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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.

ynyseira

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.

ynyseira

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.

littleotter73

Title: The Newlyweds
Characters: Dawn, Willow, Xander, Giles/Buffy
Rating: G/FRC
Word Count: 100
Last Line: They're here

"They're here!" Dawn squeals to the gang in delight as she watches her new brother-in-law gallantly help her sister out of the car. "Oh, even he looks tan!" she laughs.

"And relaxed," Willow adds with a wink.

Xander groans because, well, he's Xander and it's his thing, but underneath he is happy to see the couple happy.

"Well, you know... two blissful, vamp-free weeks in Fiji with my sister..." Dawn teases.

"Don't need the visual, Dawn!" Xander whines, making fake retching sounds.

As the newlyweds open the door, the Scoobies grab the sign and shout, "Welcome home, Buffy and Giles!"

ynyseira

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!”

littleotter73

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?”

littleotter73

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

littleotter73

Title: White Elephant

Author: littleotter73

Characters: Giles, Xander

Rating: FRC

Word Count: 100

Prompt: Drums

A/N: Written for the Holiday Drabble Challenge at Giles Shorts

Giles could hear the drums of war beating in the air. As the Scoobies poured into the conference room, Xander placed his rather large gift in the center of the table.

“Behold! My offering for this year’s White Elephant Extravaganza!” he boomed proudly as Giles placed a small package on the table. “Your puny offering is unsatisfactory, Watcher!”

“Even if it is a twenty-four hour cloaking spell?”

Xander’s eye grew wide with interest. “Is it?”

Giles shrugged, his body language neutral. Never would he admit that the box contained two tickets to the symphony he was counting on stealing back.

Next Prompt: Chocolate

feliciacraft

*Waves* Hi everyone! I've missed all of you so much! :)

Author: feliciacraft

Characters: Xander & Giles

Rated: PG

Length: ~900 words

Beta: The fantastic All4Spike — thank you!

Summary: Rewrite of the scene from BtVS episode 4x17 "Superstar". With a simple incantation, Xander sets Giles's book on fire. Here, the rest of the scene goes a little differently. May contain gratuitous Star Wars references.

Disclaimer: Characters not mine, etc.
Feedback: Always welcome! Pretty please? :)

Too late, Xander slammed the book shut, extinguishing the flames that’d burst into existence upon his incantation. Judging by the acrid smell rising from the book before him, however, the damage had been done. Uh-oh.

“Good Lord!” Giles rushed forward and rescued the ancient text from his hands, tossing his glasses on the coffee table to bury his nose in the damaged spread for a very close inspection....

Continue reading...

dragonyphoenix.livejournal.com

TItle: Volunteer Safety Program
Rating: G
Word Count: 354

( Volunteer Safety Program )

xspike4evax.livejournal.com

Title: Walk In the Ways of Giles
Characters: Giles, Wesley & Xander
Rating: PG
Length: Drabble 103 words
Disclaimer: characters aren't mine
Summary: When Xander walks in on a conversation between Giles and Wesley he can't believe his ears.

Walk In the Ways of Giles

littleotter73

Title: Dress Rehearsal
Author: littleotter73
Characters: Giles, Xander, Andrew
Rating: FRC
Setting: Set during Chosen
Word Count: 100

“You won!” Andrew declared excitedly.

Giles blinked myopically at the boy, having taken off his glasses hours ago, his eyes tired and unfocused, but his body hyped up on pre-battle nerves.

“Your dwarf… he won. He made it through.”

Giles stared incredulously at the twenty sided die.

“That’s so not fair!” Xander whined through a yawn, his head perched on his arms and his eyes closed. “The newbies always win.”

“Should we start another campaign?” Andrew asked, raring to go.

Giles stood, placing his hand on the boy’s shoulder. “The real one starts in six hours. Best get some rest.”

littleotter73

Title: Acceptance
Author: littleotter73
Rating: FRT
Characters: Giles, Xander, Tara, Buffy
Setting: Season 5, immediately following The Gift
Word Count: 100

“Don’t stop!” Came the frantic command. “Keep applying the pressure.”

“Giles… Giles…” Xander looked over at his friend, stopping the compressions, his eyes shadowed with grief. “It’s over.”

Tara knelt beside the Watcher and placed a gentle hand on his shoulder. “She’s gone,” she whispered. “She couldn’t survive the fall.”

Intellectually, he’d known that, but Buffy was so extraordinary, how could he possibly accept that she wouldn’t open her eyes and tell him he was an idiot for worrying so?

He stood, tamping down the overwhelming grief. “Right… of course. You lot should go to hospital. I’ll… take her home.”

il_mio_capitano

Title: A Rare Moment Indeed.
Author: il-mio-Capitano
Length: 100
Characters: Giles, Buffy, Xander
Rating: FRC

It was so bloody rare on the Hellmouth.

“An entire month with no student or faculty deaths,” Buffy beamed. “We rock.”

“We should have a parade or something,” suggested Xander.

“We could,” Giles agreed. “Except large gatherings tend to attract the more opportunistic hunters and it would be beyond ironic if such an event precipitated the sort of incident, which, by definition, was what we were seeking to celebrate.”

Buffy and Xander were so beautifully, refreshingly speechless that Giles had to remove and clean his glasses a full two minutes before relenting with a translation. “Vampires love a good party.”

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Entries tagged with xander

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Drabble: Joking About

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Two Drabbles on a Theme

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