Tip of My Tongue

Season	*Fifth or shortly thereafter (Buffy)*
Rating	PG
Spoiler(s)	“Shadow” (S5-08)
Genre	Action, discovery
Length	10,069 words
Main Character(s)	Click here to find out … but if you’d rather be surprised, go directly to the story.
Teaser	Is the proper term “absent father” … or “missing in action”?
Prior reading(s):	Some elements of this story will be clearer if you’ve first read “Morning’s Echo”.
Remix	Frogfarm remixed this story here as “Never Known”.