This one is a bit like a poem. I think you can tell I'm crap at poetry.
The Stain Was Still There – Bogwitch
(BtVS, Buffy, Season Six, Post-Dead Things. For
thomasina75’s first line meme thing)The blood wouldn’t come off.
The borrowed blood from his broken face that had run through her fingers as she punched. Her hands were no longer red, but it didn’t matter because she knew the stain was still there.
It didn’t matter how hard she scrubbed, didn’t matter how much soap she used or how long she soaked them for, she knew the stain was still there.
Alcohol
Milk
Bleach
Vinegar
Turpentine
Lemon juice and salt
Nothing worked. She knew the stain was still there.
She hopes she’ll never see him again, because she’ll know the stain was still there.
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Dead Things is one of my favourite episodes in Season 6.
It really irked me that the following episodes didn't reference the scene in the alley very much at all.
Guess that's why I cling to the fanfic to fill in the holes. I'd do it if I could write as well as some other people I know...hint, hint
Yep, I like Dead Things too. Nothing to do with all that naked flesh or anything... It irks me too that they didn't say anything, but it is the way of TV that events are glossed over. It just us obsessives that get really bothered.
Anyway, happy plotting and writing!