Title: "Me in Honey"

Series: R.E.M. Song Title Series

Sub-series: The Sweetness Series

X-Over with The West Wing

Pairing: Willow/Willow

Disclaimer: The characters aren't mine.

Distribution: Please, take it. Just let me know.

Rating:G

Note: This is a sequel to "Bittersweet Me" and "Sweetness Follows"  You don't need to have read them for this to make sense, but if you want the background they can be found here: www.angelfire.com/dragon/seeker0

Summary: Willow/Will fluff.  Will's thoughts on the woman he loves.

Note #2: This is set about a year after "Sweetness Follows" but it disregards what happened on the last season of buffy, and the end of the 4th season of TWW.

 

    It was her laugh.

 

    That's how he knew.

 

    They were at the bar: Willow, Will, Josh, Donna, Toby, and CJ.  It had been a rough day for the White House staff, fighting to get votes on Bartlet's new environmental bill. As soon as they could leave the West Wing, they had made their way to the bar. Will had called Willow, and she had met the group there.

 

    Will's relationship with Willow had grown quite serious over the past year. Already, Will couldn't really remember what his life was for before he had met her.  It was had to believe that it had just been a little over a year ago that they had met.  He wondered what would have happened if they both hadn't been drowning their respective sorrows that night.

 

    He looked at her now, her head thrown back in laughter, over some joke that Josh had made.  In that moment, when her hair was shinning, her eyes were sparkling, and her lips were curled into a delighted grin, in that moment, he knew.

 

    When Willow went to go get the next round on drinks, Will leaned forward across the table.  He looked at the people he had become friends with over the past year.  They worked so closely together.  He considered them to be family.  "I'm going to ask her to marry me." His voice was low, but he could tell they had heard him.

 

    "That's great, Will."  CJ grinned.

 

    "When did you decide this?" Josh asked.

 

    "About five seconds ago," Will admitted.

 

    "Well, it's good to know you've given it so much thought," Toby said sarcastically. "Glad to know you aren't rushing into this decision."

 

    Donna rolled her eyes. "Knock it off, Toby.  Really, Will. This is great news!  You guys are perfect for each other."

 

    "What brought this about?"  Josh smiled, "I think it's great and all. I'm just curious."

 

    Will returned his smile. "Just now, when I looked at her, she was the only thing I saw."

 

    Josh's smile grew, knowing exactly what his friend was talking about.

 

    About six months ago, Will and Josh had gone out for drinks with Willow and Donna. Things between Willow and Will were starting to get pretty serious, and Josh and Donna had just gotten back from their honeymoon in Hawaii.  While the girls were getting drinks,

Will had turned to Josh for advice, asking how Josh had known he was in love with Donna.

 

    Josh smiled softly to himself before answering. "Sometimes," he had said. "Sometimes, when I look at her, everything else just melts away.  It will be a little thing, a smile, or a laugh, and everything else just disappears.  She's all I see.  That's how I finally knew."

 

    Will had appreciated Josh's answer at the time, but tonight was the first time he actually knew what he had been talking about that night.  In just one moment he had realized exactly how much Willow meant to him. He knew that he never wanted to know what life would be like with out her.

 

    Will looked over his shoulder, making sure that Willow was still busy at the bar.  He turned back to his friends. "Now I just have to think of the perfect way to propose to her.  It was to be special.

 

    CJ looked around at her friends, a smile on her face. "Well, now that Team Toby has succeeded in getting Toby and Andi back together, we could take on a new mission.  I think we need to re-name ourselves Team Will."

 

    "Sounds like a great idea to me." Toby raised his glass, "To Team Will."

 

    The others picked up their own glasses, raising them together.

 

    "To Team Will!"

 

 

END

 

Note: There might be another one of these.  I'm not sure yet.