Ohhhhh, thank you, thank you, for writing me an Anya's Ghost story. And it's from Elizabeth POV with Elizabeth/Anya! I'm so happy! I love how you've written Elizabeth with this growing realization of her interest in Anya. This is so good, the way that Elizabeth starts to become aware of who is could be and what in all the possibilities that are out there that this might be what she really wants instead of the shallow farce of a relationship that she has with Sean.
She glanced around to make sure that nobody important was watching, then sat down on the stone bench next to Anya.
Awww, all of these little references to how hemmed in Elizabeth is by her need to fit in, not just to the imaginary people who might judge her, but to her own unhealthy judgement of herself.
"Talk to Brooke yourself." She was faintly surprised to hear herself actually say the words, but once she'd started, she couldn't stop. "Or maybe you can talk to Dylan. Let him feel you up."
I love, love, love this. Elizabeth finally stands up for herself! I also like to turn about on that line about getting felt up. It's a nice parting zing. I'm really glad to see the way that she still feels so strongly that has to get away before she starts crying because that's a nice little touch. Even bad relationships can be hard to end, when there's a lot of emotions tied to it.
She imagined what would happen after school let out. She'd meet Anya by the doors somewhere, and together they'd walk to Elizabeth's car. Sean would be in his own car, with Amber or Brooke or whoever, and he'd see them, and he'd say, "Hey, it's the lesbos."
Sean! He's such a casual asshole! I really liked how you captured him all throughout this fic.
The last line is a nice touch. Go Elizabeth! Thanks again for this wonderful story!
Thank you for requesting this excellent canon (which I just read in September and was burning to write!) and giving such a thoughtful prompt. I, too, thought Elizabeth was a sympathetic character, and wondered what it would take to get her to see what a terrible thing she was doing to herself with her relationship (shallow farce, that's exactly right!) and of course the opportunity to write femslash is not one I will pass up! I'm glad you enjoyed the story!
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