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: 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."

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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