Ficlet for Summer-of-Giles: The Watcher's Night Off (Rated G)

[feliciacraft]

Several things happened last night: 1) I freaked out at the realization that today would be free posting day at summer-of-giles, something I'd personally requested from the mods (due to my commitaphobia in signing up to own a whole day in the first place), 2) Asked my wonderful flist for very (literally) eleventh-hour prompts and received help

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[feliciacraft]

Thanks!

> Oh, that's not strange at all. The strangers you'll never see again. Friends? They remember forever. Shit you tell them can come up at the most inopportune times.

Lol, true. You seem to be speaking from experience, here. ;)

[velvetwhip]

So he played, hugging the familiar curves of his Martin D-28 not only to his body, but also to his heart, blasting accumulated bodily tension through perfectly-tuned strings, replacing life’s pressure with the simple pressure of copper wires across strumming fingers. Silence shattered, and joy surged.

This is exquisite. You spin poetry yourself, my dear. This is such a perfect evocation of Giles's longing and need.

Gabrielle

[feliciacraft]

Thank you!

Giles is such a tragic hero. He's given up so much, lost so much. Because he's often the only adult around Buffy, he doesn't often get to commiserate with, let alone take comfort from the Scoobies. (Spike clearly has the maturity of a 15-year-old; which is one reason he gets on so well with Dawn.)

I wanted to tell you that I started to incorporate Joyce, but ran out of time. I'll work on completing it in time for the next open posting day. :) Thank you for the thoughtful prompt!

[velvetwhip]

*bounces in happy anticipation*

Gabrielle

[slaymesoftly]

Lovely!

[feliciacraft]

Thanks, Slay!

[snogged]

This is so gorgeous!

[feliciacraft]

Thank you! Wished I had a little more time to polish it...

[rbfvid]

It's beautiful and so perfectly accurate, especially the last sentence.

[feliciacraft]

Thank you! And you're the second person to comment on the last sentence. Apparently we're all avoidy girls when it comes to sharing with family and friends, and totally fine with opening up to strangers. :)

[rbfvid]

Exactly! And the fact that it applies to Scoobies so well is just a nice bonus =)