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Xander’s head turned as he caught sight of a blonde he didn’t know ahead, and he watched her graceful ascent of the steps, the light catching the golden-brown hair falling down her shoulders. She turned her head slightly, beautiful in profile. “Whoa,” he murmured.
On Buffy the Vampire Slayer:
Buffy stilled. Xander crept a little further out of the stacks to keep them both in sight, and tried not to breathe too loud.
“Vampires. Werewolves. Zombies. Ghouls. Incubi. Succubi.” The librarian added a book with each word. “Everything you ever dreaded under your bed and told yourself couldn’t be by the light of day. They’re all real.”
Everything s̶̨̰̅̍́̃̕ he 's always feared...
After laying on his bed staring at the ceiling for a few hours, Xander decided to get up, swap his button-up for a hoodie, and go to the Bronze and let the loud music blast all that out of his head. Halfway there, he started to regret walking there in the dark. No, nope, it’s ridiculous. There’s no such thing as vampires! No matter how convinced Buffy and the librarian seemed to be about it…
He sped up when something clattered down an alley.
…is about to come true.
The blonde chick whirled and another guy – probably Willow’s ‘date’ – looked up. Xander flinched. Furious yellow eyes glared out from beneath heavy brows, sharp fangs showing behind snarling lips. Which meant it was all real – vampires, werewolves, zombies, everything else.
And there's no turning back.
Xander caught a flash of the wrong shade of blonde from the corner of his eye, just in time to see the vampiress from earlier grab Jesse – then her fist lashed out toward him.
Everything went dark.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer – Coming This March.