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clockwork_hart1 is a response to my request for a Buffy and Tara friendship fic in which Tara ISN'T depicted as a perfect saint. She came through with this missing scene: Buffy goes to Tara after the credits roll in As You Were, talk about their broken relationships, offer one another a moment of solace and wonder "Am I doing the right thing, and what does "right thing" even mean?" Two motherless (and de facto fatherless) young women struggle and encourage each other towards a place of honesty that they can't share with anyone else.
"Buffy could hear the conversation they weren't having beneath the one they were."
The moment where Buffy thanks Tara for taking care of Dawn the summer between S5 and S6 just about did me in. I don't think I've seen it in another fic, the show didn't bother to give it to us; and in clockwork's telling I can almost hear Buffy's voice break and soften to a whisper.
ETA: This fic was written the other day while clockwork was in the HOSPITAL. And dealing with a freakin' FEED TUBE, no less. (Which has led to an interesting discussion re: American vs UK health care systems, but I digress...) Have I ever written anything while in the hospital? NO. (I'm just too grumpy and sleepy and those are definitely not my favorite dwarves.)
I am so not worthy....
(It probably goes without saying that if you LOVE Spike as fiercely as I love Buffy and/or you just hate her...um...this might not be the fic for you. Vague disclaimers are no one's friend but they make for a handy acquaintance.)
clockwork_hart1 is a response to my request for a Buffy and Tara friendship fic in which Tara ISN'T depicted as a perfect saint. She came through with this missing scene: Buffy goes to Tara after the credits roll in As You Were, talk about their broken relationships, offer one another a moment of solace and wonder "Am I doing the right thing, and what does "right thing" even mean?" Two motherless (and de facto fatherless) young women struggle and encourage each other towards a place of honesty that they can't share with anyone else."Buffy could hear the conversation they weren't having beneath the one they were."
The moment where Buffy thanks Tara for taking care of Dawn the summer between S5 and S6 just about did me in. I don't think I've seen it in another fic, the show didn't bother to give it to us; and in clockwork's telling I can almost hear Buffy's voice break and soften to a whisper.
ETA: This fic was written the other day while clockwork was in the HOSPITAL. And dealing with a freakin' FEED TUBE, no less. (Which has led to an interesting discussion re: American vs UK health care systems, but I digress...) Have I ever written anything while in the hospital? NO. (I'm just too grumpy and sleepy and those are definitely not my favorite dwarves.)
I am so not worthy....
Between this, dragonyphoenix writing a Giles as Big Bad fic, and comlodge's Winged!Buffy pretties, I have got to start to making requests more often because it is SO much fun to see the results.
dragonyphoenix writing a Giles as Big Bad fic, and comlodge's Winged!Buffy pretties, I have got to start to making requests more often because it is SO much fun to see the results.(It probably goes without saying that if you LOVE Spike as fiercely as I love Buffy and/or you just hate her...um...this might not be the fic for you. Vague disclaimers are no one's friend but they make for a handy acquaintance.)
