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crack_van2006-07-20 09:51 pm
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Entry tags:
Touchstone by Ladycat (PG)
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Pairing: Xander-centric
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
ladycat777
Author Website: Subtle Salvation
Why this must be read:
Because sometimes you just need the Xander angst. And this is true Xander angst, people, as in, making jokes to stop hurting, something that is evident all throughout canon.
I must admit, I have an eye-gouging kink. This is spoilery to season 7 "Dirty Girls", but I'm sure you all already know what happened.
Sad, funny, honest. This is the reason to read angst: you don't feel happy reading it, but afterwards, you feel so good.
“Xander, you have to stop.” Her voice wasn’t little anymore, rough with tears and pain. “The nurse said crying only makes it worse.”
“You try not to cry,” he bit out. The words sounded broken before he said them. Hollow and fragmented.
“Xander. . . Please.”
“Sure, Wills.” His throat ached from not sobbing. “I’ll stop.”
Stop breathing. Stop living. Stop trying.
Listen to your mothers, boys. They’re right. Okay, it’s only really serious if they’ve got a psychopathic preacher with superhuman strength on hand. But, you know. Otherwise.
His mother once told him she should have gotten an abortion. She’d been angry about something else, but he was there and easy to blame. She’d bought him a skateboard not long after that, her way of apologizing.
He still thought she was right.
Enjoy.
Touchstone
Pairing: Xander-centric
Author on LJ:
ladycat777Author Website: Subtle Salvation
Why this must be read:
Because sometimes you just need the Xander angst. And this is true Xander angst, people, as in, making jokes to stop hurting, something that is evident all throughout canon.
I must admit, I have an eye-gouging kink. This is spoilery to season 7 "Dirty Girls", but I'm sure you all already know what happened.
Sad, funny, honest. This is the reason to read angst: you don't feel happy reading it, but afterwards, you feel so good.
“Xander, you have to stop.” Her voice wasn’t little anymore, rough with tears and pain. “The nurse said crying only makes it worse.”
“You try not to cry,” he bit out. The words sounded broken before he said them. Hollow and fragmented.
“Xander. . . Please.”
“Sure, Wills.” His throat ached from not sobbing. “I’ll stop.”
Stop breathing. Stop living. Stop trying.
Listen to your mothers, boys. They’re right. Okay, it’s only really serious if they’ve got a psychopathic preacher with superhuman strength on hand. But, you know. Otherwise.
His mother once told him she should have gotten an abortion. She’d been angry about something else, but he was there and easy to blame. She’d bought him a skateboard not long after that, her way of apologizing.
He still thought she was right.
Enjoy.
Touchstone
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