Heat Drabbles

[cornerofmadness]

All of them are pg-13 except the last which is R. and we all know who the rights belong to (i.e. not me)

 

California Hate  - Giles S1
 
“Infernal heat,” Giles grumbling as he stepped into the air conditioned school. His glasses instantly fogged requiring a quick wipe. At least it wasn’t more humid in southern California or he’d never survive. Maybe he should give up a few layers of tweed but he’d be damned if he’d concede his fashion just because even the environment in Sunnydale seemed hostile. Why did the hellmouth have to open in California? Why couldn’t it be somewhere more hospitable?  Why not some place like Manchester, maybe not more hospitable but there who would even notice a hellmouth? Giles consigned himself to sweating.

 

Make Over – Buffy/Willow/Xander S1
 
“How does he wear so much clothing in this heat?” Willow watched Giles going into the school as she perched near the fountain.

”My Watcher needs a make over,” Buffy proclaimed. “Something that says ‘I’m living in California now.’”
 
“We could give him some of my Hawaiian shirts,” Xander offered, waving a hand over his attire. “And buy him some cargo shorts.”
 
“Then he’d look like you,” Willow said. “Bet he’s still stuffy-looking.”
 
“Can you imagine how white Giles’ legs have to be? Who wants to see them sticking out from shorts?” Buffy asked.
 
Everyone shuddered, making faces.

 

Things we do for love – Buffy/Angel S 2
 
Vampires technically were as warm the ambient temper but compared to the heat generated by a human that usually meant they felt cold. Angel had never been uncomfortable with that until now. He hated her feeling him like that.
 
Knowing Buffy was coming over to spend part of the day, Angel wrapped himself up tight in an electric blanket turned on high. It wasn’t bad, curled up sleeping that way and it was worth the effort for the look in Buffy’s eyes as she touched his face.
 
“You’re warm.”
 
“Just for you.”
 
Their kisses generated heat of their own.

 

 

Heat Wave – Gunn  pre- show
 
Heat rose off the asphalt in a stifling miserable wave. Gunn hated summer. The hotter it got, the more dangerous the people trapped in the cities became. It was a fact of life. It was harder to keep himself and Alonna safe when it was this hot. Tempers were short. Gangbangers were armed.
 
He had taken to the night to steal what he and his sister needed to survive. He couldn’t expose her to foster care again, not after the last time and what that family had done to them. Gunn found something even more dangerous in the night. Vampires.
 

 

Summer Swim – Connor/Holtz Quor-Toth
 
It was too hot to do anything, Steven decided. For once, his father seemed to agree. Holtz would always tell him about the devil and idle hands but today, even he was content to shelter in their cave overlooking the water. They knew nothing dangerous lived in the water and most intelligent things knew the Destroyer lived here and didn’t come around.
 
“Too hot.” Steven took off his clothes.
 
“What are you doing, son?” Holtz looked at him with slotted eyes.
 
“Cooling off.” Steven leapt from the cave into the water below. Swimming was cool and fun. He’d earned it.

 

Longing for heat – Connor in Quor-Toth
 
His fingers were numb from the cold. Steven longed for the heat of the summer again, as much as he hated it at the time. He stamped his feet, unable to feel his toes. He needed to hunt down some food for them. Father would be in the cave working over the black rocks that burned, like coal, whatever that was.

Father was making him a special weapon to kill Angel with. Steven found he didn’t care. He didn’t want a weapon. He didn’t want food. All he wanted was the heat his father was laboring over but he hunted on.

 

Steam – Connor/Faith  Post NFA
 
Connor ran a hand along Faith’s sweat-slicked side, grinning at her. She looked good on the rumpled sheets. “That was fun.”
 
Faith flicked a finger over his nipple. “Yeah but I gotta ask why did you invite me to your fraternity formal. Do I look like that kinda gal?”
 
“You went,” Connor replied. “I was hoping to walk in with a beautiful woman, have an expensive meal, dance and drink and come here and generate a little heat which hey, I got everything I wanted.”

Faith’s hand went between his legs. “Ready for round two?”
 
“Let’s steam up the place.”
 

 

as always X-posted to open_on_sunday

Comments

[keith5by5.livejournal.com]

Loved the make-over one, brilliant.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

thanks. I love the carefreeness of the core trio in the early years and the idea of Giles in shorts well....