Title: A Bottle of Jack Daniels Following Apocalypse
Author: Antennapedia
Pairing: Giles/Buffy, Buffy/Spike, Xander/Anya and some hints of Giles/Buffy/Xander
Rating: FRM
Summary: Giles, Buffy, and Xander drink to fallen friends in a remote motel room.
Warnings: A bit of voyeurism.
Notes: For my flist, which a year ago said it wanted deeply emotional, weirdly intellectual Giles/Buffy raunch, with hurt/comfort and mild kinkiness, in a new setting. And for seldomifever, who wanted me to finish this as her tagfic request. I think I fulfilled the prompt on all counts.
Word count: 5000
Feedback: Makes the author happy. Even if you just say hi.
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction. I claim no ownership and am making no money.

( Drink with me? )

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Tagfic means: First commenter gets to specify the Giles-related prompt for the next tagfic. ( How tagfic works, a brief reminder... )

Title: Baritsu
Pairing: none
Rating: FRT
Prompt: nutterbudgie wants "Holmes! Giles snark at! Maybe w/Buffy being snark-supportive?"
Summary: Buffy demands an explanation.
Word count: 1000
Notes: In the universe of The Adventure of the Displaced Watcher. Just a tad cracky.
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction. I claim no ownership and am making no money.

( Something crashed in the room upstairs. )

About the game: Rules and previous ficlets
Next up: First responder to this post gets to pick the Giles-related prompt for the next.

( Because I keep relaxing them, a brief rules review... )

Title: Flannel Sheets
Pairing: Giles/Buffy friendship
Rating: FRC
Prompt: gileswench wants a story in which Giles and Buffy contemplate the goodness of some simple pleasure. What one precisely? I don't care. Just make it something ordinary, like watching tv, cooking a good meal, or even making a bed. I'd like something small, domestic, and completely normal through the eyes of people who don't often get to appreciate it. Oh, and if there's a touch of romance, so much the better.
Word count: 460
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction. I claim no ownership and am making no money.

( Winnie the Pooh? )

About the game: Rules and previous ficlets (note minor rule relaxation since the last tagfic)
Next up: First responder to this post gets to pick the Giles-related prompt for the next.

Title: The Co-Conspirators
Pairing: genfic
Rating: FRC
Prompt: kivrin wants young Giles, a trip to London with an older relative (mum, dad, or watcher!grandmother), an important acquisition or purchase, and precipitation.
Word count: 1800
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction. I claim no ownership and am making no money.

( Don't let it go to the boy's head... )

About the game: Rules and previous ficlets
Next up: First responder to this post gets to pick the Giles-related prompt for the next.

Title: Please 2/?
Prompt: continuation of "Please", requested by secondalto
Pairing: Giles/Buffy
Rating: FRM
Word count: 470
Notes: In the universe of Tradition & Protocol, which means dom/sub, piercing, tattooing, and a bit of bondage. Though this one is pretty mild.

( Giles signed the credit card slip... )

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It's time to revive the fiction tag game. ( Details behind the cut... )

First commenter?

Title: Helios Hyperion 3 (Plotless Challenge response; Hot)
Author: Antennapedia
Pairing: Giles/Buffy
Rating: FRAO
Word count: 1700
Prompt: bodhibird, Buffy gets Giles to talk about his relationship with Ethan. While doing the wild Watcher/Slayer thang with Buffy.
Notes: Maybe a bit more plotless. Immediately follows #2.

( The car alarm silenced itself at last. )

Title: Helios Hyperion 2 (Plotless Challenge response; Hot)
Author: Antennapedia
Pairing: Giles/Buffy
Rating: FRM
Word count: 740
Prompt: scratchingpost1, Buffy/Giles, very hot weather, power outage in the middle of the night, and ice.
Notes: Did I say plotless? What was I thinking? There's no way this meets the challenge criteria. Also: points for reference-spotting.

( Giles stood barefoot... )

Title: Helios Hyperion 1 (Plotless Challenge response; sweet)
Author: Antennapedia
Pairing:Giles/Buffy
Rating: FRT
Word count: 760
Prompt: fuzzyboo03, Buffy, Giles, post-Chosen. Comfort and a couch.

( Buffy's room was on the top floor of the Hyperion. )

Title: Please
Prompt: 68. Writer’s Choice: Urbane
Pairing: Giles/Buffy
Rating: FRAO
Word count: 2600
Table: Complete smut_69 prompt table TBP
Notes: In the universe of Tradition & Protocol, which means dom/sub, piercing, tattooing, and a bit of kink. Spoils where the story is going. though not how it gets there.

( 68. Urbane )

For: xdawnfirex
Prompt: Lighthearted B/G smut in the T&P verse, prompt word “urbane”
About the game: Rules and previous ficlets
Next up: First responder to this post gets to pick the Giles-related prompt for the next.

Yes, the name of the codex is a minor joke. Note that I was unable to resist the urge to put a mini-plot into motion. And Giles is remembering this dress.

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

( They'd been in England for three weeks. )

About the game: Rules and previous ficlets
Next up: First responder to this post gets to pick the Giles-related prompt for the next. You can either invent something new you want to read, or prod me to work on the next part of any of my serial things. Or you can ask me to work on anything I have in progress. Whatever! Some requests will take longer than others, though I hope none of them take 3 months again.

Title: Breathing 2/3
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

( For their first weekend in England, Giles suggested they visit his sister on her land near Avebury. )

Concluded in part 3

Title: Breathing 1/3
Author: Antennapedia
Pairing: Giles/Buffy
Rating: FRM
Summary: Power and life. Mages and Slayers. And what Giles did during his months away.
Warnings: A few four-letter words, some non-graphic sex, an unusual fate for a core character.
Word count: 21K
Oblique Strategy: Water
For: headrush100
Prompt: Giles, post-Grave, h/c.
Notes: This was a long time coming: headrush100 made the request on Sept 9! I hope it was worth at least some of the wait.
Disclaimer: I claim no ownership and am making no money.

( Having your suicidal world-saving plan turn out not to require suicide after all turned you into a mush-head, apparently. )

Continued in part 2

Title: Braces and Overalls, or, Because Watchers and Slayers belong together
Author: Antennapedia
Pairings: Giles/Buffy
Rating: FRM shading up
Summary: Quentin Travers gets what he deserves. So do Giles and Buffy.
Warnings: None.
Spoilers: Season 3 through “Helpless”.
Notes: Poll prompt is Snitty in braces mode Giles, with Buffy, pr0n, with a medium amount of plot.
Word count: 2500
Disclaimer: I claim no ownership and am making no money.

( A father's love? )

So the deal is that I'm deep in headrush100's h/c fic prompt, at 12K words and rising rising rising. That has brought the tagfic game to a screeching halt. Meanwhile, I am sensing a deep disturbance in the flist. There is a general trend of misery, unhappiness, things-not-going-right-ness, and general lassitude. Since my fairygodmother wand is in the shop, I have resolved to do what I can while sitting on my ass in the Aeron chair in my office waiting for my officemate to make his stuff not crash the device so I can use it.

So therefore: fic jukebox time! Tonight only! Vote for Giles cheerup/comfort/happy fic.

( Line up for the next available polling booth here... )

Voting will close around 6pm PDT, or whenever I get back to my office with a slice of pizza stolen from the movie night gang next door. The goal is to get this written tonight. You will not get angst, death, misery, pain (except as necessary for h/c), or anything longer than 2000 words. I might ignore your prompt entirely. I might ignore the poll entirely.

Oh, and hey: if you feel like writing a ficlet to the specs requested in this poll, go for it. The world needs cheering up, dammit!

This concept is stolen entirely from kivrin, by the way. I thought it was a good idea.

Edit: First story will be Snitty-in-Braces!Giles with Buffy, in pr0n with a medium plot. Keep voting, though, because in a couple of hours I'm gonna look at the poll again and see if cheer-up fic #2 presents itself.

For: meegat
Prompt: Giles and Bovril
Title: Flu
Rating, etc: FRC; a bit of G/B-inflected h/c fluff
Word count: 1260
About the game: Rules and previous ficlets
Next up: First responder to this post gets to pick the Giles-related prompt for the next.

( Giles liked this weather. )

For: katekat1010
Prompt: Continuation of “Dragon’s Bone”
Title: Dragon’s Reverie
Rating, etc: genfic, FRT.
Word count: 5700
Notes: The stories in this series are inspired by BPAL scents from the Ars Draconis line. Dragon’s blood is a plant sap that smells like a spicy sweet berry, sort of.
Disclaimer: I claim no ownership and am making no money.
Distribution: Hey, whatever. Just let me know.
About the game: Rules and previous ficlets
Next up: First responder to this post gets to pick the Giles-related prompt for the next. Don’t ask me to continue this! The next chapter, “Dragon’s Hide”, is already in progress.

Dragon’s Reverie: Opium-laced dreams of flame, plunder, power and fury: dragon’s blood resin, poppy, amber and ylang ylang.

( Dreams of flame, plunder, power, and fury... )

For: clavally
Prompt: A story based on a BPAL scent.
Title: Dragon's Bone
Rating, etc: genfic, FRT
Word count: 680
About the game: Rules and previous ficlets
Next up: First responder to this post gets to pick the Giles-related prompt for the next.

The dry, thin scent of a draconic ossuary. Dragon's blood resin with white sandalwood, dusty orris and crisp blondewood.

( Death Valley shimmered. )

For: xdawnfirex
Prompt: Giles and a baby; sweet and funny.
Title: A tragedy in six holidays
Rating, etc: Giles/Jenny, Ethan, Scooby ensemble, FRT
Word count: 680
About the game: Rules and previous ficlets
Next up: First responder to this post gets to pick the Giles-related prompt for the next.

( "So this is where we bought the costumes," the girl said. )

For: secondalto
Prompt: Giles, Xander, patrol
Title: Outmoded
Rating, etc: G/X, FRT
Word count: 300
About the game: Rules and previous ficlets
Next up: First responder to this post gets to pick the Giles-related prompt for the next.

( Xander. Please take off the ski goggles. )

For: secondalto
Prompt: Giles and Anya after Tabula Rasa, him trying to avoid the kiss but find out more about her fear of bunnies.
Title: Twitchy little noses
Rating, etc: Giles/Anya, FRT
Word count: 360
About the game: Rules and previous ficlets
Next up: First responder to this post gets to pick the Giles-related prompt for the next.

( Push the broom. Don't look over at her. )

For: clavally
Prompt: A continuation of Reconnection
Title: Reconnection 2/?
Rating: FRM
Pairing: Giles/Buffy
Notes: Post-"Flooded", going a little AU. Thanks to secondalto for fixing my slang!
Word count: a very un-drabbly 8260
Disclaimer: I claim no ownership and am making no money.
About the game: Rules and previous ficlets
Next up: First responder to this post gets to pick the Giles-related prompt for the next. This time there is one restriction: no asking for a continuation of this! I'll be continuing it no matter what. :) Give me a different Gilesy prompt, for a much shorter drabble/ficlet response.

( There were rocks underneath Buffy's sleeping bag. Definitely rocks. )

For: wide_rider
Prompt: Mountains/mountain climbing.
Title: Reconnection
Rating, etc: Post-"Flooded", Giles/Buffy, FRT
About the game: Rules and previous ficlets
Next up: First responder to this post gets to pick the Giles-related prompt for the next.

The next in the increasingly-misnamed "daily drabble" game...

( Tell me again what this is about? )

Continued in chapter 2.

For: wide_rider
Prompt: Wheels
Title: Thruxton
Rating, etc: G/B implied, FRT
About the game: Rules and previous ficlets
Next up: First responder to this post gets to pick the Giles-related prompt for the next.

( He first saw it parked outside a cafe... )

For: twilightofmagic
Prompt: Something from Giles' past that still causes him ambivalent feelings.
Rating, etc: genfic, FRM for four-letteryness
About the game: Rules and previous ficlets
Next up: First responder to this post gets to pick the Giles-related prompt for the next.

( Yeah, sure, they'd killed the demon... )

For: secondalto
Prompt: Something about Giles and the various pills he takes or has taken over the course of his tenure as Watcher. (cause I hate taking pills).
Rating, etc: genfic, FRC
About the game: Rules and previous ficlets
Next up: First responder to this post gets to pick the Giles-related prompt for the next.

( Xander lined up the pill bottles. )