Summer of Giles

I'm doing this series (so yes, there will be more) of moments when I felt like Giles had great chemistry with another character.  One of my favorite comes from Bad Girls, when Wesley first arrives, and Buffy and Giles are in perfect accord.  Just thinking about that scene makes me smile.

( so i give you 'please' )

The second actually comes from a moment that makes me tear up just a little - it's from the musical, when Tara and Giles are both acknowledging that they can't continue their relationships with two other people in the same form - because that's destructive for them both.  The staging of this scene is so beautiful it breaks my heart.  I always wondered what might happen if they were able to comfort each other, even just as friends.

( And so I give you... 'stay' )

Hope you like! 

and again, you are welcome to use these images in any capacity you like (even to make new artworks of them!).
All I ask is that you a) credit, and b) let me know what you do so I can see what you made :D

all inspired (and titled) via this drabble idea generator. I hope you like!

Giles/Spike: The nightwish I sent you centuries ago
He smoothes over the alabaster skin of Spike's back and the contrast between them sparks memory of a wish. His own hand pulses with a pink flush just under the skin, so different than the inhumanly luminous vampire who rests under it. His fractured recollections of a time when every spell that could be would be done tosses up a lyric, half-mad poem composed outside of Ethan's arms: twin longing for death and love in eternal form, clothed in white. Teeth. Bone. Silk. Blood. And yet in his wildest imaginings he never would have believed the spell would conjure this.

Giles/Tara: He had a mean ...
Tara heard, from everyone else, that Giles had a mean temper. He could be frighteningly sharp, painfully brisk, and wildly inattentive. That he could become fiercely defensive when pressed. That he could wound more with a few cutting words than any of the so-deadly weapons he trained Buffy with so well. And yet to her, all his fury and biting tongue and acerbic edges were only signs of the ocean of his concern. He was filled with such great love. She couldn't help seeing the daggers of his words as the outer sign of the profundity of his generous heart.

Giles/Oz: polychrome sprite
From red to green, blond to blue, like a flower blooming in a garden left untended, he was fascinated with Oz's hair. He knew the spikes were gelled within an inch of their lives, and yet found himself thinking of Puck; some vestige of forest clinging to the young man that could not be obscured by modern clothes, nor hidden by human form. Puck, after all, was dangerous in his prankish playing, the sting of his knowledge and power hidden behind charming words. Just as Oz clothed his danger in myriad colors: in rainbow hair, quiet voice, and green eyes.

Finally, I have Giles + the ladies (my favorite lady pairings, Buffy, Faith & Tara). Again, thanks for all of the lovely feedback - you guys are awesome - and happy SOG!!

Giles - That's all he said? Fork Guy?
Buffy - That's all Cryptic Guy said: Fork Guy.
( Giles - There are too many guys in your life )