Fic: Vignette Series

[The Rose24]

Soooo adorable!

Tara: My heart doesn't stutter.

Tara: Willow, I got so lost.
Willow: I found you. I will always find you.

Willow: Hi, um Tara. I was wondering maybe you want to go out some time for coffee? food? Kisses and gay love?

[Bookcat]

Sigh... or

1. (v.) To utter in a breathless manner:

• gasp

• heave

• pant

[WebWarlock]

You know what is nice about this little scene.



Willow and Tara cuteness? No.

A glance to how an old married couple interacts? No.

That we know Willow is going to have a new job in 2 months! No.



It is that they got to grow old together.



I would rather watch 100 boring days of W/T watching the Discovery Channel when they are in their 60s than 100 seconds of the "hottest" Buffy/Spike S&M romp.



Thanks Sass!



Warlock

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Web Warlock

The Other Side, home of Liber Mysterium: The Netbook of Witches and Warlocks

"That's right you asked for it, there's a big difference between kneeling down and bending over!"- Frank Zappa, "You Are What You Is"

[tkheaven]

Quote:

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Her hair was still blonde - her one concession to vanity being a poorly hidden bottle of Lady Clairol in the bathroom. Willow had always figured Tara to be the kind to grow old gracefully, but she insisted that gray hairs just looked silly on a blonde, and that she'd stop dying it when all of it was one color.

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I got a kick out of that..and AWWWW them growing old together...yes! and, of course, the 'not ever changing' part was nice..Willow still being a goof...I can see that 25-30 years down the line...ahh..love never dies...

Tk's new and improved "GrrArgg"

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Tara was similarly riveted, her body on slow burn as Willow's lips parted and her mouth opened, the food slipping inside and being consumed. Never in her life had Tara ever wanted to be a chicken casserole so badly...Later that night..."It's good to be a chicken casserole," Tara murmured, before passing out. ~ Answering Darkness by Sassette

[StRaWbErRy]

*Tear, sniffle*

Awwie. That was the most be-yootiful thing! I can just imagine Willow and Tara all old on the outside but young on the inside! Hehehe. . Please keep writing your vignettes. I hope you really DO make it to a hundred, they're awesome!



Yay! (*g*)



-SB

[Jennpurr]

Awwwww... I simply loved this vignette, Sass. Thank you. Just thinking of Willow and Tara at whatever age they are now and still together after so many years, is just....very touching. So lovely. Thank you.



Hee... and I love how Willow is still a big goof. I can just imagine her being that way, well into her eighties or nineties.



Thanks girl. Can't wait for the next one.

Jen

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"Dude... I have an action figure?" Amber Benson
|My Fan Fiction and More|"Nobody messes with my girl." Tara

[Grimaldi]

sweet update, i love reading about W/T growing older

Dude, we're surrounded by perverts!

Fucking Windows 98, get Bill Gates in here!

2nd place??? That's just a fancy term for loser!

[BoredNow99]

She does young, she does old, she does all the bits in between - she's All Ages Sass!



Really liked this one, it was heartwarming to think of them having spent their whole lives loving each other - with many more years to come

Willow...It's Glenda in a bubble power, not Margaret Hamilton on a bicycle power

[tommo]

See, normally I don't like reading stories about an older Willow and Tara. I don't know why; it's a thing.



But this was lovely. I love how they can see the reality of each other, how the outer appearance has changed (except for Tara's Lady Clairol, heh heh) and time has taken its toll on them both. But you preserve that wonderful feeling that they have for one another and that's the central focus of the fic.



Makes me all yearn-y. Sigh. Thanks.

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"The only thing going for me -
were those moments - just
moments - when Tara would look at
me and I was wonderful."

[NewRuthRising]

Seconded. Hey Sass, just coz i don't have to do somthing "legal or otherwise" doesn't mean you can't exploit my willingness to do anything for an update. I mean, heck, I went and got an entire coffe shop (from Sunnydale, no less) for a late shift update. So....*puts on bad french accent* "May I take your order, madame?" *Realises she has a french GCSE in 8 months and rushes off to practice accent.



Ruth.

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Sometimes I get the distinct impression that none of us are as cool as we think we are. Hm. - Tommo

[oneinten]

Yes this is sooooo sweet!!!!



I wish my retirement is as promising.. sigh..



freaking 40 years left..... #$!%%@



kath

[kpmuse]

Sassette, this was precious. Thank you. I know how Tara feels having just discovered my own first gray hair(S) It doesn't look right among the red ones, so out came the Nutrisse Garnier Summer Berry Red!



No really I am good with the whole aging experience. I can totally picture our girls aging together. Thank you for giving us the chance to see them in their golden days, unlike some misguided creatures I refuse to name in the sacred and hallowed grounds of Pens.



The scene was so natural, so Willow and Tara and so right on after many years together

Kristine

Tara & Willow Love Forever

Edited by: kpmuse at: 9/5/02 12:04:53 pm

[Miss1234Kitty]

Sass, that was absolutely adorable. I know this isn't the place to ask, but it's just reminded me. Does anyone know of a fic where Will and Tara are old, but Willow's getting ill? I think it was in the comleted fics archive.



Gem

Tara: There's just so much to work through... and can you just be kissing me now?

[Imperfectly Me]

Miss1234Kitty-

The fic is called "when the goddess calls" if it's the same one I'm thinking of.



Aim



PS...I can't remember who the author is for the life of me.

[birda]

It's wonderful to know that Willow and Tara are still together and in love years later.....that's how I play it in my mind. And it's great to have positive reinforcement from you.



I have been enjoying the Viginette series from the beginning, I just suck at posting. Thank you Sass!



Birda

[Cicca]

I'm far too quiet about appreciating these vignettes. Thank you for them. They're wonderful.

When everyone showed up at Pride to support Willow, that just made me bust out crying! What a wonderful thing.



I greedily hope that you'll keep writing more and more and more and more!

so what is love then is it dictated or chosen does it sing like the hymns of 1000 years or is it just pop emotion

[Bookcat]

Well, this is a bit different from my normal responses, which are me pulling out a thesarus so I don't have to struggle to write in full sentences (and because its fun!)

See, I've been rereading the series and copying each one to my laptop (so I can reread without plowing through all the glowing replies, and without signing online). And each and everyone has made me do a little "Happy happy joy joy" squeal at the end. So far, I'm up to number 20 (because I get caught up in other stuff too), and I just wanted to give a hearty thanks for the happy squeals, because with school starting tomorrow, I need them.

"Intellectuals are in notoriously bad shape"

[Sassette]

Sorry it's taken me so long to get to replies - I'm having a hectic little monkey week.



**TromDeGrey: Nope - not wrong at all. I mean, I was going for a kind of hopeful uplifting sort of thing, but in a way, it is very sad that ME ruined their chance to put something like this on television. Because, y'know, a Happily-Ever-After W/T could have been one of the most important and ground-breaking scenarios in TV history, but now it's just kind of heaped into this pile of disappointments *shrug* But, really, I just prefer to think of it as their loss, not mine - because I'm going to keep writing things like this.



**VampNo12: Heh ... thank you *G* I just sort of liked the idea of W/T having crazy post-retirement adventures. And I'm glad you liked the image - I have a really hard time trying to figure out if what I'm writing is too cheesy, y'know? There's really a fine line between cheesy and sweet.



**TheRose24: Heh ... thank you. And Post-Retirement W/T thank you, too



**Bookcat: Heh ... thanks *G* Again - I love the thesaurus entries ... as for those particular words, that pretty much sums up what went on at that picnic after I tastefully faded to black



**WebWarlock: Oh, I couldn't agree more. The Spuffy stuff was just ... disturbing. And I refuse to consider the idea that W/T don't grow old together - the TV show clearly got it wrong. Good thing we have fic writers.



**tkheaven: Heh ... glad you liked it. I don't know why, really, but while on the surface of things, Tara seems like the all-natural grow-old-gracefully type, I can just see her fighting gray hairs *shrug* And oh yeah, Willow will >always< be Tara's goof. I love that about them.



**StRaWbErRy: Well, youth is in the heart. Or was that groove? Darn, I keep confusing myself *G* And thank you - I'll be working diligently on getting up to a hundred - I really like writing these vignettes and hope to be doing it for some time to come.



**Jennpurr: Oh, you're welcome - I'm glad you liked it *G* And yeah - I totally see W/T together and goofy for a very VERY long time ... and it's fun to fast-forward to the future because, well, I >can<, and because it makes me feel all warm and fuzzy to think of them having a long and happy life together.



**Grimaldi: *G* Thanks! I was definitely going for 'sweet' - and I really enjoyed writing that one - because I adore the idea that they're both happy and whole and still very much in love with each other all those years later.



**BoredNow99: LOL ... Ummm ... "All Ages Sass" ...? Between that and the arm, I seem to be getting quite the reputation *G* But thank you - I'm really glad you liked it. And that's exactly how I felt about it, actually - it just made me all happy to think of them making it into their retirement years despite Hellmouths, Apocalypses, and Other Assorted Bad Things.



**tommo: Thank you *G* And that's definitely what the fic was about - the whole idea behind it is that no matter what else changes, the love they feel for each other is timeless and will not age. And y'know - Lady Clairol? Always funny. I don't know why, but Lady Clairol always makes me chuckle *G*



**NewRuthRising: LOL ... I don't even know what a GCSE is, let alone a French one. Is that like a normal GCSE, only with more tongue? Ummm ... and actually, if you can get me a late shift update, I'll get a vignette up tonight - how's that sound? I like taking bribes *G* Y'know, in the fictional 'not illegal' sense.



**oneinten: Yeah, well, I have no idea if I'm looking forward to my retirement or not yet. It's like - I think I'll probably be bored out of my mind. Either that, or I'll get more writing done, but y'know, that's not for another many MANY years, so what good will it do me? Now, if only I could retire now ... It'd be All Fic All The Time. And boy did I get off-topic there - thank you ... I'm really glad you liked it *G*



**kpmuse: Oh My Heck ... you said 'precious'. *G* You're welcome, and I'm glad you liked it. And I've been told redheads get gray hair earlier ... which I think is a load of bull, as my two redheaded sisters have no gray hair, and I have several. I'm really glad you liked it - I'll probably end up doing another one that's 'The Golden Years' ... if for no other reason than I'm bound to run out of ideas sometime *G*



**Miss1234Kitty: Thank you - I'm really glad you liked it ... and AIM ... it was by Bobo's Mom. I don't think it's finished (which, in fact, is why I haven't read it), nor do I think it's been updated in awhile, but I've heard wonderful things about it.



**birda: Oh, I'm all about the positive reinforcement ... especially in regards to W/T being in love and happy together for all time. And you don't suck at posting - you've done a remarkably good job with this post Seriously, though, I love hearing what people think of each individual vignette, but it's not like I'd stop writing or something if no one ever responded. I love writing these, and I will continue to do so, so don't worry about posting. Always nice to get someone de-lurking, but it's not like I'm running around thinking mean thoughts at people who don't comment - but I'm very glad to hear you've liked them *G* So thank you!



**Cicca: Oh, you're very welcome ... and it's certainly not required that you comment all the time - sure, I love getting feedback, but I don't >need< it. But thank you - it's always nice to hear from people ... and I'll definitely keep writing these. Glad you liked the Pride vignette - I had received several requests for somthing of the kind, and decided that if I were writing such a thing, it's my AU, and I'm going to darn well have PFLAG Scoobies if I want PFLAG Scoobies



**Bookcat: Oooohhhh ... check that out! Sentences! Thank you - I'm very flattered you're taking the time to make yourself a copy of all of these, and I'm gratified they're re-readable enough that they still give you a "happy happy joy joy" feeling. I hope you're having fun at school - and thank you *G*



-Sass

[Sassette]

Well, another vignette is ... well, long overdue. I miss cranking these puppies out. So, here's a vignette, and as a special aside - this is for wiccachica ... sorry I didn't get this done a few days ago like I was supposed to.

Series: Vignettes
Number: 28
Title: Chess
Author: Sassette
Feedback: Can be sent to pink_overalls@yahoo.com
Spoiler Warning: None
Summary: Willow and Tara play a little chess. It’s a fun game.
Disclaimer: I didn't create these characters. I do, however, love them, and as they reside in my heart, they belong to me. I'm not making any money off of them, though.
Rating: PG-13 +

Chess
Part 28 of the Vignettes Series
by Sassette

“Sweetie?” Tara asked uncertainly, eyeing the couch dubiously. “What’s that on the couch?”

“That’s a color-coded chart,” Willow said cheerfully, wiggling excitedly as she carefully placed each chess piece in the very center of its square. She loved chess, and hadn’t had a chance to play in a long while – not since going to college and moving out of her parents house. She had played with her father every Shabbat, if he happened to be in town, and those few hours a week made up much of the time she could ever remember spending with her father. Not that playing with Tara would be the same – no, not the same at all. “You’ve never played before, so I wanted you to have an easy reference.”

What with Tara being a beginner, and the few modifications Willow had made to the rules, she expected this game of chess to be radically different than any she had played before.

“Sweetie?” Tara asked again, peering closely at the chart.

“Yes?” Willow asked, looking up briefly, then turning back to the pieces, scowling at the white queen and moving her just a little bit to the right.

“Well, the pictures of the pieces make sense, and the little diagram of how they move is pretty easy to figure out, but what’s this column?” she asked, tapping the words lightly with her finger.

“Oh, those are the clothes you have to take off when you lose that piece,” Willow said casually, setting up the last of the pieces and turning to beam at Tara. “You ready to play?”

“I’m, umm … I’m pretty sure taking off clothes isn’t a part of chess,” she said slowly, her eye narrowing as she looked at Willow with a mock dangerous glare.

“Well, I wanted to give you a little incentive,” Willow said with an impish little grin and a shrug. “This way, you should have plenty of reason to do well.”

“You want to play strip chess? This isn’t some excuse to get me naked is it?” Tara asked.

“Would I do that?” Willow asked innocently, the devilish gleam in her eye ruining the effect. “Besides, just because you’ve never played before doesn’t necessarily mean I’ll win – and you’ll at >least< take a few of my pieces even if you don’t, right? And it’s not like I’m making special rules just for you, because they’re special rules just for us, because I have to get with the taking off of the clothes, too, just as soon as you take some of my pieces, so it’s all fair – and, and … you don’t think it’s unfair do you? Because we are playing by the same rules.”

“Do I think it’s unfair that my brilliant girlfriend wants to play strip chess the first time I’ve ever played?” Tara asked, forcing back a smile, her eyes twinkling. “Just don’t be surprised when I win,” she said, forcing as much bravado into her words as she could manage. “One more question, though.”

“Yes?” Willow asked as Tara sat down cross-legged on the floor across the table from her.

“What, exactly, is ‘other’?” Tara asked, her head tilting to one side as she regarded Willow’s color-coded chart.

“Oh, that’s the best part!” Willow said, bouncing a little where she sat. “Because, well, bra and panties for the queen and king respectively was a no-brainer. Right shoe then left shoe for knights, right sock then left sock for bishops, then shirts and pants for rooks – that was easy, too. But those pesky pawns?”

“Wait, the pawns are the ones with the big knobby heads, and bishops have the little knobby heads, right?” Tara asked, her eyes wide and innocent.

“Right – and the knights are the horsies, and the rooks are the little castles. But for the pawns – well, if either one of us takes a pawn, we get to choose what gets taken off, as long as it isn’t assigned to another piece. Like – I could choose your cardigan or your earrings, and you could choose my watch or something,” Willow explained.

“But I’m not wearing,” Tara said, pausing to look at the board and count the ones with the big knobby heads. “Eight things that aren’t already assigned.”

“Well, that the part that’s the best part,” Willow said with a smirk, her eyes heating. “After all the extra clothes-type things are gone, it’s kisses.”

“Kisses?” Tara asked, her eyebrows raising. This was certainly getting interesting – leave it to Willow to make chess sexy.

“Yes, kisses,” Willow said solemnly.

“So if I take your pawn, you have to kiss me?” Tara asked.

“Nope,” Willow said, shaking her head and biting her lower lip. “If you take my pawn, you get to kiss me – anywhere you want, as long as the game has that part uncovered. Like, if you take my watch, you can kiss my wrist next time you take a pawn.”

“And, ummm … if you took my earrings, you could kiss my ears?” Tara asked slowly, the possibilities running through her head. “Or, umm … if you took my shirt, you could kiss my … arms?”

“MmmHmmm…” Willow said, nodding slowly.

“Oh,” Tara said, her eyes widening, visions of kissing a half-naked Willow in naughty places flashing through her mind. Not that this would be a new thing, but something about the game aspect of the scanario appealed to her.

“If … I mean, if you didn’t want to … that is, we could just play normal chess,” Willow said quickly, suddenly unsure of her idea. “I just … I thought it could be kinda’ … fun, y’know?”

“Oh, no,” Tara said quickly. “This is fine … and will be … fun,” she said, a half-smile growing on her face. “Let’s play.”

“Really?” Willow asked, her eyes lighting up.

“Oh, absolutely,” Tara said, her half-smile changing into a smirk.

The start of the game was fairly tame, Willow losing her watch and Tara losing her cardigan. Willow smirked when Tara’s earrings and bracelet shared a similar fate, a small pile gathering on the table, but her suspicions were raised and a furrow appeared in her brow when she lost a shoe and her shirt shortly thereafter.

“Wow,” Willow said, her eyes widening. “I really didn’t see that coming,” she muttered under her breath.

Tara smiled, a slow sweet smile, lifting a lazy hand to the board and casually taking Willow’s pawn with her knight. She kept her gaze on the board to hide the laughter in her eyes, biting her lower lip to stop herself from snickering. Was it her fault Willow had assumed she had never played chess before? No, certainly it wasn’t. And was it her fault she had learned from her grandmother who had learned from her grandfather who had been the Montana State Chess Champion back in the day? No, that certainly wasn’t her fault, either.

Willow, shirtless, looked up at Tara, her eyes impossibly wide.

“So, ummm … I get to, uhhh … choose a place to kiss you now?” Tara asked, finally raising her eyes to look at Willow, having composed her features into the very picture of innocence.

“Well, yeah,” Willow said.

“Give me your hand,” Tara instructed, holding out her hand to Willow.

Leaning forward, Willow placed her hand in Tara’s, watching in fascination as Tara turned her arm over, her head lowering. In the spaced of a few heartbeats, Tara’s lips pressed against the inside of her wrist, and Willow gulped audibly, her heartbeat picking up as Tara’s tongue and teeth came into play. And then Tara was sucking on the pulse point there and Willow’s eyes drifted close, only to snap open when Tara suddenly stopped.

“Your turn,” she said brightly, gesturing at the board.

Willow shook her head, trying to turn her hazy mind back to the game, wondering if she had somehow bitten off more than she could chew.

By the time Willow was sitting in just her panties and a sock, she was pretty sure she had been had, especially considering Tara had managed to keep her pants and her bra and a shoe.

“Checkmate,” Tara said lightly, her eyes gleaming as her eyes roved over Willow’s naked torso.

“You’re played this before, haven’t you?” Willow accused, though there was no anger in her tone.

“MmmHmmm,” Tara confirmed, nodding slowly, a look of smug satisfaction and longing in her eyes. “Now gimme’ those panties,” she ordered, a full-blown grin taking over her features.

“I’ve been had,” Willow said with a mock-sigh, wiggling out of her panties and handing them over to Tara.

“Not yet – but give me some time, and >then< you’ll be had,” Tara said, waggling her eyebrows outrageously.

“Oh, really?” Willow said, raising an eyebrow at her lover and smiling broadly. “I somehow don’t mind that I’ve been conned. In fact, have I mentioned how sexy a girl who can beat my pants off at chess is?”

“No, you haven’t,” Tara said, standing up and circling around the table.

“Come to bed,” Willow said, extending a hand to Tara and smiling. “Come to bed, and I’ll show you.”

[mollyig]

Hee Hee, when I read they were going to be playing chess I got all giddy, and you didn't fail to deliver - strip chess!



leave it to Willow to make chess sexy, and with the colour coded chart.



Tara as a chess shark. I like it. Very professional, playing the innocent pretending she didn't know which were the pawns, and then going for the kill!



Thanks so much for this Sass!

Adding up the total of a love that's true, multiply life by the power of two
Indigo Girls

[NewRuthRising]

that's a new version, having pieces assigned. I just work down. Err... not that I've ever played strip chess. Ahem. by the way, GCSE stands for General Certificate of Secondary Education. It's the qualification you get at the end of compulsory education in England. Kind of like finals, I guess, except I get about ten grades, A*-G, whereas in america you just get a diploma. I think. Anyway, I'm off to play chess.





ruth

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Sometimes I get the distinct impression that none of us are as cool as we think we are. Hm. - Tommo

[Urn of Osiris]

Very good! might be a good reason to learn to play the game.



Color coded chart Gotta love that girl.



Thanks for the light hearted fun. Hits the spot today.

Urn of Osiris
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[peggy of sunnydale]

that was so funny,i really enjoyed that , leave it to willow to make chess a game about sex were do get youre idea that was brillant ,i always am looking foward to youre next story



thank you

[tkheaven]

this was a great update! I should try playing strip chess next time...

Tk's new and improved "GrrArgg"

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Tara was similarly riveted, her body on slow burn as Willow's lips parted and her mouth opened, the food slipping inside and being consumed. Never in her life had Tara ever wanted to be a chicken casserole so badly...Later that night..."It's good to be a chicken casserole," Tara murmured, before passing out. ~ Answering Darkness by Sassette

[cassiopeia191]

I just loved the idea of strip chess you started in Answering Darkness...thanks for giving us more, uhm, images!

[IsayAmberBensonsgorgeous]

Tara winning at strip chess great vignette thank you.

C

"Es ist fuer einen Menschen unertraeglich, ertragen zu werden." (Jean Cocteau)
"Ain't never gonna love you any better babe - And they'll never gonna love you right" (Kozmic Blues - Janis Joplin)

[SlayerTazz]

Sass that was great. Now if I could find a cute honey to teach me chess like that - I may play too.

~Branny

In my world there are people in chains, and we can ride them like ponies. ~ VampWillow in Dopplegangland

Passion is the source of our finest moments. The joy of love...the clarity of hatred...and the ecstasy of grief.

[Puff]

Ok I have a sudden urge to play chess now andI've never played in my life, which actually could work in my favour Great vignette Sass and I am so glad that you gave us all the rules to strip chess, trust Willow to have the sheet colour coded.

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You know, it's a real deal relationship and that's why people can relate to it
Amber Benson

[The Big I T]

Montana State Chess Champion, eh? *snort*



Willow...Willow...Willow...you should know better than to underestimate an "innocent" Tara.

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"How 'bout them Broncos..." -- Riley, saying something undeniably charming and useful, in The Initiative

[areslei]

Ooh! Thanks Sass. I always wanted a little more detail to W/T playing strip chess. And Tara being the little chess demon...heh heh...

you two are the two who are the two...
Baby, I said it's all in our hands, got to learn to respect what we don't understand...'Fugitive' Indigo Girls