Time Flies, Time Crawls by Flannery (PG)

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Fandom: BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER
Pairing: Warren/Xander
Author on LJ: apatheticevil
Author Website: ?
Why this must be read: Excellently written and strange fic where Xander, thrown from his body after having his eye mutilated by Caleb, finds himself between this world and the next with the last person he might expect to see. At first he is irritated, but soon it becomes clear that, in the void, company is the only comfort.

It wasn’t that he enjoyed being here with Warren, but he feared what would be waiting for him upon waking. Pain in his eye, pain on the faces of his friends, young girls missing and gone forever, a foe that wouldn’t cease its assault, the fate of everything up in the air and the shared responsibility of defeating untouchable evil.

He wished he could fight that pull forever. Stay here, avoid the inevitable, and the eternal company of Warren would be his punishment for cowardice.

“Hey,” Warren said gently, threading his fingers through Xander’s and clutching his hand, “Stay with me.”

Was he pleading? “I would,” Xander replied. He clutched Warren’s hand. Emotion gathered thick in his throat. “Stay, I mean... I would stay.”

Confusion crossed Warren’s face. His gaze drifted down again, to where his hand and Xander’s were twined together.

Time Flies, Time Crawls

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