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Title: Worn Down Soles
 

Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
      

Characters: Willow Rosenberg, Daniel "Oz" Osbourne, Buffy Summers, Xander Harris, Kennedy

              
Pairing: Oz/Willow, implied Tara/Willow

             
Rating: PG-13

                      
Words: 8,600
               

Disclaimer: I don't own anything in this unofficial fanwork, nor do I claim to or profit in any way.

             
Summary: After Chosen, Willow and Oz meet up again, after Willow's decided to quit magic, afraid that she'll lose herself in it again, and Oz has tamed his wolf, and they help each other with the monster within

                       
A/N: I'm lovingly calling this story "The Fic That Wouldn't End," because it literally would not end. It ended up far longer than I anticipated, so I'm glad that I've finally finished it. This was written mostly because I liked the parallels between Willow and Oz's character arcs in this respect, and I wanted to explore that dynamic.

( Chasing Down a Lie )

Thanks to  rua1412  for the lovely banner!

Sign-Ups open today, on the 15th anniversary of the BtVS episode "Phases," for the first annual Werewolf in Love Ficathon! This ficathon, (found at  werewolf_inlove and run by me) is a celebration of the relationship between Willow Rosenberg and Daniel "Oz" Osbourne. Why? Because Willow and Oz had a very sweet, very positive relationship, and it's time to celebrate that, and show some love in the form of fanfiction for an under-appreciated ship! 

It's a fairly easy going ficathon, with a commitment  of only 1,000 words and two months between sign-ups closing and posting opening. It's not a fic exchange and there are no assignments, so all authors are free to write what they want, and there are optional prompts available for anybody searching for inspiration. Absolutely everyone is welcome to participate, from hardcore fans of Willow and/or Oz to just casual fans of Buffy.

If you're interested, rules and guidelines can be found  here,  you can sign-up  here and you can learn even more at the official home of the ficathon,  werewolf_inlove .

Sign-ups run from January 27, 2013  until February 20, 2013.
All stories will be due by May 1, 2013.

This ficathon is being run through Livejournal, but if any Dreamwidth users who don't have a LJ account are interested in participating, contact me, the moderator, and we can work out an alternative arrangement, like Open ID or something similar.

If you have any other questions, feel free to contact the mod,  tiny_white_hats  / tiny_white_hats .

(P.S. Everyone should sign-up because I've never tried to run something like this before and I'm deeply concerned that nobody will actually sign up.)