Drabble: Rules

[il_mio_capitano]

Title: Rules
Author: il-mio-Capitano
Last line: He wasn't the man she wanted.

He wasn't the man she wanted him to be. The party had been wild and reckless, but now he was alone with the prettiest girl, Ripper saw past the mixture of lust, drink and drugs in her young waxy eyes and realised she was probably no more than fifteen. God, it was a terrible thing to be a responsible adult at twenty-one, and though she flung all manner of curses at him as he grabbed his jacket and fled the room, it was still the right thing to do.

He lit a cigarette and walked home. Some rules mattered.

Comments

[littleotter73]

Nice! I always like seeing the glimmer of the Giles we know in his youthful and (at times) morally questionable persona.

[il_mio_capitano]

Thank you. I like to think he's not two entirely separate people.

[chasingdemons.livejournal.com]

I really enjoyed this! It only makes sense that Giles has certain standards, even in his youth.

[il_mio_capitano]

Thank you. I think Ripper may sometimes forget he is Giles, but not when it matters.