giles_shorts | Entries tagged with giles/buffy

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: 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: 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.”

quaggy

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.

dhw

Title: Dreamtime
Author: DHW
Length: 100
Characters: Giles/Buffy
Rating: FRAO

Last line from Lycomingst's fic, Why Does That Not Surprise Me?

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“Just don’t ask what I was dreaming about.”

( cut for smut... )

“Oh!”

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: Snips and Snails

Author: littleotter73

Characters: Giles, Buffy or Giles/Buffy

Setting: Post Series

Rating: FRC

Word Count: 100

Prompt: Wise man

Disclaimer: For fun, not profit.

“A wise man once said, ‘testosterone is the great equalizer. It turns all men into morons,’ if I remember correctly,” Buffy said, her voice teasing.

“Yes, but did it have to happen so soon?”

She shrugged. “Our baby boy is growing up.”

“He’s still so young!” Giles protested.

“It’s time, Giles,” she entreated as the six month beagle puppy bounded in to the room growling and shaking a stuffed teddy bear. “And right on cue…” she laughed.

“I know,” he sighed in resignation, picking up the pup and cuddling him close. “Come on, Puck, off to the vet we go.”

Next Prompt: Snowed in

littleotter73

Title: Language Lessons

Author: littleotter73

Characters: Giles, Buffy

Rating: FRC

Word Count: 100

Prompt: Out of Gas

Disclaimer: For fun, not profit

A/N: Written for Giles’ Shorts Holiday Drabble Challenge

“Where are you?”

Buffy looked around, flanked by tall hedges and nothing but a lane and a half wide road ahead of and behind her. Shaking her head, she huffed, “I have no idea. I followed the signs but… what is it with the road system here?”

“You have to give me something to go on if I am to bring you petrol.”

“Gas, Giles! Gas!”

“You’re in my country now, and we say petrol. PE-TROL. Say it with me,” he teased over the phone.

“Just help me figure out where I am,” she laughed. “It’s starting to snow.”

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Next Prompt: Uninvited Guest(s)

quaggy

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?

quaggy

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.”

littleotter73

Title: Trick or Treat?

Author: littleotter73

Characters: Giles/Buffy

Rating: FRC

Word Count: 100

Disclaimer: For fun, not profit

After the last of the candy had been handed out, Buffy flopped down on the sofa next to Giles.

“Thank you for staying and helping out,” he said, resting his feet on the table before them. “You didn’t have to.”

“It was fun,” she answered, placing a Hershey’s Kiss into his palm.

He looked down in surprise at the silver foil covered confection with its jaunty paper flag.

“I don’t recall having bought these.”

“You didn’t.” Glancing up at him, she blushed. “Trick or treat?”

The invitation wasn’t lost on him. “Treat,” he murmured.

She rose up and kissed him.

quaggy

Title: Two Lost Souls

Author: Quaggy

Word Count: 200

Giles's Record Collection Prompt: "Wish You Were Here" (Pink Floyd)

Notes: Crossed posted on my journal and over here on AO3. Set post-series. Obviously, the song playing was "Wish You Were Here" by Pink Floyd.

It was just another night out at the pub. Nothing special. The usual bunch Watchers and Senior Slayers unwinding, having a drink and a chat. Tonight, at least for the moment, it wasn’t so loud that you couldn’t hear the music playing in the background.

Giles froze at the opening bars, which caught Buffy’s attention from the corner of her eye. She watched as he quietly made his way over to a nearby sofa and sat down. Pulled into himself.

She knew the song too. Knew he must be thinking of someone that he had lost and, God, he had lost so many people along the way. He could be thinking about anyone, honestly. But it didn’t matter if it was somebody she had never met. She wasn’t going to leave him alone with his pain.

She slipped down next to him and rested her head on his shoulder. Instantly, his arm came around her, pulling her close, and he planted a fervent kiss on her head. Blinking back tears, she wrapped her arms around him and held back just as tightly.

They sat like that long after the song ended, as the party continued to swirl around them unaware.

littleotter73

Title: Moving Forward

Author:

littleotter73

Characters: Buffy, Giles or Buffy/Giles

Rating: FRC

Setting: Immediately Post Chosen

Prompt: Pink Floyd - Hey You

Word Count: 100

Disclaimer: Playing in Joss’ sandbox

“Hey, you!”

She sat down next to him, but he rose stiffly to leave. The tentative forgiveness granted before going into battle now a distant memory in the face of an uncertain future.

“Stay! … Please.”

He hesitantly sat back down and she took his hand in hers.

“I hate this distance between us.”

Confusion clouded his face when she laced their fingers together.

“For what it’s worth, I’m sorry.”

His eyes met hers. “Oh, Buffy, me too.”

“I know we can’t go back.”

Squeezing her hand, his heart pounded in his chest. “No,” he agreed. “But… we could start anew.”

quaggy

Title: Getting On With It
Author: Quaggy
Category: Post-Series
Rating: PG
Notes: I've had this plot bunny for a while, but this week's theme of "Getting On" proved to be a rich soil to let it grow.

( Willow's on a mission... )

quaggy

Title: Fool That I Am
Author: Quaggy
Category: Post-Series
Rating: G
Pairings: A whole lot of unrequited feelings going on with a mention or two of past relationships
Notes: Written for the

giles_shorts prompt "Fool". Dawn and Buffy talk about unrequited love. The focus is mainly on the sisters, but Giles does make and appearance at the end.

( Fool that I am for falling in love with you... )

angelus2hot

Title: Show and Tell
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Characters/Pairing: Rupert Giles/Buffy Summers
Rating: PG
Word Count: 100
Summary: Giles is still able to shock Buffy.
A/N: written for giles_shorts for the last line Apparently he could shock her still.

Apparently he could shock her still.

“You’re very pleased with yourself, aren’t you?” As if she needed to ask. The huge smile on his face proved it.

Giles didn’t say a word but continued to regard her with a satisfied smile. They had been together for a few years and the fact that he could still shock her he considered quite the feat.

“What I don’t understand is why didn’t you say anything before now?”

“Would you have believed me if I had?” His smile widened as he moved closer. “Besides, I was always much better at show than tell.”

angelus2hot

Title: The Lucky One
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Characters/Pairing: Rupert Giles/Buffy Summers
Rating: PG
Word Count: 100
Summary: Now that they've found each other they're not letting go.
A/N: written for giles_shorts for the last line It was hard to say who reached for who first, but neither one had any intention of ever letting go.

It was hard to say who reached for who first, but neither one had any intention of ever letting go. His arms tightened around her as Buffy snuggled deeper into his embrace.

“How lucky I am.” Giles whispered as he placed a gentle kiss on the top of her head. To be able tell her how he truly felt and to know beyond a shadow of doubt she felt the same way meant more to him then she would ever know.

With a smile on her face Buffy raised her head to gaze into his eyes. “I’m the lucky one.”

quaggy

Last drabbles for the last day of a fun month. These two are linked.

Title: Go Where You’re Needed
Author: Quaggy
Word Count: 100
Pairing: Buffy/Giles
Last line prompt: "She turned and looked at him so sadly."

She turned and looked at him so sadly when he said that he was returning to England, but she didn’t seem surprised.

“I figured. You need to set up operations in London, right?”

“Yes, but I can stay here, if I’m needed.” But his words seemed to only make her more forlorn.

“Not as much as you are there. No one else can do what you do.” And suddenly, Giles realized that in a world full of Slayers, Buffy might reasonably assume that no one needed her.

Except he did. Down to his very soul.

“Buffy, please? Come with me?”

Title: Stay Where You Belong
Author: Quaggy
Word Count: 100
Pairing: Buffy/Giles
Last line prompt: "It didn’t matter how much she begged."

It didn’t matter how much she begged, Giles would eventually leave again. Buffy knew that without needing to be told. She just wasn’t enough to keep him by her side.

But she never expected that he’d ask her to go with him.

“You mean that?”

“With all my heart.” His voice shook with emotion and she knew he wasn’t lying.

“If I come with you, you’ll never be able to get rid of me,” she warned, blinking back tears.

“Promise?”

It was hard to say who reached for who first, but neither one had any intention of ever letting go.

littleotter73

Title: Careful What You Wish For
Author: littleotter73
Characters: Giles/Buffy
Rating: FRT
Word Count: 100

“Giles, at this point, nothing new about you shocks me anymore.” Buffy was remarkably calm about their current situation. “Honestly, I’ve seen it all.”

“I highly doubt it,” he muttered, doing his best to hide behind the curtain, the blush rising up his naked chest to his cheeks.

Water streaming from her hair and clothes, she asked, “How did this happen anyway?”

“I-”

Wide eyes met his. “Did you, uh, make some sort of wish?”

Caught out, he frustratingly exclaimed, “Oh, bloody hell!”

“You wished for me to to join you in the shower???”

Apparently he could shock her still.

angelus2hot

Title: Decisions
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Characters/Pairing: Rupert Giles/Buffy Summers
Rating: PG
Word Count: 100
Summary: Giles refuses to help Buffy.
A/N: written for giles_shorts for the last line "Giles smiled but said nothing."

Giles smiled but said nothing. There was no way he was going to allow himself to be dragged into this decision.

“Which one of these do you think fits me better?” Buffy repeated the question as she held up both of the skirts for him to see.

“You’ll just have to figure this one out on your own, Buffy.”

Buffy wanted to stomp her foot. “Why won’t you help me?”

“Let’s say I pick the purple one, what would...” Before he could finish speaking, Buffy quickly interrupted.

“What’s wrong with the red one?”

His smile widened. “I rest my case.”

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Because the Watcher Deserves a Little Love

Entries tagged with giles/buffy

Drabble: The Newlyweds

Drabble: The Watcher

Drabble: Unspoken Truth

Drabble: Great Expectations

Dreamtime

Two Drabbles on a Theme

Drabble: Snips and Snails

Drabble: Language Lessons

Ficlet: High and Dry

Double Drabble: The Shock of the Old

Drabble: Trick or Treat

Double Drabble: Two Lost Souls

Drabble - Moving Forward

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