ATS/BTVS: Glass Shard Substitution and Cutting Room Floor by Nicole Clevenger (Wesley/Faith, Willow)

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I had a hankering to read some Wesley/Faith recently, what with Angel the Series ending. Last season's Faith arc had some great moments between the two, but overall it left me unsatisfied -- I didn't need resolution for the characters, per se, but there's a way of resolving the need for "more" by giving us just enough non-resolution, if you will. Glass Shard Substitution by Nicole Clevenger addresses that need with a dark encounter in a dark motel room just before Faith leaves L.A. It's not the tour de force of Wes/Faith that is Roseveare's Return (recommended previously here, and which I mention because I think Wes/Faith kind of demands "tour de force") but it hits all the right notes even so. Cutting Room Floor, by the same author, deals with Faith's lingering dreams of Angelus during the car ride from L.A. to Sunnydale. The ending, a brief exchange with Willow, is particularly strong.