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No Words by deird (PG)
Hello yet again! This is Lyr, once more driving the van for Buffy & Angel for June (and also for Firefly this month!). As per usual, I'll be doing my best to bring you a wide variety of fine stories all across the range of gen, slash, femslash, and het. All aboard!
Fandom: BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER
Pairing: Gen
Length: 1,071 words
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
deird1
Author Website: just her lj
Why this must be read: This is a story about Chao-Ahn, and the part she played in a house full of Potentials with the Apocalypse looming. I am really impressed by stories like this, stories which take neglected characters and flesh them out. Deird adds wonderful depth and richness to Chao-Ahn's character here, and this small slice of her life feels endearingly real and entirely human. Most of all, I really love the clever and insightful way Deird uses the language barrier to develop Chao-Ahn's relationships with those around her.
She ended up sitting outside the door, next to Lanky Girl With The Funny Smile, waiting impatiently for someone she was thinking of mentally re-christening as Girl With Extremely Full Bladder.
And then Lanky Girl started talking.
At first it was just an awkward sentence said with a grin – probably some kind of joke. But that led into another few sentences, and then she started rambling. Chao-Ahn just sat there, nodding, and wondering when these idiotic Americans were going to realise that not speaking English meant that she couldn’t speak English. And also how long she was going to have to wait before the bathroom was free… but then she noticed that Lanky Girl’s rambling was getting quieter, and slower – and she had a very serious expression on her face.
And that was when she realised that, whatever was being said, it was clearly very important. Too important to say to anyone who understood the words.
No Words
Fandom: BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER
Pairing: Gen
Length: 1,071 words
Author on LJ:
deird1Author Website: just her lj
Why this must be read: This is a story about Chao-Ahn, and the part she played in a house full of Potentials with the Apocalypse looming. I am really impressed by stories like this, stories which take neglected characters and flesh them out. Deird adds wonderful depth and richness to Chao-Ahn's character here, and this small slice of her life feels endearingly real and entirely human. Most of all, I really love the clever and insightful way Deird uses the language barrier to develop Chao-Ahn's relationships with those around her.
She ended up sitting outside the door, next to Lanky Girl With The Funny Smile, waiting impatiently for someone she was thinking of mentally re-christening as Girl With Extremely Full Bladder.
And then Lanky Girl started talking.
At first it was just an awkward sentence said with a grin – probably some kind of joke. But that led into another few sentences, and then she started rambling. Chao-Ahn just sat there, nodding, and wondering when these idiotic Americans were going to realise that not speaking English meant that she couldn’t speak English. And also how long she was going to have to wait before the bathroom was free… but then she noticed that Lanky Girl’s rambling was getting quieter, and slower – and she had a very serious expression on her face.
And that was when she realised that, whatever was being said, it was clearly very important. Too important to say to anyone who understood the words.
No Words