New Beginnings Drabbles

[cornerofmadness]

Giles – S6 Unwanted Beginnings
 
It had been a long time since he had seen Bath, had forgotten how beautiful it was. He didn’t really want to be starting all over again, not like this. Oh, he knew it would happen some day. There were really only two options, he’d get killed in the field or she would. He would have preferred it was him. He had begun to think of Buffy as somehow invincible. He wasn’t ready for retirement with her cold in the ground. Being back home wasn’t the balm people might suspect. He missed his old life. He missed his children.
 

 

Angel S4 – Sacrifice
 
What more could he give his child? This new beginning, a life of normalcy with people who would love him, a real family, was the most precious thing Angel could imagine. And no one would ever know of his sacrifice. It would go unappreciated and if anyone knew the cost, he would be reviled. Angel couldn’t think about what he had just gotten his friends into for Connor’s sake. There really was no contest, his friends or his son. He would never regret the choice he made. He pressed against the window for a final look, barely able to turn away.

 

Connor – Post NFA  Over and Over
 
Starting over again was really getting old. Sometimes he still missed Quor-Toth. Hell, he even missed those rare good days at the Hyperion. A lot of being Connor Reilly got fuzzy when his real memories came back. Here he was beginning all over again, trying to get to know Angel. It was the least he could do after the big battle when it was so obviously clear that he did love his father. The vampire was waiting for him in the basement of his college apartment, needing a little nursing back to health. It was a good beginning for them both.

X-posted to open_on_sunday

Comments

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

*sniffle for the first two*

Connor, nursing your father back to health seems to be a constant preoccupation with you.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

I'm in the medical field, what do you want? I'll be doing Riza nursing Roy back before you know it and Winry nursing Ed

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

Ooo, hurt/comfort stories! With that particular Dana-esque twist. *grin*

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

yeah H/C with no sex involved....

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

And, you know, actual damage done.

*Snoopy dance*

'kay, now I'm scaring myself.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

snort. what's the point of h/c if you don't hurt someone bad

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

I'm just amused at the cheerful bloodthirstyness this inspires in my evil li'l heart.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

snort

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

What? It's true.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

and no less cheer than I get at the thought of writing it

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

Yup. And I like seeing characters stabbed or bleeding. How many times did I stab Trehvan? Poor thing. He probably looked like a pincushion.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

I was thinking about a resolution for this year for us. namely working on this stuff. Trevhan needs attention

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

Trehvan needs attention. Fen needs attention. Dylan needs attention (hey, look - they all have names that end in the letter "n").

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

indeed they do. I don't want to make a resolution since those always suck (ignoring my earlier post) but a pact. How's that sound

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

As long as it isn't in blood, I'm up for a pact.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

and it figures that in ALL that talking last night I forgot to bring this up

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

You were busy being too surprised that the boxes were all your stuff and only two tapes of it were mine.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

yeah there is that