Since You Left I'm a Gold Balloon That Wanders High by anythingbutgrey (PG-ish)

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Fandom: BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER & ANGEL
Pairing: Xander/Cordelia, mentions of Xander/Anya and Angel/Cordelia
Length: 1,250
Author on LJ: anythingbutgrey
Author Website: Fic Master List
Why this must be read:

Xander and Cordelia were the first Buffy pairing I fell in love with all those years ago, and even now these two still hold a special place in my shipper heart. anythingbutgrey goes a great job of showing the differences in how Cordelia and Xander view their past relationship; their characterizations throughout the piece are just perfection and make this one a must-read.

There’s a gap of time where the only people who kiss her are demons trying to impregnate her with spawn and Doyle, who pressed the visions into her and left the last scraps of him embedded in her skin. Xander is, in his own way, the only memory she has of something good and happy in her life, and the fact that he himself took that from her makes her hate him far more than she would have had he meant nothing.

Since You Left I'm a Gold Balloon That Wanders High (or: six things you didn't know about Cordelia and Xander)

Comments

[stars-inthe-sky.livejournal.com]

Buffy and Angel were my first OTP in this fandom, but I do love Xander and Cordelia (and was always sad that their more matured adult versions never got to meet). Very excited to read this!

[anythingbutgrey.livejournal.com]

I LOVE SO MUCH EVERYTHING THAT THIS POST CHOOSES TO BE. :D