Chapter 12 of Edge of Sorrow, Heart of Truth (Dawn, Spike, Buffy, Janice, OCs, PG-13)
Title: Chapter 12. The Figure of Our Being Less Than Two
Author: feliciacraft
Chapter Rating: PG-13
Characters (for this chapter): Dawn, Spike, Buffy, Janice, OCs
Chapter Summary: AU S6. So the spell was cast, Buffy was resurrected, and by luck or destiny, Spike happened to be where he was most needed. Now what? Scenes from the first night of Buffy’s resurrection.
Betas: The absolutely brilliant All4Spike. Remaining errors are the result of my continuous tinkering.
Length: 3,300 words
Feedback: Yes, please!!
Title is taken from “Meeting and Passing”, by Robert Frost. Relevant excerpt:
... We met. But all
We did that day was mingle great and small
Footprints in summer dust as if we drew
The figure of our being less than two
But more than one as yet.
Chapter 12. The Figure of Our Being Less Than Two
The ending credits of Never Been Kissed were scrolling languidly on TV as Janice blew her nose loudly into a tissue. “I, like, totally didn’t think he was gonna show!”
Dawn rolled her eyes with the jaded impatience of a grownup who’d been there, done that. “Hello! Romantic comedy. Have you ever watched a Drew Barrymore film that ended badly?”
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