What's the best way to cheer yourself up? Crack fic.
Title I Call Them Gwachnar
Author sl_podcast
Rating PG-13 for the slight ick factor
Word Count: 505
Prompt: 054: Crack Pairing
Characters/Pairing (if any) Gwendolyn Post/Gacknar the Fear Demon
She couldn't tell you what made her fall for something so - well, tiny. Maybe it was the evil she felt when she was around him. But this story is getting ahead of itself.
Gwendoyln Post met him first while still at the Watcher Academy. Stuffy name for a large building with equally stuffy old men. She hadn't wanted to become a watcher. Her secret ambition was to go into politics, become PM some day, but her father was a watcher and she was born to continue in his footsteps. That's where her resentment had started. After all, all good stories start with dysfunctional families - why not hers?
Part of your studies while you're a watcher is the study of demons. Unfortunately (or fortunately depending on your thoughts on the things that go bump in the night) England is not teaming with evil creatures. Creatures, yes. But not very many evil ones. There are fairies, trolls, goblins and some changlings that roam the forests looking for children not tucked away safely at night, but England is not near a hellmouth and so the evil creatures usually go elsewhere.
Of course, the important word in that statement is the one called "usually."
On this particular night Gwen saw, for the first time, a real life demon. And she fell in love.
It had been a late study night. Exams were keeping most of the students of the Watcher Academy busy so Gwen had stayed behind with her only friend Arwenz to try and catch up.
It had seemed like a good idea at the time. But then the walls began bleeding and weird moans seemed to be emanating from them. Arwenz, in typical watcher fashion, hid.
Gwen, on the other hand, was curious and went to investigate. After a couple very strange run ins with some of her worst nightmares (chief among them being the "naked in front of her classmates" dream and dying without any money.. and Doctor Phil, whom she hadn't met yet, but was - nonetheless - afraid of) she found herself staring down at Gachnar, the fear demon.
"Everyone fears you." Gachnar spit out.
It was the most beautiful thing Gwen had ever heard and she quickly scooped up the little guy.
Tears pricking at her eyes she said softly, "you are amazing."
Gachnar, who normally didn't like being scooped up, found himself enchanted by the resentment and UNfear he felt coming from this strong woman and he smiled. "So are you."
Then there was noises coming from the front of the building. It seemed Arwenz had gotten a semi-spine and called the members of the Watcher's council. They were storming the place (again in typical watcher fashion) and Gwen had to think quickly.
"Shhh." She said, "I need to keep you safe." And she placed the little fear demon in her pocket, close to her heart.
Now, the story goes that Gachnar and Gwen were inseparable after that incident. But that, my friends, is for another time.
Author sl_podcast
Rating PG-13 for the slight ick factor
Word Count: 505
Prompt: 054: Crack Pairing
Characters/Pairing (if any) Gwendolyn Post/Gacknar the Fear Demon
She couldn't tell you what made her fall for something so - well, tiny. Maybe it was the evil she felt when she was around him. But this story is getting ahead of itself.
Gwendoyln Post met him first while still at the Watcher Academy. Stuffy name for a large building with equally stuffy old men. She hadn't wanted to become a watcher. Her secret ambition was to go into politics, become PM some day, but her father was a watcher and she was born to continue in his footsteps. That's where her resentment had started. After all, all good stories start with dysfunctional families - why not hers?
Part of your studies while you're a watcher is the study of demons. Unfortunately (or fortunately depending on your thoughts on the things that go bump in the night) England is not teaming with evil creatures. Creatures, yes. But not very many evil ones. There are fairies, trolls, goblins and some changlings that roam the forests looking for children not tucked away safely at night, but England is not near a hellmouth and so the evil creatures usually go elsewhere.
Of course, the important word in that statement is the one called "usually."
On this particular night Gwen saw, for the first time, a real life demon. And she fell in love.
It had been a late study night. Exams were keeping most of the students of the Watcher Academy busy so Gwen had stayed behind with her only friend Arwenz to try and catch up.
It had seemed like a good idea at the time. But then the walls began bleeding and weird moans seemed to be emanating from them. Arwenz, in typical watcher fashion, hid.
Gwen, on the other hand, was curious and went to investigate. After a couple very strange run ins with some of her worst nightmares (chief among them being the "naked in front of her classmates" dream and dying without any money.. and Doctor Phil, whom she hadn't met yet, but was - nonetheless - afraid of) she found herself staring down at Gachnar, the fear demon.
"Everyone fears you." Gachnar spit out.
It was the most beautiful thing Gwen had ever heard and she quickly scooped up the little guy.
Tears pricking at her eyes she said softly, "you are amazing."
Gachnar, who normally didn't like being scooped up, found himself enchanted by the resentment and UNfear he felt coming from this strong woman and he smiled. "So are you."
Then there was noises coming from the front of the building. It seemed Arwenz had gotten a semi-spine and called the members of the Watcher's council. They were storming the place (again in typical watcher fashion) and Gwen had to think quickly.
"Shhh." She said, "I need to keep you safe." And she placed the little fear demon in her pocket, close to her heart.
Now, the story goes that Gachnar and Gwen were inseparable after that incident. But that, my friends, is for another time.