5 Rare-Pair Fics

[snickfic]

Yay, rare pairs. The watchwords here seem to be "sweet and functional," which is generally my favorite kind of ship, even/especially when functionality doesn't seem too likely for the pairing involved.

1. The Five Worst Things About Dating Andrew Wells (part 1 and part 2), by deird1
post-series - Dawn/Andrew
Technically a WIP, I suppose, these are the first two parts of Dawn's cautious quest to win for herself one Andrew Wells, and they're pretty much adorable. I just don't ship Andrew generally, but Deird totally sells me on this scenario.

2. Wide and Starry Sky, by brutti_ma_buoni
Rulesverse - Wes/Illyria
A sort of companion piece to Winds Blowing Chill (which I recced here), this is the fic that made me ship Wes/Illyria. I can't think of many ships with higher angst potential, but in Brutti's hands these two make baby steps towards being good for each other.

3. The Rules, by rahirah
Barbverse - Dawn/Gunn
Dawn and Gunn discuss the formalized rules of dating and are sweet and funny and adorable about it.

4. All Wrapped Up, by beer_good_foamy
Wishverse - Xander/Willow
Xander brings Willow a present. This is just a drabble, but it stills hits that note of "sweet in the creepiest, most evil way possible."

5. Gentlemanly Pursuits, by brutti_ma_buoni
sometime during Ats - Cordy/Wes
After the one really unfortunate library kiss, these two never so much as approached shippiness in canon, but this brief ficlet suggests that was a shame. A lovely bit of morning-after.