Giles Shorts

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.

Title: The Interview
Author: littleotter73
Characters: Dawn, Travers, mention of Giles
Setting: Season 5, Missing scene during Checkpoint
Rating: PG/FRT, 
Word Count: 100
Previous line: Either way, Giles had appreciated the company.
A/N: il_mio_capitano has had some family issues come up, so I'll finish out the month as long as there is a last line to play off of.


"Either way, Giles had appreciated the company, I'm sure."

"What," Dawn spat. "Are you insinuating?"

"Never mind, child. Just the musings of an old man."

 

"I know what you are doing, you know. I am not stupid and I am not a child!" she barked. "You tried to do it before, you... jerk!"

Travers turned towards the girl. "Yes," he admitted. "Because he failed."

"Giles is the best Watcher ever and if you didn't hide away in stuff old England, you would know that!"

"Good day, Miss Summers."

"They aren't afraid of you," she declared, chin raised.

"We shall see."

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.”


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