Fic: An Enigma

[gillo]

The mystery that is Buffy's brain. S4, after Something Blue.

Title: An Enigma
Rating: PG
Author: gillo
Length: 200 words

An Enigma

Every time she thought she had the bleached pest worked out, Buffy found herself surprised once more. He wanted to kill her, yet he held doors for her. What the heck was that? He drank blood, which was gross, smoked stinky cigarettes, which was grosser, and she’d even seen him licking blood from his own nose, which was grossest of all. Yet even the blindest of Slayers would have to acknowledge he was hot, in a sallow, rather obvious sort of way, and there were times his voice was oddly gentle.

There had been that whole ultra-disgusting engagement thing, for which Willow was still baking cookies at the slightest mention. Strange thing was, however wigginy it was, she could sorta see why it had made sense at the time. Not that it could ever make the slightest bit of sense without a heavy-duty spell, no sir. Sitting on a vampire’s lap, melting into his eyes, kissing those luscious lips? So done with that after Angel.

No, she wasn’t staking him. Because he was incapable of killing humans. Unthreatening, emasculated, eunuchized, all good reasons. But how, she asked herself yet again, could anything so impotent be quite so male?



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Comments

[thisficklemob.livejournal.com]

Hee! I love Buffy's ranking of the grossnesses of Spike. And the word "wigginy".

[gillo]

There was never a word our girl couldn't reinvent! Thanks for reading and commenting.

[velvetwhip.livejournal.com]

That's right, Buffy. You keep telling yourself he's icky. See how well it works for you.

I got a kick out of this.


Gabrielle

[gillo]

Thanks. Our girl was always a champion in the gentle art of Denial.

Thanks for a lovely comment.

[baphrosia.livejournal.com]

Every girl loves a mystery. Especially one who's hot in a sallow, obvious kind of way. :)

[gillo]

She really doesn't even fancy him. She says so.

Thanks for reading.

[shapinglight]

Willow must a cookie-baking expert by now.

Nice work. :)

[gillo]

She has a lot to atone for.

Thanks for reading.

[quinara]

Hee hee hee... Poor old denial!Buffy!

[gillo]

Not exactly an unusual tactic for her.

Thanks for reading.

[chasingdemons.livejournal.com]

This was delicious!

[gillo]

Thank you!

[zanthinegirl.livejournal.com]

Yup, that's Buffy. Talking herself out of good things!

I like Buffy's voice here; she sounds very in character.

[gillo]

Thank you. Denial is her native land.

[rebcake.livejournal.com]

Excellent question, Buffy! And a very nice fic, containing many lists of things that will be forever mysterious.

[gillo]

Thank you.

[kikimay]

I love this look on Buffy's mind and her vision of Spike. It's really, really Buffy-like. Especially her difficulty to deal with repulsion/attraction feelings towards him.

[gillo]

She lives in the state of denial, our girl.

Thanks for reading.

[slaymesoftly.livejournal.com]

LOL You keep telling yourself that, Buffy.

[gillo]

She does, for far too long.

Thanks for reading.

[the-moonmoth.livejournal.com]

Ha ha, oh Buffy <3

[gillo]

She lives in the State of Denial.

Thanks for reading.