Bookworms - Giles and Spike fic

[gillo]

Written in response to the prompt at still_grrr. This is a bit of inconsequential chat, to do with books and feelings, set after the end of S5. Enjoy

Title: Bookworms
Author: GillO
Rating: G
Word Count:1,307 words
Prompt: 152: 800BC - 1660AD ANCIENT GREECE - RENAISSANCE
Characters/Pairing (if any)Giles, Dawn and Spike
A/N: Giles gets a shipment of books

Comments

[rahirah]

This is lovely.

[gillo]

From you, praise indeed - thank you so much.

[beer_good_foamy]

Beautiful.

[gillo]

Thank you very much!

[evilawyer]

Awww. Bittersweet and lovely.

[gillo]

Thank you for reading and commenting - I'm glad you liked it.

[brunettepet]

That was wonderful. Spike just taking the bull by the horns and ripping open that box was vivid and amusing, and his reverent response to the books enclosed was lovely. Spike and Giles explaining the poem to Dawn brought parallels with the loss of Buffy to the fore. I love how this dovetails into Spike's every night I save you speech: This bloke, he can’t sleep, you see. His head’s full of ideas. What he could have done, what he should have done. He’s lost this bird, y’see, and he just can’t get over it.

Spike having been acquainted with John Gower is an entertaining bit of his history and I wonder if Giles was about to lament the loss of the vampire.

Thanks for this vivid interlude. Spike's lead a long, interesting unlife.

[gillo]

Thank you for such lovely, detailed feedback. I'm delighted that you enjoyed it. I think there's a lot of William only just under the surface in Spike.

[riccadonna]

I went to re-read this because I wanted to comment, and I found the pleasant surprise of the English-to-English transcript! I'm grateful.
And I liked this little view into a possible (I wish!) scene from the summer of loss.