Fics for 2025 # 004 ~ Thru October, until Forever

 
    TITLE: Thru October, until Forever

    AUTHOR: kerk hiraeth

    FANDOM: Buffy the Vampire Slayer

    LENGTH: 200 

    CHARACTERS: Lisa Torres*; Dawn Summers; Martin King (Lisa's Dad),

    'SHIP: Dawn/Lisa,

    SUMMARY: As this is intended for Halfamoon 2025's Day Thirteen Prompt, One Hit Wonders, a little backstory.

                        Lisa is Dawn's companion during her scenes in 'The Body'; only scenes she, Lisa' has in the series. Over the years I have written a lot; A Lot, of stories featuring the two as a couple.

                       This is the first time she has had a surname; this is the case with her Dad as well; hence the different surnames, a fact that will be, hopefully, be explained in a future story. Lisa's Mom died when she was two year's old.
                      Those three facts are the same in every 'verse I've written them into and, the only relevance they have here is that a certain character is alive in this 'verse, and her name is included in the story. Relevant here is that Lisa's Mom and Dad never married and her Dad has been raising her alone since her Mom died.

                      At this point they are somewhere between Homecoming, when they were seventeen, and the second half of their Senior year when they are both eighteen; no particular relevance there, excepting it leaves it open for me to include this story in all my Buffyverses where Sunnydale is destroyed.

A/N: Title is a reference both to Girl in Red's iconic We Fell in Love in October, but also to the original idea for a story I've been working on since, it feels like forever, as far back as lockdown.

 

 

     “Butterflies? “

 

   Lisa managed to breathe, at least, as Dawn's pinky brushed hair from her wet cheek. Grasping the finger she kissed it, smiling as she turned her head.

   “Feet as big as icebergs.”

 

   Dawn's eyes revealing how young she really wasn't, Lisa was transported back to the first time she'd made Dawn laugh after the death of her Mother.

 

   “Are we ready?”

   Dawn's query was almost the reverse of hers on Dawn's first day back at School after the funeral.

 

   Wordlessly touching foreheads they began whispering some of Tara's favourite song lyrics; almost like a prayer to them now.

   The sound of the front door of her house roused them; turning they saw her Dad, trying to look stern with his arms across his chest.

   Demanding an answer.

 

   “Are We not due a formal introduction?”

 

   Momentarily confused Lisa rolled her eyes, before realising that this was Dawn's first visit since they'd come out as a couple. Then she took in the formal inquiry.

   Her Dad was talking about her Mom.

 

   Smiling as a single tear prepared to journey down her cheek, Lisa took their hands in hers; connecting the four of them.

 

   “My Parents this... This is my Heart revealed.”

 

    May the Goddess watch over you in these dark time, 
    kerk hiraeth 


     FIRST LOVE 
     by 
     John Clare 
 

     I ne’er was struck before that hour    

       With love so sudden and so sweet, 

    Her face it bloomed like a sweet flower    

       And stole my heart away complete. 

    My face turned pale as deadly pale,    

      My legs refused to walk away, 

    And when she looked, what could I ail?    

      My life and all seemed turned to clay.  

 

    And then my blood rushed to my face    

      And took my eyesight quite away, 

    The trees and bushes round the place    

      Seemed midnight at noonday. 

    I could not see a single thing,    

      Words from my eyes did start— 

   They spoke as chords do from the string,    

      And blood burnt round my heart.  

 

   Are flowers the winter’s choice?    

      Is love’s bed always snow? 

   She seemed to hear my silent voice,    

     Not love's appeals to know. 

   I never saw so sweet a face    

     As that I stood before. 

  My heart has left its dwelling-place    

     And can return no more.