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[apocalypsos]

jenboo has the Giles/Joe 'ship story covered, but dude, this had to be written so badly. Hers is going to be the long, more serious version, this is the short, silly version.


The Short Version

Ah. So this is what he'd forgotten to experience today. Abject boredom.

Rupert Giles put aside his copy of "The Personal Grooming Habits of Fyarl Demons" with a sigh, barely containing a yawn as Buffy flung her opponent bodily against the nearest crypt. They'd been at it for nearly an hour now, and frankly, Giles was sorely tempted to pack up his things and head back to his flat for a lie-in and some quality scotch. Telling Buffy that the "creature" she was fighting was in fact Immortal and therefore wasn't about to be killed and stay that way had, in fact, gone right over her head.

Which meant, of course, that his telling the girl that she had to decapitate the fellow if she really wanted him dead had been filed in her brain under, "Important Things Giles Told Me That Would Probably Be Useful In This Fight If I Didn't Know Exactly What I Was Doing Without His Help." Truth be told, it was a rather extensive file that, in the mind of any other Slayer, would not quite be so overstuffed as to be held together by the mental equivalent of a giant rubber band and some duct tape.

A rustling off to his right made Giles glance sideways as a bearded man walked awkwardly through the grass on prosthetic legs towards the gravestone Giles had chosen to rest on for now. He gave Giles an apologetic smile as he approached, looking over at the fight tiredly. The sleeve of his overcoat rode up slightly, and Giles instantly spotted the tattoo of the particular division of the Watchers that studied these Immortals, forcing himself not to look quite so disappointed. He'd always been rather jealous of the Immortal Watchers. They had such a nice tattoo to identify themselves with. On the other hand, to Watch a Slayer required a stake tattooed in a rather uncomfortable place, and explaining it to women had gotten entirely too tiresome a long time ago.

"Hey," the other man said, sitting down next to Giles on the gravestone.

Giles nodded politely. "Evening."

The bearded Watcher let his gaze dart quickly to the lightweight blonde currently beating the crap out of her foe. "Yours?"

"Unfortunately," Giles said with a pained frown. He glanced at the dark-haired Immortal. "Yours?"

"Same." Another punch, and Buffy said something rather rude and out of line that distracted the Immortal just enough for her to sweep him off his feet, and literally at that. The bearded man's own frown deepened as the two continued to battle it out. "They're not going to stop anytime soon, are they?"

Shaking his head, Giles nodded towards Buffy and said, "Broke up quite tragically with her current boyfriend this morning."

"Ah." The bearded man tipped his cane in the Immortal's direction. "Tried to take his student's head for the third time this week."

Giles frowned. "Hmm."

The two of them whipped their heads around as the Immortal deflected one of the Slayer's high kicks only to be punched fifty feet backwards into an open grave. Buffy stalked past the pair, paying them no mind as she muttered snarky non-sequiters under her breath and pumped her fists at her sides just itching for more fight.

The Watchers took in the full view of her retreating backside and the thumping sounds that echoed through the darkness a minute later, then sighed heavily in unison.

"So," the bearded man said.

"So," Giles said.

A long, edgy silence followed. Then --

"Want to come back to my place?"

Giles beamed. "I thought you'd never ask."

Comments

but but but . . .

[tree220.livejournal.com]

she has to take his head!!!!! please let her take his head!!!!! it's a moral imperative!!!!!

Re: but but but . . .

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

*sigh*

Extra ending line to make Tree happy ... "And the pair left, completely missing the quickening and the bitchfest about getting blood out of a silk tank top that followed. The end!"

Re: but but but . . .

[tree220.livejournal.com]

thank you

Re: but but but . . .

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

You're welcome. :)

Re: but but but . . .

[tree220.livejournal.com]

it takes so little to make me happy

Re: but but but . . .

[1st-folio.livejournal.com]

C chuckles, thinking "what are friends for?"

Love it TP!

C, FINALLY getting to her friends' folders today!

[marag.livejournal.com]

::snickers madly:: The third paragraph is possibly the funniest thing I've ever read. I'd never considered this pairing, but now I love it :)