FIC: Sparks (Giles/Xander, FRT)

[antennapedia]

Title: Sparks
Author: antennapedia
Pairing: Giles/Xander
Rating: FRT
Summary: Giles and Xander attempt to figure out what happened in Willow's last moments on the cliff. Something strange, that's for sure.
Warnings: The aftermath of character death, sort of.
Word count: 4200
Notes: Written for spring_with_xan 2008, which gets all my character death stories.
Disclaimer: This

Comments

[anyjay]

Oh, this is made of 100% pure awesome.

He wasn't sure if Willow had left Xander to him, or had left him to Xander.

Lovely!

I like Xander being a two and Anya being a minus three.

And Xander forgetting what he'd just said.

And both of them planning on keeping Buffy safe.

[antennapedia]

Thank you!

[cmk418]

Incredible story. You had me running the gamut of emotions along with the boys. I liked the alternate take on the ending of season 6 as well as the "character death that's not a death". Wonderful job.

And may I add, Anya being a Kinsey minus three made me giggle.

[antennapedia]

Hee! I thought she'd like having a definitive number for it. Thank you!

[ennui_blue_lite]

excellent job. I'm not sure which aspect I love the most in this story - the take on Willow's death as more of a celebration of life, and how she touches her friends in the end, maybe. It's just gorgeous. But I also love the fun of Xander and Giles dancing around the big, pink, mincing elephant in the room, and how Xander finally just comes right out with it. I love Anya scoring a -3 Kinsey rating. I love the last few lines, where we see that Giles and Xander will mourn, but how they've gained so much.

You've writen a lovely story.

[antennapedia]

Thank you so much! Your reaction makes me happy.

[fuzzyboo03]

Oooh, trippy. I think I'm missing the background on this, but it still worked. The mood worked, and stayed consistent within itself. It had a feeling of unreality about it but at the same time seemed grounded. Fantastic work.

[antennapedia]

I just edited the first graf, because I'm pretty sure your confusion was my fault-- I didn't drop enough cues about setting early. And thank you!

[fuzzyboo03]

Nah, it's probably me, as for various reasons I haven't seen anything past mid season 5. So sometimes I don't quite have the background.

[lena7623]

Liked, loved, heap tons of praise upon. I like the acid trippy-ness of this. I never read G/X pairing until I caught some of yours, and now I'm a crazy addict. Willow's sacrifice for everyone is so bittersweet, but it seems like something that she could of done.

Side note: I know who Kinsey is and what he did, but what do the scoring and ratings mean? I'm guessing something to do with where you fall on the sexuality scale, but I just don't actually know.

[antennapedia]

1 is pure het, 6 is pure gay. 3 is right smack dab in the middle. The joke is that Anya is so far het she's gone negative, and Xander is mostly-het with some same-sex interest. Giles, I can report, finds the entire scale silly and irrelevant to his behavior.

And thank you!

[lena7623]

Ah, that clears it up a good bit. Thanks a lot!