ext_97497 ([identity profile] dragonyphoenix.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] giles_shorts2013-10-21 09:17 am
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When Dreams Fall

Title: When Dreams Fall
Fandom: BtVS
Rating: Teen
Characters: Rupert Giles
Concrit: Please, in comments
Summary: Rupert's reaction when he first learned he was to be a Watcher.
Setting: pre-series

Rupert was ten the year he was told about the Council, the Watchers, and the Slayer. He was told that if he was very diligent he might be assigned a Slayer one day. The words were supposed to be encouraging. All he'd planned to do and all he'd planned to be was gone, just like that.

Rupert left the house and wandered, eventually finding himself near the woods. The leaves, once red and gold on the trees, had turned into a dull brown after they'd fallen to the ground. Soon they'd decompose and fade into nothingness, just like his dreams.
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[personal profile] littleotter73 2013-10-21 05:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh man, I want to hug young Giles and make the hurt go away!

Very evocative!
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[personal profile] il_mio_capitano 2013-10-21 07:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Very nice indeed. Poor baby!Giles.

[identity profile] katleept.livejournal.com 2013-10-22 12:53 am (UTC)(link)
Aw, poor Giles! Beautiful wording, especially the end which was almost prose like!
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[personal profile] randigiles 2013-10-30 01:52 am (UTC)(link)
I love young Giles stories, whether they be shorts or novels. You take on his reaction is both beautiful and heart tugging.