FIC: Reckless

[angearia]

Title: Reckless
Summary: Life and death push you outside the comfort zone.
Characters/Pairing: Faith, Giles (Faith/Giles)
Timeline: Set during Season 8 Retreat Part I | #26 when Faith and Giles are on the run from the mobs targeting Slayers.
Rating: PG-13 for language and violence
Word Count: 1600
Author’s Note: This is a continuation of Solid Through.

Comments

[angearia]

Yay! Thanks!

[angearia]

Thank you so much! Have you read any Faith/Giles before? I'm glad you're enjoying it. I do plan on continuing this series. Already writing more. :)

[snickfic]

This rocks. Wow.

I love that with Brutti, it's all about Giles, and with you it's all about Faith. And yet here he's as raw as she is (which is part of why I like the pairing so much - they each have different strength, but they're also in such desperate need of love and acceptance).

The only reason I’m important is ‘cause I’ll throw it away. I’ll throw down ‘cause I don’t matter and every life I save, that’s how much I’m worth. Only time I’m worth shit is when I’m throwing it down.

Oh, Faith. Yep, this painful logic makes perfect sense, coming from her.

Excellent! Excellent! (Also, love how the final lines are for us the reader, too: There Will Be More! *g*)

[angearia]

Yay! Thank you

[snickfic]

Yay, I like reading your thinky thoughts. :) Cold chaos vs. wild fire, yes. Except, nowadays I'd say Giles' dark side has hardened to cold control instead; all his dark moments contemporary with the series are ones in which he chooses the darkest path from a number of difficult choices.

[angearia]

Absolutely. Giles dark side was born from completely giving up control. And he sort of reacted to his past by going in the opposite direction. He's now too much in control and that can lead to bad things. I think it's another way Faith is good for him because she infuses things with such passion, in all that she does, and with that passion she brings a spontaneity and wildness that shakes Giles up.

[undrheavenskies]

This was really great! You've captured Faith's voice and character so well. And Giles.. *sigh* Splendid. Hope there's more, would love do see what you come up with!

[angearia]

Thank you! I hope to be posting more soon. :D

[anonymous]

What a wunderful and insightful story. English is not my first language but even I can see how perfectly well in character Giles and Faith are. You managed to show the whole complexity of her character which is something I appreciate because often people tend to see Faith only as the bad girl and Buffy´s dark mirror.
You made me a shipper today! And I beg you to write a sequel....Soon!

[angearia]

Thank you! I'm delighted you enjoyed this and especially that it worked so well that you're now shipping them together. ♥