Title: Long Time Coming
Rating: PG-13 (discussions related to sex but no actual sex)
Summary: This fic is a continuation of “Freefall, Part 2,” issue #2 of S9. Literally. Buffy’s first line of dialogue is from the issue, which was written by Andrew Chambliss. For those not keeping up with the comics but interested in reading anyway, the issue ends with Buffy encountering a mysterious boy who can somehow turn vampires into dead humans with his touch. Buffy is on the run from the police, who suspect her of being responsible for all the corpses that keep popping up.
This ridiculously long fic, which I started over three weeks ago and which
just kept growing, was inspired by
eilowyn when we discussed being frustrated that the comics weren’t addressing what had passed between Buffy and Spike in “Chosen.” I do not presume to claim in any way that I addressed “Chosen”
well, but I gave it a shot. I'm not 100% satisfied with it, but I want to get it posted and over with before issue #3 hits the stands in, oh,
hours, and I need to get back to my WIP, so here it is, all 9,500 words. *headdesk*
(And yes, I’m aware that the preview pages for #3 make this scenario impossible; I knew from the get-go that my continuation would be wildly AU and indulged in using Severin this way anyway because the circumstances were so deliciously ripe for provoking discussion and H/C.)
EDIT: Ack, my post is too long. SIGH. All right, this is getting split into two parts but only because of LJ's posting limits; the fic is meant to be read in one piece. This part is approximately 6,500 words.
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