Spike/Giles Slashiness
We were watching the episode "The I in Team" this morning, and there's a marvelously slashy bit of Spike/Giles subtext, when Giles goes to thank/pay Spike for helping him during his temporary transformation into a Fyarl demon in "A New Man."
Spike: Hey! Wipe your feet when you enter a person's home.
Giles: (closing the door) Oh, yes. Careless of me. Tracking mud all
over your, uh . . . mud.
Spike is walking towards him.
Spike: (looking around) I admit, it's a bit of a fixer-upper. Needs a
woman's touch. (looks at Giles) Care to have a crack at it?
Giles: While I'd loved to go on trading jabs with you, Spike, perhaps
I'll come to the point. As much as it pains me to say it, um, I owe
you a debt of gratitude for the help you provided me in my recent
. . . metamorphosis.
Spike: (rubbing a crick out of his neck) Stuff the gratitude. You owe
me more than that, mate.
Giles pulls out a small bundle of dollar bills and offers it to him.
Giles: Three-hundred. Count it if you'd (Spike snatches it out of his
hand). . . like.
Spike: I'll do that.
While Spike starts counting the money, Giles looks the place over.
Giles: Um, thinking about your affliction and, uh, your newfound
discovery that you can fight only demons; it occurs to me that
(chuckling) I realize this is completely against your nature but
I-I-I-- Has it occurred to you that there may be a higher purpose--
Spike: Ugh! You made me lose count. (faces him) What are you still
doing here?
Giles: Talking to myself, apparently.
Spike: Well piss off, then. (indicates the money in his hands) This
bit of business wraps up any I got with you and your Slayerettes.
From here on I want nothing to do with the lot of you.
Giles: Your choosing to remain in Sunnydale might make that a little
difficult.
Spike: Well you and yours will just have to show a little restraint is
all. Get out.
Giles doesn't say anything and heads for the door.
Spike: (following) And I don't want you crawling back here knocking on
my door pleading for help the second Teen Witch's magic goes all wonky
or little Xander cuts a new tooth. We're through. You got it?
Giles opens the door and Spike flinches away from the brightness. He
looks over his shoulder at the vampire and his eye twitches. His
feelings might be a little hurt.
Spike: (callously) Honeymoon is over.
Giles leaves without a word.
Yes, from Giles' facial expression, we see that his feelings are *definitely* a little hurt, if not more so, and not b/c he was hoping Spike would join the Scooby Gang. Of course that's all a matter of interpretation . . . :-)
Spike: Hey! Wipe your feet when you enter a person's home.
Giles: (closing the door) Oh, yes. Careless of me. Tracking mud all
over your, uh . . . mud.
Spike is walking towards him.
Spike: (looking around) I admit, it's a bit of a fixer-upper. Needs a
woman's touch. (looks at Giles) Care to have a crack at it?
Giles: While I'd loved to go on trading jabs with you, Spike, perhaps
I'll come to the point. As much as it pains me to say it, um, I owe
you a debt of gratitude for the help you provided me in my recent
. . . metamorphosis.
Spike: (rubbing a crick out of his neck) Stuff the gratitude. You owe
me more than that, mate.
Giles pulls out a small bundle of dollar bills and offers it to him.
Giles: Three-hundred. Count it if you'd (Spike snatches it out of his
hand). . . like.
Spike: I'll do that.
While Spike starts counting the money, Giles looks the place over.
Giles: Um, thinking about your affliction and, uh, your newfound
discovery that you can fight only demons; it occurs to me that
(chuckling) I realize this is completely against your nature but
I-I-I-- Has it occurred to you that there may be a higher purpose--
Spike: Ugh! You made me lose count. (faces him) What are you still
doing here?
Giles: Talking to myself, apparently.
Spike: Well piss off, then. (indicates the money in his hands) This
bit of business wraps up any I got with you and your Slayerettes.
From here on I want nothing to do with the lot of you.
Giles: Your choosing to remain in Sunnydale might make that a little
difficult.
Spike: Well you and yours will just have to show a little restraint is
all. Get out.
Giles doesn't say anything and heads for the door.
Spike: (following) And I don't want you crawling back here knocking on
my door pleading for help the second Teen Witch's magic goes all wonky
or little Xander cuts a new tooth. We're through. You got it?
Giles opens the door and Spike flinches away from the brightness. He
looks over his shoulder at the vampire and his eye twitches. His
feelings might be a little hurt.
Spike: (callously) Honeymoon is over.
Giles leaves without a word.
Yes, from Giles' facial expression, we see that his feelings are *definitely* a little hurt, if not more so, and not b/c he was hoping Spike would join the Scooby Gang. Of course that's all a matter of interpretation . . . :-)