Hey, I like this! Post-Season 7 is like a big, blank space that needs to be filled with Fuffy (it's the only ship that makes sense by then- Buffy's turned down Angel, Spike's dead and Riley's married his female clone. That leaves Faith!)

You just have to ignore the comics (not that they don't have some merit...)

Poor Faith, being all commitment-y and Buffy's doubts breaking her vulnerable heart. Let's hope these crazy kids can make it work!

HA! Short but very funny, you made me smile!

Interesting start!

I'm a big fan of Willow/Faith in/after S7, mainly because I too think that Kennedy is a watered down version of Faith (without half the charm or sex appeal...), which means that Faith is definitly Willows type...

Might explain why Willow was kind of jealous of Faith even before the slayer went all evil! *repressed?*

Anyway, really liking the dialogue, plus the funny Buffy/Faith interplay. How is Willow coing to react to Faith's crush?

Roll on the next chapter!

Wow, just wow.

Very sweet and touching...and then that final paragragh hits like a gut-punch. (As I presume it meant to...)

Poor Faith...I always thought it would be very hard/almost impossible for the two of them to get intimate after S7 and everything (Buffy has her walls up, Faith's deep self-loathing, lack of trust from either of them) and your final bit lays out why. *sigh*

I like this, very original.

Wow, that was...really hot, and sweet!

Loved the stuff about Faith's background, it felt very true to read.

Plus Faith and all her regrets about the past, and how being with Buffy felt like healing all those past hurts...Beautiful.

Really liked this. Lovely to see you writing again!

Very funny and sexy.

Your Buffy is very Buffy-like, which is always a good thing. And your Faith, as always. is damn sexy.

Looking forward to Faith-POV!

Hey, that was a fun little fic- drabbles have their place and this was really nice, low-key stuff. Just the two of them interacting after all those things they went through together.

You really nailed the awkwardness  in their interactions during this time and also, and this might seem weird, the quiet atmosphere, that feeling that there were just the two of them and everybody else was asleep.

And, most importantly, Faith stayed!

I never understood why they were apart in the comics, Faith was the second most important slayer and she's just...stuck somewhere (Cleaveland?) while all the other Soobies-and Andrew!- are doing important stuff in Europe...*grrr*

This is what should've happened, no doubt.

Thanks for this.

P.S- I am waiting patiently for Girl, I love it and I won't kick you!

Aw, nice!

Nice to see the progression of Buffy and Faith's developing relationship over time. And seeing Buffy all nervous and excited about Faith coming home was really sweet.

Really heart warming.

Well I haven't read much of your stuff up until this, but that sure as hell is gonna change!  :)

This is really, really fun. A little Fuffy wilderness adventure that encapulates why I so love these two post-Chosen.

Love the premise, Faith's almost constant bitching (so funnt btw!) the snowmobiles, the abandoned log cabin, the sniping back and fortyh, the flirting, the near drowning that leads (naturally) to body heat sharing.

And all the snark and defensiveness was there to see, from both of them, and it was a refreshing change to see Faith doing the pushing/friendliness thing, in a completely Faith-like way.

Poor Buffy, I kind of guessed why she was so sad, being that it was a year after Sunnydale went caput, but it was still heartbreaking when she opened up and had a good cry about all those memories of her Mom that she'd lost.

But...that ending, with Faith finding out that being a little light-fingered can be a force for good!

Very sweet, very moving and made me feel warm inside (and bizarrely quite Christmassy- must be the whole snow/ice theme. :P)

Very good and thanks for writing!

So I read through all 5 chapters in one go when I realised that I'd read, and very much liked, your Faith one-shot.

I always enjoy Faith POV stories, and yours is a very original take on her, her road to redemption, and the Bffuy-verse as a whole. That's pretty had to do in a field as crowded as Fuffy tends to be! :)

You write really well, the story flows naturally from chapter to chapter, and all the characters have a real, distinct voice to them.

Faith starting over in Cleaveland was a real fresh view of her character, reading about her striving on her own before going back to Sunnydale was good, and also important.

I also like that your not rushing her relationship with Buffy, just keeping it ticking along in the background. Another good move.

I don't often say this but I enjoy all your original characters- Mark and Sara and Vi, I didn't think I would butI guess thet snuck into my affections just like they did Faith's.:)

Their pretty regular folks caught up in occult craziness- in this chapter especially I really enjoyed Sara and Vi's reactions to things.

And Willow! Honestly being a Faith fan and a Willow fan is hard sometimes, 'cause they really don't get on much. But I was glad to see them bond (and Willow lust a little bit...) when Faith asked her for help.

The Willow POV's were very true to her character- and it was nice to see her see Faith in a positive light with mentoring Vi and caring for her friends.

Overall I'm enjoying Faith being a badass Slayer and taking on W&H- interested to see where this goes. :)

Whew- another great chapter! :)

More Joyce than I was expecting and I loved it- you write her very well; sympathetic, warm and loving but also recognisably Joyce. Human-with her own worries to deal with.

Faith's childhood in Boston rang utterly true (Mangled 'Go Ask Malice' notwithstanding) even though it was really dark and horrifying to here. This whole scene with Joyce and Faith was a highlight.

Plus 'testicular shock'...ouch. :(

Like the little nods to the 'official' timeline- Cordy referencing 'Room W/a Vu'.

Skipping over 'Beer Bad' was definitly wise, although its a shame that Faith missed Halloween again.

Looking forward to Thanksgiving. 'Pangs' holds all sorts of possibilities...

And...Willow. Wow, Season 4 is where we see the first signs of Willow's darker side and it certainly made itself known here.

Going all-badass on Veruca made sense in this context (a more confident Willow) and Wolf-girls ultimate fate was...troubling.

I'm not sure it was 'right' exactly (even though Veruca is horrible/scummy) but having thought about it it was probably better than having her savaged to death by wolf-Oz.

Does that mean Oz won't be leaving this time? Interesting either way.

*sigh* And The Initiative, well I guess it makes sense that they would be stationed at both Hellmouths.

Intrigued by future plotting- overall looking good!

Love the banner- this story is 'banner-worthy.' :)

I really enjoyed this.

You have a way of writing this pairing like its the most natural thing in the world for both the characters, but still include all the snark and wit and humour that makes this such a great couple.

Also you write them having sex a lot! Which I also enjoy and I think, post-S7, is entirely understandable. Two hormonally charged super-women who enjoy sex are gonna indulge themselves. :)

Like one of the above reviewers I detest Spuffy on many levels (and I think it damaged the characters of Buffy and Spike more than a little)...but I do understand that the relationship mattered to Buffy and that she would take some time to mourn/contemplate Spike's sacrifice.

I think her 'time off' made sense from that perspective as well as just 'taking a break' from her own life.

I don't think Buffy ever really loved him, but she did care for him at the end, and even if their relationships was one of the most unhealthy ones I've even seen on television, in the end it had become something...genuine I think is the word I would use.

Not as important as Bangel, or Briley (or even Buffy's own complicated relationship with Faith) but it happened, it was there, and deserved to be acknowledged- kudos for doing so.

A lot of your dialogue was beautifully written, the Buffy/Faith interplay was natural (I've probably already said that, but it deserves repeating) and all the other characters felt true to themselves, which I like in a Fuffy story.

Loved the ending.

Yay Giles for being so cunning in working his wiles!

Gotta love him for it. :)

I will now go and hunt out more of your stories.:P

(I've only ever read your Fuffy fic 'Barriers', which was one of the best pieces of fiction I've ever read- EVER!)

Jessica Jones! :D

Really awesome fics so far.