Drabble: Can’t Always Get What You Want

[quaggy]

Title: Can’t Always Get What You Want
Author: Quaggy
Word Count: 100
Pairing: Buffy/Giles
Last line prompt: "He wasn't the man she wanted"
Notes: I'm really sorry. I wanted the last line to be "Not like that." I thought it would be a good prompt. But the drabble had other ideas about what would be a good ending. But if you want to use "Not like that" as the prompt instead, I for one won't object!


He wasn't the man she wanted as a girl. She’d been too blinded by the dark and mysterious. But like the song said, you get what you need. She needed someone strong and calm when her world went insane. Someone to call her out when she was being stupid and yet never lose faith in her, in who she was. Someone who’d trust her with even the ugly parts of himself. Who wouldn’t see her strength as his weakness.

But she never would have believed that Giles could ever need her. Not like that. Not until he practically screamed it.

 

Comments

[il_mio_capitano]

Oh now don't go apologising for that last line!

[quaggy]

You know, I was thinking that the syntax was awkward out of context, but I forgot you could use it as a sentence clause. So I take my apology back. ;-)

[chasingdemons.livejournal.com]

Very nice!

[quaggy]

Thank you!

[littleotter73]

These two can be so blind about their feelings and each other... *smooshes them together*

I'm all for it. :)

[quaggy]

Watched Buffy during its original run and always loved their dynamic but only recently started shipping them. It's a persuasive fandom. ;-)