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DHW ([personal profile] dhw) wrote in [community profile] giles_shorts2017-04-13 10:03 pm

Unfinished Business

Title: Unfinished Business
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Characters/Pairing: (Gen) Rupert Giles, Buffy Summers
Rating: PG
Word Count: 100
Challenge: Marathon
Summary: Some things are better left in the dark.
A/N: The lovely [personal profile] quaggy  was kind enough to point me here after we got talking about drabbling communities that were moving from LJ. Hope you don't mind me coming to play! =)




The stake is cool beneath his palm.

It’s a race, he thinks.

Not a sprint, but a marathon, the finishing line forever vanishing beyond the horizon, the darkness that followed snapping at his heels.

A fight with no winner. No end.

He looks out into the desert, at the girl sat alone in the moonlight. A shadow amongst shadows, footsteps falling in the silhouette of his own, leaving no trace.

He wants to call her in, bring her home.

But he can’t.

She’s not that girl anymore. Only the ghost of one he used to know, once upon a time.
 
quaggy: Giles hugging Buffy in Season 6 (Tight)

[personal profile] quaggy 2017-04-14 01:36 am (UTC)(link)
Oh this was lovely! You set the moment in time and paint a wealth of feelings with such a few words. Wonderful work!
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[personal profile] il_mio_capitano 2017-04-15 09:01 am (UTC)(link)
I get a lovely sense of the moment from this. Very cool.

So sorry to be late to comment (family stuff), thanks for playing along!
littleotter73: pondering (Default)

[personal profile] littleotter73 2017-04-20 01:14 am (UTC)(link)
Wow! Way to come in with a bang! Your cracked heart into pieces!

Well done! And welcome to Shorts! :D