AU Post S5 Angel fic: Temps Perdu
Temps Perdu - AU post ANGELS5. GEN. AU after The Girl in Question. In this version of events, the Senior Partners unleashed the apocalypse before Angel had a chance to assassinate the Order of the Black Thorn. To prevent the destruction of LA, Wesley threw himself into a demon dimension and Angel went after him. After weeks of anxiety and spellcasting, the remnants of Angel Investigations and the visiting Scoobies attempt to bring them back. Characters: Angel, Wesley, Gunn, Lorne, Giles, Buffy, Willow, Xander, Illyria, Spike, Connor.
Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four, Part Five, Part Six, Part Seven, Part Eight, Part Nine, Part Ten, Part Eleven, Part Twelve, Part Thirteen, Part Fourteen, Part Fifteen, Part Sixteen, Part Seventeen (final part)
Title: Temps Perdu (aka From Hell)
Author: ELG
Fandom: Angel & Buffy fandom
Category: Angst/Drama/Hurt-Comfort/Action
Rating: 15-ish
WARNINGS: Violence, the inevitable Angel/Wes slashiness, and Willow is still dating Kennedy (sorry people who don’t like Kennedy, I actually do (yes, I know, I’m strange, Connor/Cordy didn’t bother me either), although, for the sake of my beta, Kennedy is banished to Cleveland and not in this fic.) Dawn and Faith aren’t in it because I couldn’t find enough for that many people to do in a scene - Xander gets little enough to do in this fic as it is - so they’re in Cleveland as well, having lots of exciting adventures and in Faith’s case lots of hot sex too. Also, this fic rambles on for a long time without very much happening, for which, apologies. Oh, and unfortunately it was entirely necessary to the plot that Wesley should be naked for some of it, so apologies for that too, although I hasten to add that he did not at any time catch a chill as a consequence.
Season: AU post-S5 of Angel.
Spoilers: Everything up to The Girl in Question on Angel and then completely AU.
Back story summary: In this version of events, the Senior Partners unleashed the apocalypse before Angel had a chance to assassinate the Order of the Black Thorn. To prevent the destruction of LA, Wesley threw himself into a demon dimension and Angel went after him. After weeks of anxiety and spellcasting, the remnants of Angel Investigations and the visiting Scoobies attempt to bring them back.
Characters: Angel, Wesley, Gunn, Lorne, Illyria, Giles, Buffy, Willow, Xander, Spike, Connor.
Pairings past and present mentioned (often quite fleetingly) in this fic: Angel/Buffy, Angel/Cordelia, Angelus/Spike, Wesley/Cordelia, Wesley/Lilah, Wesley/Fred, Gunn/Fred, Gunn/Wesley implications, Willow/Kennedy, Xander/Anya, Giles/Jenny, Giles/Joyce, Spike/Buffy.
NOTES: Thanks to Brenda for getting rid of the most obvious Britisms. And belated apologies for all these fic having such naff ‘aka’s but the files always end up being called whatever lame name I stuck on them when I saved the first couple of pages and although I may later came up with some slightly less lame title I never remember what it is, only the original file name.
DISCLAIMER: ANGEL and its characters is the property of Joss Whedon (Mutant Enemy), David Greenwalt (LazyDave), Fox, and the WB network. No copyright infringement is intended. This story is for entertainment purposes only and no money exchanged hands. The original characters, situations, and story are the property of the author.