Title: The Archivist
Characters: Buffy/Giles
Rating: PG-13

He is still, always, the record-keeper, all their apocalypses mapped on his skin. In darkness the whorls and ridges of his scars are like Braille under her fingertips: a star at his temple, five small sunken ovals around a too-smooth circle on his chest, a long, thick, twisted snake along his left side. Stripes on his back, odd uneven lines on his fingers, countless lumps beneath his hair. Gwendolen Post, she whispers, Willow, the Knights. When her hand covers his, he grips it hard and kisses her harder,stilling her lips before she can continue: Angel, Angel, Angel.
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From: [identity profile] antennapedia.livejournal.com


Ah, this metaphor, yes. And in this context, yes again. And the repetition at the end, a word that shouldn't land painfully but does here.

From: [identity profile] raedbard.livejournal.com


Oh, Giles. Oh, this is lovely, and (painfuly, wonderfully) sad too, of course. This: He is still, always, the record-keeper, all their apocalypses mapped on his skin is beautiful.

From: [identity profile] kivrin.livejournal.com


Thank you.

The dragonback and wars stuff (His Majesty's Dragon, Throne of Jade, and The Black Powder War, by Naomi Novik) is all quite diverting to read, though, and I recommend the books highly, although I have only read the first one and barely started the second.

From: [identity profile] penwiper26.livejournal.com


I don't even ship B/G and I was very struck by this. It's remained in my memory for a long time as a poignant moment all the more powerful for being short. This is how a drabble is done, cats and kittens.

Well done!
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