First ever songfic so, please, be gentle!!!

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The characters are Joss Whedon’s, the lyrics are Darlene Love’s and the ideas are mine, but the money is not.

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The snow’s coming down

The Companion stood on the ramp, staring out at the world and watching the flakes fall to the ground.

I’m watching it fall

The snow spiralled madly, endlessly across the leaden sky like strands of DNA – each as precious and unique as the last.

Lots of people around

They scurried across the square, each safe within their own little insulated bubbles of happy existence.

She scanned the crowd for a flicker of brown coat and tried to remember why they were fighting this time.

And silently pleaded…

”Baby, please come home”

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The church bells in town

The mother slowly trudged towards the town church, her breath clouding in the crisp air.

All ringing in song

She remembered the way her little boy’s blue eyes used to light up at the clear, high sound and he would laugh.

What a happy sound

But he wasn’t here to listen to them now, he’d left her so long ago.

Marie Cobb looked up at the sky with damp eyes, as though hoping to see her son’s ship flying by.

And silently pleaded…

”Baby, please come home…”

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They’re singing “Deck the Halls”

The woman heard the carol singers outside and blocked them out automatically, as she did to so many things now.

But it’s not like Christmas at all

She felt no warmth or love from her husband as he touched her shoulder on his way to the door

’Cause I remember when you were here

Brushing her fingers over the glass of the window, she found the tiny heart etched into the corner of the pane and felt as though her own was breaking

And all the fun we had that year

And in the dark, Reagan Tam mourned for her children and the years gone by

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Pretty lights on the tree

The proud amazon stood at the helm, staring unblinkingly out at the towering fir tree that served as the town’s C