Five Times People Noticed Xander's Bruises didn't all come from Patrol (1/1)

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Title: Five Times People Noticed Xander's Bruises didn't all come from Patrol
Rating:  R
Disclaimer: Not mine.
Fandom: BtVS
Characters: Xander/Cordelia, Xander/Faith, Xander and Angel, Xander and Spike, Xander and Oz
Warnings: Violence, sex and very ugly language
Length: ~1500
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Comments

[moscow_watcher]

Loved it. The Faith and Spike parts are particularly heartbreaking.

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Thanks so much.

[parcae_lj]

I can definitely see Spike thinking that, but I can't see him saying it aloud. He would probably let Xander worry about his friends finding out just to screw with his mind.

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Yeah, I went back and forward on Spike's motivation and what would be the worst thing he could say / do.

I think that objectively for Xander, it's bad that no one with a shred of responsibility knows what's going on at home. However, I'm also hypothesising that Spike's relationship with his mother leaves him with an acute sense of the humiliation Xander might be feeling and that this lines up sufficiently with his essential laziness and desire to continue watching TV in Xander's basement to make him want to slightly reassure Xander. However, I entirely take your point and it's probable that my penchant for H/C has tainted my thinking on this.

Thanks for taking the time to comment.

[devo79]

I really like these. Especially the Oz, Cordy and Spike ones.

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Thank you very much.

I struggled a bit with Oz and wondering what he would do. We know he's prepared to make some pretty large sacrifices for Willow around this time [cf: Choices], but I thought the boy-silence-code might kick in for Xander.

[rebcake]

The Faith one is a double heartbreaker. Funny that tenderness is the bugaboo for her and for Buffy when they are feeling damaged. *sigh*

I like the Spike one a lot. There's no way that stuff wasn't going on. Good for Xander getting out when he did.

They are all quite wonderful. Thanks for posting.

[snickfic]

Oh so sad. Liked the Faith and Spike ones most, because they said at least as much about Faith and Spike as they did about Xander. I especially love how the Spike bit can be taken either way - is that last line the honest truth, or just his way of letting Xander save face?

ETA: Misplaced comment FTW! *sheepish*

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@ Snickfic

Thanks very much for your really nice comment.

I find Faith heartbreaking, although I think that it wasn't particularly brilliantly handled on the show. If a radical rewrite of Season 7 were possible, then some of Faith's past (even the past she had in Sunnydale) should have been discussed in a bit more depth.

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Thanks so much for your really nice comment.

Yeah, the Mayor's brisk and efficient "drink your milk" kindness does seem to be the only thing Faith can tolerate until her meltdown on Angel.

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Thanks, Lusciousxander, for the very lovely comment.

I like your icon a lot! I am too artistically deficient and incompetent to make such things, although I feel I should learn...