052: double drabble

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Title: Phantom Pain
Author: Beer Good (beer_good_foamy)
Rating: PG13
Word Count: 2x100
Characters/Pairing: Wesley/Virginia, Fred
Timeline: AtS 3.18 "Double Or Nothing"
Prompt: 052: Pairings you've never done

"This is difficult for you, isn't it?"
"I just don't like to see you hurt."
"No. I mean... I mean breaking up with me."

When Virginia sees the headline – HOMELESS MAN SAVES STABBING VICTIM – somehow she knows it's Wesley even before she sees the neatly combed passport photo accompanying the article. It's like there's a twinge in a nerve she's forgotten; they haven't spoken in a year, she's moved on, but she's disgusted by the voice at the back of her head going "See? Good thing you left him before he got into even more trouble."

It says he lay there for hours, alone, near death.

He saved her life once. She loved him once. The least she can do now is say hello.

***

Same hospital giftshop as last year, same flowers, same lump in her throat. Rehearsing what to say; "Hey, Wes. Another zombie cop, huh?"

She shares the elevator with a slim brunette carrying a cardboard box, and hangs back when the other woman asks for Wyndam-Pryce. Friend? Colleague? Girlfriend? Virginia catches a glimpse of Wesley; pale, weak, but his eyes light up when the brunette enters his room. She knows that look.

Leaving the flowers on a table in the corridor and telling the twinge to shut up, Virginia feels better about walking out this time. She's glad he's got someone.

Comments

[snogged.livejournal.com]

Ah, Virginia.

Well done on this hun

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[deird1]

Oh, this is lovely.

And quite painful...

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Thanks! "Painful" would sum up just about anything Wes-related after mid-s3, wouldn't it?

[slaymesoftly.livejournal.com]

I really need to watch those Angel dvds sitting on the shelf. :) Nice glimpse of somebody I know absolutely nothing about. :) (invisible cookie)

[deird1]

You've bought the dvds... and haven't watched them yet? Hurry up!

Okay, granted, it's not as good as Buffy, but you do get:
- demons singing karaoke
- the dance of joy
- Angel in a hawaiian shirt
- muppets
- mystical pregnancies
- some very fun Spike and Angel arguments

Stop reading fanfic, and go watch...

[slaymesoftly.livejournal.com]

"Stop reading fanfic, and go watch.." Ah, that's the issue, isn't it? I used to get a lot more of everything done before fanfic. *G*

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Aww, thanks! And really, you should get to watching them. Spoilers below if you want to know the story behind this particular one...









Wes meets Virginia while he's undercover posing as Angel (you know you want to see that) and saves her from being sacrificed. They date (mostly off-screen) for about half of s2, but after Wesley is shot (yes, by a zombie cop) she's spooked and pulls an Olivia.

This scene takes place one year later as Wesley is once again in the hospital after having his throat slit... and the irony is that if she'd just hung around for 5 minutes, she would have seen that Fred is there not to comfort Wes but to tell him that he's persona non grata back at Angel Investigations and that noobdy wants to see him ever again. He probably needed a hug.

[slaymesoftly.livejournal.com]

Awww - well, that's just really sad! Thanks for bringing me up to speed. I would have dipped into them today probably, except for the whole - you know - no electricity at my house... Ice is such fun.

[dreamincolor.livejournal.com]

That was lovely.

I was sad to see her go, nice to get another look at her personality. Alot of feeling packed into those two drabbles.

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[thrace-adams.livejournal.com]

Virginia, I was actually sad to see her go. This was well done

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[snowpuppies]

Very nice.

*sniffle*

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Thanks! *hanky*

[snowpuppies]

Just btw, I've done another Slayer & Watcher ficlet: Click, just in case you're interested.

[lena7623.livejournal.com]

If only she had gone and had went into the room...poor Virginia and Wes.

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Yup. Wesley probably needed a hug about 90 seconds after this ends. Thanks!

[ozma914.livejournal.com]

I have to admit, I sat here scratching my head: "Virginia who?"

This is what's so great about fanfiction -- the chance to utilize and bring back to life those little-known characters.

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Haha. She never did get a lot of screentime, did she? Thanks!

[ozma914.livejournal.com]

You should send that story over here!

http://www.unsungheroines.net/eFiction/index.php

[rayruz.livejournal.com]

Very beautiful

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[xlivvielockex.livejournal.com]

You know I love you Foamy but this just reminds me why. I always liked Wes/Virginia (did icons for them for this prompt that I will get around to posting. LOL). I am really glad that someone decided to write about them. It is so hard to find good fic for them.

This was beautiful though. I just love that was still thinking about him, enough to go down to the hospital. Just perfect.

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Right back atcha as always! I honestly don't think I've *ever* seen any Wesley/Virginia fic - in terms of shippers, it seems to be right up (down?) there with Willow/Moloch and Spike/Random Goth Chick. Which is just a pity, they were cute.

[aladriana.livejournal.com]

Yes Virginia, there really is a Fred.

Very well done. And a nice good-bye.

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Hee! Thanks!

[spankulert.livejournal.com]

This was very well done :)

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[ubiquirk.livejournal.com]

Interestingly, I just rewatched 'Guise.' This is a very interesting look at what she might have done.

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I love "Guise" - but of course, I love any ep where Wes gets to be badass and Angel gets to be made fun of.

Magev: "You're deeply ambivalent."
Angel: "Yeah, well, I am and I'm not."
Magev: "You need to get over her. - Okay, what does she look like?"
Angel: "She's beautiful. - Small, blonde..."
Magev: "Right. So here's what you do. You go out and find yourself some small, blonde thing. You bed her, you love her, you treat her like crap, you break her heart. You and your inner demon will thank me, I promise."
Angel: "Uhm..."