A Drabble and Buffy/Angel fic recs

( Untitled Buffy/Angel Drabble; Adult )

I got in the mood to write some B/A after reading the following two exquisite stories. If you wanna read how this pairing is really done:

Older and Far Away by chrisleeoctaves This fic is so achingly beautiful. Angel looks down at the floor before meeting her eyes. “I don’t need you to blame me for it to hurt.” “I’m responsible, too,” she says. It’s a peace offering he will not accept. “I’m not sixteen anymore.” She doesn’t know why she says that, only that it’s true. He shakes his head, backing away from the light streaming through the window towards a shadowy corner. For some reason, this is the thing that makes her cry. And suddenly, where she has been stoic and composed, she is adrift and inconsolable.

All Ways by kita0610 This story is brilliant. It has such a lovely, dual-edged title and the narrative structure is wonderfully dreamy and reminiscent of a fairy tale. It also hurts you in the gut to read. In a good way. It was impossible that they had only done this once. Impossible that the amount of times she had killed him and made love to him were exactly the same.