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Soul Cages by Eloise (PG)
Fandom: ANGEL
Pairing: Wesley/Lilah, Wesley/Faith friendship
Length: 30,000 words
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
eloise_bright
Author Website: Eloise Bright at The Gray Zone, Fics on lj
Why this must be read: Wesley's father and the influence he had on Wesley was always something that lurked in the background of the show, until they brought him out in Lineage and proved once and for all that he was a miserable bastard. However, before that episode, we had to make do with our own ideas about the two of them, and Eloise does an excellent job creating Wesley's father. But theirs is not the only relationship she deals with. In this fic that vears into AU post S3, she creates deep and believable emotional connections between Wesley and his two greatest failures, Faith and Connor. This is a story about people who have failed and betrayed the ones they need the most, and how they try to fix what they've done.
Unless you're Wesley's dad or Lilah, because then you just screw around with Wes/abuse him some more, which is always awesome.
‘Faith, this is Connor. He is Angel and Darla’s son. I kidnapped him as a baby to protect him from a prophecy concerning his death at the hands of his father. I was tricked by Angel’s enemies, had my throat cut, and Connor was sent to a hell dimension. While recovering in hospital, Angel came to visit. He pointed out the error of my ways using the tried and tested method of smothering. Connor recently returned from said hell dimension, was tricked into believing that Angel had killed the man he called father, and proceeded to lock Angel in a cage at the bottom of the ocean.
A brief pause, long enough for him to draw breath, but not long enough to allow her to react verbally.
‘Connor, this is Faith. She is a slayer. I was sent to be her watcher in Sunnydale. She accidentally killed an innocent bystander, lied about it, and I overreacted idiotically. She ended up working for the local mayor, who also happened to be a two hundred year old snake demon. She poisoned Angel, and was put into an eight-month coma by Buffy. When she awoke, she came to L.A. after a bodyswap with Buffy, joined forces with Wolfram and Hart and accepted a contract to kill Angel. Which for some reason involved torturing me. Rather gleefully, if I remember rightly. However, I digress. Angel pointed out the error of her ways with the tried and tested method of compassion and jelly donuts. Infinitely more preferable to smothering, I should imagine. She apparently realized those erring ways, and was subsequently incarcerated, until this morning, when she was unexpectedly paroled by the aforementioned law firm.
He halted briefly, realizing that he was now in the presence of the two people who represented his greatest failures. To date.
‘So. Questions? Comments? Anyone?’
Unsurprisingly, neither of them spoke.
‘Well, if we’re all up to speed, let’s get on with it.’
The formatting may be wonky on both these links, but just ignore it. The story is worth it.
Soul Cages , and an alternate link if the ads piss you off.
Pairing: Wesley/Lilah, Wesley/Faith friendship
Length: 30,000 words
Author on LJ:
eloise_brightAuthor Website: Eloise Bright at The Gray Zone, Fics on lj
Why this must be read: Wesley's father and the influence he had on Wesley was always something that lurked in the background of the show, until they brought him out in Lineage and proved once and for all that he was a miserable bastard. However, before that episode, we had to make do with our own ideas about the two of them, and Eloise does an excellent job creating Wesley's father. But theirs is not the only relationship she deals with. In this fic that vears into AU post S3, she creates deep and believable emotional connections between Wesley and his two greatest failures, Faith and Connor. This is a story about people who have failed and betrayed the ones they need the most, and how they try to fix what they've done.
Unless you're Wesley's dad or Lilah, because then you just screw around with Wes/abuse him some more, which is always awesome.
‘Faith, this is Connor. He is Angel and Darla’s son. I kidnapped him as a baby to protect him from a prophecy concerning his death at the hands of his father. I was tricked by Angel’s enemies, had my throat cut, and Connor was sent to a hell dimension. While recovering in hospital, Angel came to visit. He pointed out the error of my ways using the tried and tested method of smothering. Connor recently returned from said hell dimension, was tricked into believing that Angel had killed the man he called father, and proceeded to lock Angel in a cage at the bottom of the ocean.
A brief pause, long enough for him to draw breath, but not long enough to allow her to react verbally.
‘Connor, this is Faith. She is a slayer. I was sent to be her watcher in Sunnydale. She accidentally killed an innocent bystander, lied about it, and I overreacted idiotically. She ended up working for the local mayor, who also happened to be a two hundred year old snake demon. She poisoned Angel, and was put into an eight-month coma by Buffy. When she awoke, she came to L.A. after a bodyswap with Buffy, joined forces with Wolfram and Hart and accepted a contract to kill Angel. Which for some reason involved torturing me. Rather gleefully, if I remember rightly. However, I digress. Angel pointed out the error of her ways with the tried and tested method of compassion and jelly donuts. Infinitely more preferable to smothering, I should imagine. She apparently realized those erring ways, and was subsequently incarcerated, until this morning, when she was unexpectedly paroled by the aforementioned law firm.
He halted briefly, realizing that he was now in the presence of the two people who represented his greatest failures. To date.
‘So. Questions? Comments? Anyone?’
Unsurprisingly, neither of them spoke.
‘Well, if we’re all up to speed, let’s get on with it.’
The formatting may be wonky on both these links, but just ignore it. The story is worth it.
Soul Cages , and an alternate link if the ads piss you off.
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I felt you ought to know. :p
Sorry.