193 Fic: No Return (Willow, Xander)

[brutti_ma_buoni]

Title No Return
Author Brutti ma buoni
Rating R, for some gore
Word Count 530
Prompt 193 Vampire Versions
Characters/Pairing (if any) Willow, Xander
A/N: Warning for character death: this is the Wishverse, and it's not pretty

Comments

[brutti_ma_buoni]

Thank you! The weird things you notice in a crisis always give texture, I think, and I'm glad that added something to the fic.

[snogged]

Oddly heartbreaking yet very effective explanation to how wish!Xander got turned.

[brutti_ma_buoni]

Thank you! It's difficult, when there's no one left alive, and the vampires are happy they've been turned. Is it tragedy or not? I think, for Xander and Willow themselves, yes, it's a tragedy.

Glad it worked for you, either way!

[il_mio_capitano]

This is beautiful. I really feel Xander's pain.

[brutti_ma_buoni]

I'm glad this worked for you!

[rebcake]

Hoo boy. I'm a little ashamed of myself. I never really thought about human!Willow & Xander in the Wishverse. They seemed so happy to be vampires, that it didn't seem like they missed anything, you know? But this:

They cried a little, safe in the Rosenberg house, in the dark, expecting to die young

really brought home how awful it would have been if they had time to see the horror approaching. (Though I do think they both - or Willow, anyway - got turned that first night, even before the Harvest.)

Funny Xander

I guess he does sort of lose the laughter. It turns into sardonic smiles once he's "cool".

Great job!

[brutti_ma_buoni]

(Though I do think they both - or Willow, anyway - got turned that first night, even before the Harvest.)

Probably. Or at least in the first few days after. If Jesse was turned they would have been easy pickings.

But where's the poetry in that?

[deird1]

Awesome.

[brutti_ma_buoni]

Thank you!