Then / Now

[vamp_ress]

Hi! I'm back with the last ficlet in the Library-AU for the Year of the OTP challenge. It's been fun writing for this all year long and I'm a bit sorry there apparently won't be a challenge fpr 2026 :( Anyways, enjoy!

Title: Then / Now
Author: Michelle
Email: michelle [at] waking-vision.com
Summary: “Life isn’t bliss, life is just this. It’s living.” (Buffy the Vampire Slayer S6E7)
Series: Library-AU
Pairing: Viggo/Orlando
Genre: slash
Warnings: AU, epilepsy, mentions of suicide
Rating: Teen
Disclaimer: Viggo and Orlando belong to themselves. It’s only in my deranged mind that they belong to each other.
Author’s Note: Written for the Year of the OTP challenge. For December I chose the prompt “Everything’s alright”. I wrote about 30% of a totally different fic (in plot and tone) for this prompt, but then this idea hit while listening to Paul Tremblay’s “Horror Movie”. I wanted to end the year with something lighthearted and uplifting, but maybe it’s fitting that we’ll close with Viggo-POV, which is by design always more on the sombre side of things. But don’t fear, it’s not as dark as it might seem from looking at the warnings.

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