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Faith was used to waking up by herself in strange surroundings. Whether it was another night with another random hook up, or crashing somewhere to wait for the Sun to come up, Faith had done it enough times for it to become routine.
She was in a bed this time, and warm. And she was in pyjamas. She opened an eye and looked around. The room was dark, but there was a narrow shaft of light coming in through the curtains. The comforter felt heavy, thick and luxurious. She got up as quietly as she could, and quickly searched the room. She was alone, but there was a dark smell in the air, like burning.
A knock at the door startled her. She didn’t have a stake to hand, and felt naked without one.
The door opened, and Buffy walked in carrying a pair of coffee cups.
“Hey Faith, you’re up!”
“Looks like it, B”.
“You OK? You look a little out of it.”
Buffy set the coffees down on a table, and opened the curtains. Outside the hotel, a red double-decker bus trundled past.
“Five by five, B. Is one of those for me?”
“Oh yeah. Here you go, babe. I tried coffee from the machine in the room, but it tasted like I’d used dusted vamp for grinds, so I went out. Thought I’d let you sleep off the jet lag.”
Faith took a sip from the cup. The drink was creamy and sweet, almost cloying, but with a kick from four shots of espresso.
“That’s perfect, B. Thanks. So where to first? This anniversary trip was your idea?”.
“Well, I thought we’d go to Buckingham Palace. Your inexplicable love for The Crown was part of why I thought London.”
“It’s just such a crazy fantasy world, B! These people get so caught up in their problems, when they don’t know about half the things that could end their world! And don’t get me started on those Downton Abbey jerks!”
Buffy smiled. Faith was cute when she got animated and low-key mad about something she loved.
She took her wife’s hand and said “Alright, Faith. We’ll start at the Palace, and get some photos with the guys with funny hats. And then we can go and meet Dawnie and check out some of those tomes she discovered in the British Library”.
“The British Library. You think it’s one library for the whole island, B?”
“I don’t know, Faith, let’s go find out”.