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[cornerofmadness]

Okay I could be here all day doing these. Too inspirational. Great challenge. All of them are PG-13 and  of course Mr. Whedon owns all rights.

Joyce - S1  - Mother's Worry

The more things change the more they stay the same. Joyce understood that all too well now. She thought taking her daughter out of the city, away from the gangs and bad influences would help. It’s like Buffy didn’t understand all the sacrifices she had made.

A new home she could barely afford, a risky job working with art, in a town where she had no friends but these changes didn’t impact Buffy. She still came home with blood on her clothes and missed class. Joyce was at a loss. What good was it if she couldn’t save her baby?

Angel S 1  - Alterations

Things would never be the same again .The change started when Whistler had shoved his stinking body into a car and forced him to see a sunny young girl as something big darkened her light. Buffy had gotten under his skin somehow without him even talking to her.

Angel had never believed in soul mates, still didn’t, but something about Buffy made him clean himself up. He was falling in love. What he had just done, was proof of that. He killed Darla, the woman he had spent a century with. No going back now. If only he knew what it all meant.

Giles Post Chosen - Paternal Feelings

It was over. Sunnydale was gone. Giles looked at all the changes that lay ahead of them. He was the one in charge now, rebuilding the Council in a new and hopefully better way. He delegated his ‘children’ all over the world to find the newborn Slayers. How he missed them, Xander’s ridiculous sense of humor, Dawn’s typical teen brattiness, Willow’s insights and most importantly the daughter of his heart. He felt lost without Buffy. But he knew in the end, everything would come full circle. He’d see them again. It was an exciting future and he couldn’t wait.

Buffy Post Chosen - Time to Take a Stand

She knew she needed to make a change. On the computer screen were pictures Willow had uploaded to a site, the only thing Buffy had left now of her mom and her former life. The girl in the pictures looked so happy.

Buffy stared at the mirror. How had she gotten this gaunt? She looked old and starved. There was no light in her eyes. What was she doing with the Immortal? He was no replacement for Angel or Spike. There was no future for her in Rome. She was repeating the mistakes of the past. Buffy started packing a bag.

Gunn S 1 - Lost

Gunn tossed the basketball towards the hoop, sweating pouring down his chest. When had he last played a pick up game with his boys? It felt like forever. Maybe it was a by-product of him fighting the demons at night, trying to hold his family together. Maybe he had lost an innocence that made basketball seem irrelevant.

He never expected things could change so much that he’d be helping a vampire. But the one change he couldn’t imagine making was the one he couldn’t escape; living without Alonna. Gunn tried to clear the tears from his eyes and lost himself in the game.

Angel/Connor - S 3

Angel’s eyes watered. How could something so little and sweet make a stench this big? He whipped the diaper into the garbage, gagging. Who knew how big of a change a baby could make? No sleep, all the feedings, all the noise.

"Having trouble, Angel-cakes?" Lorne leaned on the door frame.

"No, Connor and I are just fine, aren’t we?" Angel leaned over his son, ready to powder him.
Connor cooed and turned into a living sprinkler right in Angel’s face. Urine dripped down his chin and onto his shirt. Lorne burst out laughing.

"Tell and die!" Angel threatened. Time to change his shirt...again.

Connor S 4  - Misplaced

It was too much to take in, too many changes to make. This world was too different, too frightening. It confused Gunn and Fred how he could find this place scary or why hell felt like home.. But here he was alone. Father was gone. Angel was gone, thanks to him. Now he was haunted by the memories of Holtz, of the pleas of Angel as he welded him into place. Steven had no doubts he had done the right thing but Steven was gone. He was Connor now and Connor was filled with doubt. He huddled under the covers, afraid.

 

Angel S 4 - Daddy's Little Monster

He had to change all his dreams. The young man he let walk out of his life wasn’t his son. He would never be Daddy’s little boy. He’d never see him take his first steps, fall in love for the first time, go to the prom, go to college. All the things he treasured ended when he was welded into that coffin. The one thing that didn’t change was his love for his son. Now he had to find new ways to reach Connor. Angel feared he wasn’t up to the task. What would happen to his son if he wasn’t?

Connor Post NFA - Who Am I?

His head ached as he slogged back to his apartment the trip to the butcher’s shop done. How many skins did he need to shed? Steven, the one he had been most comfortable with was lost the moment he came here. Just Connor had died in a rush of blood from a slit throat. He touched his Adam’s Apple with a little shiver at the memory. Connor Reilly died with the shattering of a magical window.

Who was he now? A worried son with two sets of memories carrying blood back to his badly injured father. For now that would do.

As always x-posted to open_on_sunday

Comments

[bashipforever.livejournal.com]

Ooo Dana these were all great. Usually I have a favorite, but these were all too good. I couldn't pick one. Great job with the prompt.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

thanks. I'm glad you liked them. Xander, Willow and Cordy were whispering some too but I had to put my fingers inmy ears or I'd never leave this computer.

[makd.livejournal.com]

Especially fond of the last two. Deep Down is one of my favorite AtS episodes. and Connor Post-NFA? That's the spin-off....

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

Thanks. It's one of my favorites as well and as for the spin-off...they'd have me and Masq on their doorstep, script suggestions in hand.

[lejlkwiet.livejournal.com]

Wow, as usual these all were great! Especially Daddy's Little Monster, I need to watch those episodes involving Connor reaaally badly.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

Thanks I'm glad you liked them. Hope you finally get to see those episodes some day

[lejlkwiet.livejournal.com]

Yep, me too!

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

Today I choose Gunn and Buffy for my favorites, though Connor wondering who he is is a great one, too.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

thanks I'm glad you liked them. The Gunn one hasn't gotten much attention but the Buffy one is becoming the fast favorite.