at her, his features shifting to reveal yellowed eyes and a fanged, rattlesnake smile. There's nothing of Angel in him at all, nothing of the fumbling, earnest vampire who's worked so hard to establish himself as a safe and permanent fixture of the Wonderland community.
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No. That wasn't right. Not numb.
Free.
A slow grin spreads across his face as he looks up at her, his features shifting to reveal yellowed eyes and a fanged, rattlesnake smile. There's nothing of Angel in him at all, nothing of the fumbling, earnest vampire who's worked so hard to establish himself as a safe and permanent fixture of the Wonderland community.
Angel is gone.]
Sweetheart, I could kiss you.