Memory Lane
Author: lemons
Pairing: B/F
Rating: R, eventually
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Since Faith had arrived with Willow to the Summers' home or Command Central as Dawnie liked to call it, she hadn't really had any time to herself. There always seemed to be someone around. She was forever waiting in line for the shower, or to eat, and she couldn't even go on patrol alone. Buffy had made it pretty clear that she wanted everyone to go out in pairs and her pair was usually that pansy, Andrew, if they went out at all.
Faith was beginning to feel like she had never broken out of prison. Worse yet, she was actually being treated no better emotionally than she had been while locked up. At least she had been able to earn the respect of the other prisoners over time. But she knew that would never happen after all the history between her and the Scoobies. And Andrew, the little prick, had made sure all the potentials knew her story as well.
So here she was exposed and vulnerable for all of them to take jabs at her. And boy did they ever. Dawnie would glare daggers at her each time she would enter a room. Xander simply ignored her as if she wasn't even there. The potentials all looked at her like she would snap any second. Willow had been pretty decent what with them having the whole killer thing in common, but even Red tended to shy away from one on one conversation with her. And something was definitely up with Giles. You could feel the tension when he and Buffy were in a room together.
The only one talking to her for the most part was Spike. He was nice enough, but she couldn't get over that he had been somewhere she would never be, in Buffy Summers' bed. Although, to hear him tell it a proper bed never really mattered much in their encounters. They had talked long into the night in the basement about both of their relationships with the blonde slayer.
Spike tended to wax a bit more poetic than Faith, but to her credit Faith seemed to be more emotionally open than ever before. She felt a kinship with him. Not just because they had both been bad, but also because they loved the same woman. Spike made no pretense about Buffy's returning those feelings. And Faith never even thought Buffy would ever feel anything other than hate toward her. So each night that's where Faith ended up, down in the basement commiserating with the only other member of the Buffy Summers' Unattainable Love Club. She thought she might call Angel and see if he wanted to be a satellite member, but he had enough on his hands with what was happening in L.A. Then, of course, there was always the beef stick, but farm boy seemed to have been the only one with a healthy bone in his body and had moved on with his life.
Faith wasn't sure if she should envy Riley for getting over Buffy or think he was a fool for letting her slip through his hands. She could only imagine what it must have been like to be with Buffy. She would give anything just to kiss the older slayer without getting slapped. As it was she was lucky if she got a half smile or a look in the eyes from her.
So imagine her surprise when Buffy asked her to go patrolling with her the next evening. They had just finished one of Andrew and Dawn's dinner specialties and were left feeling slightly bloated, when Buffy pulled Faith aside. She never actually looked at the younger slayer directly when she said she wanted Faith to accompany her on a late sweep. Faith had been stunned but readily accepted the invite. Maybe she and Buffy could clear the air between them. Faith was cautious and hopeful all at the same time.
The slayers gathered their gear and headed out on patrol without a word or glance to each other. They quickly dispatched several vamps as they hit their first cemetery. By the time they had reached the third cemetery Faith was beginning to lose hope that Buffy would say anything at all to her during their time together. She knew that nothing she had done previously would warrant Buffy having anything to do with her. But the little girl inside of her still wanted to be special to Buffy. They were a part of each other Faith felt. She wanted to make amends in the worst way and all she needed was for Buffy to give her that little window to jump through.
By the time they hit the fifth cemetery Faith had grown agitated and disheartened. She thought maybe Buffy was using this patrol as a torture device. Surely the older slayer knew how important redemption was to Faith. Hell, she had gone to prison just because the blonde had told her to.
Finally, at the sixth cemetery Buffy hopped up onto a crypt and looked Faith dead in the eyes. She motioned with her hand for Faith to come sit beside her. As Faith did, Buffy finally gave her the opportunity she had been looking for all night.
"So, Faith, I think we need to talk."
TBC ?
So should I continue, have I captured your interest at all?
Since Faith had arrived with Willow to the Summers' home or Command Central as Dawnie liked to call it, she hadn't really had any time to herself. There always seemed to be someone around. She was forever waiting in line for the shower, or to eat, and she couldn't even go on patrol alone. Buffy had made it pretty clear that she wanted everyone to go out in pairs and her pair was usually that pansy, Andrew, if they went out at all.
Faith was beginning to feel like she had never broken out of prison. Worse yet, she was actually being treated no better emotionally than she had been while locked up. At least she had been able to earn the respect of the other prisoners over time. But she knew that would never happen after all the history between her and the Scoobies. And Andrew, the little prick, had made sure all the potentials knew her story as well.
So here she was exposed and vulnerable for all of them to take jabs at her. And boy did they ever. Dawnie would glare daggers at her each time she would enter a room. Xander simply ignored her as if she wasn't even there. The potentials all looked at her like she would snap any second. Willow had been pretty decent what with them having the whole killer thing in common, but even Red tended to shy away from one on one conversation with her. And something was definitely up with Giles. You could feel the tension when he and Buffy were in a room together.
The only one talking to her for the most part was Spike. He was nice enough, but she couldn't get over that he had been somewhere she would never be, in Buffy Summers' bed. Although, to hear him tell it a proper bed never really mattered much in their encounters. They had talked long into the night in the basement about both of their relationships with the blonde slayer.
Spike tended to wax a bit more poetic than Faith, but to her credit Faith seemed to be more emotionally open than ever before. She felt a kinship with him. Not just because they had both been bad, but also because they loved the same woman. Spike made no pretense about Buffy's returning those feelings. And Faith never even thought Buffy would ever feel anything other than hate toward her. So each night that's where Faith ended up, down in the basement commiserating with the only other member of the Buffy Summers' Unattainable Love Club. She thought she might call Angel and see if he wanted to be a satellite member, but he had enough on his hands with what was happening in L.A. Then, of course, there was always the beef stick, but farm boy seemed to have been the only one with a healthy bone in his body and had moved on with his life.
Faith wasn't sure if she should envy Riley for getting over Buffy or think he was a fool for letting her slip through his hands. She could only imagine what it must have been like to be with Buffy. She would give anything just to kiss the older slayer without getting slapped. As it was she was lucky if she got a half smile or a look in the eyes from her.
So imagine her surprise when Buffy asked her to go patrolling with her the next evening. They had just finished one of Andrew and Dawn's dinner specialties and were left feeling slightly bloated, when Buffy pulled Faith aside. She never actually looked at the younger slayer directly when she said she wanted Faith to accompany her on a late sweep. Faith had been stunned but readily accepted the invite. Maybe she and Buffy could clear the air between them. Faith was cautious and hopeful all at the same time.
The slayers gathered their gear and headed out on patrol without a word or glance to each other. They quickly dispatched several vamps as they hit their first cemetery. By the time they had reached the third cemetery Faith was beginning to lose hope that Buffy would say anything at all to her during their time together. She knew that nothing she had done previously would warrant Buffy having anything to do with her. But the little girl inside of her still wanted to be special to Buffy. They were a part of each other Faith felt. She wanted to make amends in the worst way and all she needed was for Buffy to give her that little window to jump through.
By the time they hit the fifth cemetery Faith had grown agitated and disheartened. She thought maybe Buffy was using this patrol as a torture device. Surely the older slayer knew how important redemption was to Faith. Hell, she had gone to prison just because the blonde had told her to.
Finally, at the sixth cemetery Buffy hopped up onto a crypt and looked Faith dead in the eyes. She motioned with her hand for Faith to come sit beside her. As Faith did, Buffy finally gave her the opportunity she had been looking for all night.
"So, Faith, I think we need to talk."
TBC ?
So should I continue, have I captured your interest at all?