Drabble for angel_100

Title: Alien Sentiments
Fandom: Angel
Rating: PG for character death
Words: 100
Disclaimer: Not mine, they're Whedon's. *sob*
Written for: angel_100's "Not Fade Away" challenge.

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"Would you like me to lie to you now?"

"Yes. Thank you. Yes."

As Illyria comforted Wesley in the persona of the Burkle shell, unfamiliar emotions of bitterness and grief almost overwhelmed her. Grief, that he was going from her; bitterness that he still didn't want her, but preferred the other.

But she would do this for him. She would ease him off this plane, not allowing him to see how much it pained her that she couldn't help him more, couldn't save him. He would never know that the tears were hers.

And that was as it should be.

Drabble for angel_100

Title: Alien Sentiments
Fandom: Angel
Rating: PG for character death
Words: 100
Disclaimer: Not mine, they're Whedon's. *sob*
Written for: angel_100's "Not Fade Away" challenge.

---

"Would you like me to lie to you now?"

"Yes. Thank you. Yes."

As Illyria comforted Wesley in the persona of the Burkle shell, unfamiliar emotions of bitterness and grief almost overwhelmed her. Grief, that he was going from her; bitterness that he still didn't want her, but preferred the other.

But she would do this for him. She would ease him off this plane, not allowing him to see how much it pained her that she couldn't help him more, couldn't save him. He would never know that the tears were hers.

And that was as it should be.

My very first poll!

Okay, as some of you may or may not know, I'm headed out to WriterCon at the end of July. The lovely and talented chrisleeoctaves has agreed to host a fic for those of us attending, so we can get to know each other a bit better. So...I have four fics that I'm torn between:

Kitten Poker with a Physicist--which is cute and fluffy and fun.
Indispensable, Exquisite Cats--which is darker and kills a character off, but is probably better, storywise.
Salvation--which I'm rather fond of, because it's the beginning of what jerib_78 lovingly calls the MustardVerse.
Spark--which is a character-driven piece I did because "Beneath You" just wouldn't let me go.

So. I'm opening the question up to my f-list. "Salvation" is the longest one (at over 8000 words); the others are all under 2000 words. If you've read them, do you have a favorite? Which one screams "Babies-stole-my-dingo wrote this!" the most?

Vote!

Which fic should I have chrisleeoctaves host on her site?
	Kitten Poker with a Physicist
	Indispensable, Exquisite Cats
	Salvation
	Spark
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My very first poll!

Okay, as some of you may or may not know, I'm headed out to WriterCon at the end of July. The lovely and talented chrisleeoctaves has agreed to host a fic for those of us attending, so we can get to know each other a bit better. So...I have four fics that I'm torn between:

Kitten Poker with a Physicist--which is cute and fluffy and fun.
Indispensable, Exquisite Cats--which is darker and kills a character off, but is probably better, storywise.
Salvation--which I'm rather fond of, because it's the beginning of what jerib_78 lovingly calls the MustardVerse.
Spark--which is a character-driven piece I did because "Beneath You" just wouldn't let me go.

So. I'm opening the question up to my f-list. "Salvation" is the longest one (at over 8000 words); the others are all under 2000 words. If you've read them, do you have a favorite? Which one screams "Babies-stole-my-dingo wrote this!" the most?

Vote!

Which fic should I have chrisleeoctaves host on her site?
	Kitten Poker with a Physicist
	Indispensable, Exquisite Cats
	Salvation
	Spark
Free polls from Pollhost.com