I just don't see why everyone's always picking on Marie Antoinette!
Title: The Sweet Taste of Victory
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Characters: Xander/Cordy
Season: 2
Rating: PG
Prompt: Blackout
Written For: open_on_sunday
Note: I saw Marie Antoinette over the weekend. Add that and a X/C kick and you get this drabble. Although it may be pushing the theme a bit. First line is a quote from Lie to Me.
“So they're, like, 'Let's lose some heads'. That's fair. And, and Marie Antoinette cared about them. She was gonna let them have cake! “
Cordy beamed as Mrs. Clark called her point of view interesting, basking in that satisfying glow that always came after defeating Alexander Harris. “Well, there goes your starving peasants theory.”
“You’re unbelievable,” he said incredulously. ”What’s it like to suffer from a permanent mental blackout?”
“I dunno, Xander. What’s it like to come from a planet where they think green and purple look good together?”
He started the next chapter, and she knew she had won.
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Characters: Xander/Cordy
Season: 2
Rating: PG
Prompt: Blackout
Written For: open_on_sunday
Note: I saw Marie Antoinette over the weekend. Add that and a X/C kick and you get this drabble. Although it may be pushing the theme a bit. First line is a quote from Lie to Me.
“So they're, like, 'Let's lose some heads'. That's fair. And, and Marie Antoinette cared about them. She was gonna let them have cake! “
Cordy beamed as Mrs. Clark called her point of view interesting, basking in that satisfying glow that always came after defeating Alexander Harris. “Well, there goes your starving peasants theory.”
“You’re unbelievable,” he said incredulously. ”What’s it like to suffer from a permanent mental blackout?”
“I dunno, Xander. What’s it like to come from a planet where they think green and purple look good together?”
He started the next chapter, and she knew she had won.