Ficlet: Sweeter Than Candy 1/1 (Giles) G

[dragonydreams.livejournal.com]

Title: Sweeter Than Candy
Author: Elisabeth
Rating: G
Pairing: Giles, Joyce (implied Giles/Willow)
Summary: Who does 16-year-old Giles really want?
Word Count: 200
Disclaimer: I claim no ownership over these characters. I am merely borrowing them from Joss et al.
Spoilers/Timeline: Season 3 - Band Candy
Distribution: My site, my LJ, summer_of_giles, the usual lists, anyone with previous permission. Anyone else - just ask.
Feedback: Yes please! It makes me happy and keeps me writing.
Betas: velvetwhip
Notes: Written for 2012 summer_of_giles


Sweeter Than Candy

Ripper stared at himself in the mirror, trying to get his hair to do something other than just lie there. When did his hair get so short and grey anyway?

Joyce was rambling away behind him, blathering on about ordering Pay-Per-View. She was joking, right? That stopped being thrilling ages ago. Unless she wanted to watch one of the adult channels... now that could be interesting. Nah. He wanted to go out.

When she suggested going to the Bronze, Ripper knew that was the last place he wanted to be. He never understood why Buffy and her friends liked it there so much. It was the worst excuse for a club he'd ever seen.

The flash of a memory played before his eyes. A pretty redhead with her hair up, baring her long neck, wearing a black leather mini and a brown top that bared her stomach. There was something else, too... she had magic. Yeah, he wanted to find the redhead. She looked like she'd be a bit of fun. More than Joyce and her Pay-Per-View suggestions at any rate.

"On second thought," he said, "let's swing by the Bronze." If nothing else, he could dump this drag there.

Comments

[craterdweller.livejournal.com]

Very cute!

Well done!

[dragonydreams.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[spikesredqueen.livejournal.com]

Love this, sounds like Ripper would really like to get his hands on sweet Willow.

[dragonydreams.livejournal.com]

Oh, you know he would. ;)

[gilescandy.livejournal.com]

Very cute. I always thought there was a good reason Willow and young Ripper never met in that episode. She already thought he was cute as the old fuddy duddy. I did start to feel a little sorry for Joyce though. She was trying so hard to make him think she was cool.

[dragonydreams.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Yeah, we all know that if Ripper had come across Willow that night that he would have ditched Joyce in a heartbeat.

[gilescandy.livejournal.com]

And now I'm imagining a full episode rewrite where they take one different turn and end up in the library with the Scoobies as they're trying to figure out what to tell Buffy to do. Willow and Cordy are trying not to be both wigged out and turned on by this really hot version of Giles constantly hitting on them. But Joyce is ok with that because Xander and Oz are really cute. And then Ripper gets this great idea, orgy... (Shhh. Bad Gilescandy! Down girl.)

See what you do to me?

[dragonydreams.livejournal.com]

Hey, I'm happy to be your inspiration. Go for it, I say. Honestly, I wanted to take this idea further, but my muse just isn't what it used to be.

[ripper-repoman.livejournal.com]

It's a good thing Willow never actually met the Ripper - who knows what could have happened?

This was a joy to read. There's too little of Ripper in the world of fic.

[dragonydreams.livejournal.com]

I'm so happy you enjoyed this. It definitely would have been fun if Ripper had met Willow as she was just getting into the magics.

[il_mio_capitano]

Intriguing. I actually want to see them meet now. Darn this is too short!

[dragonydreams.livejournal.com]

It definitely would have been fun if they had met.

[polly1esther.livejournal.com]

Oh, hello! I can't decide was it a good thing or a bad thing he never me Willow then. Excellent work, sounded a lot like the cocky bastard from 'Band Candy'. Me likey!

[dragonydreams.livejournal.com]

Ripper definitely would have enjoyed corrupting Willow. I'm so glad you liked it!