Recs: BtVS, FF, DS9

BtVS

After by thelastgoodname. Dawn/Faith, post-NFA. "Dawn's going to be my Watcher," Faith said. "She's ready. She can do it. And she's not going to die." "No," said Giles. "I'm not asking, Giles," she replied, smiling. "I'm telling you. If she says no, then I'm gone. If she says yes, then I'm still gone -- and she's coming with me." I didn't quote my favorite section; I want you all to read it in the context of the fic so as not to miss any yummy goodness.

Living Dangerously by Andraste. This Andrew-centric fic is set in the Summers' home before the big show down with the First Evil. The smell is all wrong. It's not like he was in love with the way Jonathan always left his laundry on the floor, or how Warren never turned on the fan before firing up the blowtorch, or the haze created by large quantities of takeout nuked in a tiny space. But the combination was somehow ... homely. He can't talk about this with anyone, but back then Andrew thought he'd found his evolutionary niche. Late at night - when Warren was fiddling with his next shrink ray or whatever, and Jonathan had dozed off in front of the widescreen TV - he would sit in the lair pretending to read, just listening to the little sounds they made. At times like that he'd feel in total harmony with the cosmos. Part of something bigger than himself. Even after everything that happened, he misses it. Misses Warren and Jonathan both. Sometimes when he wakes up after one of the nightmares he doesn't share with anyone anymore, he gets pissed with them for being dead and leaving him here with all these girls and a crappy dialup connection.

Annunciation by nwhepcat. I *know* I've recced this before, but I couldn't find it in my recs when I looked back. sigh..... This fic contains Faith and Willow looking at paintings of Madonnas and discovering a very insightful connection between Slayers and the Mother of God. Excellent read.

Forgive and Renew by stoney321 A Buffy/Giles drabble that encapsulates many of the things I love about that ship.

The Waking by mpoetess. We're discussing this fic in club_joss this week, which is why I read it. I can't believe I haven't read this fic before. It's so beautifully done. Another commenter has said that it has very much in common with fairy tales, and I agree. It's very magical, and I know that can sound like a bad pun in the Buffyverse, but I mean it. It's just magical.

Star Trek: DS9

Converse Symmetry by TDrummonds. This is a DS9 fic that explores the ramifications of a crossover between an alternate reality (not the Mirror!verse); it's Garak/Bashir, but I would term it more porny gen than anything else. There's a lot going on here besides that. At times it can be a little hard to tell whether the writer is referring to a character or her doppelganger, but that might be attributed to laziness on my part as a reader rather than a lack of clarity on the writer's part. I can't recommend this highly enough; I enjoyed it thoroughly. It's so in keeping with the tone of the last seasons of the show as well. trekgirl55 this is the fic I was telling you about

Firefly

Last Act by executrix A Simon and Jayne fic in which everyone misunderstands everyone else. You will giggle.

THE WITTGENSTEIN SOCIETY by executrix Simon-centric. This is a really interesting look at a teenaged Simon, one in which he's the elitist ass Mal imagines him to be when they first meet.

Synchronal by ana_grrl Jayne-centric fic that reminds me very much of the TNG episode "All Good Things." Very well done.