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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.

littleotter73

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."

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!"

littleotter73

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."

littleotter73

Title: Surprise
Author: littleotter73
Characters: Giles, Ethan
Word Count: 100
Previous Line: Surprise

"Surprise!"

Giles' hackles went up. "Ethan," he growled, turning around slowly as to not telegraph his nerves. While Ethan could never best him in a physical fight, he could never best Ethan in magicks, and currently, he didn't have the advantage. "What brings you back to Sunnydale?"

Ethan shrugged. "Came to see a Watcher about a Slayer."

"She won't talk to you," Giles stated, crossing his arms over his chest.

At that moment two demons jumped him from behind, beating him until he fell unconscious.

"Oh, Ripper," Ethan gloated, watching the demons pick Giles up. "I am sure she will."

littleotter73

Title: A Cheeky Nod to a Fan Favourite Trope
Author: littleotter73
Characters: Buffy, Giles, mention of Willow
Word Count: 100
Previous Line: Giles was the king of sarcasm.

Giles was the king of sarcasm, but Buffy could give as good as she got. As a result, they hadn't been on speaking terms for days and this had the Scoobies ducking for cover. Nothing was right when Watcher and Slayer were at war.

So leave it to the witch to intervene, locking them up together until they made up.

Giles furiously jiggled the door handle.

"You're the magic man," Buffy taunted. "Magic us out!"

"I've already tried," he growled. "She's too clever by half!"

After scanning their makeshift prison, their eyes met in horror.

There was only one bed!

littleotter73

Title: Money Makes the World Go Around
Author: littleotter73
Characters: Giles, Anya
Word Count: 100
Rating: FRC
Last Line: Good to know

"Good to know," Giles muttered in annoyance.

"What's that?" Anya asked, looking up from her inventory ledger.

"The bank is sorry for the wait and truly appreciates my business," he huffed in reply, the phone to his ear. "I might believe them if I wasn't on hold for almost an hour."

"They are full of malarky. They told me the same thing last Thursday when I was on hold. I do not think they are sincere," she complained. "I mean, they are the bank. They have a lot of money. Hire appropriately."

Giles rolled his eyes. "Ah yes, problem solved."

Current Mood: amused

littleotter73

Title: The Fate of Rupert Giles, Watcher First Class

Author: littleotter73

Chracters: Giles (in mention), Quentin Travers, OC

Rating: FRC

Word Count: 100

Last Line: We have a bit of a problem
A/N: Dedicated to il_mio_capitano. Happy birthday! <3

“We have a bit of a problem, Sir John,” Quentin Travers began as he addressed the Head of Council. “Giles the younger has shown up on our doorstep with blood on his hands.”

“What sort of blood?”

“Seems he killed a friend.” Travers submitted a simple answer to a very complex situation.

“Where is he now?”

“The infirmary, exhausted, malnourished, and high on magicks and drugs.”

Sir John shook his head in dismay. “In matters such as these, our only recourse is expulsion.”

“And here lies the irony of our dilemma, the fates called him tonight. His Slayer was born.”

littleotter73

Title: Work/Life Balance

Author: littleotter73

Characters: Giles and Buffy

Rating: FRC

Word Count: 100

Last Line: Give him time

“Give him time,” Giles counseled as Buffy sighed in annoyance for the third time in thirty seconds. “Prophecies are precise, but demons are notoriously bad at telling time.”

“It would happen to be 'meet a demon for info night' tonight,” Buffy grumbled.

He handed her the cup of tea from his flask. “Do you have somewhere to be? The Bronze? A date?”

She shifted her weight and looked down at her feet. “I need to study for an exam tomorrow.”

Sometimes it was hard to believe she was still just a high school student. “Go home, Buffy. I’ll handle this.”

littleotter73

Title: The Watcher

Author: littleotter73

Characters: Giles and Buffy or Giles/Buffy

Rating: FRC

Word Count: 100

Last Line: You’re very handsome.

“You’re very handsome, aren’t you?” Buffy cooed as she dropped to her knees in front of the object of her affection. Reaching out, she picked up the little bundle and gently petted the soft, fuzzy head and velvety ears. “Are you mommy’s boy?”

Around her several other puppies rumbled and tumbled about, but she’d only had eyes the one who’d sat and watched patiently as his siblings played before taking advantage of an opportunity to pounce on his pack.

“Are you sure, Buffy?” Giles asked.

Snuggling the pup to her chest, she smiled. “Oh yes. He reminds me of you.”

littleotter73

Title: Voiceover

Author: littleotter73

Characters: Giles and Xander

Rating: FRC

Word Count: 100

Last line: He was a man who knew how to forge a signature.

A/N: I changed the line to present tense

“He is a man who knows how to forge a signature and how to how to pick a lock. He’s a man who knows how to hot wire a car and heroically dabbles in magicks-“

“Do shut up, Xander, your running commentary is beginning to sound like my eulogy,” Giles instructed as they wandered down the alley towards the last place Buffy’s lizard demon had been spotted.

Undeterred, Xander continued, “He’s a man who brews tea to perfection and then forgets its there all while solving the most complex supernatural prophecies known to man and demon alike.”

“Xander-“

“He’s SuperWatcher!”

littleotter73

Title: Selective Hearing

Author: littleotter73

Characters: Giles and Buffy

Rating: FRC

Word Count: 100
Last Line: Tell me in the car

“Tell me in the car,” she growled, her temper flaring as she slammed the door of the ancient Citroen behind her. Tugging on her seatbelt, she asked,, “Do you have any idea how seriously creepy it looks that the school librarian shows up and tells me I have to leave?”

“Yes, well, had you actually listened to me earlier, you would have skipped the Bronze altogether and we’d be at the cemetery now waiting for Cecil Bautista to rise.”

He had a point.

Crossing her arms over her chest, she huffed, “Evil barista? I knew I had been served decaf!”

littleotter73

Title: Conflicted

Author: littleotter73

Characters: Giles, Buffy

Rating: FRT

Word Count: 100

Last Line: Do you have any other talents?

“Do you have any other talents, Giles?” Buffy purred as he massaged away the tension in her back.

He swallowed at her implication and cleared his throat. “I brew a wicked cup of tea,” he answered dryly.

She made a noise that was just shy of orgasmic as he worked out the knot between her scapula and spine. “Tell me something I don’t know,” she sighed appreciatively.

“I-I think we are done here.”

Buffy turned, clutching her loose bra to cover herself up. “Wait, what?”

His face reflected both regret and apology as he retreated. “I… uh… there’s a prophecy…”

littleotter73

Title: Time

Author: littleotter73

Character: Giles

Rating: FRC

Word Count: 100

Last Line: She had a point

She had a point. She wasn’t his Slayer no matter how much she looked like her and, as good as the programming was, there was always something off. Something… not quite Buffy. So, with the bot’s training complete, what the hell was he still doing there?

Sunnydale would be safe until the next Slayer showed up. It wasn’t his concern. The Faith question was between Angel and the Council. He honestly didn’t care.

He was tired. He was lost. And he just couldn’t handle the ghost of her in every corner nor the visual reminder before him.

It was time.

littleotter73

Title: The Time Between

Author: littleotter73

Rating: FRC

Characters: Giles, Buffy

Word Count: 100

Last Line: You’re on your own.

“You’re on your own now, Buff,” she muttered, watching the new Slayers scatter towards their hotel rooms. It wasn’t as if she wanted to hang out with them, their youthful exuberance and general excitement after defeating the First was understandable, but she was tired, injured, and to be honest, she was was on the verge of collapse.

Giles spoke softly as he emerged from the shadows. “I wouldn’t say that.”

“Mission’s done, you can go home again,” she sighed.

“Now where’s the fun in that?” he asked, his eyes sparkling. “The way I see it, our mission’s only just begun.”

littleotter73

Title: Presumption

Author: littleotter73

Rating: FRC

Characters: Giles, Buffy, Dawn

Word Count: 100

Last Line: Giles blew on his tea calmly

Giles blew on his tea calmly, which didn’t reflect the inner turmoil he felt witnessing the unfolding drama between his Slayer and her sister as their argument escalated. Of course, he tried to stay out of it.

“Giles,” Buffy whined. “A little help here?”

“Ugh! You can’t always pout at him and get your way!”

He rolled his eyes. “Now, Dawn-“

“You always side with her!”

“Yes, well, I have to agree. Dating vampires is strictly prohibited.”

“Wait! Is that your objection?“ Dawn scoffed at them. “He’s not a vamp!”

“He’s rather pale,” Giles noted.

“Hello! Pot, kettle! He’s British!”

littleotter73

Title: The Ace Up His Sleeve

Author: littleotter73

Rating: FRC

Characters: Giles, Spike, and Buffy

Word Count: 100

Last Line: Are you looking at next week’s TV guide?

“Are you looking at next week’s TV guide?”

Giles pointedly ignored him, totally exasperated. His unwanted houseguest yammered on nonstop all day like a kindergartner high on sweets and puppies.

“Oi!”

He leaned forward in his chair, reading from the digest. “Will little Timmy wake in time to defeat-“

Spike rattled his chains. “Don’t you spoil Passions for me, Watcher! I’ll-”

“Patrol was lame,” Buffy grumbled, entering the apartment. “Wait! Giles, is he… threatening you?”

A feral grin spread across his face. “Why, yes he is.”

“Rupert!” Spike begged as Buffy stalked closer, stake in hand. “Call yer Slayer off!”

littleotter73

Title: The Sophisticated Palate

Author: littleotter73

Characters: Giles, Xander, Dawn

Rating: FRC

Word Count: 100

Last Line: I’m still here for you

“I’m still here for you, Giles,” Xander stated in support, “but I have to agree with the ladies, corn and prawn is really weird, and we’re from California: home of the weird and wacky delicious pie.”

Giles sighed the heavy sigh of a man who had long suffered at the hands of his young friends and tucked into his pizza as they stared on in fascination.

“Have an open mind,” he groused.

Xander’s pizza arrived loaded with every almost every topping imaginable, including eggs.

Giles tossed his utensils in disgust. “How is that not weird?”

Dawn shrugged. “Because it’s Xander.”

littleotter73

Title: After

Author: littleotter73

Rating: FRC

Characters: Giles and Buffy

Word Count:100

“It’s the first time I’ve seen you smile in a long time,” Giles noted, handing Buffy a cup of coffee.

“Yeah, well, things have been pretty shitty up until recently.”

“Understatement of a lifetime.”

“Or two.”

Raising his mug in salute, he asked, “So what now?”

She shook her head. “No clue. Still kinda reeling.”

“Sabbatical?” She looked receptive, so he pressed on, “Retirement, perhaps?”

“Whoa there, partner, that’s crazy talk!”

“A bridge too far,” Giles agreed. “Disneyland?”

“Sure, why not?” Buffy laughed and leaned into his shoulder. After a beat she said, “Maybe after.”

“After?”

“Mouse first. Retirement after.”

littleotter73

Title: Apologies

Author: littleotter73

Characters: Giles (and the Citroën)

Rating: FRC

Word Count: 100

Setting: Season 3

Prompt: “Giles slammed the car door”

A/N: il_mio_capitano and I are going to play a rousing game of last line/first line for the month of October. Here is the first drabble:

Giles slammed the car door and instantly winced in apology. The bolts shook and the ancient beast shuddered under the rough treatment. He truly tried to be careful with the antiquated Citroën, but the door wouldn’t close without the excessive force. Ghosting his fingers over the rusty bonnet, he knew he really needed to find something new, but the Council had denied his last three expense reports and, in light of the Cruciamentum, he now had to make do on just his high school librarian’s salary.

“Hang in there a little longer, old girl,” he encouraged. “Our mission isn’t done.”

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