Summer of Giles

I've got three fics today (one Gen, one Giles/Ethan, and one Giles/Buffy), all of which are set in the same universe, but that's about the extent of the connection between them. Each can be read as stand-alone or as part of a series.

So here we go!

Title: Labyrinth
Author: darkheartwalsh
Rating: FRAO
Setting: Several years post-Chosen, no comics
Pairing: Giles/Buffy
Word Count: Approx 9,500
Warnings: Mild kink, explicit sex (you know the drill…)

A/N: The continuing saga of the PWP that ran away and developed some semblance of a plot.

Thank you very much to dragonyphoenix, who was kind enough to swap posting days with me after my catastrophic technical failure last week.

It's an AO3 only link today (apologies), as DW is buggering around with formatting. Urgh.

These are the concluding chapters (3 and 4) of Part IV in the Sanctuary Series. You can find the other parts of this series linked below.

PART I – Sanctuary
PART II – Anchor
PART III – Confluence
PART IV - Labyrinth (chp. 1+2)

Summary:
Dating is a minefield. And that’s just when you’re single, nevermind in a definitely-not-a-relationship with a man who might technically be your boss.

If Buffy were a betting woman, she’d put money on Giles being jealous. But she isn’t, and he’s definitely not.

Apparently.


PART IV – Labyrinth

THREE

FOUR

Title: Bad Moon
Character(s): Giles, Faith

Sorry, couldn't resist. gilescandy's last line was far too tempting...

***

Really, it was the humming that was most disconcerting.

I mean, don’t get me wrong, the whole thing was pretty disturbing to begin with. The humming just kinda added to the general picture, you know?

There was a new Big Bad in town, this one of the Red Riding Hood variety. We tried tracking it and got sweet F. A. Not a bite (no pun intended). So instead, we try to lure the thing. And you know how that goes with Werewolves…

“Really, G?” I said. “Bad Moon Rising?”

Giles just shrugged. Well, tried to. Hands were a bit busy.

“Seemed appropriate.”

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.

***

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.”

Title: Epilogues
Author: darkheartwalsh
AO3 Mirror: HERE
Rating: FRAO
Setting: Post-Chosen, Post-Comics
Pairing(s): Giles/Buffy, Giles/Faith (implied, minor)
Word Count: approx.. 10,000
Warnings: Suicidal ideation, Future AU
A/N: Thank you to the lovely dragonyphoenix for being wonderful enough to beta this fic for me, and thank you to quaggy for her suggestions regarding prophecies and pop-culture. You both rock.

Also, please take note of the warnings. This story focuses on a topic that some may find potentially triggering.


Summary:

Sometimes, there are no happily ever afters. Only endings.

Or

Giles runs; Buffy follows.



( Epilogues (Giles/Buffy) FRAO )

Title: Sanctuary
Author: DHW
Rating: FRAO
Pairing: Giles/Buffy
Setting: Several years post Chosen.
Word Count: 7,630
Warning: Mildly kinky D/s. And sex. Quite a bit of that, actually.
AO3 Mirror: Here


Summary: Buffy's imploding. Giles thinks he has just the solution to her little problem.

Or

Mildly kinky sex in an enchanted garden.

Yeah, that about sums this up. Very high brow literature <*/sarcasm>


A/N: No angst. Much sex. Little plot. So shameless. Could probably do with a bit of a beta *mumble mumble* DHW is a lazy sod who almost didn’t finish in time *mumble mumble* but never mind. Hopefully it’s not too painful or wildly OOC!

Disclaimer: Not mine. They belong to the almighty Joss. I’m just playing in his sandpit. Sad, sad times.



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Part two in the Sanctuary Series can be found HERE at AO3.

Title: A Brief Discourse on the Nature of Infinity
Author: DHW
Pairing(s)/Characters: Giles/Buffy.
Rating: FRAO
Setting: Post Chosen, Post Season 8 (comics), Future AU
Word Count: 6,464
AO3 Mirror: Here

Summary: Sometimes forever can get a little complicated.


Author's notes: This is cannon compliant all the way through the season 8 comics – possibly even further (haven’t finished season 9 yet). If you haven’t read the comics, all you need to know is that after his death at the hands of a possessed Angel (Twilight, yo!), Giles is resurrected as a 12-year-old boy but with all his memories intact. Since both Giles and Buffy seem to suffer from an inability to stay dead, I thought this would be a fun concept to play with.

Thank you to dragonyphoenix who was lovely enough to beta this piece for me and make Giles sound much more Giles-y.

Disclaimer: Not mine. They belong to the almighty Joss. I’m just playing in his sandpit. Sad, sad times.

EDIT: (Oct, 2016)
Shiny Thing: Winner at the wicked_awards (2016) in the Showtime (best original plot/AU) category.






Prologue

Once upon a time, so very long ago, the world held no shadows. A riot of colour and life, it spun gently on its axis in a galaxy of stars. And upon this world the sun never set and the night never came. There was no evil, no demons waiting in the dark. Instead there was only sunshine and light and love. Here the good were good, stalwart and true, safe in their happily ever afters. There was no fear, no pain.

In this world, no one ever died.

Life was a fairytale, more myth than anything, and it began like this:

Once upon a time, there was a man who lived again. And again. And again.

His name was Rupert and he was lonely.


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