I Will Find Someone Like You || Prologue || Buffy/Faith
Title: I Will Find Someone Like You
Rating: PG for the prologue, most likely will become NC-17 later.
Pairing: Buffy/Faith, brief Buffy/Satsu (nothing explicit)
Summary: just when Faith finds out Buffy liked her back when they first met, Buffy finds out the feeling was more than mutual. a three part fic. angsty, fluffy, lemony.
Author's Note: inspired by the Buffy/Faith fanvideo on Youtube called Someone Like You by ashleylimafanvids. also obviously inspired by the song. if you haven't seen that fanvid and the follow up fanvid, Lips of an Angel, DO IT NAO.
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I looked up at Faith, swallowing hard. "How... How long have you been in love with me?" I ask quietly.
Her smirk fades. "... What?"
"The way you acted when I told you I had a crush on you.. it was a little obvious."
Faith scoffs. "Whatever." But I can see it in those big doe eyes- it's the truth and I hit a raw nerve.
She turns to leave. "Faith, please. Listen."
Taking a few steps closer, I look down at my hands. "I'm not.. I'm not gonna... freak out on you, or anything," I say, and look back up at her, keeping my gaze serious but innocent so I don't scare her off. "I just.. I want to know, Faith."
Faith inhales deeply, looking away from me, and all of her denial and soon-to-be hostility is replaced by a look of guilt.. and of heartbreak.
"Since the moment I laid eyes on you."
Her face is downcast, but when she looks up at me, I see through her eyes and into her; and what I see there devastates me, but I know it's not the way it's breaking her heart now from the look she's giving me. And I can see her eyes brimming with tears.
Faith looks at me for a long moment. Her expression is anything but unreadable. It's soft and sweet, though her eyes betray that.
"I'm sorry," she says quietly before turning to walk away.
"Faith!" I say, catching her arm. She turns back at me and her face is a face of heartbreak. "Faith... look, I'm so s-"
"Buffy," her voice is soft as it breaks. "Don't. Please, just don't.." He voice is pleading.
I look at her the way I used to look at Angel or Spike or Riley when they were this upset. And I do the one thing I don't expect to happen, but it does.
Reaching up, I brush a tear away that has slid down Faith's cheek. She closes her eyes the moment my fingers meet her skin, leaning into my touch. More tears stream down her face as she lets out a shaky breath.
When she opens her eyes again, I can barely stand to see the pain in them as Faith looks into mine. She cups the hand on her cheek with hers and it softly ghosts atop my skin. She moves my hand down, closing it around hers before kissing my fingers.
Then, she moves my hand back to my side and reaches her own hand to my cheek. "You are so beautiful."
Those four words make me gasp, and before I know it, she moves forward and places a chaste, tender kiss right between my eyes. And then she pulls back and smiles lightly at me, a sweet curve of her lips. And then she picks up he back and she walks out of the front doors.
And all i can do is stand her, tears now staining my face as well, and watch her leave.
Rating: PG for the prologue, most likely will become NC-17 later.
Pairing: Buffy/Faith, brief Buffy/Satsu (nothing explicit)
Summary: just when Faith finds out Buffy liked her back when they first met, Buffy finds out the feeling was more than mutual. a three part fic. angsty, fluffy, lemony.
Author's Note: inspired by the Buffy/Faith fanvideo on Youtube called Someone Like You by ashleylimafanvids. also obviously inspired by the song. if you haven't seen that fanvid and the follow up fanvid, Lips of an Angel, DO IT NAO.
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I looked up at Faith, swallowing hard. "How... How long have you been in love with me?" I ask quietly.
Her smirk fades. "... What?"
"The way you acted when I told you I had a crush on you.. it was a little obvious."
Faith scoffs. "Whatever." But I can see it in those big doe eyes- it's the truth and I hit a raw nerve.
She turns to leave. "Faith, please. Listen."
Taking a few steps closer, I look down at my hands. "I'm not.. I'm not gonna... freak out on you, or anything," I say, and look back up at her, keeping my gaze serious but innocent so I don't scare her off. "I just.. I want to know, Faith."
Faith inhales deeply, looking away from me, and all of her denial and soon-to-be hostility is replaced by a look of guilt.. and of heartbreak.
"Since the moment I laid eyes on you."
Her face is downcast, but when she looks up at me, I see through her eyes and into her; and what I see there devastates me, but I know it's not the way it's breaking her heart now from the look she's giving me. And I can see her eyes brimming with tears.
Faith looks at me for a long moment. Her expression is anything but unreadable. It's soft and sweet, though her eyes betray that.
"I'm sorry," she says quietly before turning to walk away.
"Faith!" I say, catching her arm. She turns back at me and her face is a face of heartbreak. "Faith... look, I'm so s-"
"Buffy," her voice is soft as it breaks. "Don't. Please, just don't.." He voice is pleading.
I look at her the way I used to look at Angel or Spike or Riley when they were this upset. And I do the one thing I don't expect to happen, but it does.
Reaching up, I brush a tear away that has slid down Faith's cheek. She closes her eyes the moment my fingers meet her skin, leaning into my touch. More tears stream down her face as she lets out a shaky breath.
When she opens her eyes again, I can barely stand to see the pain in them as Faith looks into mine. She cups the hand on her cheek with hers and it softly ghosts atop my skin. She moves my hand down, closing it around hers before kissing my fingers.
Then, she moves my hand back to my side and reaches her own hand to my cheek. "You are so beautiful."
Those four words make me gasp, and before I know it, she moves forward and places a chaste, tender kiss right between my eyes. And then she pulls back and smiles lightly at me, a sweet curve of her lips. And then she picks up he back and she walks out of the front doors.
And all i can do is stand her, tears now staining my face as well, and watch her leave.