Comments | feliciacraft: Fic: Wishbone (Spike&Dawn, Spike/Buffy, Rated G)

feliciacraft

Fic: Wishbone (Spike&Dawn, Spike/Buffy, Rated G)

Jul 09, 2015 20:58

I started this for sb_fag_ends on a March 2015 prompt: “wishbone”, then abandoned it while the Muse went on a walkabout. This month's prompt "day and night" got me back to this story. You see, it takes place at the end of the day, as the prompt says:

Title: Wishbone

Pairing: Spike&Dawn, Spike/Buffy

Continuity: Sometime after the events of “The Gift”.
Prompt: ( Read more... )

spike&dawn, btvs, buffy/spike, btvs6, dawn, one-shot, spike, comm: sb_fag_ends, ficlet, rating: g, ficlicious, challenges

Comments 27

Thursday, July 9 livejournal July 10 2015, 04:22:15 UTC

User rahirah referenced to your post from Thursday, July 9 saying: [...] [Short Fiction] Wishbone [...]

velvetwhip July 10 2015, 04:22:19 UTC

This was so touching, a beautiful little vignette and a very believable one. You did an excellent job evoking that special bond between Spike and Dawn.

Gabrielle

feliciacraft July 10 2015, 04:38:26 UTC

Thank you! I'm very fond of Spike&Dawn. I think it's the most tangible part of Spike's love for Buffy in the beginning.

baphrosia July 10 2015, 10:02:03 UTC

Oh dear god, that last line. It's excellent. Sort of funny, but really - not.

feliciacraft July 12 2015, 03:31:03 UTC

Thanks! I couldn't finish this fictlet for a long time. Glad to know the ending worked!

red_satin_doll July 14 2015, 01:52:20 UTC

Oh dear god, that last line. It's excellent. Sort of funny, but really - not. Oh exactly! This story is lovely, it's cute in it's own particular way but - not schmoopy, cloying or maudlin as a lot of these sorts of tales tend to be, with "Spike the perfect big brother" and Dawn the starry-eyed, somewhat infantilized girl who just ADORES him ( ... )

feliciacraft July 14 2015, 09:01:16 UTC

Awww, thank you, red_satin_doll. You really are too, too kind!

I see the Spike&Dawn relationship as something between a father/daughter relationship and a big brother/little sister relationship. There's fierce protectiveness on Spike's part, unwavering trust on Dawn's part, but they tease each other and genuinely gets along, like a couple of mates. (I think Spike sometimes shows the maturity of a teenager, so that helps.) :) There's some co-dependence in there too, since in Buffy's absence they're both relying on each other to live through just the next day, and the day after that. That shared pain becomes their source of mutual healing.

Dawn's no wilting flower, and the one person around whom Spike can relax and show his softer side. I love throwing them together to see what they'd do. I'm glad I managed to convey some of my love for Spike&Dawn in this little story. That's what every writer wants to hear! :)

snogged July 10 2015, 12:02:10 UTC

This was lovely.
Well done!

feliciacraft July 12 2015, 03:31:45 UTC

Thank you so much! I do adore Spike&Dawn! :)

rbfvid July 10 2015, 20:37:48 UTC

It's perfect! I don't know how you do it, but you always find the most perfect way to write Dawn and Spike.
(And I bet, that despite all wise words, if the opportunity precented itself, Spike still would make that wish...)

feliciacraft July 12 2015, 03:38:23 UTC

Thanks, Restfield. It's my favorite friendship pairing.

> And I bet, that despite all wise words, if the opportunity precented itself, Spike still would make that wish...

I agree. Spike is the "do as I say, not as I do" type...