Common Areas
Author: watsonDistribution/Comments: hiddenwatson [at] gmail [dot] com
Rating: PG-13 to NC-17
Pairing: W/T
Status: Complete
Started: 25 October 2004
Completed: 15 December 2004
Summary: Sunnydale, AU. Set during 2001 and 2004. Willow and Tara find each other through time.
Additional disclaimer: This story is inspired and based on a Korean film called Il Mare. The story premise, of 2 people who connect across time, belongs to Lee Hyun-Seung. BtVS characters belong to Mutant Enemy, Fox, The WB, UPN and others. I own nothing. I am nothing.
Notes: As with other time travel stories there is the eternal paradox that if one travels in time, in whichever direction, the course of history is inevitably changed therefore one can never return to one's original timeline to being the journey in the first place. It gives me a headache just thinking about it so I'll do my best to work around it.
Willow moves out and Tara moves into the basement apartment. One day, Tara receives a letter
Date: 25 October 2004
Word count: 1565 words
Date: 25 October 2004
Word count: 1565 words
They realize they're from different times, but can't help forming a strong bond through their correspondence.
Date: 26 October 2004
Word count: 1829 words
Date: 26 October 2004
Word count: 1829 words
Willow learns some shocking news.
Date: 27 October 2004
Word count: 1461 words
Date: 27 October 2004
Word count: 1461 words
Tara goes to the Bronze.
Date: 28 October 2004
Word count: 1546 words
Date: 28 October 2004
Word count: 1546 words
A spell of synchronicity, gardening and a new arrival.
Date: 3 November 2004
Word count: 1586 words
Date: 3 November 2004
Word count: 1586 words
A revelation and an invitation.
Date: 4 November 2004
Word count: 1537 words
Date: 4 November 2004
Word count: 1537 words
Tara decides. Willow waits. And Thanksgiving dinner.
Date: 7 November 2004
Word count: 1350 words
Date: 7 November 2004
Word count: 1350 words
The most important day of her life.
Date: 9 November 2004
Word count: 1678 words
Date: 9 November 2004
Word count: 1678 words
The aftermath.
Date: 11 November 2004
Word count: 1683 words
Date: 11 November 2004
Word count: 1683 words
A blast from the past comes back to complicate Willow's life.
Date: 13 November 2004
Word count: 1378 words
Date: 13 November 2004
Word count: 1378 words
We've got to stop obsessing about this.
Date: 15 November 2004
Word count: 1455 words
Date: 15 November 2004
Word count: 1455 words
Tara the promising artist.
Date: 3 December 2004
Word count: 1240 words
Date: 3 December 2004
Word count: 1240 words
Choices.
Date: 6 December 2004
Word count: 1631 words
Date: 6 December 2004
Word count: 1631 words
The gallery.
Date: 8 December 2004
Word count: 1964 words
Date: 8 December 2004
Word count: 1964 words
All she felt was numb and dead inside.
Date: 9 December 2004
Word count: 1238 words
Date: 9 December 2004
Word count: 1238 words
"It's really you?" "I'm here."
Date: 9 December 2004
Word count: 1296 words
Date: 9 December 2004
Word count: 1296 words
Finding home.
Date: 9 December 2004
Word count: 1746 words
Date: 9 December 2004
Word count: 1746 words
They had been on a journey of discovery, but the real journey, the one they would make together, was only just starting.
Date: 15 December 2004
Word count: 2550 words
Date: 15 December 2004
Word count: 2550 words
Summary of timeline from 2001 to 2005.
Date: 25 December 2004
Word count: 298 words
Date: 25 December 2004
Word count: 298 words
Now at last they have forever. They have all the time in the world so show each other how forever they are.
Date: 10 June 2005
Word count: 2335 words
Date: 10 June 2005
Word count: 2335 words
