Re: FIC: Insomnia

Now that was clever<LOL>

CN Winters

author of 'Irrefutable Evidence' from Renaissance Alliance Publishing Inc. http://rapbooks.biz/winters.shtml

>From: "hd_genscher "

>Reply-To: buffywantswillow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

>To: buffywantswillow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

>Subject: ~Buffy*Wants*Willow~ FIC: Insomnia

>Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2002 23:26:11 -0000

>TITLE: Insomnia

>AUTHOR: HD_Genscher (hd.genscher@xxxxxx)

>RATING: PG-13

>PAIRING: B/W

>DISCLAIMER: All characters and places belong to Joss Whedon, Mutant

>Enemy, et al.

>ARCHIVE: HD's Fan Fiction Archive (http://www.u34.de/hdffa/). If you

>want it too: take it!

>FEEDBACK: Please.

>AUTHOR'S NOTE: This fic is based on the idea of using as many episode

>titles as possible in a consistent story. I don't know if that has

>been done before, but I kinda liked the idea.

>How many episode titles can you find, and which isn't from BtVS?

>---

>I can't sleep. Outside, the not so New Moon Rising above the horizon,

>and shining into our dorm room, is just bright enough to make me toss

>and turn Restless-ly in my bed. You, on the other hand, are sound

>asleep in the bed next to mine. In a couple of hours, The Harsh Light

>Of Day will put an end to the night (and I hope some incautious vamp

>will be Killed By Death due to exposition to it), but I'll probably

>still be contemplating the same question over and over: Who Are You in

>love with?

>Now that you're sleeping, there's a couple of Revelations I can make

>to you safely.

>I must have been Out Of My Mind to sleep with Parker, really. I never

>thought he would Lie To Me about his feelings, but he did.

>I've learned my lesson: there won't be A New Man in my life, ever

>again. I finally found the 'Real Me,' my true self. I'm not interested

>in boys anymore. They're all Out Of Mind, Out Of Sight now.

>Of course, there was Angel. He'll always be my first, the one I lost

>my Innocence to, but our love was Doomed. I still have Nightmares when

>thinking about the time When (S)he Was Bad. I felt that we were

>Becoming strangers to one another after he returned from hell, and

>finally I just said, "I Will Remember You" to him on our Graduation

>Day, after the mayor was defeated. Without any word, he turned around

>and was Gone.

>Looking back, my love life so far is best described as 'Beauty And The

>Beasts,' don't you think?

>It might be a Surprise for you, but I'm Helpless-ly in love with you.

>Yes, it's true, I'm gay. Considering in retrospect, it didn't take a

>Prophecy Girl to realize that, to know that I Was Made To Love You.

>With you by my side, The Weight Of The World -- being the Slayer and

>all -- is that much easier to endure. Plus, you're a really powerful

>Witch, helping me to defeat all the Dead Things, demoniacal Enemies

>and Big Villains from the Hellmouth.

>This isn't just one of my Phases. You aren't just a boyfriend

>Replacement - never will be. I may have made stupid Choices in the

>past, but I'm certain this isn't one of them.

>I know that it's more than just a Crush. I felt it All The Way, but it

>wasn't until now that I admitted to myself that I Only Have Eyes For

>You, since quite some time.

>In fact, it happened As You Were sitting on that bench at the fountain

>quad, and I was Seeing 'Red' (as Faith would say) for the first time.

>Only after making friends with you did I really feel Welcome To The

>Hellmouth.

>Subconsciously, I always hoped you would take The Initiative, ever

>since we met Vampire Willow, your gay alter ego from

>Doppelgängland.

>We might be facing a Tough Love, with the coming-out and all, but

>together we'll go All The Way. People might say we're Bad Girls, or

>other nasty things. Our Living Conditions might seem as if Hell's

>Bells are ringing sometimes, but I'm willing to bear the Consequences

>of being in love with a girl.

>When we're Older And Far Away, when all of our lives' Shadows have

>been replaced by bright sunlight, I can see me whispering into your

>ear -- in Hush-ed tones -- how sexy your Body is.

>We'll go Into The Woods hand in hand, you'll be wearing Something Blue

>underneath, and we will show the world Where The Wild Things Are,

>playing 'I Robot, You Jane.' Afterwards, we'll do it Once More, With

>Feeling, if more Passion is possible at all. Or you'll tie me up like

>an Inca Mummy Girl, and we'll try out that new vibrator (the one whose

>instructions say 'Some Assembly Required').

>You know, I really Wish we'd become a little Family, and every time

>I'd be Homecoming, I'll think to myself: 'there's No Place Like Home.'

>Please don't think I'm a Fool For Love now. And don't say 'Go Fish,'

>either. I would love to go for a (Lover's?) Walk with you tomorrow,

>and the greatest Gift would be the fact that you love me too.

>"Forever," I suddenly hear you say. 'Oh my God! How much have you

>heard?' I wonder. Somehow I must've thought aloud...

>You get up - and I'm afraid you're going to leave. Believing I've

>Wrecked our friendship, the only thing I manage to get out is "Willow,

>I'm sorry."

>"Shh...don't be," you whisper. Instead of leaving, I feel you slipping

>into my bed and snuggling up to me, making sure I'll never be

>sleepless again.

>THE END

>Here's the solution to the title hunt...

>20

>19

>18

>17

>16

>15

>14

>13

>12

>11

>10

>...because it's all in the numbers.

>The number of episode titles used is 69, counting 'All The Way' twice

>since I used it twice.

>'I Will Remember You' is from Angel, not BtVS.