FIC: Seeing Red 1/1, FR15 (swearing)

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Title: Seeing Red

Author: Sweetness (aaronlisa@gmail.com)
Pairing: Faith/Wesley interaction

Rating: FR15 (swearing)

Disclaimer: The Buffyverse belongs to Joss Whedon and company.

Notes: Written for joss100  for prompt #10 (anger). Also written for inell  who wanted to see Faith/Wesley and the colour red. An alternate ending to the episode “Five by Five.”

 

            Wesley’s stomach churned as she saw Angel comforting Faith in the alley. He couldn’t believe it, the little bitch had almost killed him and now Angel was holding her in his arms as she cried crocodile tears while Wesley was bleeding from where she had cut him.
“So this is how it’s going to be?” Wesley stated causing the pair to turn towards him.
“You don’t understand,” Angel calmly said.
“Oh I think that I do, little Miss Faith turned on the tears and you being the big hero couldn’t help but be moved by them.”
”Wes, I am warning you.”
”You’re warning me what?” Wesley asked as he approached them.
“Back down!” Angel snarled.
“Do you see what she did to me or is it just acceptable damage so that you can save someone else?”
”I see what she did to you.”
”She’s a mad dog and mad dogs should be shot.”
“Faith deserves a second chance,” Angel said quietly.
”She’s a murderer.”
”So was I, should I have been shot?”
”Unlike you Angel, Faith has a soul but it didn’t stop her from killing in cold blood. She has a soul and it didn’t stop her from torturing me or getting off on it. She won’t change because she can’t change. Isn’t that right, Faith? Deep down inside you’re never going to change. You’ll always be the filthy little slut who uses her strength and power to abuse others and get what she wants rather than fulfilling her sacred destiny.”
”Shut up!” Faith yelled.
“Stop it right now,” Angel commanded, “This is not the time for this, Wesley. Right now, Faith has asked for help. And that is what I do. If you don’t like that or can’t accept it, then don’t bother coming back to the office.”
”But…” Wesley started to say before trailing off as he took a real look at Faith. He realized that the fierce, violent and sadistic woman who ad taken great delight in torturing him was gone. In her place, was a lost, broken little girl. He looked away from Faith and turned towards Angel.
“All I am asking is that you let me give her a chance, Wes. What she did to you was wrong and I think that Faith understands that. I need your help, not your anger. Or you’re just another loose gun, which I can’t afford to have on my side.”
”Fine, just keep her away from me,” Wesley said as he turned away from them.
“I’m sorry,” Faith said in a cracked voice.
“Don’t Faith, don’t say that, I can’t believe a word that comes out of your mouth,” Wesley coldly answered.
            Angel and Faith watched him walk away and the weight of her actions finally started to sink in for Faith. Self-hate had led her to Angel and now she had to live with what she had done. All of what she had done. She could start brand new but she would never be able to escape from what she had done.
“He’ll never forgive me will he?” Faith asked quietly as she started to cry again.
”I can’t answer that for you.”

**END**

Comments

[velvetwhip.livejournal.com]

Good work.


Gabrielle

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thanks