Drabblyness
May. 12th, 2003 10:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
doyleI know, I know, revision...
Three I wrote for the![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
sunday100 but couldn't submit as I already did three this week.
Headrush
Set in the summers between season 2 and 3.
The websites she looked at and the few books she sneaked out of the library all said the components of the ritual weren't important. She found some candles in the kitchen drawer, and hoped a steak-knife and a coffee mug would do okay as an athame and chalice.
When her mom returned, a couple of hours later, she praised Willow for managing to find the emergency candles when the power was out in the whole block. Willow nodded, dazed, and remembered being terrified and exhilarated and suddenly powerful, and if her irises flickered black her mother never noticed a thing.
Back to Realty
Futurefic
Karen's getting a good vibe from the latest couple to view the house. Gay guys are so cute, she thinks as she leads them into the kitchen. The shorter one is instantly in love with it, practically melting over the stove and worktops.
"Our apartment has this tiny kitchen," the boyfriend explains, grinning. "We've always rented, but Andrew's desperate for somewhere he can cook, hence - house."
"Some people say that buying your first place together is one of the scariest things you'll ever do," she says wisely, and is puzzled when the two of them almost double over with laughter.
Last Dance
The Prom
She can't even remember if they've ever danced like this before. Every moment of sweetness she's ever tasted with him is tainted with the memory of what came afterwards, and sometimes it feels like the innocence was a century ago.
They could all die next week, and if they don't Angel will leave her anyway, and every time she looks over at Giles standing by himself she feels a stab of guilt that Ms. Calendar's not there teasing him over how he looks in a tux.
She closes her eyes, and wills the world to go away, and keeps dancing.
:looks at the last one:
Yup, this is where they make me trade in my Spuffy badge...
Three I wrote for the
sunday100 but couldn't submit as I already did three this week.Headrush
Set in the summers between season 2 and 3.
The websites she looked at and the few books she sneaked out of the library all said the components of the ritual weren't important. She found some candles in the kitchen drawer, and hoped a steak-knife and a coffee mug would do okay as an athame and chalice.
When her mom returned, a couple of hours later, she praised Willow for managing to find the emergency candles when the power was out in the whole block. Willow nodded, dazed, and remembered being terrified and exhilarated and suddenly powerful, and if her irises flickered black her mother never noticed a thing.
Back to Realty
Futurefic
Karen's getting a good vibe from the latest couple to view the house. Gay guys are so cute, she thinks as she leads them into the kitchen. The shorter one is instantly in love with it, practically melting over the stove and worktops.
"Our apartment has this tiny kitchen," the boyfriend explains, grinning. "We've always rented, but Andrew's desperate for somewhere he can cook, hence - house."
"Some people say that buying your first place together is one of the scariest things you'll ever do," she says wisely, and is puzzled when the two of them almost double over with laughter.
Last Dance
The Prom
She can't even remember if they've ever danced like this before. Every moment of sweetness she's ever tasted with him is tainted with the memory of what came afterwards, and sometimes it feels like the innocence was a century ago.
They could all die next week, and if they don't Angel will leave her anyway, and every time she looks over at Giles standing by himself she feels a stab of guilt that Ms. Calendar's not there teasing him over how he looks in a tux.
She closes her eyes, and wills the world to go away, and keeps dancing.
:looks at the last one:
Yup, this is where they make me trade in my Spuffy badge...
