ice cream for freaks: buffy and angel fanfic recs

Tara

Tara/Anya  Tara/Dawn  Tara/Oz  Tara/Spike  Tara/Willow
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All Your Freedom
by Branwyn
Character Study; AU S6
Tara gets out of Sunnydale while she still can.

Before Sunnydale
by AliciaK
Tara/f
Romance, pre-series

Novella. As the title suggests, this is set before we ever met Tara and is the story of her first love affair. I liked Tara's mom and the original character a lot. Loved the setting of this, how real the houses and the school and the woods felt.

Little Mouse Sounds
by Elena
Character Study; Horror; post The Gift

Part of a series, but can be read as a standalone. Willow fixed Tara's mind when they beat Glory, but Tara still hears the mice in the darkness… I loved the juxtaposition of Tara's sweet, gentle thoughts and the nightmares that lurk just below the surface. Flesh-crawling creepiness that's probably not for arachnophobes.

Mayday
by Alicamel
Angst; Character Study; The Body

Tara thinks about the death of her mother. I love the stlye, and the repetition over and over of that image of Tara sitting on the grave.

Parallel
by Morgan R.
Humour; character study; post Hells Bells

Little ficlet about Tara and Anya hanging out after the implosion of their relationships, with a surprise guest at the denouement. I'd love to have seen this onscreen.

Salvation
by Faithtastic
Darkfic; Character Study; AU

In the Wishverse, Tara dreams about a girl with a scar on her face. The writing makes me happy-tingly; the subject matter makes me shiver. I think it's the title that makes me make odd and interesting connections in my head to the comic Preacher.

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