Drabble: Buffy the Vampire Slayer

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Title: Gloss
Summary: Buffy and Faith
A/N: written with kita0610's prompt, red and pink gumballs. Did not work in the gumballs. You can still prompt here; just don't specify a fandom.


Gloss

When Faith was Buffy, she wore red lipstick. That should’ve been their first clue.

Faith likes to fight and fuck, likes blood and doesn’t hide it. Been caught in the act a thousand times, walks with open hands to show the color. Years later she’s punching out the shower and still can’t get that damn spot out.

Buffy does the laundry, shampoos twice, always rinses, and paints her nails pink. She kills every night and smiles at school dances.

But Buffy’s pretty sure when Faith was Buffy, she was only being honest. Any innocence Buffy has is just painted on.

Comments

[lynnenne]

Nicely written. But I'm not sure I agree with your last line. I think there was, and still is, innocence in Buffy. That's part of what makes her so heroic: in spite of tragedy and pain and being hardened by life, she still believes that people are good and that the world is worth saving.

It's a very good drabble, though. :)

[semby.livejournal.com]

Ooh, very nice. Wonderfully written, and I love this comparison/contrast.

[rahirah]

Shiny. (and reminds me I must paint my toes.)

[kita0610.livejournal.com]

Oh that's good stuff, J.

[essie007.livejournal.com]

Oh nice. Keep 'em coming.

[mabus101.livejournal.com]

Ah...very interesting.

I always felt Buffy's discomfort at the thought that she'd lost her innocence meant she had some left. Tends to work that way. Hard to tell when you're feeling it, nonetheless.

[m-phoenix.livejournal.com]

I always love those parallels between the Chosen Two. As Buffy said in Dopplegangland (?)'there but for the grace of God...'

But Buffy’s pretty sure when Faith was Buffy, she was only being honest. Any innocence Buffy has is just painted on.

I can definitely see later Buffy, S6 Buffy, thinking that. Great drabble.

[only-passenger.livejournal.com]

love the veiled "caught red handed" reference. very nice.

[moscow-watcher.livejournal.com]

Interesting idea to contrast Buffy and Faith using colors. And I agree that Faith in Buffy's body was, in a way, a more honest version of Buffy.

[redbrickrose.livejournal.com]

Very nice. I can totally see Buffy thinking that about herself.

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