Fic: Fin Amour
Title: Fin Amour
Author: angearia
Summary: The monks’ spell to create the Key goes wonky.
Timeline: Season 5 AU
Rating: R for (highlight to view) language, graphic violence and character death.
Word Count: ~14,000
Author’s Note: The beginning dialogue in the prologue is lifted from the BtVS episode No Place Like Home and one line borrowed from Spiral-all the rest is my own. The title is French for “courtly love” or, to be more accurate, a “fine love”. This story is my feminist spin on a chivalric epic. The concept was inspired by a discussion with flake_sake in which the question was raised: can a story express a great and abiding romantic love without the sexual expression of love? Fin Amour is my answer.
Thanks: To penny_lane_42 and ladyofthelog for the amazing beta work (banner also by ladyofthelog). You ladies keep me sane and forever motivated-love, love, love. This story was written for the Spring 2010 round of seasonal_spuffy and cross-posted here.
Chapter One ~ Chapter Two ~ Chapter Three ~ Chapter Four ~ Chapter Five ~ Chapter Six
Archive
Seasonal Spuffy ~ Archive Of Our Own ~ SlayAlive ~ Buffy Forums
Fanfiction.net ~ Bloodshedverse ~ Spuffy Realm ~ Elysian Fields
Awards
Best Angst, Best Characterization, Best Episode Re-write and Best Author @ Sunnydale Memorial Fanfiction Awards
Rigor (Over 10,000), Doomed (Het), Bloody Brilliant (Author) @ Running With Scissors Awards
Best Angst, Best Canon Fic, Best Characterization, Best Spuffy and Best Fandom Author @ Cover-to-Cover Awards - Round 2
I've Got You Under My Skin (Best Het) and I Will Remember You (Best Angst) @ No Rest for the Wicked Awards - Round 4