Two Drabbles

[deird_lj]

Here's two drabbles I wrote for still_grrr. One starring Dawn, and one starring Wesley.



I’m dreaming of…

The Potentials are complaining.
“It’s way too hot for Christmas.”
“Definitely.”
“Hey Dawn, don’t you guys ever have snow?”

Yes, you think. Well, no. Not really. Not you.

You made a snowman once, sculpted it, but actually you didn’t.
You weren’t there to wrap Buffy’s scarf around its neck.
Faith must have made it by herself. If she ever made it at all.

Maybe the snowman only ever existed in your memory… sort of like you.

You never had a snowball fight. You never slipped into slush by the fence. You never saw snow.

“Yes,” you say. “We did, once.”



Try Not To Get Anybody Killed…

Half of him wants to put someone else in charge of this.
The other half knows he’s the best one for the job. (Watchers always are.)

A small part of him is wishing he’d never come to Pylea in the first place.

Approximately one quarter of him is wanting to risk everything on a full-frontal assault. Take a heroic last stand!

At least a sixth is preoccupied with coldly assessing the troops – deciding who is expendable and who is not. The rest of him is hating himself for it.


Watchers don’t save everyone. That’s the job. (But they always try.)

Comments

[lavastar.livejournal.com]

Aaack, they're both so sad! I always feel bad for Dawn when she thinks about fake memories...

And poor Wes.

[deird1]

Glad you liked them!

[thevera.livejournal.com]

Oh, dear... :(

I really like them both.

[deird1]

Thanks!