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Genre: Romance
About anaraineHome Region: Website: http://racingmoonlight.org Favorite writers: Marion Zimmer Bradley Favorite music: Alternative (ie, Hush Sound) Non-noveling interests: dancing, astronomy |
Joined: May 8, 2008 This Year: Official Participant NaNoWriMo History: NaNoWriMo posts: 0 NaNoWriMo buddies: 1
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Brief Author Bio: Started doing NaNo in 2006, but I decided to become overly ambitious in 2008, and do NaNo twice, one for original fiction, and one for fanfiction. With a successful attempt in 2008, I decided to try again for this year. I'm a bit behind, but we'll see if I can make up the difference today. |
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Synopsis: Heal the Scars
When Dawn meets the Winchesters, she never expected to find pieces of her mother's missing past.
When Sam meets the Summers', he never expected to find his mother, alive and well instead of six feet under.
Buffy Summers has been living alone for the past 22 years, caring for her daughter and loving her friends-turned-family, but never feeling completely comfortable in her own skin. She taught Slayers and saved the world, but never felt quite as alive as she had when she was younger. Then she meets a man that makes her feel like a teenager in love again, even if he looks at her like she's a ghost sometimes.
John Winchester has been grieving for the past 22 years, fighting a losing battle and not caring because his reason for living was long gone. Then he meets a woman that could be his wife's twin, and slowly realizes that his Mary had never died. But she had been taken from him. And now he won't stop until he figures out what happened to her that she can't remember him, or their sons, at all.
Excerpt: Heal the Scars
October 2012. Cleveland, Ohio.
"Hey mom, did you know a Mary Campbell?"
Buffy paused in her paperwork, looking thoughtful. "You know, that name seems really familiar, Dawnie. It's on the tip of my tongue..."
Dawn had to bite her lip to keep back the hesitant, did you ever go by that name? The more she dug into the Winchester's history, the more it looked like she had found where her mom's six missing years had gone to.
"I think... your great-grandmother's maiden name was Mary Campbell, love." Buffy frowned, absently rubbing her pen against her cheek. "That sounds right. I mean, I know Grandma Mary's name was Mary, but I'm not quite sure if her maiden name was Campbell. Why do you ask?"
"Oh, I was just reading something from grandma," Dawn replied, even as she stepped forward to embrace her mother. "I love you, mom."
Buffy blinked, smiled a bit and hugged Dawn back. "I love you too, honey. Are you feeling okay?"
"Yeah, I'm good," Dawn whispered, her eyes watering. "I just... I'm really happy you're my mom, and that you're still around."
Scooting her chair back, Buffy drew her much taller daughter onto her lap, resting her head on Dawn's shoulder even as she tightened her embrace. "So am I, love. So am I. You're the light of my life, and I love you so much." Pressing a kiss to her daughter's forehead, she continued to hold Dawn until someone knocked at the door, startling the both of them.
"Are you sure you're alright?" Buffy asked, tilting her daughter's face to look at her's.
"Mmn," Dawn smiled, using the palm of her hand to rub at her eyes. "I think I just needed a hug."
"Well, make sure you come to me when you need hugs then, okay?"
"Of course mom."
The knock echoed again on the door and Buffy gave a wry smile. "Come in," she called out, letting Dawn slip from her lap.
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