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Still Standing by Jancola (PG-13)
Fandom: ANGEL/BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER
Pairing: Buffy/Spike, Buffy/Angel, minor Spike/Angel
Length: 5,500+ words
Author on LJ: unknown
Author Website: jancola's fanfic
Why this must be read: This story picks up decades after Chosen and Not Fade Away, and paints a sad, lonely future for Spike and Angel, two of the few still left standing, soon to be minus one more with Buffy's imminent death. I like how this story goes pretty far into the future, further than most writers go. Spike and Angel's relationship is great, I wish I'd seen more of that on the show, and there's some closure on both Buffy/Angel and Buffy/Spike.
"Remember the last time Buffy was here?"
"When she tore us apart and ate us for breakfast?" Spike asked. "The time she had us at each others throats and then wolloped us each herself? Sure, somehow, I've managed to forget. " Spike shook his head. "Honestly, why does she do this to us?"
"It was a bad time for her. She'd just gotten divorced from what's-his-name. She was turning forty."
"Ah, yes, the mid-life crisis." Spike plunked down in the desk chair and twirled once. "It's a good thing we vamps don't suffer from such things."
Angel laughed. He crossed his arms and said, "Really? Then how do you explain your Billy Idol phase? Don't think I've forgotten."
Spike chuckled, running a hand through his soft brown curls. It had been decades since he had bleached his hair or painted his nails. "Yeah, I guess I was feeling my age. Remember your whole businessman-slash-lawyer-slash-souled-vampire thing?"
Angel shrugged. "Other guys buy sports cars. I acquired Wolfram and Hart."
"Which came with sports cars," Spike reminded. "So you think we should cut her some slack?"
"Don't you want to?"
Spike bit his lip, and stared hard at Angel. "Desperately," he said, then, "You still love her?"
"Yeah. You?"
"Always, peaches."
Still Standing
Pairing: Buffy/Spike, Buffy/Angel, minor Spike/Angel
Length: 5,500+ words
Author on LJ: unknown
Author Website: jancola's fanfic
Why this must be read: This story picks up decades after Chosen and Not Fade Away, and paints a sad, lonely future for Spike and Angel, two of the few still left standing, soon to be minus one more with Buffy's imminent death. I like how this story goes pretty far into the future, further than most writers go. Spike and Angel's relationship is great, I wish I'd seen more of that on the show, and there's some closure on both Buffy/Angel and Buffy/Spike.
"Remember the last time Buffy was here?"
"When she tore us apart and ate us for breakfast?" Spike asked. "The time she had us at each others throats and then wolloped us each herself? Sure, somehow, I've managed to forget. " Spike shook his head. "Honestly, why does she do this to us?"
"It was a bad time for her. She'd just gotten divorced from what's-his-name. She was turning forty."
"Ah, yes, the mid-life crisis." Spike plunked down in the desk chair and twirled once. "It's a good thing we vamps don't suffer from such things."
Angel laughed. He crossed his arms and said, "Really? Then how do you explain your Billy Idol phase? Don't think I've forgotten."
Spike chuckled, running a hand through his soft brown curls. It had been decades since he had bleached his hair or painted his nails. "Yeah, I guess I was feeling my age. Remember your whole businessman-slash-lawyer-slash-souled-vampire thing?"
Angel shrugged. "Other guys buy sports cars. I acquired Wolfram and Hart."
"Which came with sports cars," Spike reminded. "So you think we should cut her some slack?"
"Don't you want to?"
Spike bit his lip, and stared hard at Angel. "Desperately," he said, then, "You still love her?"
"Yeah. You?"
"Always, peaches."
Still Standing
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