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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!"

il_mio_capitano

Title: The Return
Author: il_mio_capitano
Characters: Giles
Rating: G
Length: 100
Last line: Not for years

“Not for years,” Giles thinks. Although out loud he says, “It’s my first time.”

The Tour Guide beams.

“British huh? We get a lot of overseas visitors. Don’t forget to see the gift shop. They got prints and tee-shirts, money clips, you name it. Shame to come all this way without a souvenir for the folks back home.”

“How did it happen?” Another tourist asks.

“A geological phenomenon caused this crater. Wiped out the whole town of Sunnydale. Mind you, some say it was the work of the Devil.” The guide winks and the party laughs. Giles doesn’t laugh though.

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."

ynyseira

Title: Loans
Author: ynyseira
Characters: Giles, mention of Buffy
Word Count: 100
Previous Line: I am sure she will

“I am sure she will. Yes. Of course. Thank you.” Giles hung up, feeling as if he were the one being chastised for being late on his student loan payment instead of Buffy.

He had half a mind to fly back just to give Buffy a stern lecture on fiscal responsibility. The other half of his mind wanted to cradle her in his arms and tell her that he’d shoulder all her burdens forever. Instead, he picked up the phone again and dialed his banker.

“Yes, another transfer please. UC Sunnydale.”

Buffy would kill him if she ever found out.

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."

ynyseira

Title: An Unexpected Stay
Author: ynyseira
Characters: Giles, Spike
Word Count: 100
Previous Line: There was only one bed!

There was only one bed!

Giles and Spike looked over the dingy hotel room. A pipe had burst in Giles’ apartment and the two were forced out while it was being repaired. And, unfortunately for Giles, no one else wanted to take Spike for the weekend.

“Well, I’m not sleeping in the bathtub again.”

“Well I have a backache.”

“So sleep on the floor, s’posed to be good for it!”

Giles glared, and Spike relented. Giles settled in on the bed, finding it made his back pain worse.

Spike was already making himself cozy on the floor. “No take backsies!”

il_mio_capitano

Title: Stuck With You Too
Author: il_mio_capitano
Length: 100
Characters: Giles, Buffy
Previous Line: Ah yes, problem solved

“Ah yes, problem solved,” Giles said confidently from under the hood.

Buffy sat behind the wheel with crossed arms. “You said that two hours ago.”

“Just try her once more.”

She turned the key to deafening silence.

“Ok. Let me try something else.”

“Giles, I want to go to college next year.”

“Where are you thinking of applying?”

“But I can’t go if we are still stuck here! Can’t we call someone?”

“Oh Excellent idea. Why didn’t I think of that hours ago?” He replied. “Do you have a phone?”

Buffy sulked in defeat. Giles was the king of sarcasm.

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: 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

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.

foreverbooks

Title: Best Laid Plans…
Author: foreverbooks
Characters: Giles, Xander
Rating: FRC
Setting: Early in the series
Word Count: 85
Prompt: “Somehow, that wasn’t a reassurance” from
Littleotter73’s “A Slayer’s Constitution
Disclaimer: For fun only

Somehow, that wasn’t a reassurance Giles thought, staring at the squiggles making up the “battle plan”. “Explain to me again how all of this will help Buffy defeat a Hydra Demon?”

“Simple,” Xander replied, pointing to some of the marks. “We take up these positions. This lets Buffy get close enough to chop off it’s head. No more threat!”

“And after the body grows a new head, and the head a new body?” Giles asked with exaggerated patience.

Xander’s eyes widened. “They can do that?”

littleotter73

Title: A Slayer’s Constitution

Author: littleotter73

Characters: Giles, Buffy

Rating: FRC

Setting: Early Season 1

Word Count: 100
Prompt: "For a moment, his heart stopped." from harmony033's drabble Missing

Disclaimer: For fun, not profit

For a moment, his heart stopped. She’d just taken a blow that would’ve stopped a charging rhino, and it felt like several lifetimes passed before Giles got his legs moving. This couldn’t be it. It was too soon. They’d just started their partnership not long ago.

Upon his approach, Buffy popped up. “Is that the best you’ve got, hot shot?” she quipped, dodging the molten metal the monster spewed in her direction. “Sword, Giles, now!”

Without hesitation she dispatched the demon. Noting his concern as she rolled her right shoulder, she said, “I’ve taken worse.”

Somehow that wasn’t a reassurance.

harmony033

Title: Missing
Author: harmony033
Characters: Giles
Setting: Post-"Anne", early S3
Rating: FRC
Word Count: 100
Prompt: “Sighing, he wriggled out of his jacket.” from il_mio_capitano's drabble Stumped
Disclaimer: All for fun, not profit!

Sighing, he wriggled out of his jacket. It had been a long patrol. Giles' shoulder was angry and purple from colliding with a headstone instead of the Grontoch demon. He sat down heavily with a bag of frozen peas kept just for this occasion.

Please come home, he thought sadly. The others said they'd finish patrolling once they bested the Grontoch and Giles' arm nearly fell off. He was becoming weary of the "Nighthawk" talk anyway.

A commotion outside awoke Giles. He stood, wincing, hoping no one was hurt. A tentative knock…there she stood. For a moment, his heart stopped.

il_mio_capitano

Title: Stumped
Author: il-mio-capitano
Length: 100
Characters: Giles
Rating: FRC
Following on from Littleotter73’s Long Distance Goodbye

“I miss you. Yes? Mr Giles?”

Giles tentatively opened his eyes and turned his head to inspect the damage. A large hunting knife had ripped through his coat at the shoulder and impaled itself deep in the tree behind him. A couple of millimetres lower and he'd have been lamenting more than damaged tweed.

“To an extent, Olga,” he replied evenly. “Perhaps we should put down the weapons and work on your breathing?”

As his student pouted, Giles focused on retrieving the knife. He had a bad feeling the tree would budge first.

Sighing, he wriggled out of his jacket.

littleotter73

Title: Long Distance Goodbye

Author: littleotter73

Character: Giles

Rating: FRC

Word Count: 100

Prompt: “Giles struck a match and wept” from harmony033’s drabble Choice

Disclaimer: For fun, not profit

Giles struck a match and wept at the news. He’d meant to light the candle, but the fire traveled down the stem and burnt his fingers before he realised it.

“Dammit!” he growled, shaking the blaze out and sticking his singed forefinger in his mouth, remembering how, as a small child, he’d burnt his fingers on the stove. His mother had quickly picked him up, carried him over to the sink, and very tenderly put his fingers under a gentle stream of cold water before bandaging them and kissing his tears away.

“Oh, Mum,” he whispered reverently. “I miss you.”

harmony033

Title: Choice
Author: harmony033
Characters: Giles, Willow, Tara
Setting: Post-Season 5
Rating: FRC
Word Count: 100
Prompt: “Let's go home.” from littleotter73's drabble "In the Wake of Disaster"
Disclaimer: All for fun, not profit!

"Let's go home." Giles hardly heard Willow's whisper. He didn't register the door as she and Tara left his flat. Giles sat motionless, internally arguing.

Willow's suggestion was reckless. Risky, incredulous, dangerous. He told her so.

But not impossible.

With the first whispers of dusk, Giles started. She would be hunting now - no, she should be hunting now. Giles stood abruptly and removed an ancient manuscript from a false panel in the bookshelf. His hands shook holding the Papyrus of Ani: The Egyptian Book of the Dead.

He could do it. No, he should…

Giles struck a match and wept.

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Entries tagged with rating: g/frc

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