Still Grrr

Title Not Enough
Author Showmewrtr
Rating PG-13
Word Count 191
Prompt 023 Haunted
Characters/Pairing (if any) Riley
A/N: Post S7 BtVS – my own AU where Sam dies

No matter how many times he explained it or how many forms he filled out, when Agent Riley Finn closed his eyes, he still saw his wife’s crimson liquid dripping over his hands. Her gash too big, her life too short, and he lacked the magical powers to put her broken body back together again. Werewolves. The Initiative had been tracking them across Europe, into the UK, and at last, when he’d brought them down, they’d taken his wife with him.

If she’d been Buffy she wouldn’t have died.

He cursed himself for even thinking of the Slayer at a time like this. The red liquid on his hands reminded him of the blood that had cost him the woman he’d loved. Except then, it’d been his own blood. That damning need to find out why he’d been the best man, the best boyfriend, he could be, and yet, it wasn’t enough. Just like two weeks ago, when he’d been the best husband he could, and yet, not enough.

He suspected as long as he would live, his grief would never end. And he’d grieve for both of them. Buffy…and Sam.