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The Vampire Slayer #13 [preview]

Script: Sarah Gailey; illustration: Kath Lobo; colors: Valentina Pinto; letters: Ed Dukeshire.

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word count: 2.5k

fandom: buffy the vampire slayer

characters: tara maclay & rupert giles

summary: tara attempts to break the ice with giles after the birthday incident with her family.

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Tara saw what Mr. Giles had with Buffy. She saw what he had with the whole group. She knew just how badly she wanted that, and it felt so big and powerful that she wasn't sure if she could ever touch it. He didn't know her that way. She didn't really know him that way, either.

She might never see her father again.

a/n i do not have an ao3 account and do not remember my ff.net password so yall are getting my first fic since 2012 on this webbed site have fun everybody. perhaps i will write again in another 12 years <3

In no particular order, Tara had three goals for her trip to the Magic Box.

Goal #1: Formally apologize to Mr. Giles for the spell that got his shop attacked by demons and for involving him in the family drama that followed.

Goal #2: Have a real one-on-one conversation with Mr. Giles.

Goal #3 (optional): If he's open to it, get a job at the Magic Box to get to know Mr. Giles better.

She'd had it all mapped out. She'd been taking notes and rehearsing whenever no one was looking. She had a whole story about being on an errand for Willow so that she had an excuse if she needed to make a quick exit. She knew exactly which crystal she was going to buy, exactly what coffee order she had to pick up on her way back to their dorm, and exactly where she would hide to look busy browsing if she started to panic.

The truth was that Tara adored Mr. Giles. Unfortunately, she was painfully aware of why. It didn't help that Willow had been dropping hints that the two of them should be closer ever since the recent birthday incident with her father. It wasn't that Tara didn't appreciate the encouragement, but every time Willow mentioned his name and gave her that Knowing Willow Look, it just felt so important that the pressure got the tiniest bit debilitating.

Tara saw what Mr. Giles had with Buffy. She saw what he had with the whole group. She knew just how badly she wanted that, and it felt so big and powerful that she wasn't sure if she could ever touch it. He didn't know her that way. She didn't really know him that way, either.

She might never see her father again.

The last thing Tara wanted was to embarrass herself in front of Mr. Giles by letting him see how much she wanted him to like her. She knew she was projecting. But every day that passed without her saying a word to him was starting to feel like another nail in a coffin. If she averted her eyes from him one more time, she was sure he'd think she hated him. That or that she was terrified of him - not entirely untrue, but not in the way he probably thought. Maybe if they started working together while the shop was still new and there were tasks to complete, it would help them break through whatever polite-off they were having.

Before her birthday, she'd almost given up on being his friend. But now she had two pieces of evidence that it wasn't a lost cause:

Exhibit A: He'd stood up to her father for her.

Exhibit B: He gave her a birthday present.

He still hardly knew her. But it was proof that he cared. She wasn't imagining that, as much as the self-conscious worms in her brain kept trying to tell her she must have been. She was there. She saw it. She had the crystal ball on her desk. That was real.

If there was ever a window, it was now.

So she found herself at the Magic Box replaying her script over and over in her head. The plan was to get right into it so she wouldn't have time to overthink it, but as she walked in to see Mr. Giles and Anya in the middle of a semi-heated but clearly petty argument, she realized this wasn't a scenario she'd planned for.

As Mr. Giles heard the door open and made a split-second of awkward eye contact with her, Tara gave a weak smile and a wave. He smiled back politely but his attention very quickly went back to Anya, who hadn't stopped talking long enough to take a breath, let alone notice that someone else was there.

Tara waited about two seconds before making a beeline to her hiding spot among the books.

She'd made it 3 pages into a book she already owned by the time Anya let out a long dramatic sigh and went downstairs to storage. She took a deep breath. Tara liked Anya, but it was always hard to predict what she was going to say. If she wanted to eliminate as many variables as she could, she had to do this now.

Acting as natural as possible, Tara walked over to the crystals. Even though she was expecting it, she still flinched a little when she heard a voice calling from behind the counter.

“Sorry, Tara, did you need anything?”

“Hi, Mr. Giles,” Tara replied, “Oh, I was just here to pick something up for Willow, she's in class right now so…”

Tara fought back a wince as she heard herself speak and mentally updated her list.

Goal #4: Figure out a way to organically stop calling him Mr. Giles.

She'd already said it once today, so it might be too obvious if she dropped the “Mr.” in the same conversation, but maybe by the next time they talked, they'd be familiar enough that he wouldn't notice.

Keeping that in the back of her mind, she forced herself to get started on goal #3:

“Oh, but while I'm here, I was actually just…” Tara stammered, fidgeting with the crystal she'd picked up as her script escaped her, “well, I wanted to ask if… I’m happy to help out if you need-”

“Of course,” said Giles before she could finish, “Well, you have, you've- everything you've done for Buffy, for all of us-”

"No, I-” Tara stopped herself for a second and reminded herself that he was giving her a compliment that she needed to acknowledge. “Yeah, always. I just meant... In the shop, if you’re looking for an extra set of hands for anything, I'm available."

"Oh, well, if you're looking for a job…” Giles paused in a way that made Tara's heart sink.

He was looking for the kindest way to say no.

“Well,” he continued, “Anya's not one for taking days off, I’m afraid, so there's not really a position- that is to say the budget at this stage is still- but-”

“Oh, that's okay,” Tara interrupted so he wouldn't have to come up with any more reasons to justify it, “No worries. I was just-”

“And I wouldn't want to interfere with your studies-”

“Totally get it.”

“Perhaps during the holidays, I might have some extra work for you. It's a bit early to say for sure, but I expect I'll need everyone's help on Halloween if nothing else.”

“Maybe then, yeah.”

“I'm sorry that's all I can really-”

“No, it's no big deal. I was just saying if you needed… And I mean, I'm not so great with the customers anyways.”

Giles blinked. “You've met Anya?”

Tara chuckled softly and felt her shoulders relax just a little.

“Well,” Giles continued, “if anything, keeping the floor stocked is probably where I'll need the most backup. You'll certainly be the first to know.”

“Yeah, of course.”

There was a brief pause. This counted as a one-one-one conversation, didn't it? That was goal #2. Goal #3 of getting a job had been eliminated and #4 was for the next time they talked. So all that was left for today was #1: apologize. That was the real challenge. She wasn't sure if this was going to naturally come up, but if she could just spit it out and leave as quickly as possible, she wouldn't have to see his reaction.

“Speaking of holidays,” said Giles, “you've got somewhere to go?”

This caught Tara off-guard.

“Huh?”

She hadn't been looking at him since he'd politely rejected her, but this got her to finally look up and see a softness in his face that she wasn't prepared for.

“Yeah,” she said when she finally remembered how to speak, “Willow and I haven't made a plan yet exactly, but whatever she's up to. I know she wants us to do my first Hanukkah this year, so I'm excited for that.”

Tara felt her voice drop what felt like a full octave when she started talking about Willow earnestly. That subject was always easy. Giles clearly noticed this and smiled.

“That's wonderful.”

“You did Thanksgiving at your place last year, right?”

“Well, Buffy did, it was my place, but that was a bit of a-”

“Oh, I don't mean to-” Tara stammered, hoping she hadn't just accidentally invited herself into his home. Sometimes she spoke just to make sure words were coming out of her mouth and would realize at the end of the sentence that she might have implied something she didn't mean.

“I guess you wouldn't really celebrate it,” Tara went on, “Willow usually doesn't either.”

Giles gave that polite laugh that was more of a quick exhale. Tara knew from her own experience that this meant he didn't know how to respond to that.

Was it rude to assume he would celebrate American Thanksgiving? Should she be asking about English holidays?

Goal #5: Learn about English holidays later.

A few agonizing seconds passed as Tara desperately tried to flip through her mental script for the next talking point that felt the most organic, but Giles spoke before she could.

“Well, last year, we all got together at Buffy's with her family for Christmas,” he said, “I'm sure they'll be hosting again this year. Of course you're welcome to come.”

Tara smiled. “That sounds nice.”

“You're not the only one with a, um… difficult family situation. You'll fit right in, I’m sure.”

Tara didn't know how to process when anyone said something that implied they'd been thinking of her, much less someone she admired as much as Giles. She also didn't know much about the other Scoobies’ families. But as she thought about each of them and the things they didn't talk about, it hit her that maybe her own family didn't make her an outsider after all. Maybe that was actually the one thing she had in common with everyone.

She found herself suddenly curious about how Giles grew up. What were his parents like? Were they still alive? Did he ever have a family of his own?

So many questions that it wasn't time to ask yet. For now, she was simply grateful.

“Thanks. And I um…” She took a deep breath. It was now or never. “I wanted to apologize about that. I didn't mean to bring my family stuff into your-”

“No, no, that's-”

“Really, I-”

“Tara, believe me, if it's not demons threatening my life in the workplace, it's angry customers. Between the two of them, I'll take the ones I'm allowed to hit, if I'm being honest. And as for the spell, I mean, it's not as if I… as if we all haven't… Just as long as you're all right.”

“It's just…My dad was so-”

“Your father I could have taken if Buffy wouldn't have gotten to him first,” said Giles, his accent getting just a little less posh for a moment. His lips tightened as if he had more words that he thought it best not to say out loud.

It was hard to picture Mr. Giles in a fight. But Tara had heard stories. Apparently he could be terrifying when he needed to be. Willow had described it as him being two completely different people: one a mild-mannered British librarian who couldn't hurt a fly, and the other a man with that look you only have if you've killed in cold blood before and aren't afraid to do it again. Tara had only ever seen glimpses of the second one. Every time she'd seen the scarier Giles, though, she'd noticed he was always protecting someone.

Now that she was the one being protected, he didn't feel like two people at all. She didn't know all the details of what he'd done in his past. She didn't need to. In this moment, as far as she was concerned, the gap between the gentle Giles and the terrifying Giles was bridged. At the core of both was just a man who cared.

“Thank you,” Tara said softly.

“Of course. And you're…?” Giles trailed off, gesturing to her nose where Spike had hit her.

“Oh!” Tara exclaimed, remembering to breathe again now that she'd been reminded she had a nose and lungs attached to it somewhere. “Yeah, I'm fine. Not broken. I put some ice on it.”

“Glad to hear it. Sorry he hit you. I'm sure there was another way we could've-”

“No, it's fine. It was quicker.”

Giles shrugged. A few more seconds of silence passed and Tara felt her face getting hot as she became hyper-aware of herself. If she let on just how much this talk meant to her now, she was sure to blow this whole thing. It was best to make her exit for today and do this in small doses.

“Well, I'd better go,” she said, placing the crystal by the register, “Just this.”

She quickly looked down to dig into her bag for her wallet, letting her hair fall in front of her face and praying that she hadn't turned into a tomato in front of someone whose approval she was so desperate for. Giles put a hand up to stop her.

“On me.”

Tara's eyes widened. “Are you sure?”

Giles ripped off the price tag and glanced over to the door that Anya was sure to return through any moment now.

“Well, best to keep it quiet,” he said, discreetly shoving the sticker into his pocket so he wouldn't be caught giving away free product, “but really, I insist.”

“Okay,” Tara said, freezing for a second. When it came to her birthday, she knew that gifts could have just been because of an unspoken social rule, or maybe just to please Willow. This, however, was a kindness Tara had done nothing to earn. Before she'd put the crystal down, she'd been gripping it so hard there were indents on her fingers. Now, as she picked it back up, she was cradling it as if any movement would shatter it completely.

“Thank you so much,” she said, knowing that it wasn't enough, but not knowing what else to say. “Well, I'll see you later, Mr. Giles.”

Tara saw him think for a second, almost open his mouth to speak, and then stop himself. Maybe it was wishful thinking, but she could have sworn he was about to tell her that she could just call him Giles. He looked a little embarrassed for a moment, but gathered himself quickly and just gave a gentle nod.

Maybe next time.

“Take care,” Giles said as Tara waved goodbye.

His smile was a lot like his usual polite customer service smile, but there was a hint of warmth in it now. She'd seen that before, but she couldn't remember ever being on the receiving end until now. But maybe she had been. Maybe she'd just been too nervous to look at him long enough to notice.

Two out of five goals achieved. And one new piece of evidence to put next to the crystal ball on her desk.

She could work with that.

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The coffin erupted in a spray of splinters as the corpse inside burst free. Neline yelped and fell back; fortunately for her, right into the beam of light. The skeleton shuffled off to another coffin. As it released another one of its kind, Astarion swore and dashed for the shadows. By the time he turned back, daggers at the ready, they were staring down half a dozen corpses. Shadowheart raised her hand and shouted something. A flash brighter than the midday sun seared Astarion's eyes. His skin sizzled, ablaze with holy power. He tried to scream, but his lungs had seized up. The parasite thrashed behind his eye. Suddenly, nothing. Then everything again: the groaning and wheezing of undead throats, Gale's chanting, the metallic clank of Shadowheart's shield, the crack of bone. A startled lungful of musty air smothered Astarion's senses in mouldering wood and centuries-old decay. He opened his eyes, dazed and disoriented. Across the cave he saw the other undead, still fleeing Shadowheart's spell in mindless panic. He stared down at his hands; the skin was intact, unburnt. The tadpole. It had to– Something whizzed past his cheek and startled him back to the present. One of the corpses had recovered and began pelting them all with a steady, mechanical pulse of arrows. Astarion snatched up his daggers off the cave floor and rejoined the fray. The rest of the fight was a blur of skeletal grins shattered into dull-white debris, of bones snapped and pried apart in puffs of long-dead dust. When it ended, Astarion's hands were still shaking. He retreated into deepest shadow and buried his face in them. His legs felt unsteady too; he couldn't tell if it was a remnant of the spell's effects or simply the memory it. A godsdamned cleric. As if the monster slayer wasn't bad enough.

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer Tarot Deck and Guidebook [preview]

Author: Casey Gilly; illustrator: Karl James Mountford; publisher: Insight Editions.

The 14 (of 22) cards from the Major Arcana:

2. The High Priestess: Tara

0. The Fool: Xander

1. The Magician: Willow

15. The Devil: (Dark) Willow

14. Temperance: Joyce

12. The Hanged Man: Spike

13. Death: The Gentlemen

9. The Hermit: Oz

11. Strength: Dawn

10. The Wheel of Fortune: Sineya

8. Justice: Angel

3. The Empress: Drusilla

4. The Emperor: Buffy

5. The Hierophant: Giles

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A preview of Miles Morales: Spider-Man #21

MILES MORALES: SPIDER-MAN #21

THE ENDLESS NIGHT! Endless hordes of bloodsucking vampires ravage the Earth beneath pitch-black skies of Earth’s last night! But vampire-slayer BLADE has a plan, and his only hope for victory rests with MILES MORALES! But Blade’s mission comes with a cost — one SPIDER-MAN may be unwilling to pay!

LEGACY #303

Written by: Cody Ziglar Art by: Travel Foreman, Bryan Valenza Cover by: Federico Vicentini Page Count: 28 Pages Release Date: June 12, 2024

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The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Wednesday, July 10

Buffy turns to look at them with a confused frown. XANDER: No wait, that-that was a rocket launcher. (turns to Anya) Ahn, what are you talking about? ANYA: We should drop a piano on her. Well, it always works for that creepy cartoon rabbit when he's running from that nice man with the speech impediment. GILES: (rolls his eyes) Yes, or perhaps we could paint a convincing tunnel on the side of a mountain. Let's just keep thinking, everyone.

~~Spiral~~

[Drabbles & Short Fiction]

Unsuitable by badly_knitted (Buffy, Joyce, PG)

Останнє завдання by Destr_V_L (in Українська, Buffy, Spike, God of War video game xover, T)

revolve around you by bodytoflame (Buffy/Faith, T)

Haze by justasnek (Giles/Ethan, T)

Little Birds by Anonymous (Spike/Drusilla, T)

Pink Champagne by Lilacsandorangeblossoms (Buffy/Spike, PG-13)

[Chaptered Fiction]

Make You Stay - Ch. 1-2 by SkullantacySmith (Wesley/other, T)

Завтра, завтра, завтра - Ch.1 [translation into Українська by opium_smoker] (Buffy, Highlander xover, M)

Snapshots from the Spuffverse - Ch. 25 by cawthraven (Buffy/Spike, E) COMPLETE!

Slayer & Rose Bride - Ch. 9 by acpendra, Sparkle 94 (acpendra) (Buffy/Angel, Revolutionary Girl Utena xover, M) COMPLETE!

I hate the way - Ch. 34 by DancingAngel0013 (Buffy/Giles, E) COMPLETE!

It's That Time of the Season, Ch. 1 by Tasha (Buffy/Spike, PG-13)

Treats, Ch. 1 by DarkVoid116 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)

Task Mistress - Ch. 2 by HappyWhenItRains (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)

Stygian Nights - Ch. 2 by JamesMFan (Buffy/Spike, PG-13)

The Degradation of Duality [Series Part 2] - Ch. 24 by Ragini (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)

Saving You - Ch. 7 by Spikelover4ever (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)

Going Astral - Ch. 3 by Geliot99 (Buffy/Spike, R)

Meow - Ch. 12 by CheekyKitten (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)

Love Lives Here - Ch. 84 by Passion4Spike (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)

I Live To Serve - Ch. 1-5 by BlueZeroZeroOne (Buffy, Warcraft xover, FR21)

Dawn Before the Sun: The Doomsman’s Daughter - Ch. 10 by Luna (Dawn, LOTR xover, FR15)

The Stars to Hold Our Destiny - Ch. 22 by Hermionetobe (Buffy, Star Trek xover, FR15)

Perception - Ch. 1 by flootzavut (Buffy/Spike, G)

Over the Hills and Far Away - Ch. 2 by Rea (Buffy/Spike, PG-13)

Eyes Forward, Monster - Ch. 4 by Desicat (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) COMPLETE!

Love Lives Here - Ch. 84 by Passion4Spike (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)

[Images, Audio & Video]

Cartoon: [Image description: Preview panel for the comic. Giles and Buffy ... are in the library] by paulgadzikowski (Giles, Buffy, worksafe)

Moodboard: Diving into the 90s vibes with this Btvs moodboard featuring Spike by mysticwitc (Spike, worksafe)

Lyrics: annelyse gelman, the pillowcase by dogmetaphors (Buffy/Spike, worksafe)

Lyrics: caitlyn siehl, start here by dogmetaphors (Buffy/Spike, worksafe)

Lyrics: crush, ethel cain by dogmetaphors (Buffy/Spike, worksafe)

Gifset: "Hell," I said, "I love you enough now. What do you want to do? Ruin me?" "Yes. I want to ruin you." by ladyverdance (Buffy, Faith, worksafe with violence)

Gifset: You know what I just can't believe? All of our time together, we never tried chains. by ladyverdance (Buffy, Faith, Buffy/Spike, NSFW)

Gifset: SPIKE + "love" by clarkgriffon (Spike, Drusilla, Buffy, mostly worksafe)

Gifset: BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER | 3.16 by andremichaux (Willow, Buffy, Vampire Willow, worksafe)

Gifset: BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER | 3.14 by andremichaux (Buffy, Faith, worksafe with violence)

Gifset: Cordelia being #TeamWesley by gothamstreetcat (Cordelia, Wesley, Xander, worksafe)

Gifset: Angel the Series | 3x07 → 5x01 by mycatismyfriend (Darla, Angel, Wesley, Cordelia, Spike, Harmony, worksafe)

Gifset: Ranking Buffy Summers' hair evolution (as voted by my followers) 3/11 by buffysummers (Buffy, mostly worksafe but RJ scene)

Artwork: ... she just went to get some more paint - Ch. 1 by flootzavut (Buffy/Spike, worksafe)

[Reviews & Recaps]

thoughts on season 6 by lilalphabetxboy

My favourite lines from the btvs book “sins of the father” (1999) [queerness and Buffy and Giles] by duckwnoeyes

PODCAST: Unhinged: 🌈 Pride Celebration by Once More: A Rewatch Podcast

PODCAST: Episode 64: Sense and Sensitivity by Gym Was Cancelled: A Buffy Podcast

PODCAST: Episode 123: Smashed by Myth Taken: A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast

[Fandom Discussions]

Brooooo my egg for health class broke I think 🤦 by sunnydale-high-school-rumors

I think [Out of Mind, Out of Sight] made me ship Cordelia and Buffy just a little... by stuckinsquahamish

Do I think Willow and Buffy are one of the great truly platonic friendships of all time? [yes and... with additional commentary in the tags] by stuckinsquahamish

[Willow and power and accountability] by girl4music

[Spike sfw and NSFW headcanons] by evieelyzabethh

Hc that Buffy gave Faith a cross necklace early-mid s3... by duckwnoeyes

Buffy, you were so close to figuring out something important about yourself right here. by coraniaid

whenever Anya fell under the spell of the football jacket, She decided to rob a bank... by breezybeej

S1 Angel is the most inconsistent creep I love him... by bloomfish

POLL: [Being gay could fix Xander vs Being trans could fix Xander etc] by apolladay

POLL: Vampire Media Guys Round 19: Spike or Christian? by vampirewrestlinglover

POLL: Undead Character Showdown Redo [Drusilla] by showdown-of-the-undead

What If: Darla didn’t stake herself? by nightshade

If Buffy got to Warren first before Willow after he killed Tara ? updated by thetopher

Overshadowed by controversy [ATS S4 is good] by Lostsoul666 and others

Anybody else think Johnathan should have stuck around instead of Andrew? by Eagles56

Krailik, Sunday, Dracula, Holden. Which one-episode vampire had the best on screen presence? by InfiniteMehdiLove

Buffy's boyfriends or differents parts of her ? by Cailly_Brard7

Name something from the Buffyverse that should have gotten the "Jesse treatment." (i.e., quickly gone, forgotten, and never mentioned again) by PristineSituation498

summers home [layout in comments] by brian5mbv

What if Cordelia didn't get killed off and got together with Angel instead... by OptionNo1672

First Rewatch [Fred] by Acharnduin

Was Angel wrong to kick out Connor? (4x1 Deep Down) by hatcherry

I've reached this part on my 15th rewatch [Doyle] by lonelyhedgehoh

GAME: Uhh… what’s their name again? by Gothamstreetcat

Why did Cordy step on the bottle? (4x6 Spin the Bottle) by hatcherry

What did you think of Season 4? [ATS] by OptionNo1672

Story Prompt: Season 3 Short Prompts by myrabeth

[Articles, Interviews, and Other News]

Amber Benson on X: "Soooo…I bit the bullet and joined Cameo." via dontkillspike

Direct Link: AMBER BENSON | Cameo [custom video ordering options]

Direct Link: Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Cameo [all BTVS actors on Cameo]

BOOM! Comics Sold To Penguin-Random House. via AlphaFoxtrot on Buffy-Boards

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