crack_van | What We Got (Is Everything) by deird1 (G)

Fandom: BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER
Pairing: Faith/Buffy
Length: one-shot
Author on LJ:

deird1
Author Website: Here
Why this must be read: I do like a good bit of uncomplicated, cheerful fluff. It's quite difficult to make that work with Buffy/Faith since their relationship is anything but light; they have a dark, complicated past together and the friction is usually what makes me love them so much. Not in this fic. In this fic, I love the way Faith knows Buffy while Buffy remains clueless. I love what Faith sees and the way she reacts.

It's set post-Chosen but isn't set in the comicverse. Usually that wouldn't appeal to me (I love season eight) but this is just a brilliantly happy ficlet and I can't resist it.

B's completely clueless. And never going to make the first move.

So in the end, she grabs Dawn and talks it out with her, and after looking ridiculously smug and saying "I knew it!" a whole bunch of times, Dawn tells her that Buffy's still all freaked out after her last few relationships - well, duh - and plus she's "just hopeless, generally", and concludes that Faith's going to have to take her by surprise.

Three rescheduled patrols, one fake emergency, two cab rides, and one pink teddy bear later, she pulls her mouth away from Buffy's, watching the colour rise in her cheeks, tucks a stray piece of hair behind Buffy's ear, and says bluntly "See, B, this stuff I've just been doing - all the frenching? Yeah - that's what we'd call a pretty major clue that I like you. Got that? Clear enough?"

What We Got (Is Everything)