Missing Scene: Lost Friendship

[lusciousxander.livejournal.com]

Title: Lost Friendship (Dawn's POV)
Character: Dawn and Spike
Setting: Season seven
Rating: For everybody



"If you're looking for Buffy, she's upstairs." She looked at his confused face and almost laughed. She knew it was pretense. She wished he'd just stop pretending because everybody in the house knew what he always wanted.

"You're looking for Buffy, right?" she asked dryly. "She's in her room."

He nodded mutely and went upstairs.

She sighed in annoyance and looked down at her book, barely translating the foreign language.

The disgusting attempt of rape wasn't the reason they weren't speaking anymore. It was right after Buffy came back from dead, he had stopped visiting, stopped asking about her, stopped showing any sign of wanting to spend time with her, because he finally had gotten what he wanted. Buffy. It was all for Buffy. The night talks, the motorcycle rides, the warm smiles, all for Buffy's sake. And what's worse, now that she vocally showed that she was upset with him, he never attempted to patch things up, because again, he got Buffy.


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Title: Lost Friendship (Spike's POV)
Character: Spike and Dawn
Setting: Season seven
Rating: For everybody


"If you're looking for Buffy, she's upstairs."

He looked at her sitting on the couch with a big textbook on her lap. It was probably the first time she talked to him after her fire threatening.

She must have noticed his confusion, because she clarified, "You're looking for Buffy, right? She's in her room."

The coldness in her voice and stare wasn't surprising, if still painful. He gave a silent nod and headed upstairs.

She used to make it easier in the past. He had a few number of people trusting him and she used to be one of them, the best one. Most had expected him to screw up, but she had always trusted him to a fault. Right now, she lost faith in him, she hated him. At the moment…

He reached Joyce's room. Buffy turned around and smiled at him.

… only one woman believed in him. And her trust was enough.

Comments

[the-nites-gurl.livejournal.com]

WOW

[lusciousxander.livejournal.com]

Thanks! :)

[scarlettlily.livejournal.com]

Very interesting. It sucks that their friendship died.

[lusciousxander.livejournal.com]

Thank you, I know, I'm upset about the lost friendship. :(

[a2zmom.livejournal.com]

Really like the contrasting POV here and how far off the mark they both are.

[lusciousxander.livejournal.com]

Thank you, both of them are a bit selfish here, mourning the offers they got from the other instead of a way to get the friendship back.

[shinodabear.livejournal.com]

Love the contrast in these two. Very nice.

[lusciousxander.livejournal.com]

Thank you, glad you liked. :)

[joyful-dayz.livejournal.com]

Very poignant. It breaks my heart that they never made up.

[lusciousxander.livejournal.com]

Me too. :( Thank you for replying.

[poisontearss.livejournal.com]

hi! you don't know me, but I loved these! I've always been a closeted Spike/Dawn fan--that's one pairing that seems to make people go eww but I LOVE it. Can I add you?

[lusciousxander.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much. Yes, you can add me. :) I'm not a Spike/Dawn shipper, but I don't see the "eww" in there. I have made a list awhile ago with Dawn/Spike friendship fics.

[dreamsofspike.livejournal.com]

awww..that's so very poignant...and it's very true to life and touching how they both feel the regret of the lost friendship, but both seem to be taking it for granted that there's no way to get it back...dawn's assuming that spike's happy as long as he has buffy, with no need for her...and the sad part is, she's right :( great work, love :)

[lusciousxander.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for the lovely feedback! You understood the point of this perfectly. Both Dawn and Spike are to be blamed for the loss of their friendship, and they do seem to take it for granted.

[thspace-between.livejournal.com]

Nice contrast of opinions! Thank you for sharing with us :)

Its so sad for me that their friendship was pushed to the side during the series. One of the things that ticked me off most with the writers of BtVS.

[lusciousxander.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the feedback. I'm also upset about the lost friendship between them, then again the writers dropped a lot of storylines in S7.

[aa-eve-aa.livejournal.com]

That was sooo good, I really liked it. :D

[lusciousxander.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much. I'm glad you liked. :)

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[snowpuppies]

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