giles_shorts | Entries tagged with giles/buffy

Title: Doomed
Author: littleotter73
Characters: Giles/Buffy
Setting: Post Series
Rating: FRC
Word Count: 100

It didn’t matter how much she begged, he wasn’t going to give in. No amount of bargaining, reasoning, whining, or even threatening bodily harm was going to prevent him from staying in. If she wanted to go out clubbing with the gang, that was fine by him, but there was a fire in the hearth, a mystery novel by the arm of his chair, and he’d just made up an Irish coffee.

But when Buffy came down the stairs in that little black dress, stilettos, and the bright red lipstick that accentuated her pout, he knew his plans were doomed.

quaggy

Title: A Moment During The Scooby Reunion
Author: Quaggy
Word Count: 100
Last line prompt: "She wanted to keep him all to herself."
Pairing: B/G

She wanted to keep him all to herself, but she was going to have to give him back to his parents eventually.

“He’s quite taken with you,” Giles laughed.

“It’s mutual,” Buffy replied, smiling down at the infant.

“Has that inspired any thoughts?” he asked, his eyes hopeful.

“No, Giles, my biological clock isn’t ticking,” she replied and did her best not to laugh at his crestfallen expression. “Because we’ll have one of these of our very own by the spring.”

“Wait… Do you mean?”

“Here,” Buffy said, passing the baby to her awestruck husband. “You better get some practice.”

angelus2hot

Title: Message Received
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Characters/Pairing: Rupert Giles/Buffy Summers
Rating: PG
Word Count: 100
Summary: Giles finally gets the message.
A/N: written for giles_shorts for the last line "I guess."

“I guess.” Buffy knew she should sound more excited but the truth was she was just too shocked. She had thought it would take her months of dropping hint after hint before Giles would finally get the message and ask her out.

“Really?” Disbelief colored Giles’ voice. “You do understand I’m asking you out on a... on a date?”

A slow grin began to spread across Buffy’s face. “Uh huh.”

Giles’ couldn’t stop smiling as he slid his arms around her waist and pulled her close against his body. “And you said yes.”

She cupped his cheek. “Yes. I did.”

angelus2hot

Title: Forever
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Characters/Pairing: Rupert Giles/Buffy Summers
Rating: PG
Word Count: 100
Summary: Giles assumes Buffy wants him to leave.
A/N: written for giles_shorts for the last line He hated it when she was right.

He hated it when she was right. But he couldn’t stay forever.

"I'll pack my belongings and..."

Buffy's mouth hung open. "What made you think that I wanted you to leave?"

Giles pulled off his glasses and cleaned them furiously. "Well you said that...and I assumed..."

"You know what they say when you assume." At the blank look on Giles' face she shook her head. "Never mind. I don't want you to move out.” A deep red blush began to stain her cheeks. “I want you to stay.”

He laid his glasses down and moved closer. “For how long?”

“Forever.”

quaggy

Title: Balcony View
Author: Quaggy
Word Count: 900
Prompt: "Exit, pursued by a bear"
Summary: High up on a nightclub balcony. Buffy has a lot to say about the newbie Slayers hunting below. Giles has other things on his mind.
Notes: So this wound up being too long to be considered a "Short", but, since it was inspired by one of the Shakespeare prompts this month, I thought I'd leave the links here.

You can find the work either on my LJ or on AO3.

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Title: The Third Time isn’t the Charm
Author: Quaggy
Word Count: 200
Prompt: "You take my life when you take the means whereby I live."

He wasn’t there the first time, though he had tried to be. Tried to take her place. The less he thought about the second time, the better. And now here he was, desperately casting a counter-curse to prevent the third. The dark miasma surrounding her disappeared. His spell was successful, but that didn’t mean he succeeded. She was so still.

“Please. Oh please! Oh please,” he begged, dropping to his knees beside her. “Can’t go on without her. Won’t go on. Please!”

“Love you too,” Buffy croaked, eyes still closed, and Giles sobbed in relief. He didn’t even realize he was kissing her until he felt her lips move under his and her hand thread through his hair. He quickly pulled away.

“So, that’s what a girl has to do to get kissed around here. Good to know,” Buffy grinned, sounding both smug and exhausted. Giles found himself smiling back.

“Well, if you would be so kind as to refrain from getting yourself killed yet again, I promise I will kiss you as often as you like,” he said.

“You’ve got yourself a deal,” Buffy declared and tapped her finger to her lips. Giles was quick to answer her command.

littleotter73

Title: The Liberty That Follows
Author: littleotter73
Characters: Giles/Buffy, Xander, Willow
Setting: Post series, no comics
Rating: FRC
Word Count: 100
Prompt: You have witchcraft in your lips.

It had been a hard fought battle, but the Scooby Gang stood victorious and surveyed the wreckage before them.

“Ugh! It’s not gonna dissolve, is it?” Xander whined, supporting an exhausted Willow.

“I am too tired for burial duty,” Buffy whinged. “But we've gotta do something or it will start to stink.”

Catching his breath, Giles viewed the giant wyrm with disgust before his eyes flashed bright green and the beast burst into flame.

“My hero!” Buffy declared, throwing her arms around him and surprising him with a kiss. “Did anyone tell you you have witchcraft in your lips, Giles?”

quaggy

While these two drabbles can be read seperately, I prefer to think of them as set in the same post-series future.

Title: Keep It To Yourself

Author: Quaggy

Word Count: 100

Pairing: Buffy/Giles

Prompt: Mask

( Keep It To Yourself )

Title: Underneath It All
Author: Quaggy
Word Count: 100
Pairing: Buffy/Giles
Prompt: Mask
( Underneath It All )

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Title: Masquerade
Author: Quaggy
Word Count: 100
Pairing: Buffy/Giles
Prompt: Mask

Her mask obscured her features and her British accent was fairly good, but he would always know his Slayer. What he didn’t know was why she was flirting with him. Was it a joke? Or did she not recognize him? To find out, he leaned in close, turned on the charm, and whispered: “And what would you do if I suggested we move this to somewhere more private?”

“I’d say ‘let’s go before anyone realizes that the Head Slayer just ran off with their Head Watcher’,” she replied seriously, in her own voice.

It was hours before they were missed.

katleept.livejournal.com

Title: Getting To Know You
Author: Kat Lee
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Character/Pairing: Giles/Buffy
Rating: PG/K+
Challenge/Prompt:

giles_shorts April 2016: Locations Theme: The Sunnydale Museum
Warning(s): Underage Crushing
Word Count: 495
Date Written: 4 April, 2016
Summary: ( Giles and Buffy debate the location of their 'date'. )

quaggy

Title: Inherited Skill
Author: Quaggy
Word Count: 100
Last line prompt: "Her eyes just said it all"
Notes: Fluff. Pure fluff.

Her eyes just said it all. So did the chocolate around her mouth.

“Zoey, do not lie to me. Where you sneaking cookies before diner?”

“I’m sorry, Daddy.”

Giles did his best to remain stern, but it was a near thing. She looked entirely too much like her mother.

Buffy laughed when he told her about it later. “You think after all these years of being around me, you’d be more immune to a good pout!”

“Quite the opposite, in fact. You’ve always made me far too happy that I gave in. After all this time, it’s a conditioned response.”

quaggy

So I honestly did try to get these down to 100 words, but it pretty hard to write an AU successfully with such a limited word count. So these are double drabbles, both clocking in at 200 words exactly. They are linked, so you'll have to read the first to understand the second. All you really know is that I dislike Season 6 intensely and yet somehow responded by writing a scenario that was arguably just as dark and depressing.

Title: Oh, To Be Wrong!

Author: Quaggy

Word Count: 200

Last line prompt: Giles closed his eyes
Notes: This veers off canon shortly after Tabula Rasa

( Giles closed his eyes... )

Title: Just To See You Once Again

Author: Quaggy

Word Count: 200

Last line prompt: "Giles, what have you done"
Notes: The title is from the song "Everything I Own" by Bread, which fits Giles's mental state a bit too well.

( Giles, what have you done... )

Okay, now please excuse me while I go write something fluffy.

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.

angelus2hot

Title: The One That I Want
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Characters/Pairing: Rupert Giles/Buffy Summers
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 100
Summary: He's the one she wants.
A/N: written for the last-line-first-line challenge at

giles_shorts

He wasn't the man she wanted. Giles had no idea he'd spoken the words aloud until he heard her voice behind him.

“You’re wrong."

He quickly spun around to face her. "Excuse me. How am I wrong?"

A smile crossed Buffy's face. "You are the man I want.”

"I... uh.... I..." Giles was all stammers as he stared down at Buffy. He shook his head and cleared his throat. "I am? Are you sure?"

Buffy nodded and moved close enough to thread her fingers between the buttonholes of his shirt. "I've never been more sure of anything in my life."

-

angelus2hot

Title: Not Exactly
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Characters/Pairing: Rupert Giles, Buffy Summers (Giles/Buffy implied)
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 100
Summary: His feelings for her have changed.
A/N: written for the last-line-first-line challenge at

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He'd lost his resolve. Giles was supposed to be just her Watcher. Nothing more and nothing less. He shouldn't have feelings for his charge no matter what they were especially not the kind he was having. Feelings that made him think of warm, slick bodies wrapped in tangled sheets. What was he going to do?

“Are you coming?”

Beads of sweat popped out on his forehead. “Beg your pardon?”

Buffy rolled her eyes. “I found a nest. It's all hands on deck. Are you coming?”

Giles nodded. Of course he was coming. It wasn’t exactly what he’d had in mind.

-

katleept.livejournal.com

Title: No Amount of Eggnog
Author: Kat Lee
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Character/Pairing: Giles/Buffy, Faith
Rating: PG/K+
Challenge/Prompt:

giles_shorts Giles Advent: Eggnog
Warning(s): None
Word Count: 441
Date Written: 8 December, 2015
Summary: ( No amount of eggnog can give him his Christmas wish come true. )

littleotter73

Title: A Christmas Surprise
Author: littleotter73
Characters: Giles, Buffy or Giles/Buffy
Rating: FRC
Prompt: Christmas Card
Word Count: 100
Disclaimer: For fun, not profit.

Giles gathered the post before crossing the threshold and tossed his keys onto the side table. Closing the door behind him, he rifled through the stack of papers, lamenting the fact that he hadn’t heard from his globetrotting Slayer yet. He’d already received greetings from the rest of the gang.

As he set down the bundle, he noticed a muted glow from the lounge and, not remembering having left a light on that morning, cautiously made his way to investigate.

Finding Buffy standing before a newly decorated tree, a smile spread across his lips.

“Merry Christmas, Giles,” she said softly.

littleotter73

Title: Winter Idylls
Author: littleotter73
Character: Giles/Buffy
Rating: FRC
Prompt: Stargazing
Word Count: 100
Disclaimer: For fun, not profit.

He was sure he was nine the last time he took a sleigh ride through the country, drinking hot chocolate and burrowing into the hay beneath a blanket to stave off the biting cold whilst singing Christmas carols with his friends into the night.

Now he was forty-nine, safely ensconced beneath the duvet with his Slayer in his arms on clear winter night, sipping a hot toddy from his flask and listening to the muted clopping of horse hooves on tamped down snow whilst sillily renaming the constellations in the sky, eternally thankful for the peace he’d finally found.

katleept.livejournal.com

Title: The Ultimate Trap
Author: Kat Lee
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Character/Pairing: Giles/Buffy
Rating: PG/K+
Challenge/Prompt:

giles_shorts: Trapped
Warning(s): None
Word Count: 716
Date Written: 21 November, 2015
Summary: ( He knows he's trapped. )

littleotter73

Title: Her Turn

Author: littleotter73

Rating: FRC

Word Count: 100

But Buffy wasn’t amused, and that really wasn’t a surprise. She’d caught him up on his feet, fixing a drink, when he should’ve been lying in bed recuperating from his injuries.

She stood there with hands on her hips. “Are you mixing alcohol and painkillers?”

He stared at her wide eyed, bottle in hand. “I haven’t taken the drugs. They make me feel funny.”

Buffy sighed and gently took the bottle from him. “Giles, you take them to help you heal and manage the pain. This… this… doesn’t help.” She took his hand. “I’m here now. I’ll watch over you.”