Choco_Cherries: No Comfort Has the Night

[lirazel]

Yeah, so I'm late, but they'll forgive me.

Also, is there anyone I haven't shipped Dean Winchester with?  I mean, seriously.  The boy is like the color black or vanilla ice cream or something--he goes great with anything.

Title: No Comfort Has the Night
Fandoms: Angel/Supernatural
Pairing/Character: Lilah Morgan/Dean Winchester
Word Count: 300
Rating: PG-13
Prompt: Devil; choco_cherries [Unknown site tag]Week 14
Spoilers: Through Supernatural Season 3 finale
A/N:  Title from "Battle of Evermore" by Led Zeppelin
Summary: He doesn't belong in hell.

He doesn’t belong in hell.

Lilah knows it as soon as she sees those desperate eyes, hears his endless screams for Sammy.  It’s rare to be here for someone else’s sake, as he clearly is—and that alone is proof of just how much he doesn’t belong (hell is for the selfish, the cruel, the traitors: those so far down the road to demonhood even in life that they have no room for self-sacrifice, for love). 

She sold her soul for her own gain, to get ahead, but mostly because she had nothing to lose (nothing till Wesley, but then, he was never really hers at all, was he?).  A few pointless interests: fashion, fine wine, skiing in Colorado.  But nothing that had any significance (no one who had any significance).  Why not sell her soul?

And truth is, she hadn’t cared.  Hadn’t felt the tiniest pang of guilt or regret (she tells herself).  She’d known exactly where she was headed and faced it with unflinching eyes (she was every bit the stone-cold bitch she played).  She only started caring when she saw Wesley burn her contract and knew it wouldn’t do any good.  At that moment, she wanted to escape hell more than she’d ever wanted anything in her life (death). 

But she already belonged there.  She’d signed her name and sacrificed her soul on the altar of her own ambition.

But him?  He’s different.  Broken, maybe, jaded and scarred, but also young and beautiful and fiercely loyal to something beyond himself. 

She steps close, touches his cheek, looks into eyes that don’t see her for his own pain, and makes a vow.

I’ll get you out of here.  Somehow.

 In the fires of hell, Lilah Morgan feels the first stirrings of selflessness.

She’s always been irony’s bitch.

Comments

[uptheapples.livejournal.com]

This is absolutely brilliant.

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I'm so glad you thought so.

My immediate thought at the end of the finale was, "Hmmm...who could Dean meet up with in hell?" And after Cassidy Casablancas, Lilah was my first thought.

Again, thanks!

[wondygal.livejournal.com]

ooh. Killer last line. Damn, I miss Lilah. Very nice!

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much! I'm so glad you enjoyed it!

[pyroblaze18.livejournal.com]

I'm only halfway through season two of Angel, so I'm a little lost on Lilah's future, but I absolutely love this piece.

This is so amazing!

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

Sorry if I spoil you for anything, but I'm glad you enjoyed it anyways. Thank you so much!

[rosie1234.livejournal.com]

XD
That was awesome, awesome, awesome!
and now I want vanilla ice cream!

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much!

I hope you got your ice cream!

[ineffort.livejournal.com]

OH YOU. I only have a vague recollection of Lilah, but what I do remember fits with this so perfectly it's insane. And Dean. Oh Dean. The fact that she sees him and thinks he doesn't belong (because he doesn't) and reminds us why killed me dead.

Fabulous. As predicted.

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

The fact that she sees him and thinks he doesn't belong (because he doesn't) and reminds us why killed me dead. I'm so glad. Like, seriously. I still don't think I've quite done the idea of them justice, but that has more to do with the fact that I rewrote it a hundred times to keep it under the word limit. It was hard.

And I know I said it would be Dean/Elle, but I couldn't say no to this pairing, so I'm glad you liked it anyways.

Also, confession: I am sorely tempted to write an afterlife fic in which Dean meets up with various other people in hell, including but not limited to both Lilah and Cassidy Casablancas. And anyone else from my fandoms that are probably in hell. How ridiculous would that be?

[ineffort.livejournal.com]

Ah, I know what you mean. But it turned out brill anyway.

Dean and anybody really is awesome. I meant to say it before, but YES, he does well with everyone. It's insane really.

INFITELY RIDICULOUS. And full of win. I would die if you did it. And while I'm here, I finally read the epic Spike/Buffy and you are one of kind, you are. I'll be leaving the reasons why shortly.

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

I meant to say it before, but YES, he does well with everyone. It's insane really. It baffles the mind. Oh, DEAN!

I would die if you did it. I might have to, then. Though I'm trying to get a Lit fic written in time for Izi's birthday, so it might be a bit.

I finally read the epic Spike/Buffy and you are one of kind, you are. I'll be leaving the reasons why shortly. I'm so glad you liked it! I'll definitely be looking forward to hearing what you think!