Title: The Song of Iowa ‘Verse
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Pairing: Riley/Xander
Categories: family, holiday, humor, post-canon
Length: Long (~16,000 words)
Warnings: n/a

Author on LJ: entrenous88
Author Website: Buffyverse Sub-Index to the Complete Fic Index

Review:
On Thanksgiving Eve Xander just happens to be in Iowa on the unsuccessful finale of a search for a slayer. He’s trying to kill time in a gas station, when, who does he run into but Riley Finn. Riley, like the good Mid-Westerner he is, insists no one can spend Thanksgiving alone and invites Xander back to the Finn place.

Every time I read this fic I fall a little more in love with it. EntreNous is one of those authors who seems to take pride in writing unusual pairings, and she truly excels at it. Both Xander and Riley’s voice in this are perfect, and the relationship is natural. But best of all are the OCs. It takes a special kind of skill to write interesting OCs and EntreNous has more of that skill than anyone else I’ve ever read.

I don’t care if you’re a fan of Riley or hate his guts, if you’re a fan of Buffy the Vampire Slayer at all, read this fic. It’s honestly one of my all time favorite stories in the Buffy fandom.

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