Tea and Biscuits F/b

[janedavitt]

I was going to post f/b in the three LJs but it occurred to me that people will be posting to say 'yay' there, and won't be able to read it until later, as not everyone's lucky enough to be at home with time to spend reading, and I can't cut in a reply (least I don't think I can...).

So to avoid spoiling people I'll post it here, cut-tagged, and yes, it'll have spoilers...



I raced through it just as predicted. I speed read anyway, always have done, and reading online's done nothing to slow me down. I know I'll be reading it again, so if I missed anything first time 'round, I'll get it later. And I find that it's on the second read, when you know what's going to happen, that a lot of the foreshadowing becomes more significant.

I really do think this fic got better as it went along, or, no, that's not quite it. It gathered momentum and didn't ever become static. The end came as a shock. I blinked and tried to hit next and it wasn't there. There may have been an anguished scream at that point...

I wish we could've seen Xander's reaction, especially in light of Spike's, not entirely surprising, revelations... now that Anya knows I can't imagine her not telling him.

This last part had a very necessary leavening of humour, especially at the start.

I went to the bedroom and had a party in my head. Your mouth, Giles'
cock, my ass. It was lovely, really. I came all over the sheets.

I should probably clean that up.

I could hear Spike saying that, and him nagging Angel for the details of what went on between him, Giles and Ethan didn't do anything to stop me giggling.

But it did all seem so very fraught at the start, and I couldn't imagine how they were going to make it work.

Spike and Ethan. Guh. The emails, the sex, just so damn hot. This fic just keeps on producing pairings and link ups that you'd never expect and making them seem natural and inevitable. Giles/Ethan/Spike at the end left me dead with the hotness.

I also loved the tentative friendship beginning between Wesley and Ethan. Somehow I can see that being something that would stay that way. Because it's T&B I daresay they'll end up in bed (how can it be over when we haven't seen that? :;whimpers::) but if there was ever anyone besides Giles that Ethan grew to feel protective about, I can see it being Wesley.

I'm going to bite the bullet here and admit freely, frankly, and at the risk of looking like an idiot that I don't know what word Giles used when he branded Wesley. 'Giles'? 'Mine?' If it isn't a secret, tell me?

I can see why you've all ended it because you've been writing it for a long time but if you ever feel the need to do more I'll be right there waiting to read it.

Thank you all for sharing this fic. It's been a pleasure.


I'd say our Ethan (not surprisingly, given what we *all* like about
Giles) would like a bit of a spanking. And then a nice long cuddle.

Is there a queue I can join?