The Uninvited Guest
by Yahtzee
Drama; Character Study; Futurefic
Angel/Cordelia, Gunn/Faith, Buffy/Angel, Buffy/Spike, Fred/Connor, others
You know how sometimes everyone is telling you how great a story is and so you avoid it because you think it can't be that good? This is one of those. And it really is that good. Set a few years after Willow's rampage destroys all of the Sunnydale crew save Buffy and Spike (who appears in only one scene but whose fate left me screaming at the screen), this sees the AI gang taking in both Buffy and a recently-paroled Faith. Buffy appears only in flashback, though - the main storyline is set a year after her vicious murder, as the Watchers close in on the suspect. Essentially it's a whodunit, but it's a lot more complex than that. The story's style means that the voices are vital - each chapter is narrated by a different character - and the writer pulls it off brilliantly. The main 'ship is A/C, but there's good Gunn/Faith. Just read this one. Oh, and it's a novel, so leave yourself some time: once I started it I couldn't tear myself away.

All characters