Summer of Giles

Title: Hers
         Chapter 1: Rupert (or After Which)
         Chapter 2: The Pact
         Chapter 3: Edmund
         Chapter 4: No Angel Part 1
Author: quaggy 
Rating: PG/FRT - rating bump as we start getting into more of the plot
Setting: Season 1 (post-ep for 1.06 "The Pack")
Word Count: 3900
Summary: Many years ago, Rupert Giles made a reckless decision. Now, as Buffy Summer's new Watcher, he must face the consequences of that. But not alone. As far as Buffy's concerned, he's hers.

Notes: Slight change of plans. It turns out this chapter was ready and the fic I planned to post today was not. So I swapped them. 

This chapter makes direct references to the previous chapters. Go here if you'd like to start from the beginning. I posted a teaser for this chapter two years ago, so the opening might seem familiar.

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Pausing just outside the library doors, Giles sighed and prepared to meet his doom. He had been able to put Buffy off the night before, mostly out of sheer stubbornness, but he knew she would be demanding answers during their training session later today....


Read the rest on AO3



Chapter 5: Diedre will be posted Summer of Giles 2023

Title: Hers
Chapter 1: After Which
Chapter 2: The Pact
Preview for Chapter 3: No Angel
Author: quaggy
Rating: G/FRC
Setting: Season 1
Word Count: 1453
Summary: Many years ago, Rupert Giles made a reckless decision. Now, as Buffy Summer's new Watcher, he must face the consequences of that. But not alone. As far as Buffy's concerned, he's hers.

Notes: First, I would like to offer a very big thank you to il_mio_capitano for another wonderful year of SoG, which proves there are some things that even 2020 doesn't have the power to ruin. I've really enjoyed everyone's contributions, especially those everyone save until today. For my own contribution to the Free For All, I would actually like to over a bit of a teaser for Chapter 3 of Hers out of gratitude for all the love and support I've received.

Title: Hers
         Chapter 1: After Which
         Chapter 2: The Pact
Author: quaggy 
Rating: G/FRC
Setting: Season 1 (post-ep for 1.06 "The Pack")
Word Count: 4100
Beta: a very big thank you dhw and littleotter73 both for looking this over and for all the encouragement 
Summary: Many years ago, Rupert Giles made a reckless decision. Now, as Buffy Summer's new Watcher, he must face the consequences of that. But not alone. As far as Buffy's concerned, he's hers.

Notes: Now the plot really begins. Yes, the changes I've made to the Watcher Lore have plot related reasons, which will be explored in upcoming chapters. You can also find this over at AO3. I'm always grateful for comments at either place.


( It all started with a trip to the zoo... ) 


Chapter 3: No Angel will be posted during Summer of Giles 2021

Title: All in the Timing
Author: quaggy
Rating: G/FRC
Setting: post-ep for 3.20 "The Prom"
Pairing(s): past Buffy/Angel and only-if-you-squint B/G
Word Count: 260
Beta: Thank you to littleotter73 for the quick glance over!
Summary: Sometimes the perfect moment is all in the timing
Notes: You can also find this ficlet here over on AO3. I'm always grateful for comments at either place.


( Sometimes the perfect moment is all in the timing... )

Title: The Visitor
Author: quaggy 
Rating: PG-13/FRT
Setting: Post-ep for 5.22 "The Gift"
Characters: Giles & Quentin Travers
Pairing(s): At this point just assume anything I write is going to have a shred of B/G lurking somewhere.
Word Count: 3200
Warnings: Mentions of suicide and worries about suicidal impulses
Beta: My deepest thanks goes to dhw for the encouragement and meticulous read-through. This fic is so much better thanks to you.
Summary: Rupert Giles has a visitor who keeps him company during the emotionally precarious night after his Slayer has died.
Notes: You can also find this fic here over on AO3. I'm always grateful for comments at either place.



( So long ago, I can't remember when... )

Title: Retirement Plans
Author: quaggy 
Rating: G/FRC
Setting: a few years post-Chosen
Characters: Giles & Buffy
Pairing(s): Can be read with B/G shippy goggles, but there's nothing overt
Word Count: about 660
Summary: Giles and Buffy talk about his travel plans after he retires.
Warnings: None
Notes: A big thank you to dhw for checking this over and helping Giles sound more like Giles. (A very important thing in a all dialog fic!) As usual, I cross-posted over here on AO3. I'm happy to receive feedback in either place.

( We cut to the new Council offices in London... )

Title: Biblio
Author: quaggy 
Rating: G/FRC
Setting: early Season 1
Characters: Giles & Buffy
Pairing(s): None. This is totally Gen
Word Count: about 400
Summary: One of Giles's books goes missing for a surprising reason.
Warnings: Nope
Notes: I apologize for not being able to be around this year. This is has been an absolutely crazy summer. Just when I think I might have some downtime, I don't. So, I'm posting my little ficlet now, before anything else happens! This was based on a prompt that DHW gave me a while back but never had time to quite finish until now. If you prefer, you can also find it on my DW and over here on AO3. I'm happy to receive feedback in any of these places.

( At the Sunnydale High School library )

Title: People Watching
Series: Est Omne Iustus Academici
Author: quaggy 
Rating: G/FRC
Setting: Post-Chosen, shortly before the season 5 Angel episode "The Girl in Question", but you don't have to watch that episode to know what's going on.
Pairing(s): Giles/Buffy
Word Count: a little over 2000
Summary: The observations made in an airport about a woman named Buffy.
Warnings: Nope
Notes: This is the start of series that I plan (eventually) to tell out of chronological sequence. It's a little light on the Giles, but I'll be posting something later to make up for it.

If you prefer, you can also find it on my DW and over here on AO3. I'm happy to receive feedback in any of these places.


( Late April 2004 in an Italian airpot )

Title: Righteous Anger
Characters: Giles & Buffy
Rating: G/FRC
Word count: 200
Last line / first line: "I wasn't talking to you."
Notes: This was the first drabble idea I had and the last one I finished. It's a double drabble which is kind of cheating, but since I'm posting this under the wire anyway, it's not like anyone can play off of my last line. I'd like to offer a gigantic thank you to littleotter73  for all her help today when I went on my drabble writing jag. Without her as my beta, I would never have had such quick turn around. Thank you so much, dear! This one is for you!


"I wasn't talking to you. Ever."

“Buffy, please…”

But she had already stormed off. Giles closed his eyes in pain. Buffy’s animosity too closely mirrored those last terrible days in Sunnydale. But things had changed dramatically since then and Giles had too much to lose now. So, he followed her.

Her office door was unlocked, which he took as a good sign. She was facing the window and she did not turn around as he approached.

“You can’t tell me that you want to spend the rest of your life with me and then try get yourself killed in the next breath,” she told him, her rage barely contained.

“I wasn’t trying to—“

“No!” she cried, spinning around to confront him. “You took on a Grosserhässlicher demon by yourself! What the hell were you thinking?”

“I was thinking you were trapped on the other side of the door he was guarding!”

“I wasn’t!”

“I know that! Now! Buffy, I promise you, I wasn’t taking any needless risks. There’s no power on this earth that could drag me away from you.”

“You really thought I was still imprisoned?”

“Yes.”

“That Big Ugly demon didn’t stand a chance, did he?”

“No.”

Title: Late Night Run
Characters: Xander, Giles & Buffy (or at least her voice)
Rating: G/FRC
Word count: 100
Last line / first line: "There were some things he just really didn’t want to know."
Notes: Apparently my brain won't let me go too long without traveling to shippy places.


There were some things he just really didn’t want to know. Like why Giles was sneaking out of Buffy’s room in the wee hours of the morning. But never let it be said that he’d pass up such an opportunity for embarrassment.

“And what do you think you’re doing?”

“Oh! Xander! Umm…”

“Because it looks like you’re sneaking out of Buffy’s like some Lothario.”

“I was not!”

“He’s coming back. He’s going to get more condoms,” Buffy’s voice called out. Xander looked at Giles, horrified.

“We ran out,” Giles shrugged.

Right. So, the only one he’d be embarrassing was himself.