Best Souvenir, chapter 15

[lettered]

Title: Best Souvenir
Rating: PG for now
Warnings: None for now
Pairings: just B/A for now
Summary: Whistler never existed. Buffy and Angel meet after the End of Days is over. Future fic, alternate reality.
A/N: Much thanks to a2zmom, as always, for finding out was wrong with that one part!

Previous chapters can be found here.

Comments

[chrisleeoctaves]

Then she felt his knuckles touch the nape of her neck, and she thought she might let him. Instead, she felt the back of his hand slide down her back, between her shoulder blades, the movement slow, gentle. His touch felt so unexpectedly-good. Not painfully arousing, as she might have supposed, just . . . cool, soothing. His fingers rested for a moment at the dimple just above the cleft of her buttocks, and then his hand was gone

Hot. That's all I'm saying about that. See- this is the kind of thing that *really* gets me- the longing, but the *not* acting. And the longer you draw it out- the hotter it will be to me.

*sigh*

She took the top of the hydrogen peroxide and poured a liberal amount onto some gauze I think you mean top 'off'.

[a2zmom]

That's it. That beta needs to be fired.

[lettered]

I'd rather miss an 'f' than miss you.

[lettered]

And the longer you draw it out- the hotter it will be to me.

Hm. What a good idea. I'm so glad you like that bit. Sometimes a simple touch can be hotter than pages of smut. Thanks.

Oh, and typo! Thanks, fixed!

just tuning in to say...

[kristenjamaya]

that i love your story and am looking forward to the future chapters..

::sighs in exasperation that cannot make them magically appear:: damn.

--kristen

Re: just tuning in to say...

[lettered]

Thank you! Hopefully the next will be out soon :o)

[a2zmom]

Aside from the zipper moment (whih I knew everyone would mention) what I like most is Buffy here.

She's long ago given up on being vulnerable, it doesn't seem to have any part in her life. But Angel is slowly drawing all that out of her and her reaction to it is perfect. She's frightened by it, angry that he's making her feel this way (and angry that it's a vampire), grateful that she still can feel this way and very confused by it. You show all of that and I love that Angel doesn't push her on it.

[lettered]

This is why I love you. You're my brain. This is what my brain is thinking, trying to do. And apparently, we're working! *loves*

[lettered]

And we're totally psychic because I figured people'd be all over the zipper part as well.

[a2zmom]

well, that was the hawt part.

[leni_ba]

Seeing all the comments makes me wish I had time to read this story. I cheated and peeked at this chapter. I am so curious now! I don't read WIPs (I might have said that before, sorry) but this one, I think it'll be an exception.

I just loved the last part. They are so in synch even though they barely know each other. It's like a crazy joining of S1 and S7; and I love every second of it. They get to have the love without the illusions; though I'm curious about how you deal with the curse.

[lettered]

I think it'll be an exception.

Well, I'm flattered! --But I'm warning. The updates are indeed sometimes irregular.

It's like a crazy joining of S1 and S7;

That's really what I'm going for--so glad it's working for you.

Thanks for reading, even though you don't normally. And while I'm always really jazzed to have people reading as I post, I wouldn't be at all hurt if you decided to hold off. Thanks again!

[violaclaire]

I didn't expect a new chapter so soon--but I am definitely very pleasantly surprised!

This chapter makes me want to cry, and I'm not even sure why. But your Buffy has been so closed-off for so long that the way you write her slowly opening up again emotionally is almost painful. In a good way.

I loved this:

She looked weak, like someone who pitied herself, like someone who still hated herself even after she’d learned to live again after dying.

Ouch. Poor Buffy.

[lettered]

slowly opening up again

So glad that's workin' for you! I guess one of the things that depressed me most about the series is the feeling Buffy would never be her S1-3 self again, so I want to play with that a little here. Thanks for liking it, and always letting me know. :o)