FIC: Overprotective (PG) BtVS/Labyrinth
“You cannot protect me from everything!” Sarah screamed across the room and Dawn looked over in time to see Jareth puff up indignantly before her.
“I darling, am King of the Goblins,” he said haughtily. “I think you'll find I can.”
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer / The Labyrinth
Rating: PG
Pairing: Jareth/Sarah
Series/Collection: Potential Crossovers Collection
Genre: Crossover, Humour
Spoilers: All Buffy.
Warnings: None
Word Count: 956
Disclaimer: Shows/books/movies aren't mine.
Dawn leaned forward and laid her cards out on the dusty stair before her.
"Two pair," she said triumphantly.
A moment later her companion shattered that particular sentiment as he laid down his cards.
"Royal flush," Hoggle said happily and Dawn groaned as he leaned forward and scraped together the pile of rocks they were betting over.
"Dammit why are you so good at this?" Dawn complained and Hoggle grinned.
"Just lucky I guess."
Dawn snorted. Lucky her arse - she just knew the little goblin was cheating she just hadn't worked out how yet. He did this to her every time now - it was part of the reason they no longer played with jewellery and trinkets the way they used to.
"Another hand?" Hoggle asked slyly, shuffling the cards before her and Dawn poked her tongue out at him before stealing a look to the other side of the room where raised voices could be heard.
Jareth and Sarah were still at it - had been for a solid half hour now. Dawn honestly didn't know if she preferred it when they weren't dating. On the one hand the fighting had been way creepier with all the sexual tension flying around but on the other there'd been less causes for her and Dawn to make the trip down here in the first place. It seemed the longer they were together the more protective Jareth seemed to get.
"Go on then," she said, turning back to Hoggle. "They look like they're going to be a while yet."
Dawn sighed as Hoggle dealt, switching her sights to the group next to them. Sir Didymus, Ludo and a number of random goblins were crowded around a small crystal ball watching it's contents intently.
"How's he going?" she asked.
"The vampire has made it as far as the doors my lady," Didymus answered, still watching the orb.
"Cool," Dawn said, picking up the cards newly dealt before her. "Let me know if he ends up in the oubliette."
"Will do my lady..."
"But it's none of your business!" Sarah's voice suddenly rose again across the room and Dawn looked back over to see the girl at the 'all up in your face' part of the fight. Jareth as usual, looked thoroughly entertained and not at all intimidated at the spectacle.
"Ah but my love, everything about you is my business," he said happily.
The first time Dawn had seen the two of them fight she had wondered if the man hadn't had a death wish. He was after all mocking a newly called slayer. After her fourth or fifth however Dawn had come to realise that it was just the pattern the two of them fell to. Sarah was outspoken and stubborn and the King of the Goblins was sarcastic and mocking. In a way they were both as bad as each other - fuelling the fight between them.
"I am a slayer!" Sarah growled. "And as such I have certain responsibilities!"
Dawn watched as Jareth tisked across from her. Sarah had used the 'responsibilities' argument against him before.
"Come now Sarah-"
"No don't you dare come-now-Sarah me!" Sarah interrupted and Dawn sighed right along with Jareth as she turned back to her game of cards.
In a way she was lucky to have made friends of Hoggle and the others. They kept her entertained when watching Jareth and Sarah's fights became tedious. Usually they all sat around and watched the progress of the latest one of Sarah's opponents Jareth had sucked into the Labyrinth. The Remos demon last week had been particularly interesting as he'd tried to eat one of the Firies. She'd heard tell that they were still finding body parts.
This week though she'd opted for a game of cards. The foe running the Labyrinth at the moment was a run of the mill master vampire and so fairly uninteresting. He'd been sucked out of his battle with Sarah fairly early on too which meant he had no real embarrassing injuries to speak of. Sarah tended to fight dirty.
"Hit me," she said distractedly to Hoggle, trashing two of her cards.
She wondered if one day the Goblin King would give up on this little crusade of his. It seemed ever since Sarah had been called he'd been consistently watching over her shoulder for danger. This wouldn't have been such a bad thing except the glittery wonder felt the need to step in every time Sarah got a hang nail. The vampire in the maze constituted the fourteenth of her master opponents he'd kidnapped mid-throw down in an effort to keep harm from his now-girlfriend.
"You cannot protect me from everything!" Sarah screamed across the room and Dawn looked over in time to see Jareth puff up indignantly before her.
"I darling, am King of the Goblins," he said haughtily. "I think you'll find I can."
Dawn rolled her eyes. In many ways the situation was bloody hilarious. But in others she couldn't help but think Buffy had got her wish about Dawn becoming a watcher. She really couldn't have been put with a less dangerous assignment.
"Ah ha!" Didymus suddenly shouted, drawing everyone's attention. "The vampire is in the oubliette!"
Dawn sighed, getting to her feet and dusting her pants off as Sarah swore once more at Jareth across the room before joining her - palming a stake as she went.
"Ready?" Dawn asked her stormy slayer. Sarah nodded sharply.
"Lets go finish this bitch," she growled before shouting over her shoulder. "Don't you dare think I'm done with you yet either!"
Dawn watched as Jareth smirked happily behind them.
"Wouldn't dream of it precious."
Sometimes Dawn really could see what irritated Sarah so much.
This story is part of the Potential Crossovers Collection.
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