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Down to Two

Dec 24, 2004 00:33

A few hours after the run-in with the M'Fashnik demons, Faith and I were again on our own. At the bar, Ms. Finn had been rather cagey about her identity and just what she was doing fighting demons in downtown Las Vegas, but after being informed about Faith's and my backgrounds, Sam became a sight more talkative. I'd heard about the Initiative and ( Read more... )

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wesleys_slayer December 26 2004, 18:01:09 UTC

Hadn't said much as we were going around dropping off the girls. Bethy, I knew I'd see again dancing somewhere. Sam? Fuck, I hoped I didn't see her again since she hadn't figured out I'd slept with her husband yet.

If she had, I would've been in the middle of some fight back at Fremont Street and Wes would get to watch two chicks mud-wrestle. Some fucking fantasy, most likely...

Oh, who the hell was I kidding. I wouldn't know any of Wes' fantasies unless he told me. Which, I was thinking, wasn't gonna happen anytime soon.

Shrugged outta my jacket and lit up a cig once we were back in the relative safe confines of our room, and just sat on the bed. I don't think he got it. He almost died. Almost fucking died, and I couldn't have stopped it. I'd been frozen, or too far away, or something. It was all so hazy and I couldn't figure it out, or remember it right.

"First fight in the new era of our Slayer and Watcher-hood. What did you think?""What did I think?" I repeated as I blew some smoke out, avoiding his eyes and rubbing my legs. " ( ... )

dark_wesley December 26 2004, 23:40:03 UTC

Faith expression was far too shaken and just off at the moment. I was as concerned by that as I could have been by anything she might have said up until now. The smirk faded from my own face as she did speak.

"What did I think? Think I fucked up royally. Think you're taking it far too lightly, everything that happened."

I turned around, ignoring the stab of painful protest from my ribs, clearly aghast at Faith's suggestion.

"Faith, you'll excuse me, but what in the bloody hell are you talking about? There wasn't a single casualty except the demons who we were supposed to kill. I got sloppy, and I'm a little beat up, but that's it."

Shaking my head, I moved a little closer to Faith, my shocked tones softening a bit.

"We really have come a ways if you're chastising me for being too cavalier." I sighed. "Faith, I know that if it had just been us, you would have saved me. I have no doubt."

"And I think I'm glad Sam is gone so she doesn't figure out I slept with her husband. What about you, boss?""You did what ( ... )

wesleys_slayer January 6 2005, 19:23:42 UTC

"I got sloppy, and I'm a little beat up, but that's it."

Sure, that's it. And my name's Buffy-fucking-Summers.

"Faith, I know that if it had just been us, you would have saved me. I have no doubt."

I nodded, finishing up my cig and walking over to the balcony. "Cool, glad one of us is sure of that. Cuz me? Hey, boss, I'm not feeling it." Shit, there were a lot of things I was feeling, but confident in myself and my abilities sure as hell wasn't one of them.

I just stood and watched the waters of the fountain dance below me.

How the fuck was I supposed to do this? I froze. I fucking froze!

"I've no wish to discuss your previous sexual encounters, Faith, any more than I think you'd like to discuss mine."I laughed. You had to, at that one. Yeah, neither of us wanted to talk about sex with the other. Suuuuuuure. I spun around, my arms resting on the railing of the balcony as I eyed Wes getting a drink ( ... )

dark_wesley January 10 2005, 10:27:52 UTC

"Cool, glad one of us is sure of that. Cuz me? Hey, boss, I'm not feeling it."

Faith rose and stepped out onto the balcony. The sounds of the street and the music played for the fountain show rose up and into the room, but my focus was all on my Slayer. Leaning forward, elbows on my knees, I thought over her words, even as I replied to them.

"We're still trying to figure all this out, Faith. You and I have never been a typical Watcher and Slayer, and everything is a dozen times more complicated than before. The trust... it can take time."

The words, I thought, sounded confident and reassuring. But, I wondered, did I really mean it all? Without hesitation, I had complete and utter conviction in Faith's abilities. I knew I could rely on her strength, her speed, and even her own reckless brand of bravery in any confrontation.

But did I trust her ( ... )

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dark_wesley January 18 2005, 10:53:42 UTC

"Really?"

"I hope so," I answered relexively. "I want to."

I realized then that I hadn't seen this Faith in quite some time. Honest, open and truthful-- emotional states typically so alien to her, and really, to us both. This was a person I hadn't seen since the night in question. Both of us beaten physically, emotionally then, left so raw that something we'd never known was there was forced to the surface. An attraction... a need, it seemed, to connect to someone who might finally understand.

Standing so close to Faith now, feeling something radiating from her, from the look in her eyes that drew me inexorably to her, I knew that whatever had been found that night had never really gone away.

"Don't need any help, Wes, just need my Watcher.""Then it's a good thing," I began, through a mouth that was suddenly dry, "that I'm right here ( ... )