Remember how I said that the bit I'd posted before wasn't the whole first chapter? Here's the rest of the first chapter.
I have a beta reader now, the fantastic and wonderful
yourlibrarian. Yay! But I'm afraid that the pace at which this story comes out will continue to be very slow: probably one post every couple weeks, but I can't even guarantee that.
Needless to say, I'm tremendously grateful for all the support and feedback I got for the first post!
So here's the next bit....
Title: That Good Night (part 1b of ?)
Rating: Still not sure. Definitely R; may go to NC-17.
Summary: This is the sixth story in the Fragments 'verse, set immediately after "Before the Time of Dawn." Spike is human and he's having problems. Meanwhile, Willow is giving birth and everyone's worried about her.
Warnings: As I said before, this thing is going to be posted very slowly! If that's going to frustrate you terribly, you should probably wait until it's complete. Also, it's going to be dark. Possibly kinda depressing. Definitely angsty, h/c with lots of hurt. Character death will most definitely be threatened, and I'm not prepared to say what comes of it.
This update is about 1400 words; the total length now stands at about 2900.
Continued from [here]:
Before Xander had any time at all to process the implications, Buffy was ducking under the cordon containing her line, dragging her absurdly large wheeled suitcase across the intervening linoleum and throwing her arms around Xander in a bone-crunching hug.
( And now, the rest of chapter one! )
I have a beta reader now, the fantastic and wonderful
Needless to say, I'm tremendously grateful for all the support and feedback I got for the first post!
So here's the next bit....
Title: That Good Night (part 1b of ?)
Rating: Still not sure. Definitely R; may go to NC-17.
Summary: This is the sixth story in the Fragments 'verse, set immediately after "Before the Time of Dawn." Spike is human and he's having problems. Meanwhile, Willow is giving birth and everyone's worried about her.
Warnings: As I said before, this thing is going to be posted very slowly! If that's going to frustrate you terribly, you should probably wait until it's complete. Also, it's going to be dark. Possibly kinda depressing. Definitely angsty, h/c with lots of hurt. Character death will most definitely be threatened, and I'm not prepared to say what comes of it.
This update is about 1400 words; the total length now stands at about 2900.
Continued from [here]:
Before Xander had any time at all to process the implications, Buffy was ducking under the cordon containing her line, dragging her absurdly large wheeled suitcase across the intervening linoleum and throwing her arms around Xander in a bone-crunching hug.
( And now, the rest of chapter one! )