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And It's All Over but the Shouting by tiny_white_hats (PG-13)
Fandom: BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER
Pairing: Mostly Gen Oz & Cordelia with a little Oz/Willow
Length: 5,077 words
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
tiny_white_hats
Author Website: FFN page
Why this must be read: I always kind of wondered about how Cordy and Oz coped after finding Willow and Xander together; I always kind of wondered if they talked to each other about it. I think there's a sad hole in canon there, and this fic is what should have filled in that gap. Cordy and Oz are well-rendered here, each responding to a similar heartache in very different ways that are natural for such different people as they are. The fragments of comfort, understanding, and companionship they manage to offer each other are likewise as difficult and fraught as they'd have to be under such strain and between people with wildly opposite emotional registers - yet those fragments are real and warm and make me love both characters even more than I already do.
“Buffy stopped me. Said I needed to know Willow's a mess. She won't even touch Xander, 'cause she's worried it'll hurt her chances with me. They're barely friends.”
“Good,” Cordelia snarled savagely, all vindictive joy and fury. “I hope they're miserable.”
“S' what I'm told.”
Cordelia nodded, nasty lioness's smirk on her face. “Wait a second,” she questioned, smile sliding off her face like rainwater. “Why's Buffy telling you this?”
“She said she wanted to see how I was coping. Pretty sure she wants me to take Willow back.”
Cordelia was quiet for a long second before she laughed bitterly, giving Oz a self-deprecating smile. “I told you they didn’t want me back. I’m not one of them, not like Giles or Willow or you, and Buffy knows it.”
“You think I’m one of them?” Oz raised an eyebrow at her, shaking his head slowly. “I’m not. Three nights a month I’m their furry problem, but the rest of the month, I’m just Willow’s boyfriend.”
“Yeah, well notice how Buffy hasn’t bothered to ask me how I’m doing and tell me how much everyone misses me. Why would Buffy bother checking up on you if she didn’t care?”
“Because she thinks I’ll come back. She doesn’t think you will.”
And It's All Over but the Shouting
Pairing: Mostly Gen Oz & Cordelia with a little Oz/Willow
Length: 5,077 words
Author on LJ:
tiny_white_hatsAuthor Website: FFN page
Why this must be read: I always kind of wondered about how Cordy and Oz coped after finding Willow and Xander together; I always kind of wondered if they talked to each other about it. I think there's a sad hole in canon there, and this fic is what should have filled in that gap. Cordy and Oz are well-rendered here, each responding to a similar heartache in very different ways that are natural for such different people as they are. The fragments of comfort, understanding, and companionship they manage to offer each other are likewise as difficult and fraught as they'd have to be under such strain and between people with wildly opposite emotional registers - yet those fragments are real and warm and make me love both characters even more than I already do.
“Buffy stopped me. Said I needed to know Willow's a mess. She won't even touch Xander, 'cause she's worried it'll hurt her chances with me. They're barely friends.”
“Good,” Cordelia snarled savagely, all vindictive joy and fury. “I hope they're miserable.”
“S' what I'm told.”
Cordelia nodded, nasty lioness's smirk on her face. “Wait a second,” she questioned, smile sliding off her face like rainwater. “Why's Buffy telling you this?”
“She said she wanted to see how I was coping. Pretty sure she wants me to take Willow back.”
Cordelia was quiet for a long second before she laughed bitterly, giving Oz a self-deprecating smile. “I told you they didn’t want me back. I’m not one of them, not like Giles or Willow or you, and Buffy knows it.”
“You think I’m one of them?” Oz raised an eyebrow at her, shaking his head slowly. “I’m not. Three nights a month I’m their furry problem, but the rest of the month, I’m just Willow’s boyfriend.”
“Yeah, well notice how Buffy hasn’t bothered to ask me how I’m doing and tell me how much everyone misses me. Why would Buffy bother checking up on you if she didn’t care?”
“Because she thinks I’ll come back. She doesn’t think you will.”
And It's All Over but the Shouting