Eloise ([info]eloise_bright) wrote in [info]darker_wesley,
2006-02-22 00:15:00
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Darker Wesley - No evil angel but love

TITLE: No evil angel but love
RATING: R
PAIRING: Wesley/Angel
NOTES: 400 words. Set AU early Season 3. Written for the prompt: "The course of true love never did run smooth. Love is a familiar. Love is a devil. There is no evil Angel but Love" from "A Midsummer Night's Dream"



She’s not dead. Though if Fred was conscious, she’d probably ask him to kill her. He’s not even sure he’d be able to do it. Another failure then, to add to the ever-growing list.

One of which was allowing this to happen. If he’d been stronger, he’d have staked him the moment they realized he’d turned. But he’d been weak, helpless against feelings that he’d hidden for so long.

It had been difficult, but he’d persuaded the others to wait; to let him contact Willow; find a way to re-soul him. Gunn was hardest to convince, and the first to die.

Once he escaped, it became clear they’d underestimated him. His ingenuity. His flare for depravity. The sheer delight he took in playing cat and mouse with them.

The chains around his body bite into his flesh, binding Fred against him in a grotesque parody of intimacy. The wound has stopped bleeding; the two holes stark against the pale hollow of her neck. He’d left her this way just to taunt him.

“Didn’t you always want to? She’s just as soft and warm and sweet as you imagine she’ll be.”

He closes his eyes, can’t bear to look upon her. There’s a soft laugh from the doorway, a horrible distortion of that familiar, gentle sound.

“I thought you’d have taken her by now.”

He moves with an easy grace; settles himself on the opposite edge of the bed and reaches over her to place a cool palm against his cheek.

“Such nobility. Such heroism. Such a pity you couldn’t save her from the monsters this time.”

He tries to clear his throat; succeeds only in groaning at the burning thirst. The hand pets him lightly, a gentle admonishment.

“Come on, you know you want to.” He grins broadly, his eyes flickering to gold. “Surely you don’t need me to show you what to do?”

Wesley bites into Fred’s neck again, keeping his eyes fixed on Angel. He feeds slowly, then leans over and kisses him. There’s the sudden sharp prick of fangs, then the rich sweetness of Fred’s blood in his mouth. Angel can’t prevent himself from swallowing reflexively.

And just as suddenly Wesley’s mouth is gone.

“See, I knew you were hungry.” He gives him the eureka smile.

“I’ll let you finish up.” Wesley runs his tongue over his fangs and winks conspiratorially. “Who knew Cordelia would be so filling?”

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[info]psychoadept

February 22 2006, 00:34:56 UTC 6 years ago

You always seem to manage to turn things on their head. This is delightfully disturbing...

[info]eloise_bright

February 23 2006, 23:48:24 UTC 6 years ago

Thank you! I admit I did this very deliberately. And it was worryingly fun to write.

[info]desoto_hia873

February 22 2006, 00:49:15 UTC 6 years ago

Man, you are evil! Also, the ending was a surprise - I thought Wes was the one in chains. Well done.

[info]eloise_bright

February 23 2006, 23:49:32 UTC 6 years ago

Thank you! I hoped this would give a bit of surprise - it's been a while since I've written a twist like this.

[info]lonelybrit

February 22 2006, 01:01:44 UTC 6 years ago

Mwhahahahhah...

Oh yes, evil evil vampire Wesley. I am quite happy to admire him muchly from a distance. *sighs* Sad and chilling how all his human quirks are twisted by his turning. Bravo!

[info]eloise_bright

February 23 2006, 23:51:02 UTC 6 years ago

*g* I ruined this a bit for you - sorry for spoiling you last night. It was tricky making Vamp!Wes believable as Angelus, but also fun!

[info]strifechaos

February 22 2006, 01:21:59 UTC 6 years ago

Utterly brilliant, I wasn't expecting that, but I suppose that was intentional. *grins* Nice twist though, I like how you wrote Wes as a vampire. His taunts towards Angel were in character. After I realized it was Wes doing the deeds I had to go back and re-read it. Awe-inspiring. *grins* *glomps* *waves*

[info]eloise_bright

February 23 2006, 23:52:47 UTC 6 years ago

Thank you! This was fun to write - making sure the POV worked for Wes or Angel. It made my brain ache a little, but it's nice when a twist works like that. *g*

[info]nevcolleil

February 22 2006, 02:10:01 UTC 6 years ago

Wow! Nice twist. I do love your Vamp!Wesley. It's his similarities to Wesley that make him so frightening.

He gives him the eureka smile.


Lovely.

[info]eloise_bright

February 23 2006, 23:53:58 UTC 6 years ago

Thanks! I imagine Vamp!Wes would be horribly efficient as a vampire. And poor Angel, recognizing that lovely smile.

[info]yasminke

February 22 2006, 02:36:54 UTC 6 years ago

Need I add my voice to the throng?

Excellent!

[info]eloise_bright

February 23 2006, 23:54:20 UTC 6 years ago

Re: Need I add my voice to the throng?

Thank you!

[info]kaydee23

February 22 2006, 02:40:24 UTC 6 years ago

Yikes! Gunn, Fred, Cordy, Wes! That bastard Angelus.

Loved the zig in the story.

[info]eloise_bright

February 23 2006, 23:55:50 UTC 6 years ago

Thank you! In my mind, it wasn't Angelus who sired Wes, but some unknown vamp. And the rest of the team didn't realize till it was too late. *g*

[info]kaydee23

6 years ago

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[info]altyronsmaker

February 22 2006, 05:40:50 UTC 6 years ago

I was confused! Then read it again, and Wow, holy cow! Wes is a vamp?!?! And evil, soulless, depraved vamp? Yeah. Oh, man. Hotness in the sick psycopathic way.

[info]eloise_bright

February 23 2006, 23:56:40 UTC 6 years ago

*g* Sorry about the confusion - I just couldn't resist this twist! Vamp!Wes is a scary thing.

[info]a_phoenixdragon

February 22 2006, 05:46:33 UTC 6 years ago

Oh my...*Gulps...* This was wickedly glorious!!!


*Worships you deeply, and brings offerings of chocolate for the Dark!Goddess!of the Wes....*

[info]eloise_bright

February 23 2006, 23:57:52 UTC 6 years ago

Thank you! I read your offerings as dark chocolate - LOL! My favourite kind - so dark that light cannot escape its surface...

[info]likeadeuce

February 22 2006, 06:19:33 UTC 6 years ago

Mmmm, vamp Wesley -- I mean -- that's so wrong.

Sigh, wibble.

[info]eloise_bright

February 23 2006, 23:58:42 UTC 6 years ago

*g* He's scarily sexy - I mean - evil. Yes, bad evil Wesley.

[info]vampirefever

February 22 2006, 06:30:05 UTC 6 years ago

Nooooooooooooooooooo
*meeps and hides under the covers until vamp!Wes is good again*

[info]eloise_bright

February 23 2006, 23:59:34 UTC 6 years ago

Yessssssssssssssss

*sends Vamp!Wes under the covers to bite you*

Thanks!

[info]chlare

February 22 2006, 08:14:49 UTC 6 years ago

Beautiful. And poor Angel. God, this line:

He tries to clear his throat; succeeds only in groaning at the burning thirst. That bloodlust...and poor Fred right there so close...

If he’d been stronger, he’d have staked him the moment they realized he’d turned. But he’d been weak, helpless against feelings that he’d hidden for so long.

*sniff* Oh... The poor boys. Now I want to know how Wes got turned.

[info]eloise_bright

February 24 2006, 00:01:11 UTC 6 years ago

Thank you! I knew Vamp!Wes would make Angel suffer, taunting him with what he desperately wants, but can't bear to take.

I've an idea how he got turned, but I'm not sure if I'll write it.

[info]comedy42

February 22 2006, 15:06:47 UTC 6 years ago

Great twists. Powerful depictions of Angelus and fledgling!Wesley

[info]eloise_bright

February 24 2006, 00:01:43 UTC 6 years ago

Thank you! Vamp! Wes is a terrifying proposition.

[info]lyrstzha

February 23 2006, 05:39:18 UTC 6 years ago

*shiver* Yep, that's dark!Wesley, all right. I like the way you shift the usual expectations here---I didn't cue in that it was Angel chained up ntil Wes came in and said "I thought you'd have taken her by now."

[info]eloise_bright

February 24 2006, 00:02:58 UTC 6 years ago

Thank you! I wondered when people would figure out it was Angel and not Wes chained up *g* I did think the title might have given it away...

[info]viciouswishes

February 26 2006, 07:00:48 UTC 6 years ago

This is hauntingly beautiful. Unlike the others whose comments I read, I knew from the beginning that Wesley was a vampire, but I think it made it all the more powerful.

[info]eloise_bright

February 26 2006, 11:04:58 UTC 6 years ago

Thank you! You had the same experience as me, then, knowing it was Angel bound to Fred, and not Wes. There's a part of me that wishes I could read this not knowing that - and be able to experience what the other readers felt.

[info]yami_no_kaiba

March 29 2009, 09:39:10 UTC 3 years ago

God do I love your writing style, with its vividness, interesting twists, and emotional backlash. I only wish I could access some of your earlier Wes/Angel memories to see how you got to this point in your writing.
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