Drabble: Slayerfest 2048

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Title: Slayerfest 2048
Length: OMG I DID IT! 100 words.
Rating: OMG I DID IT! G!
Prompt: for femmenerd. Buffy and Faith, affection and snark.
A/N: 45 years post S7. This probably won't make sense unless you keep those shared Slayer dreams in mind.


Slayerfest 2048

"Who's gonna look after them?" Buffy'll ask, looking over the ladies in training.

"Jumpin' ahead, B. Let's be carefree."

Sagging, still blond to bleach the gray, Buffy'll say, "We're sixty-whatsit?-genarians."

"Sexa-. Speaking of sexay, they've got more to learn."

"'Bout Slayage in mini-skirts. But I can't teach that with those veins on my thighs." Buffy will flex her fist, watching Slayers in waiting. "It's their turn, now. You and I," she'll recall, "we've made our beds."

"Yeah," Faith'll agree. "End of the road. But you died, and how many years've passed? Little Miss Muffet can still kick that spider's ass."

Comments

[anelith.livejournal.com]

I love these two together. I know the Miss Muffet reference, but my favorite image is "made our beds." In the episode where that dream appeared it was such a contrast, the two of them comfortably and companionably making the bed together after their fierce fight. Nice to recall it here.

[tkp.livejournal.com]

Oh! I'm so glad you caught that. I thought there could be a lot to say about that old adage, "we've made our beds and now we have to lie in them", especially since now that I've done some research, it seems to me Buffy's Faith dreams were all about Dawn and her death, and Buffy dying was Buffy finally becoming a Slayer completely. Faith's point is they finished becoming who they really are years and years ago, but they ain't gonna lie down--there's always the fight.

Um, and I'm rambling. Thank you for your lovely comment!