I enjoyed the story. Well-plotted, well-constructed and an excellent twist on bastardsnow's original.
I thought you captured the dislike-hate relationship between Xander and Angel very well. It's hard for a lot of people to play on Xander's ass-y side without going over the top, but I think you struck a good balance here between Xander the jealous twerp, Xander the reasonably good-on-his-feet fighter, and Xander the immature teenager.
I especially liked the switch in PoV to Angel and his own feelings of ambiguity about his situation and position, not to mention his (mistaken) assumptions about people around him. Then again, that's pretty much Angel to a T.
Good story, fantastic spin on the original. I enjoyed this quite a lot.
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I thought you captured the dislike-hate relationship between Xander and Angel very well. It's hard for a lot of people to play on Xander's ass-y side without going over the top, but I think you struck a good balance here between Xander the jealous twerp, Xander the reasonably good-on-his-feet fighter, and Xander the immature teenager.
I especially liked the switch in PoV to Angel and his own feelings of ambiguity about his situation and position, not to mention his (mistaken) assumptions about people around him. Then again, that's pretty much Angel to a T.
Good story, fantastic spin on the original. I enjoyed this quite a lot.