Fic: Exit Wounds (2/8)

[sidhlairiel]

Title: Exit Wounds
Chapter: (2/8)
Fandom: Buffyverse
Pairing: Buffy/Spike, Fred/Wesley, mentions of Cordelia/Angel and Buffy/Angel.
Summary: Two weeks after Cordelia's death Buffy arrives at Wolfram and Hart looking for answers about the disturbing dreams she has been having since the Hellmouth was closed. There she finds a grieving Angel and a

Comments

[seapealsh]

Keep it up! Good chapter. I don't want to miss any of this story so I friended you. I'm really enjoying it.

[sidhlairiel]

Thank you - I've friended you back :) I hope I can keep up the pace and get a new chapter up soon!

[fangfaceandrea]

Oh they're talking but not communicating much as usual, but I'm glad that she got to say thank you and they had a nice moment there
And at least Angel's too busy with his own stuff to really get in the way, off course it might help that Buffy's understanding how far apart she and Angel really are.

[sidhlairiel]

They are terrible at communicating their feelings to each other, aren't they? But that's why I love writing them so much *hugs them* And that last scene between Buffy and Angel flowed far too easily then I thought was possible. I wanted to get all meta on the OOCness between them in End of Days/Chosen and it just kept coming and coming. Thanks for commenting! :)

[zanthinegirl]

Really enjoying this! You write the various AtS gang well-- once again, Gunn stood out to me.

“Did I just breakthrough? I shoulda known those street smarts would come in handy one day. And the irony of working-class-kid-made-suit is not lost on a brother’s lengthy rap sheet.”

So much Gunn love!

I love the awkward meeting between Buffy and Spike. This slightly stilted meeting sounds exactly right to me; I love them both, but this is totally how they'd behave.

BTW I friended you; looking forward to seeing how you develop this!

[sidhlairiel]

I'm so happy that you're digging Gunn in this :) He is such a great character and I wanted to give him a substantial role aside from just his lawyering skills - there'll be a lot more of him in chapters to come.

And it's funny, because the friendly conversation between Buffy and Spike in the lobby was so easy to write but I struggled for ages with the initial scene between them in Angel's office - I'm glad that that sense of awkwardness rang true because it just didn't seem right to me any other way.

Have friended you back :)

[sarian71]

I'm so completely hooked to this story!

I'm very intrigued by the mystery of Buffy's dreams and what's the significance of the graffiti tags. I can't wait to find out what exactly is going on and how it connects to Spike. And the character voices? OMG, all the character voices! They are spot on! I would keep reading for your character voices alone! Very enjoyable. :) And the interaction and conversations between characters are simply delicious. All that tension. And Angel's pettiness... And the humor mixed with angst. I loved Lorne's 'good grief' moment! Oh, and I love the little details, like Harmony eavesdropping in the background. Priceless!

Friending you! :)

[sidhlairiel]

Heee, I warn you that I have a penchant for very evil cliffhangers :p

And yay! for your enjoyment of the character voices :) As I mentioned above I designed this fic like a television episode so I wrote it mostly in script format and filled in the prose later which made the dialogue pretty crucial to the whole thing, so it's a huge relief to hear that it works so well for you. I love working in familiar Buffyisms and I'm really excited to share the other chapters because I had so much fun with wordplay - there are some other character voices I've yet to delve into as well.

Friending you back :)

[quinara]

Just catching up with the next part of this - it continues to make me go 'ooooh!!!'. Hooray for Spuffy, almost getting there, and I do like Buffy and Angel's stand-off.

[sidhlairiel]

Ooh, thank you for your 'oooh!' :) I'm glad you enjoyed the (almost) Spuffy and the argument between Buffy and Angel. There is a lot of miscommunication and secrets there which I wanted to hang a lampshade on.