Drabble: May I Have

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Title: May I Have
Author: Gilescandy
Rating: FRC
Prompt: Dance

May I Have

Snyder sneered. Buffy giggled. Oz Smiled. Wesley huffed. Xander seemed confused. Anya ignored. Cordila winked. But he didn’t care.

Her hand was soft in his. Her arm around him, held him tight. Her head rested lightly on his shoulder.

For infinitesimally infinite moments there were no hell hounds, was no mayor to ascend, no Hellmouth beneath their feet. Only the swaying to music. Only the kindness of a girl who tried to understand.

He was far from home. A foreigner. In a high school. At a prom.

But Giles was happy, content even, because Willow had asked him to dance.