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Title: One More Song
Summary: She comes in almost every night.
Fandom: Cowboy Bebop
Word Count: 251
Rating/Warnings: PG
Pairing: Spike/Faye
A/N: For

30_kisses. Yes, I am late again.

She comes in almost every night. Something about the way she walks, the way she carries herself, looks broken.

She’s terribly pretty, or at least she used to be. It’s hard to tell which sometimes. She’s a whore for attention, chatting up any man who comes near, letting them get her drunk and bore her for hours, yet she never leaves with one.

Then a song comes on the radio, one that hasn’t been popular for five, maybe six years. She’s frozen, transfixed. Then the tears start. This happens almost every time she’s in. No one notices anymore. The bartender used to think it was an act, another way to get attention, but now he just feels sorry for her and switches the station.

She told him once a story about a tiger-striped cat and a little dog. It died, but couldn’t leave the earth. The little dog fell in love with it, but pretended to hate it. Then one day, the cat disappeared, and the dog discovered she’d be cursed with the same fate. He didn’t understand, but it kept him up at night.

Round about closing time, a big guy, imposing, always comes in for her. The bartender goes for his bat, instinctively. He has the look about him of abusive boyfriend or father. But without fail, she throws her arms around him and sobs. He kisses her on the head and pats her back gently.

The world keeps changing, but it’s just the same old song for them.