CM February Prompt - Square Peg
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kerfloopeywitchA Square Peg in a Round Hole
I've always been the outcast, the square peg trying to fit into a round hole. The only person I ever felt myself around, felt that I was normal was Xander. We were two outsiders that found each other. He was the only one that got 'me', knew me inside and out. Then someone else got 'us'. I wasn't sure about Jesse when he first joined us. I thought he was going to take Xander away, instead we became an inseparable trio.
It's funny, but all of my relationships seemed to be that way except for Kennedy. My relationship with Giles, my friendship with Buffy, my relationship with Oz, even Tara felt like she was a misfit. Do we have such a need to belong that even as outsiders we look for someone to relate to, someone that feels like us?
Kennedy was my only relationship that didn't have a foundation of being different. Sure it can be argued that she was a Slayer which made her an outsider and unique, but she wasn't. Kennedy was strong and confident, happy in her own skin, something I've never been able to be.
I'm slowly coming to the realization that I fit in exactly where I'm supposed to. I'm not a square peg striving to fit anymore, I'm Willow shaped and I'm learning it's not such a bad shape to be.
Muse: Willow Rosenberg
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Word Count: 228
I've always been the outcast, the square peg trying to fit into a round hole. The only person I ever felt myself around, felt that I was normal was Xander. We were two outsiders that found each other. He was the only one that got 'me', knew me inside and out. Then someone else got 'us'. I wasn't sure about Jesse when he first joined us. I thought he was going to take Xander away, instead we became an inseparable trio.
It's funny, but all of my relationships seemed to be that way except for Kennedy. My relationship with Giles, my friendship with Buffy, my relationship with Oz, even Tara felt like she was a misfit. Do we have such a need to belong that even as outsiders we look for someone to relate to, someone that feels like us?
Kennedy was my only relationship that didn't have a foundation of being different. Sure it can be argued that she was a Slayer which made her an outsider and unique, but she wasn't. Kennedy was strong and confident, happy in her own skin, something I've never been able to be.
I'm slowly coming to the realization that I fit in exactly where I'm supposed to. I'm not a square peg striving to fit anymore, I'm Willow shaped and I'm learning it's not such a bad shape to be.
Muse: Willow Rosenberg
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Word Count: 228
