Day 13 . Out of the Silver Sea . Star Trek XI / B:tVS . het

[jedibuttercup]

Title: Out of the Silver Sea
Author: jedibuttercup
Disclaimer: The words are mine; the worlds are not
Rating: PG-13
Prompt/Prompter: for kerrykhat - Star Trek XI/B:tVS, Buffy Summers/Leonard "Bones" McCoy, "Echo" by The Hush Sound.
Notes: A little more on the metaphoric, angsty side than my usual. Hope that's all right?

Summary: Buffy sighed as she reached for her

Comments

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[jedibuttercup]

I don't like the idea of them this way myself; but it's all too easy to envision. Without her support structure, Buffy has a tendency to get very, very brittle. I'm glad you enjoyed the story!

[edenfalling]

That is beautiful and heartbreaking. I like the use of the Shore Leave planet to create the encounter.

[jedibuttercup]

Thank you; I'm glad you enjoyed the fic. It was kind of wrenching to write! I had trouble deciding where to set it until I remembered that episode from TOS; it added enough fluidity to the setting to match the rest of the tone I had in mind.

[kerrykhat]

This is so wonderful and so sad at the same time. The idea that there's a bit of them always with the other, but they can never really be together is heartbreaking. I love how you've written both of them and hinted at their past together.

Thank you so much for writing this for me!

[jedibuttercup]

You're welcome! I'm so glad you enjoyed the story. I don't do angst often, but what with the song lyrics, and then I remembered how Bones had phrased things to Jim about his ex, and suddenly it all fell into place.

I like to think they could have a happier future; but Buffy without a support structure is a brittle Buffy, alas, and by the mid 2200's I figured she'd have been alone for quite some time.

[rose_griffes]

Wow, Buffy not aging is a really fascinating idea. Excellent writing, as always.

[jedibuttercup]

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed the story.

Immortal!Buffy is a theme I return to on a semi-regular basis; it has so many possibilities, and there's enough canon support to easily construct a rationale for it. My favorite is probably Buffy/Reaper (from Doom) or maybe Buffy/Gabriel (as in Van Helsing, the 2004 edition) but I keep returning to poke at it from other crossover angles.

[pprfaith]

Sometimes healing's the worst part of hurting and you portrayed that beautifully. Thank you, dear.

[jedibuttercup]

Stories like this always make me ache to write, but the world isn't always laughter and sunshine. I'm glad you enjoyed the story.