FIC: Breathing 2/3

[antennapedia]

Title: Breathing 2/3
Pairing: Giles/Buffy
Rating: FRM
Warnings: A few four-letter words, some non-graphic sex, an unusual fate for a core character.
Disclaimer: I claim no ownership and am making no money.

Continued from part 1

Comments

[helenkacan]

Still delightful. Loving the tentative nature of the beginning physical relationship between them.

But the beta in me has a couple of quibbles. First, repeating 'distressed' twice I believe reduces the emotional impact of a word that already sounds weak. And, also, *sp* it's not 'fiestier' but 'feistier'.

And, now, on to the third part.
Your literary elf,
Me.

[antennapedia]

The problem with copy-editing myself is that I always miss something. The typos become invisible after a while. Sigh.

[polly1esther]

Amazing. This story (and this part particularly) makes me feel like the Buffy/Giles connection is the most natural thing in the world, because you took what was already there and let it slowly grow to something really beautiful.

Also, the way you described magic as a real and basically something tangible was so well done, I can't do anything but stand in awe.
"She was maybe starting to get a feel for it, now that she’d been around several people who fizzed with magic. Tara hadn’t had much; Willow had so much it went off the scales; Giles had kept his buried until recently. Now Buffy had a better sense. They all had different flavors, too. This guy was refreshing, like wind carrying the scent of water ahead of the rainstorm. Giles was more like the storm itself. Miss Harkness had been dry stones."

Amazing.

[antennapedia]

Thank you so much! The metaphorical writing about magic was one of the most fun aspects of this story for me. I loved writing it.