Severed and Sewn (1/1)

[clawofcat]

Wouldn't you know it? I go to work on Bangel and I get my first Fuffy!

Title: Severed and Sewn
Author: ClawofCat
Timing: Post-NFA
Rating: R
Pairing: Faith/Buffy, implied B/S and B/A
Warnings: Sexual situations
Summary: Buffy, suffering from insomnia, reflects on the evening that she and Faith mourned the passing of Angel and Spike.

A/N: My first femmeslash

Comments

[slaymesoftly]

*nods* Nicely done and very believable. Kinda rips the heart out...

[clawofcat]

Thanks! Believability is good. I could just see Faith showing up, devestated, knowing the news will devestate Buffy, too. Our poor Slayers, support and love slipping through their hands. At least they have each other *sniff*

Btw, I had a much easier time writing this than I've had attempting male slash of any sort. What gives? No pronoun confusion either!

[slaymesoftly]

LOL who knows. Maybe it's easier, as a woman, to figure out how it would work. lol I can see Buffy and Faith together quite easily when it's done well. Who else knows them as well? And this was the perfect situation.

[snowpuppies]

Nicely done.

The image of Faith toting Angel's and Spike's ashes about in Ziploc bags is at the same time absurd and heartbreaking...but well-suited for Faith, I think.

Very interesting take on the pair, hon. I like how both Spike and Angel are tied into this, and as always, you have a wonderful way with grief.

I think my favorite part is the image of Buffy lying next to a soundly-sleeping Faith. Nicely domestic, in a way.

[clawofcat]

What would one put vamp ashes in, I wonder? I didn't really mean for it to be funny or even absurd, but I guess it is because it's so casual. I just don't see Faith having many other options. It's the thought that counts, right? Uh, minus points for presentation.

I don't think a lot about Fuffy, but I like them and the idea of them. I've been rereading a lot of redbrickrose's work and she also wrote a NFA story with S/B/F/A. I sort of flipped that theme on its head, giving F/B the active roles with S/A as passive participants. Presence while being absent is something I like to play around with.

Thanks for leaving feedback. It's always good to have an opinion from someone who actually writes the pairing!

[only_passenger]

mmm, sweet. just only waking up, but couldn't wait to read this, and glad i didn't.

there is so much about this i love. the back drop--angel and spike, their ashes, faith arriving with them, yes. a year with spike, years with angel, and finally it's faith who reunites them, puts them back into her, of course only when it's futile. because isn't that how it works for buffy? there is no nick of time for her, at least not ever in love

[clawofcat]

I got all teary when I was reading your feedback. I'm not sure if it's what you say or how you say it, but it always kinda touches this soft place in me that creates gushy feelings. I'm so glad you liked this. I was trying to "channel" you.

It is interesting that Faith is the link here since these boys were such a mode of contention between them, especially Angel. It's like she can put all that aside, and just respect this event for what it is - devestating, painful and one that deserves some solemn respect. She does the right thing.

you begin with patterns, and even though the theme fades a little behind the action for awhile, there are hints of it everywhere.Shit, yeah. I meant to keep that going in a stronger fashion, but it got away a little bit and I didn't catch it and tie it back together when I revised. When I originally wrote this I switched from past back to present midway into the sex scene and spent a lot of time just trying to fix the tenses! The content ran away. Does that ever happen to you? Tense switch? I do it a

[lesbianbutch04]

For you first time you did wonderful, it was slashy yet classy at the same time. Pulled all the heart strings and had my two out of four favorite BTVS girls in it. Brovo!

[clawofcat]

Thanks! New pairings are always a little exciting and nerve-wracking to write. I like to keep things classy where I can ;)

Who are your other two favorite girls? Willow/Tara?

[lesbianbutch04]

Yes Willow/Tara or why not all four like in my rainy day distraction series :-D i was a naughty slash-y type person. hehe.

[onedimpledcheek]

In terms of something as close to the show and its actual characters, this is the best I've read thus far. You have the two of them down here, better than I've seen them, and I've read some pretty amazing characterizations.

Buffy and Faith as they were shown to us could never become lovers on their own. It just wasn't ever going to be that way.

But this...this was so relevatory for me.

The incorporation of the ashes in the act was so stunning, my eyes pricked with tears. Because Buffy and Faith have only ever known pain, and it seems fitting that such heartbreak would bring them together. They represent everything unfortunate, and yet, everything memorable and valuable in each other's lives. And when Buffy realize how much it fits, you smile because you knew it all along, and you're glad they've finally arrived at this point

[clawofcat]

Wow. Thank you so much for your in-depth and thoughtful comment. This is my first time writing the pair, so it's very gratifying to hear that I stayed true to who they were as we knew them. I write Buffy and Faith in other pairings quite frequently and I consider them my best characters. It was about time I wrote them together.

The incorporation of the ashes in the act was so stunning, my eyes pricked with tears.
Heh, I do try to shoot for tears. I write a lot of angst, so when my work touches readers at that level, it's so satisfying. Pain is such a part of who these two women are, it seems natural that they would find a bond in shared grief.

I'd even dare to think, in this very moment, that it might become my overall favorite of any B/F story.
High praise, indeed. I'm glad I could give you a story that was touching and perhaps even a bit thoughtful. I only wish more people would read it!

If you liked this, I recommend reading Gemini and Angels in the Architecture by only_passenger. I wrote this fic in her style and those are two excellent

[onedimpledcheek]

Thanks for the rec. Fantastic stuff, but like I said.

This one is pretty epic.