category: BtVS, song-drabble
timeframe: Post "Chosen"
characters: Willow, Dawn, Xander
warnings: none
rating: Teen
summary: In an effort to help Xander recover from the events of Chosen, Willow and Dawn go after his music collection.

"Patsy Cline?"

"Check."

"Johnny Cash?"

"Got it."

"Right." Willow grinned at Dawn. "That's all of them. No more music of pain!"

I've been looking so long at these pictures of you,

"Wait," Dawn's smile slowly faded. "Do you hear that?"

That I almost believe that they're real.

"Oh no," The pair bolted up the stairs.

I've been dreaming so long of these pictures of you,

"It's coming from his room!"

That I almost believe that these pictures are all I can feel.*

Xander hunched over a photo, agony in his expression. "Anya,"

Willow punched the wall. "Damn you, Robert Smith!"

*"Pictures of You" by the Cure