FIC: Breathing 3/3

[antennapedia]

Title: Breathing 3/3
Pairing: Giles/Buffy
Rating: FRM
Warnings: A few four-letter words, some non-graphic sex, an unusual fate for a core character.
Disclaimer: I claim no ownership and am making no money.

Continued from part 1 and part 2

Comments

[xdawnfirex]

“Unimaginative louts. You need an entirely better class of lover.”

Absolutely my favorite line of this story. Entirely. This is a fabulous story, really excellent, and you should be proud of it.

[antennapedia]

You're up, you know! Next prompt is yours. :)

[xdawnfirex]

Ooh! Really? Sweet.

All right.

Here's what I want.

I want lighthearted, and I want B/G smut. I want T&P'verse, a vignette or something, doesn't have to be like The Actual Part 2 Of T&P (though that would be nice too lol).

Your prompt word is "urbane". ^_^

*thinks* Can't think of any other details, so I'll leave the rest up to you.

[antennapedia]

Lighthearted B/G smut in the T&P verse, prompt word "urbane". Okay. I can work with that. That brings something or other to mind...

[secondalto]

You know how much I love this already. But the ending is much better and smoother and full of yay and awww.

[antennapedia]

Ends are so hard! Though in this case the middles were hard too :) Thanks for your reading of this one!

[wide_rider]

Wow! That's really all I can come up with at the moment, you left me speechless. There are so many things I love about this story, it really was worth the wait. Just wonderful!!

[antennapedia]

Yay, thank you!

[sweetdoggie]

Awesome story! Poor Giles to get beat up again! I was so happy to see him and Buffy get together. They belong. I like how you handled being in a foreign country, very nicely done. And I thought it was quite clever that Buffy's Slayer powers are growing. Thanks for sharing this story.

[antennapedia]

I knew you would like this one :)

[sweetdoggie]

Well, I'm B/G all the way. Nobody else works for me, especially not Xander who I personally think needs his butt kicked all the way across the country for the way he treated Anya.

[antennapedia]

B/G is my One True Pairing as well, though really I'll read Giles with anybody. I adore Giles in a way I have adored very few fictional characters.

[fannishnej]

This was a great story, and a very intruging AU. If you ever get bit by another bunny, I'd love to see a continuation.

[antennapedia]

The story of how they cleaned up London, perhaps, and just why it was so vamp-ridden to begin with?

Thanks for reading! Glad you enjoyed it!

[beatrice_otter]

That would be good. I'd also love to hear about Willow--what does she do now? Go back to college, and relearn what she forgot? Stay with the coven and learn magic properly so this can never happen again? Is she still gay, or was that the Romany in her? Does she meet up with Oz, again? How is Xander affected by all of this? This is a major change, and I'd like to hear how it affects things.

The balance was still affected by Buffy's resurrection; does that mean the First still gets huge next year? If so, what happens? If Willow's powers are lessened, can they still wake the Slayers?

[antennapedia]

So many questions! Yeah. This one leaves a lot of openings for continuation.

I think the obvious first answer is that Willow, who is one smart woman, will work hard and catch up quickly, at least with all the college-y topics. Magic is another issue. (I have an answer, but will reserve it in case I do tell another story in this particular fork from canon.) The inevitable shifts in interpersonal relationships are another one, and probably a rich source of conflict for a writer who is foolish enough to get herself mired in another long series...