IWRY Fic: "Return to Me" 1/3

TITLE: Return To Me
RATING: R
SPOILERS: Through “Not Fade Away”
SUMMARY: Buffy travels halfway around the world to find Angel, and finds that's only half the journey.
AUTHOR’S NOTES: Thank you so, so much to my wonderful beta readers shellybelle, southernbangel, willow_dragon, and omankoshojou. You guys are unbelievably awesome and I am grateful beyond the capacity to express myself.
AUTHOR'S NOTES 2: a2zmom, I totally snaked a Buffy line from you, and I didn't even realize it until just a few minutes ago, because it was so perfect that it was just in my natural Buffy lexicon. So guys, when Buffy says something about not choosing a career as "a first choice" for Dawn? That's all a2zmom's brilliance.
AUTHOR'S NOTES 3: You guys have no idea how close I came to calling this fic "Buffy in Arabia." Just so you know.

( And our journey begins . . . )

IWRY Fic: "Return to Me" 2/3

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( Our journey continues . . . )

IWRY Fic: "Return to Me" 3/3

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( Our journey concludes . . . )