FIC: The Waiting Room by Nestra (PG)

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Title: The Waiting Room
Fandom: BtVS
Pairing: None
Author on LJ: nestra
Author Website: Nestra's Fanfiction
Why this must be read:

She opens her eyes, and it's a bit of a surprise to find herself in someone's living room. Or maybe someone's grandmother's living room. She's sitting on a nice plush couch as the hem of her dress drips water on an equally plush carpet. Flowered wallpaper covers the walls, pretty and unobtrusive, and a row of framed pictures lines one wall. She sees a book and a heart, and one painting that seems to shift and move and walk across her eyes, but before she can make out many details, she realizes she's not alone.

This is a crossover, Buffy/Sandman. Technically, this should qualify as something else, but since it's rather Buffy-centric, I figured I'd pull it in anyway. Buffy dies. It's what happens, a couple times. But this story interacts Buffy with Death, the first time out of the gate.

I love it because I can see it so clearly in my mind's eye. Buffy's dress, Death's wry smile. The implication of greater things to come. Season One of BtVS was so new, and this story reflects that newness while hinting at what happens later. It's pretty masterful.




The Waiting Room