Part 7--A Contrast Stark- Buffy/Faith
Disclaimer: This world is Joss's and everything in it
Rating: OH so tame, just dialogue driven....nudity or not.
Further disclaimer: This is not beta'd, deal with that.
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SUBMERGE
Even in the pitch black of night, at a steady gallop toward dawn, Faith can see Buffy perfectly clear, running into the grotto, a naked silhoutte illuminating the dark and dancing against the electric wave.
"Are you glowing or something," Faith asks corking an eyebrow, perhaps after the wine the words should have been buzzed.It wasn't meant to be literal, but on cue rose colored hue filled the blonde's cheeks, without an answer she continued...
"it's that spell right, the same one that knocked my ass out cold for thirty minutes?"
"When I was away deep in the jungle there was this shaman.....it's all about taking inner light and projecting it outward, the heavier the peace the deeper the glow"
"Riiiiighttt" Faith drawled stripping the rest of her own shirt away, grinning knowing what that meant, but the happiness of it came at a heavy price. It was now. It was a moment and who knows when the next would be....
"What else did you learn?"
"Deep meditation, astral projection, some of the times I was in Cleveland it was only my essence hovering about really"
"Couldn't risk me spotting you." Faith only knew this being guilty of the same, it became a soothing balm of irony for the both of them.
There was a exchange of a smile and a newly found comfort in the water, truth trundling out as water swept in. With the amount they both drank there was no more constitution to withhold anything, not that they could if they wanted to.
"I was a coward....there's no way I could have confronted you......... hope you don't hold that against me."
As if to escape response Buffy's body submerged and circled Faith's like a shark, but the blood was already in the water resurfacing fast like everything else. Without a flicker of consciousness Faith found herself fingering the scar against her stomach left there so many years ago by the hilt of her own knife.
Buffy pops up suddenly in front of her spurting water out and into Faith's eyes bringing her back to the present tense.
"God DAMN it B!"
"Quit pouting....there's no chlorine in it you big baby, besides....you still haven't answered me" She quips wrapping her arms around Faith's back and her legs around her waist snug against her hips latching on. With zero gravity Buffy feels even more like a feather and the brunette takes a few more steps before answering so softly the heavy air nearly swallows the sentiment.
"I never have.....I never will"
Faith stops in that stillness holding her for a beat, meeting her eyes before closing the gap between them and with a gentle kiss Faith rests her chin on Buffy's shoulder and as their cheeks run passed eachother she knows it's not just water running down.
Rating: OH so tame, just dialogue driven....nudity or not.
Further disclaimer: This is not beta'd, deal with that.
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SUBMERGE
Even in the pitch black of night, at a steady gallop toward dawn, Faith can see Buffy perfectly clear, running into the grotto, a naked silhoutte illuminating the dark and dancing against the electric wave.
"Are you glowing or something," Faith asks corking an eyebrow, perhaps after the wine the words should have been buzzed.It wasn't meant to be literal, but on cue rose colored hue filled the blonde's cheeks, without an answer she continued...
"it's that spell right, the same one that knocked my ass out cold for thirty minutes?"
"When I was away deep in the jungle there was this shaman.....it's all about taking inner light and projecting it outward, the heavier the peace the deeper the glow"
"Riiiiighttt" Faith drawled stripping the rest of her own shirt away, grinning knowing what that meant, but the happiness of it came at a heavy price. It was now. It was a moment and who knows when the next would be....
"What else did you learn?"
"Deep meditation, astral projection, some of the times I was in Cleveland it was only my essence hovering about really"
"Couldn't risk me spotting you." Faith only knew this being guilty of the same, it became a soothing balm of irony for the both of them.
There was a exchange of a smile and a newly found comfort in the water, truth trundling out as water swept in. With the amount they both drank there was no more constitution to withhold anything, not that they could if they wanted to.
"I was a coward....there's no way I could have confronted you......... hope you don't hold that against me."
As if to escape response Buffy's body submerged and circled Faith's like a shark, but the blood was already in the water resurfacing fast like everything else. Without a flicker of consciousness Faith found herself fingering the scar against her stomach left there so many years ago by the hilt of her own knife.
Buffy pops up suddenly in front of her spurting water out and into Faith's eyes bringing her back to the present tense.
"God DAMN it B!"
"Quit pouting....there's no chlorine in it you big baby, besides....you still haven't answered me" She quips wrapping her arms around Faith's back and her legs around her waist snug against her hips latching on. With zero gravity Buffy feels even more like a feather and the brunette takes a few more steps before answering so softly the heavy air nearly swallows the sentiment.
"I never have.....I never will"
Faith stops in that stillness holding her for a beat, meeting her eyes before closing the gap between them and with a gentle kiss Faith rests her chin on Buffy's shoulder and as their cheeks run passed eachother she knows it's not just water running down.