The day when fics are practically required to be sweet!

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Title: Sweet Reflections
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SQUEE! Love it! So glad you had a chance to write for this!

If I hadn't picked up on the cues that this would have a happy Fluffy ending, I have to say I would have been a little nervous that Gareth was Angel's new boyfriend. I mean, he's totally his type! But as it is, I'm glad he made a new human friend. Interesting back story! And you took his sense of taste, so there's sacrifice in there. (He's taking it well but boy do I feel pain for him.)

Before that though I was also worried when I got to the Dawn part, because I saw the pattern of Buffy talking to someone else each year and for some reason I thought it was only going to be four parts long, which would me no reunion with Angel. Of course you wouldn't do that to me! Loved "Don't sleep with him." And Willow getting back together with Oz. And the entire conversation with Giles. (GIIILES I LOVE YOU.) Even right at the beginning, finally connecting with Xander on matters of love...gah, this was such a great story. Just what I needed. A winner is you!

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This comment made me laugh and laugh because as soon as I read it, I went back and read over the last scene and OH MY GOD it sounds like Angel and Gareth are flirting. I cannot believe I missed that when I was writing. It's so obvious when I read it over now! Still, although I do think that in the show Angel was pretty flexible in his sexuality, in my eyes he's fairly strictly Buffy-sexual. Also, general awkward non-Fluffiness if Buffy ran all the way to Wales to see Angel and he's hopping on board the hot doctor express.

(I actually got the sense of taste thing from my dad, whose tonsils grew back when he was 33, so he lost his sense of taste after the second operation. And because I couldn't figure out how to stick in a detailed description of all of Angel's injuries, "no taste" seemed like a very human, easy to understand option. Also I found it really funny to imagine Xander whining about how he lost an eye and poor Angel has a broken tongue

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Yeah, I'm pretty sure that canon Angel is bi, but that's irrelevant when Buffy's around. Buffy-sexual is an apt label. :) I knew I could trust you to not do something so incredibly awkward to her!

Aw, your poor dad! Whenever I hear about that condition (or anything like it), I feel all sad about broken tongues and wonder which sense I could most easily give up.

Oh! I knew I saw a word implying "four" somewhere. :) All turned out well!

[ares132006]

heh! "Make my day" Love that. :)

The detail you put into Buffy's connections with the people in her life is brilliant.

Love this line (revelation) when sipping tea with Giles.
However, I do feel there was a depth of love between the two of you that I regret not being able to appreciate at the time.”

Buffy wants to fold in on herself or run away, but she forces herself to sit. A chasm of grief reopens within her, as it does every year on this day. She forces back the actual tears, but her voice sounds small and sad and aching anyway. “I don’t think I was able to appreciate it either.”

My heart ached for Buffy so.

Wonderful quadruple rosebud.

Thank you

Ares

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(Comments really do make my day, sad as that is. I'm a comment-junkie and I have no desire to change.)

I always like to do the angsty journey and understanding piece before I give them the happy ending. And I really liked branching out to the other core Buffy characters here- trying to expand my horizons past just Buffy and Angel.

I'm so glad you enjoyed this. Thank you for the comment!!

[tempertemper]

I love this - especially the way Buffy bursts into speech mode at the hospital - perfectly her.

And they're in my Wales at the end there, which is kind of awesome!

I shall adopt this as my fluffy post-everything canon :)

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I'm so glad the Buffy speech worked for you- I always worry about it. And that I didn't misrepresent Wales so much that no one wants to talk to me anymore (I actually read a significant chunk of an article on witchcraft/Wiccan beliefs in Wales before I realized that it wasn't going to talk about modern day practices).

Fluffy post-everything canon is my favorite.

Thank you so much for the lovely comment! :D

[ital_gal]

lol, I totally had a scary Gareth is Angel`s BF moment too..

What a wonderful story, loved it, great use of the prompts. Lots of squee her for me too.
Thanks for the Xander/Anya moment too.

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When it was first mentioned, I was confused by the allegation of Angel/Gareth. Now I can't unsee it. :)

No problem about the Xander/Anya. Thank you for the lovely review!