FIC: Five Other Lies by Rebecca Lizard (R)

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Title: Five Other Lies
Fandom: BtVS
Pairing: Willow
Author on LJ: rliz
Author Website: Rebecca Lizard.net
Why this must be read:

She's woken at night by the soft creaking of her mattress, the sudden dip of weight at the foot of the bed. Only a week has passed since she crashed the car and broke Dawn's arm, and Willow is still wearing the ring around her wrist-- a present from Anya, from the Magic Box, a thick iron circle that will glow an angry red if she makes any attempt at magic. The ring is cool, now, and heavy on her forearm. She sleeps with her arm above the blankets, exposed to the night air.

Another of the five things stories. I love these stories--they work perfectly for my mindset, five short alternate universes loosely connected by the characters that are in them, creating a cohesive whole. In this one, Lizard takes Willow through worlds that we know, and worlds that we don't, and shows just how easily Willow could have been bent or broken.

The language is lovely; you can see the whole world Lizard is describing from a few phrases and adjectives. In particular I like how the pairings are nonstatic, and usually unconventional; I think it's characteristic of Willow to go against the grain, she who in her actual life was anything but. At least, for awhile.




Five Other Lies

Comments

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You sweetheart-- I saw this coming by to see what your rec of gchick's "Ink" would look like. I titter and blush.

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Ink's the last one I'm doing this month--check back in two weeks. I just like to have them all prepared before I put them up. But you're welcome. :)