215 Ficlet - Sharp Focus (Wesley, Faith, R)

[brutti_ma_buoni]

Title Sharp Focus
Author Brutti ma buoni
Rating R - this is a fic about torture , albeit not very graphic. Please be wary if this is an issue for you.
Word Count 490
Prompt 215 - Chinese mythology, the 18 levels of hell/Diyu
Characters Wesley and Faith
A/N: Set during Sanctuary, AtS season one, from which Faith's quoted dialogue is taken.

Comments

[brutti_ma_buoni]

Thanks so much!

[lutamira]

Wow. This is great. It has been a long time since I watched this scene but your words bring it to vivid recall. And I don't think I'll be able to watch it again without hearing your tape of Wesley's thoughts in my head.

She's playing with fire now, in the most literal sense, and he's back in the moment, unbearably.

Such good balance between the horror of the moment and Wesley, with all his inherent nerdiness and courage.

[brutti_ma_buoni]

Thanks so much! It's great to know this retelling worked for you. Nerdiness plus courage pretty much defines Wesley for me, at least at this stage of his arc.

[snogged]

I like the way you got into Wesley's head and engaged him in a little intellectualizing about torture and the techniques that he's read about.

[brutti_ma_buoni]

Thanks! I thought it was plausible for him to try to distract himself with this - he'd be looking for something, for sure.

[rahirah]

Excellent.

[brutti_ma_buoni]

Thanks!

[ever_neutral]

Whoa. This is stunning. Dark and gutwrenching and, er, inappropriately hot.
Pitch-perfect Wesley.

But he has no hope. What Wesley has is pride. He will not break.

This is... Possibly the best summation of Wesley in the history of ever. Dead.

[brutti_ma_buoni]

I am shocked, *shocked* that you would find a Wes&Faith scene hot. Even one with torture in... *g*

Their dynamic is so twisted. Got to love it.

And thanks!