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So, the first three walls are part of an open love letter to
Letters
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Spike/Xander, NC17
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Out of all the fics that Tabaqui has written (and every one is both memorable and worth returning to), this is the one I love the best. Although this fic is structured around letters, it’s really what doesn’t get said that’s most important sometimes. Tabaqui is a phenomenal writer who adores S/X, and it shows. Both Spike and Xander are hurt on some level, both looking to heal. What’s it all about? Well, in case you hadn’t noticed, when Spike comes back on AtS, he’s a bit at odd ends. Kind of like Xander might be after the end of Btvs. This fic explores what could have happened, what I'd almost like to think have happened, if the Scoobies had descended on Ats at the right time, and Spike and Xander were the ones who decided to head off, see a bit of the world, and then find each other while they were doing it.
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Incident on the Bay of the Descending Dragon
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Spike/Xander, NC17
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Ok, just like Eliade and Tabaqui, I'm heartily and deeply in love with everything Reremouse has ever written. This fic isn't her longest. Nor is it her most complicated. Nor is it her most serious or her most avant-guard. Incident on the Bay of the Descending Dragon is, however, one of the sweetest fics. Sweet in a horny, beautiful, uncomplicatedly complicated kind of way. It's post series, and Xander arrives in Vietnam to collect a slayer and finds... Spike. Reremouse can create beautiful pictures with an economy of words that I not only envy, I find myself falling into. Sights, sounds, smells, and smiles.
Lessons In Cool: That Music Thing & Being John Wayne
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Xander/Oz, R
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I tried this fic way back in the day when I wasn't the fanfic wench I am now. It was one of those rainy days where I'd stumbled on a recs list and decided why not. And, here you are, a fic that's a little different and entirely sweet tale. Something about young boys, something about the wonder in this story, just touched me. The first is a story about Oz teaching Xander a little guitar. The second is after the cannon events from S3 with the Xander/Willowness, but is an entirely different take on the Xander/Oz reconciliation. This is the story that made me understand how very adorable these two could be with each other.
This fic crosses a lot of timelines, but the bulk of the story is set in Season 2, after Angelus makes his lovely return. He decides he'd rather hunt Xander than Buffy, and yes, it's *that* kind of a hunt. It's also a hurt-comfort fic of epic proportions (and actually, the only fic I feel I should include warnings about as there is rape, non-con, and some very painful material). At the same time, the pain is also what makes the pleasure of the story so wonderful to read, and what makes the ending so happy.
This is the only fic I've presented today that's an AU - quoting from Sofy's summary: Giles is an English Literature teacher specialized in mythology and folklore; Wesley is a book shop owner who used to be Giles' teacher assistant; Xander is a carpenter working for his own account who used to be in Giles and Wesley's class. BUT, that tells you nothing about how magnificent this fic is. The episodes can be taken as stand alone and complete (although Sofy may add something to them if the muse inspires her). Now, as for the fic itself, it is hot. Burning, sizzling hot. Eye-crossingly hot. And sweet, and gentle, and truly beautiful to read. Sofy has such a gentle heart, and it shows in every line how much she loves these three gentlemen characters.
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