Life on a Hellmouth - Epilogue

Xander proposed to Anya three days after Braden was born. She accepted readily and immediately began making plans for their wedding. Three weeks before the wedding, Xander sat Anya down and tried his best to explain that though he loved her, he wasn’t quite ready for marriage. He wanted to postpone it for ( Read more... )

Life on a Hellmouth - Chapter Ninety

“What are you doing?”

Giles looked up at the soft voice and smiled. Slayer healing kicked in quickly, even through childbirth, and less than three days after Braden’s birth, she was back to normal. And now three weeks later, here she stood in the doorway of the library, their son held in her arms.
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Life on a Hellmouth - Chapter Eighty-Nine

Five people rushed into the room, after obtaining the correct room number from the nurse’s station, and skidded to a stop to find Buffy sitting on the hospital bed. Giles had placed himself in the chair next to the bed and held her hand loosely in his. Buffy looked up at the visitors and smiled.
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Life on a Hellmouth - Chapter Eighty-Eight

Oz successfully made it through all three nights without morphing into the wolf. In celebration, Willow decided to throw him a ‘congratulations on suppressing the wolf’ party. Oz smirked as Buffy and Giles walked into the living room of Willow’s house.

“Well, this is rather…festive.” Giles ( Read more... )

Life on a Hellmouth - Chapter Eighty-Seven

The following few days had been an anxious time for Oz. He had prepared himself as much as he possibly could for the impending full moon. On the night before the full moon, he closed the cage door and locked it.

He met Giles’ eyes and sighed heavily. “Almost time to see if this is going to ( Read more... )

Life on a Hellmouth - Chapter Eighty-Six

Giles and Buffy carefully made their way to the four people standing behind Oz’s van. Oz turned and smiled at the two as the approached.

“Hey. Sorry to call so early…or…late.”

Giles returned the young man’s smile. “Quite alright. Demons tend to not worry about the time.” He leaned ( Read more... )

Life on a Hellmouth - Chapter Eighty-Five

Two weeks later…

Giles woke up and glanced at the clock when he realized that Buffy wasn’t in bed. He rubbed his eyes and looked again, sighing when he determined that his eyes weren’t playing tricks on him and that it really was two-thirteen in the morning.

He slid out of bed and slipped ( Read more... )

Life on a Hellmouth - Chapter Eighty-Four

Three days later, Buffy and Willow returned to the Giles’ residence from a day of window shopping and coffee drinking. They had left Giles and Oz at home, papers and books strewn around them haphazardly as they continued to research the possibility of lycanthropy suppression.

“Do you think ( Read more... )

Life on a Hellmouth - Chapter Eighty-Three

The next morning Buffy sighed as she woke slowly. Reaching out to cuddle with her husband, her eyes opened to find only cool sheets under her touch.

“Well, that’s a disappointment.” She muttered softly.

She climbed out of bed and glanced down at her stomach as she padded into the ( Read more... )

Life on a Hellmouth - Chapter Eighty-Two

Giles smiled as Buffy slid into the bed beside of him. “And you were worried about me coming to bed?”

Buffy chuckled and snuggled against him, draping her arm over his stomach. “Sorry. Our son is making things difficult sometimes.”

He wrapped his arm around her, his fingers tracing ( Read more... )