Fugitive Habits (BtVS)

[were_lemur]

This fic is rated: G
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Characters/Pairing: Rupert "Ripper" Giles/Ethan Rayne, + Buffy
Summary: Buffy and her two daddies are on the run.
slashthedrabble's prompt #170: habit
Warnings: AU
Word Count: 200
Feedback: yes, please! Concrit welcomed.
Distribution: archiving, linking or remixing ok, just credit me and drop me a line!
Author's Note: A sequel to Journey of the Sorceror Which was supposed to be a one shot. :p
Cross-Posted were_lemur, slashthedrabble
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Disclaimer: Joss is god ... I just write the apocrypha.

In the six months since they found the four-year-old Slayer, they'd had to change their habits. He and Ripper could no longer spend the night at the pub, or in performing arcane rituals.

"It could be worse," he muttered, "It could be bottles and nappies."

Ripper glared at him, over the top of Buffy's head. Oddly enough, he'd taken to this daddy stuff.

Of course, that left Ethan to do the heavy lifting. He hoisted both of their suitcases and Buffy's knapsack, and headed down to the car. Behind him, he heard Buffy ask, "Uncle Roopa, why do we have to move again?"

"Because -- "

Ethan set down the suitcases and turned to open the boot. As he turned back, he saw the pain on Ripper's face.

"Because the bad men found out where we are."

"Can we stay at the next place?"

"For a little while."

"But I want to stay forever."

"I know, sweetheart," Ripper said, as he tucked her blanket around her and buckled her in. As he slipped behind the wheel, Ethan heard him mutter "no way to raise a child."

For the sixth time in as many months, they slipped off into the night.

Comments

[brightbear.livejournal.com]

Intriguing AU. I like the inclusion of Ethan, who definitely needed more screen-time as a character.

[were-lemur.livejournal.com]

Thanks! It's gonna be interesting to see how Ethan grows into being a daddy.

[emavalexis.livejournal.com]

God, I love this. I always felt we needed more of Ethan on BtVS, and I was really looking forward to the Ripper series, because I'm sure we would have gotten more backstory on him and on his relationship with Giles when they were younger.

In the meantime, this fills the void wonderfully. :D

[were-lemur.livejournal.com]

Definitely. More Ripper, more Ethan, possibly even canonical R/E ... it's too bad that it never got off the ground.