Fic: School Night (gen, "Welcome to the Hellmouth")

[flyingcarpet]

Title: School Night
Author: BeccaFran aka r_becca
Genre: gen
Characters: 9-y.o. Dawn, Buffy, Joyce
Words: 875
Summary: Moving to Sunnydale is a good thing, Dawn thinks. It won't be like L.A.

Notes: Takes place during "Welcome to the Hellmouth." Much of the dialogue is drawn from that episode. Thanks to thistlerose for being a great beta and a fantastic mod. :)

Comments

[firefly124]

Ah, poor Dawn. That move must have been extra rough on her. I like how you have her figuring out Buffy's secret and hoping that's behind them now.

[flyingcarpet]

Thanks! I'm glad you liked it. :)

[djin7]

This was actually quite bittersweet. I kinda want to pet Dawn, make her feel better. Nicely done.

[flyingcarpet]

Thank you. :)

[a2zmom]

Poor Dawn, so hopeful here. I like that she knew the real score about Buffy. Plus just the right amount little sister brattiness and envy.

[flyingcarpet]

Thank you. I know Dawn always wants to know what's going on with the Scoobies, so I figured that wouldn't be anything new.

[thismaz]

Nice. You built Dawn into the Buffy/Joyce conversation really skilfully, especially using a Dawn yelled question as the trigger, and I loved the four walls=house, three walls=teepee image, very stream of consciousness.

[flyingcarpet]

Thank you. It was really interesting to fit Dawn into that conversation, so I'm glad to hear it works for you. :)

[ubiquirk]

I like the dramatic irony of your last sentence and how you had Dawn knew something about Buffy being the Slayer long before Joyce is ever clued in.

[flyingcarpet]

Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed the story. :)