alt. AtS 1x03 In The DarkCordelia watched her oldest friend turn away with a huff and stalk down the street, away from the Hyperion. She closed the door and leaned against it. "Well, that was one more sucky thing to deal with in a really sucky day ( Read more... )

Sense Memory
"A New Man"The satisfaction of watching Ethan get thrown into a car and driven off to God knows where carries Giles through the clean-up of his apartment after the demon's… his rampage. Up until he sits down with a bottle of single malt ( Read more... )

For the first time in weeks, Ethan woke up with the purpose of doing more than nursing his pride in fast food and alcohol. Needling the woman who’d dragged him to safety against his will sounded like a nice step up in the healing process. “So, how does a goody-good like you end up under D’Hoffryn’s claws ( Read more... )

Title: Two to Go ( Read more... )

At any other time, this encounter would have been fraught in bitterness and accusations. Instead, a weary sorcerer sank into an old colleague’s couch. “Never expected you’d need my help ( Read more... )

Title: The Road to Hell

Author: littleotter73

Characters: Giles, Ethan

Prompt: Fall

Word Count: 100

Disclaimer: For fun, not profit. Joss & Co own BtVS, etc.

Looking about the squalid room of strung out junkies lying on the floor, unconscious after yet another night of debauched conjuring, he tried to make sense of what happened. Broken images flashed ( Read more... )

Yes, I do still exist.

Setting: Between 'Strange Humour' and 'The Magick of Filght'

Tittle: A Headache

Head throbbing, all Ripper could hear was a constant, ear-splitting wail. Glaring ineffectually at the rest of the circle who were standing around the edges of the barrier, he closed his eyes, pinching the bridge of his nose.

“‘It’ll be easy money’ he ( Read more... )

Author:  Gilescandy
Title:  Domesticity
Rating:  G
Characters:  Diedre, Ethan, Ripper
Prompt:  Up and Over
A/N:  I may have been channeling Miss Brahms from Are You Being Served? for this one.

Domesticity

Diedre stomped into the tiny, dingy bedroom.  She threw open the curtains, letting the bright afternoon sunshine in.  Grumbling, she crossed to one ( Read more... )

Title: Sacrifice
Author: littleotter73
Prompt: In & Out
Character: Ethan Rayne
Setting: BtVS season 2 The Dark Age

He manipulates the needle dancing in and out of her skin, reminding him of that debauched time long ago tattooing Ripper. The others just wanted to belong - somewhere, anywhere. So the six of them belonged to the pentagram, the five plus the guardian ( Read more... )

Prompt: High

Ethan was always at his best coming down from a high. It was the only time he was complacent and open. Willing to say the most beautifully simple things Rupert had ever heard like “It was a pretty nice song” or “You’re quite gorgeous in the morning”. The always groundbreaking, “I love you, Rupert.”

Ethan made it all sound like the ( Read more... )