Fic: Fin Amour (3/6)

[angearia]

Title: Fin Amour
Author: angearia
Summary: The monks’ spell to create the Key goes wonky.
Timeline: Season 5 AU
Rating: R for (highlight to view) language, graphic violence and character death.
Word Count: ~14,000

Author’s Note: The beginning dialogue in the prologue is lifted from the BtVS episode No Place Like Home and one line borrowed from Spiral-all

Comments

[petzipellepingo]

Yay! road trip - with doughnuts.

[angearia]

Fun times!

[moscow_watcher]

Your Anya is priceless. You nailed her perfectly.

And this bit:

she’s absurdly happy for the normalcy of being annoyed with Spike.

for some reason clicked in me as especially touching and insightful.

[angearia]

I do love Anya so very much and she's so fun to write.

And this bit for some reason clicked in me as especially touching and insightful.

:)

[brutti_ma_buoni]

He’s the first to lower his gaze. Then he nods. “I keep my promises.”

“Good.” She walks past him, pauses at the crypt door and turns back. “Just don’t say it, okay?”

He’s half turned away, his profile to her. He doesn’t turn to face her, just stands still as a statue when he says in a dull voice, “Right. Nothing to say.”

Great, great scene: Spike talking about his feelings, Buffy rejecting, and him understanding, and superficially moving on. Neither is happy, but they are at a point they can live with. The opposite of fluff, but deeply romantic all the same.

[angearia]

Oh, I'm so glad you saw it this way. That's how I see it in my head. It's a very romantic moment between them, very intimate.

[cafedemonde]

Such a great Buffy voice! And Spike as well. All the characters really. You have them all down. And poor Spike. He really does love her and she can't allow herself to believe it...for a variety of reasons.

[angearia]

Thanks so much!

[readerjane]

I'm enjoying this so very very much. On to chapter Four!

[angearia]

Thanks!