A Favorite Fic: Waffle House (S/X)
In her "Waffle House" (http://sajinn.com/buffyficmain.html) sajinn sends Xander on a road trip sometime around S5. He has decided to go on another to make up for the one that stalled in Oxnard. After a year of roaming the country he ends up in Charleston and runs into ...Spike (I bet you guessed that), now chip-free. They get off to a bad start until Xander's employer, a grande old dame named Lavinia sort of plays matchmaker between her gardener and the Master of the city. There's a hilarious Pepe le Peu seduction scene that has Spike chasing Xander all over his mansion and ends in Xander's capitulation. Slowly, step by step, for over three years, a charming relationship builds and all is well until they return to California where expletive happens.
I always like Spander fics where the relationship is allowed to build, no jumping into bed at the first chance. Sajinn's AU unfolds elegantly with delightful bits like the cups of coffee in the morning, the pig and so on. Despite the angst towards the end it's full of humor. I'm so glad I decided to review it today since it gave me the excuse to re-read it for the umpteenth time. All in all a great tale unless you're a fan of Buffy Summers.
I always like Spander fics where the relationship is allowed to build, no jumping into bed at the first chance. Sajinn's AU unfolds elegantly with delightful bits like the cups of coffee in the morning, the pig and so on. Despite the angst towards the end it's full of humor. I'm so glad I decided to review it today since it gave me the excuse to re-read it for the umpteenth time. All in all a great tale unless you're a fan of Buffy Summers.