Fic: Basiare

[penny_lane_42]

Title: Basiare
Author: Lirazel (penny_lane_42)
Medium: fiction
Rating: PG
Genre: romance, angst
Timeperiod: post-“Not Fade Away”
Warning: some Buffy/Other
Thanks to: My betas: angearia for perspective, encouragement, and some of the best bits of dialogue; and snickfic for squee, snark, clarity, and saying, “Um, I think this needs a shape. You know, an actual arc.” Y’

Comments

[penny_lane_42]

Thanks so much! I'm so glad you enjoyed it!

[brunettepet]

Of course it was a hard fought reunion and it's all the sweeter for the fight. Spike and Buffy push buttons like nobody's business. It hurts that Buffy turns to Angel, just like Spike expected, but it seems the two needed to work through their fairy tale romance once and for all before Buffy could face facts that her stupid vampire needs to be her stupid vampire. Nicely done.

There's something missing here: For one brief moments when she [ ] Angel, it had lessened, but then when she looked over his shoulder and didn’t see the familiar shock of bleached hair, it all came rushing back.

[penny_lane_42]

but it seems the two needed to work through their fairy tale romance once and for all before Buffy could face facts that her stupid vampire needs to be her stupid vampire.

Exactly. This way, Angel doesn't have to be hanging over their heads all the time. That relationship is laid to rest once and for all, as it should have been long ago.

Thanks so much for picking up on the typo! I fixed it! :D

[petzipellepingo]

When things are hard-won, her mom used to say, you appreciate them more.

Joyce was a wise woman.

“I guess nothing could measure up to how we’d built it up in our minds. I told myself ‘Someday. Someday,’ and I held onto that, but I forgot to take into account how much we’d both changed. And we have
Yes, they have both grown up and things change.

He’s what you always wanted, what you were always holding out for. I was never your first choice--just the consolation prize when you couldn’t have what you really wanted. Well, now you can have him. Don’t play with me or make yourself feel better by acting like you might actually choose me for the long-haul. We both know that’s never gonna happen.”
Stupid vampire!

Wonderful! Really the perfect reunion story for those two crazy kids.

[penny_lane_42]

Yay! Thanks so, so much! I'm so glad you liked it!

[evangelin1202]

This is was so beautiful. Just so perfect.

This is Buffy and this is Spike

Thank you!

[penny_lane_42]

Thank you so very much! I'm so pleased you enjoyed it!

[elisi]

Awwww.

*is puddle of happy Spuffy shipper*

[penny_lane_42]

:D Yay!