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Drabble: Family

Title: Family
Author: littleotter73
Characters: Buffy, Giles, Willow, Xander, Dawn
Setting: Several Years Post-Series
Rating: G/FRC
Word Count: 100
Previous Line: She let out a contented sigh.
A/N: I meant to get this out yesterday evening, but I fell asleep before 10pm, which is a Christmas Miracle for me. Anyway, Merry Christmas!

She let out a contented sigh and looked around her: Dawn and her fiancé, Willow and her partner, and Xander with his wife and newborn. Every year they came together in the same place to celebrate Christmas, as it should be.

With a soft smile, she reached out and took Giles' hand in hers. He'd been the one who stayed, been with her through it all, sharing the responsibility of foraging a new path and providing support for Slayers everywhere.

This was the promise she'd looked forward to when she'd gazed across the Sunnydale crater all those years ago.

Family.

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Drabble: Christmas Eve

Title: Christmas Eve
Author: ynyseira
Characters: Giles, Buffy, Willow, Xander, Dawn
Word Count: 100
Previous Line: We shall see

“We shall see.” Giles gulped down some scotch.

If Buffy thought Giles’ response to whether or not his mince pies would turn out well was overdramatic, she didn’t mention it.

“I’m sure they will! I’ve never even made them before, so my bar is pretty low anyway,” said Willow reassuringly.

“I’m not sure I want to eat something with the word ‘mince’ in it,” complained Xander.

“Yeah, the only mincemeat I want to make is out of a demon,” Dawn chimed in.

Buffy looked around at her wacky, wonderful little family, arguing about pie. She let out a contented sigh.

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Drabble: Hospitalized

Title: Hospitalized
Author: ynyseira
Characters: Giles, Buffy, Willow, Xander
Word Count: 100
Previous Line: Welcome home, Buffy and Giles!

“Welcome home, Buffy and Giles!”

The banner had been painted hastily but with no less sincerity. Willow and Xander were holding it outside of Giles’ flat and beaming.

The other pair had both been in the hospital after a particularly nasty confrontation with a demon of unknown origin. All they knew so far was that it had a lot of teeth. A LOT. Buffy had healed more quickly, of course, but had chosen to stay in the hospital to protect Giles in case the demon came back for him...or so she claimed. Either way, Giles had appreciated the company.

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Drabble: Joking About

Title: Joking About
Author: ynyseira
Characters: Giles, Xander, Anya, Buffy
Word Count: 100
Previous Line: Giles doesn't laugh though.
NB: No offense to England! It's my very favorite place!

Giles doesn’t laugh though. Xander is still elbowing the Watcher’s side and chuckling at his own joke about S’s’ask demons.

“It’s funny, y’see, because if you reverse the letters...” Giles raises an eyebrow. “Oh, right, I forgot they don’t have humor in Watcherland.”

“You mean England?”

“Exactly.”

Giles sniffs. “We do have humor, it’s just less sophomoric.”

“So tell me a joke!”

Giles mouth quirks up. “Well, I do know a rather funny one about an Incubus and a vengeance demon…no offense, Anya.”

“None taken - vengeance demons are known for their jocular nature.”

“Giles!” shouts Buffy. “No time! They’re here!”

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Drabble: Miles Apart

Title: Miles Apart
Characters: Buffy, Willow, mention of Giles
Word Count: 100
Last Line: He wasn't very convincing
A/N: A little post-series angst.

"He wasn't very convincing, that's what Dawn said anyway," Buffy stated sadly as she sat down next to Willow and rested her head against her shoulder. "I mean, even I can take a hint."

Willow put her arm around her. "I am sure she wants to come, Buff, but you know... it's complicated," she explained, taking Buffy's hand in hers. "Maybe if you called him, gave him a little pout, he'll come running like old times. Watcher's Pet and all?"

"I dunno, Wil, we're not those people anymore." She stared out the window, taking in the Roman sunset. "Not for years."

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Drabble: Loans

Title: Loans
Author: ynyseira
Characters: Giles, mention of Buffy
Word Count: 100
Previous Line: I am sure she will

“I am sure she will. Yes. Of course. Thank you.” Giles hung up, feeling as if he were the one being chastised for being late on his student loan payment instead of Buffy.

He had half a mind to fly back just to give Buffy a stern lecture on fiscal responsibility. The other half of his mind wanted to cradle her in his arms and tell her that he’d shoulder all her burdens forever. Instead, he picked up the phone again and dialed his banker.

“Yes, another transfer please. UC Sunnydale.”

Buffy would kill him if she ever found out.

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Ficlet: I, Buffy

Title: I, Buffy
Author: Will_conqueror1
Rating: FRT
Pairing: Buffy/Giles
Summary: Buffy asks Giles for a favor in order to help her reconnect with her dad.
Word Count: 1000
Notes: Written for Giles Shorts and the “Marriage of Convenience/Fake Dating” trope prompt. I may follow this up with another, longer, fic for Summer of Giles this year.

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Ficlet: The Visitor

Title: The Visitor

Author: littleotter73

Characters: Giles, Buffy

Rating: FRT

Word Count: 1000

Prompt: Tropes - Time Travel

Disclaimer: Just for fun, not profit.

A/N: Many thanks to il_mio_capitano for the sanity check

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Drabble: An Unfortunate Proposal

Title: An Unfortunate Proposal

Author: littleotter73

Characters: Giles, Buffy, Xander

Setting: Post Chosen, no comics

Word Count: 100

Prompt: “And they say romance is dead” from DHW’s The Lambeth Lothario

Disclaimer: Just for fun, not profit

“And they say romance is dead,” Giles scoffed.

Xander covered his face. “I know!”

“Well, I think it’s sweet, Xand,” Buffy defended.

“Really?” Giles questioned. “I suppose it’s every woman’s dream her lover will propose while she’s retching into the commode.”

Xander looked up miserably. “I just I thought, as bad as this is, I’d rather be holding her hair while she's puking than with anyone else having a good time… and it just came out.”

“Aww,” Buffy sighed.

“Still, she’s kinda angry.”

“Imagine that!”

“Giles!” Buffy hissed.

“What? He did cock it up.”

“How about showing a little support?”

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Drabble: Unspoken Truth

Title: Unspoken Truth

Author: littleotter73

Characters: Giles/Buffy

Rating: FRC

Word Count: 100

Prompt: “Why does that not surprise me?” from il_mio_capitano’s More Strange Moves

Disclaimer: Just for fun, not profit

“Why does that not surprise me?” Buffy growled, pushing her way through the door.

“Excuse me?”

“You! You and your… Britishness!”

“I’m afraid I don’t follow.”

“Of course you wouldn’t!”

Giles blinked owlishly at her.

“Your… ingrained need to… repress! Everyone spilled their guts tonight because of that truth serum-y demon blood. And you… all you had to say was, ‘Sorry, Xander, I ate the last slice of pizza!’”

“Well, everyone blamed him.”

“I told you I’m in love you. I just thought maybe… that you might…”

Taking her hands in his, he replied gently, “That's never been a secret.”

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Drabble: Great Expectations

Title: Great Expectations
Author: Quaggy
Word Count: 100
Last line prompt: “He'll be the one laughing.”
Pairing: B/G

He'll be the one laughing at Buffy’s wedding, that’s what he always thought. And why wouldn’t he be? His Slayer would have beaten all the odds and been able to have that normal life she so craved. Yet, here he was with actual tears falling, far happier than he ever could have imagined. But then he never imagined he’d be the groom.

“Giles, don’t cry. You’ll make me cry too and that’ll mess up my make-up,” Buffy whispered, as she reached up to dry his tears. He caught her hand and kissed it.

“Well, we can’t have that,” he grinned.

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Drabble: A Slayer's Constitution

Title: A Slayer’s Constitution

Author: littleotter73

Characters: Giles, Buffy

Rating: FRC

Setting: Early Season 1

Word Count: 100
Prompt: "For a moment, his heart stopped." from harmony033's drabble Missing

Disclaimer: For fun, not profit

For a moment, his heart stopped. She’d just taken a blow that would’ve stopped a charging rhino, and it felt like several lifetimes passed before Giles got his legs moving. This couldn’t be it. It was too soon. They’d just started their partnership not long ago.

Upon his approach, Buffy popped up. “Is that the best you’ve got, hot shot?” she quipped, dodging the molten metal the monster spewed in her direction. “Sword, Giles, now!”

Without hesitation she dispatched the demon. Noting his concern as she rolled her right shoulder, she said, “I’ve taken worse.”

Somehow that wasn’t a reassurance.

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Drabble: The Imposter

Title: The Imposter

Author: littleotter73

Rating: FRC

Characters: Giles, not!Giles, Buffy, Willow, Anya

Word Count: 100

Prompt: “Oh!” Last line from DHW’s drabble Dreamtime

“Oh!” Buffy muttered, studying the grimoire. Glancing across the Magic Box at Giles, she explained quietly, “It’s a possession demon.”

“Are you sure?” Willow asked.

“Come on, Wil, Giles is never that happy for that long.”

Anya shrugged. “Perhaps he’s getting some.”

Willow rolled her eyes. “How do we get rid of it?”

“Says here, there’s a spell-“

A gleeful laugh filled the Magic Box as possessed Giles lit several vile slug candles.

“Give. Now!” Willow gestured with grabby hands.

Once the demon was exorcised, a vexed, bewildered Giles coughed at the noxious fumes. “Bloody hell!”

Buffy grinned. “He’s back!”

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Drabble: Strange How the Knight Moves

Title: Strange How the Knight Moves
Author: Quaggy
Word Count: 100
Last line prompt: “Think very carefully about your next move.”
Notes: I couldn't resist the pun on the Bob Seger song for the title.

“Think very carefully about your next move,” Giles cautioned.

Buffy huffed in aggravation and stared at the chessboard. She didn’t need the reminder. She knew she was in trouble and Giles’s grin confirmed it. He claimed that playing chess would sharpen her ability to think strategically, but privately she suspected that he liked it because he could beat her this way without taking a physical beating in the process. But wait… If she took her knight and moved it…

“CHECK!!!”

She may not have the upper hand for long, but it was worth it for the look on Giles’s face.

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Doctor, Doctor

Title: Doctor, Doctor.
Author: DHW
Length: 100
Characters: Giles, Buffy
Rating: FRC

Last line from Foreverbook's fic, Kaleidoscope Eyes

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“What next, going to tuck me into bed while you’re at it?” said Giles with a huff.

“Only if you ask nicely,” Buffy replied as she rummaged through the first aid kit. She glanced up at him as he sneezed. “Geez, Giles. You look like crap. You need to lie down.”

“I have a cold, not the ruddy plague.”

“Bed. Now. Or else.”

It was at that precise moment Giles realised exactly what she was holding: a thermometer. He had a sudden, horrifying vision of where she might be tempted to stick it.

“Think very carefully about your next move.”

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Drabble: In the Mist

Title: In the Mist

Author: littleotter73

Characters: Giles, Buffy

Rating: FRC

Word Count: 100

Prompt: Graveyard

Disclaimer: For fun, not profit.

The heavy fog rose around Restfield Cemetery, reminding Giles of the summer holiday he’d spent with his grandparents at Dartmoor where he’d lost his way as the mist quickly rolled in across the moor, unable to get back to the cottage, all the local ghost stories racing through his mind. Even as a man of forty waiting for the undead to rise from their graves, nothing had ever terrified him more than being stranded on the fell. He shivered in the shadow of memory.

“Everything okay?” Buffy asked, bumping her shoulder against his arm.

“Of course,” he replied. “You’re here.”

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Drabble: A Call for Help

Title: A Call for Help

Author: littleotter73

Characters: Giles, Buffy

Rating: FRC

Setting: Season 6

Word Count: 100

Prompt: Music of Sting - The Police Years, "Every Little Thing She Does is Magic"

Disclaimer: Just for fun, not profit

Throwing his keys on his desk, Giles noticed the blinking light on his answerphone. There were no pleasantries, just an urgent plea from Buffy.

“Listen… about Willow. She’s out of control. Last week she was supposed to take Dawn to the movies, but stopped off at some seedy den for a magic fix. Her actions put Dawn in danger and broke her arm. Things are bad. She can’t stop. Every little thing she does is magic, nothing is off limits. Is there a witchy rehab or something?”

He quickly dialed the number for the Devon Coven. Perhaps they would help.

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Two Drabbles on a Theme

I was tinkering about and went with the idea of Giles getting surprised for Christmas for this prompt. I originally went gen, but the muse wasn't really happy with that and wanted something slightly shippy too, so I decided to write and post both.

Title: Christmas Visitors

Author: littleotter73

Characters: Giles, Xander, Willow, Buffy, and Dawn

Rating: FRC

Prompt: Roast

Word Count: 100

Disclaimer: Just for fun, not profit

Giles added another to log the fire. This winter just seemed colder. He missed his makeshift family, now scattered across three continents with busy schedules and lives of their own.

A knock invaded the silence and he looked up in surprise as Xander, Willow, Dawn, and Buffy stumbled through the door, stomping snow off their boots and dropping their bags in the hall.

“Merry Christmas!” they called.

He stood with his mouth agape.

Dawn held up a sack. “I remembered the chestnuts for roasting.”

“And I brought some corn for poppin’” Xander quipped.

Giles smiled widely. “Don’t mix carols, Xander.”

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Title: Home for Christmas

Author: littleotter73

Characters: Giles/Buffy

Rating: FRC

Prompt: Roast

Word Count: 100

Disclaimer: Just for fun, not profit

Giles added another log to the fire. It seemed wrong spending Christmas apart, but their schedules being what they were, the Scoobies were unable to get together until New Years.

He stared into the flames before hearing a commotion at the door and looked up to see Buffy stumble through, stomping snow off her boots and dropping her suitcase in the hall.

Her smile lit up his world and he suddenly found himself with an armful of Slayer.

Laughing he stated, “You’re a week early.”

“Well, I thought maybe we could roast some chestnuts, drink some nog.”

“Happy Christmas, Buffy.”

Next Prompt: Nutcracker

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Ficlet: High and Dry

Title: High and Dry
Author: Quaggy
Word Count: 500 approx.
Rating: G
Rewind Prompt: Horsepower (His Favorite Things)
Notes: This is as much inspired by the Radiohead song "High and Dry" as it was by the "Horsepower" prompt, more for the mood that the song than the actual lyrics. Well, other than the "flying on your motorcycle" line, of course.

It was the first sunny day in forever. Buffy had opened the window to get some fresh air in her room, when a movement from the courtyard of the Slayer Compound below caught her eye. She watched as Giles pulled out his motorcycle, a classic bike from the 1960s that he was absolutely crazy about. It was the perfect day to take a ride through the English countryside. He looked utterly happy in a way she hadn’t been used to seeing until recently. He was so in his element here, teaching Slayers how to be Slayers and Watcher how to be Watchers. It was clear that he had found his place and was completely at peace.

She was not. She’d never felt more useless and alone. They all said they needed her, but she really didn’t see it. Anybody could teach these baby Slayers just as well or even better than she could. But the real problem was when class was over. She just didn’t fit in anywhere. She was too young to really relate to the other teachers, all retired Watchers, some of whom were decades older than Giles. She was too under-educated and over-experienced to have much to talk about with the Watchers-in-training. And she was too old to hang with the other Slayers, even if she wasn’t their teacher. Giles was the only one that she was truly comfortable with, but that was part of the problem. The more time that she spent with him, the more that the wayward feelings she thought she had buried long ago began to resurface.

Maybe it was time to move on. Find her own place in the world, if such a place existed. At least go somewhere where the sky was blue on a regular basis. Go someplace where her heart wouldn’t break over something she’d never have. Yes, she knew what she should do and it was well past time that she did it. Buffy closed her eyes and turned her head away from Giles and towards the sun to better feel its warmth on her face. She only opened her eyes when she heard someone call her name.

“Buffy!” Giles called again and waved when she looked his way. He looked so like an excited child that she couldn’t help but smile.

“Off for a ride?” she called back.

“Yes! Would you like to come?” he asked with eager enthusiasm. Buffy paused. On one hand, she really shouldn’t. Snuggled up next to him on the back of his bike would only make her inconvenient crush worse. On the other hand, she didn’t think she had it in her to outright reject him like that. As if sensing her indecision, Giles waved his hand beckoningly, beaming at her all the while. And Buffy was lost.

“I’ll be right down,” she called and, if possible, Giles’s grin grew even wider. Oh, this wasn’t good for her heart at all, but, honestly, how could she resist?

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Double Drabble: The Shock of the Old

Title: The Shock of the Old
Author: Quaggy
Word Count: 200
Rating: G
Rewind Prompt: Giles's Record Collection
Notes: This may or may not be inspired by an actual conversation I had with a relative of mine. Ignore the B/G undertones if that's not your thing.

“Buffy?”

“Yes, dear?”

“One of the new Slayers… well…”

“Oh, no! I knew that this year’s party was going too well! What is it?”

“No. Nothing bad. Just damn unnerving.”

“Giles, we’ve been hosting these holiday parties for ten years now. We’ve had monster invasions, cat fights, break ups and hook ups. We’ve fielded intrusive questions about dating vampires and Watcher/ Slayer relations. It wouldn’t be a party if something unnerving didn’t happen!”

“True. That one Slayer with the hat? I found her in front of my record collection. She was quite enthusiastic.”

“That’s not surprising. You have great taste.”

“Not about the collection itself. That we were keeping with the times by investing in vinyl. Buffy, those records are older than she is!”

“What…? Oh! Don’t worry! It’s a just hipster thing. Next time just smile and nod and hope they go away.”

“A hipster? I don’t want to know, do I?””

“Probably not.”

“She hadn’t heard of a fraction of the bands. She asked if George Harrison was any good and said that she liked to keep track of up-and-coming musicians. Stop laughing, Buffy. It’s not funny!”

“Yes, it really is!”

“Well, perhaps that part’s a little funny.”