Olivia Williams rocks up in Sunnydale for what she expects to be a surprise booty call in the autumn of 2000.
Ripper Giles' girlfriend answering the door comes as a bit of a shock.
This was my Buffyverse Bingo 2020 submission for the prompt 'S4 E1 The Freshman'. Like all of the Further Tales, this can be read as a stand-alone 'what-if'.
When Buffy brings her mom and sister to Spike to protect from the hell god, Glory, he sees a chink in her armor—she needs him, she trusts him... maybe, just maybe, she doesn’t hate him as much as she claims. Will that boatload of manly responsibility the Slayer’s dropped into his lap save Spike from a life of lonely desperation?
Leading immediately on from If Wishes Were Horses, Anyanka knows something has to change in their relationship, and finally grants The Wish. But when she meets the Wishverse's version of Giles, he’s not at all what she expected.
Like all of the Further Tales, this can be read as a stand-alone ‘what if’, but the Ballad stories are best read together.
Two months after the events of Hurricane Mitch, Anyanka heeds the call for vengeance at Sunnydale High. Because it’s absolutely the best way to get the job done, she infiltrates the school as a supply teacher. But why on earth would Ripper Giles be there?
Rupert can’t believe his good luck in getting a second chance.
Like all of the Further Tales, this can be read as a stand-alone ‘what if’, but the Ballad stories are best read together.
This was written for nmcil, who wanted a Giles and Anya story set at Halloween. Ten drabbles of Giles and Anya at Halloween from Season 3 onwards, plus an epilogue. Alternating perspectives, and sort of vaguely comic-compliant. It was originally posted in October 2015.
During Band Candy, Ripper heads out to the Fishbowl instead of staying home with Joyce to gorge on enchanted chocolate. And so begins his whirlwind romance with Anyanka the vengeance demon.
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