Drabble Challenge: Snap!

[dhw]

Title: Snap!
Character(s): Giles, Buffy, Spike
A/N: Last line (and the term 'Idiot features') courtesy of the wonderful Cabin Pressure. After a day of incessant listening, it appears some of it got lodged in my brain.

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Giles started counting.

One. Two. Three…

“Ow! Bloody hell!”

New record.

Buffy poked her head around the bathroom door, hair wet from the shower.

“Giles?” she said slowly, her eyes darting between the Watcher and his houseguest. “Why is Spike bleeding all over the kitchen?”

“Idiot features over there was trying to steal my Weetabix,” said Giles, glancing over at the Vampire.

“So you put a mousetrap in the box?”

“Yep.”

“I bet you think you’re dead clever,” grumbled Spike, prising the makeshift booby-trap from his pinkie.

“I’ll let you into a secret,” replied Giles, smirking. “I sometimes do.”

Comments

[wakeupinacoma]

Haha, excellent. I love the exchanges between Giles and Spike. This was spot on.

[dhw]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it! :)

[dreamy_dragon73]

Lol! I can picture them having exactly this conversation. Fun drabble!

[dhw]

Hehehe. I like Giles and Spike snark. Always fun. Cheers!

Come play! *Pokes*

[lycomingst]

Giles gets some of his own back from an unwelcome guest. Very nice. 8 ]

[dhw]

Well, Weetabix is delicious... :D

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it.

[feliciacraft]

Hee, Giles is so clever!

Now why is Buffy showering at Giles's place, hmm? ;)

[dhw]

Hehe, I leave that entirely up to your imagination... =p

[thenewbuzwuzz]

Hee! This is fun. :))

[dhw]

Cheers! =)

[il_mio_capitano]

Fabulous fun. I like the suggestion that Spike keeps falling for it as well.

[dhw]

As much as I like Spike, a quick learner he is not... =D

[quaggy]

This was so excellent!! I love Giles's both brilliant and petty plan. And how he was so pleased with himself when it worked.

(And I kind of love that Buffy is showering at Giles. Not even for shippy reasons. It just fits with my headcanon about their relationship during that time.)

[dhw]

Cheers! I love it when Giles is petty. Especially if Spike is somehow involved too. =D

(hehehe. I like to think she would have done. They're both practical people, after all, and Slaying is dusty work)

[littleotter73]

Ha! I love it when Giles gets the best of Spike. And the whole Odd Couple thing they had going on in S4 was so much fun! Well done!

[dhw]

The Spike-Giles odd couple thing of S4 was absolutely my favorite thing in the whole series! If it was just the pair of them bickering for 45 mins, I would have still watched the hell out of it! =D

Cheers!

[sparrow2000]

Giles is not only clever, handsome and full of watcherly goodness, he's also sneaky. I like sneaky Giles. I suspect Spike doesn't.

Great stuff.

[dhw]

Sneaky Giles is the best Giles. Especially when said sneakiness has consequences for Spike. Hehe.

Cheers!

[will_conqueror1]

I love this. I didn't like Spike after season 5, but I adored him in seasons 2-4, and his banter with Giles always amused me. :)

[dhw]

Me neither! I loved him the most when he hated everyone, but had to be good because of the chip. Bad Spike is best Spike (especially when combined with Giles).

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it.

[the_huffster]

This fits right in with that living situation. Of course, Spike living with Giles never ceases to crack me up and I eat up fics that are set during that time.

Great drabble :)

[dhw]

Thanks!

I LOVE fics that focus on Spike and Giles (whether shippy or gen - as long as they're snarky and slightly horrible to each other, I am so there!). =D