Entangled
The timing is going to be tight, but they should be able to deal with the demon and get back home before the heat starts. Giles is sure of it. Famous last words.
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Rain on the Roof
A thunderstorm after a long day of heat.
Memorable
Giles has an engagement ring in his pocket, but he's stuck in interminable meetings. His scheme to wriggle out of them might have just backfired on him. Oh dear.
Fussed Over
Giles has broken his wrist. The left one. The assault on his dignity commences.
The Apocalypse Stone
The apocalpyse stone says Buffy's the one the prophecy is about, only this time instead of dying she has to have sex. Some people think that's worse.
Certainty
Xander gets his first serious piercing. Giles has opinions.
Levi's 501 Original Shrink-to-Fit Button-Fly Jeans
Giles is wearing jeans that are as old as Buffy is. She can think of nothing better to do with them than unbutton them.
Arms and the Man
An ancient order of knights makes Giles an intriguing offer, but both the Order and the Council seem to think he has to give up Buffy first. Buffy has her own opinion about that.
The Wight
The business cards say "Supernatural Investigations & Curse-breaking". They don't say anything about being rained on, soul-sucked, shot at, snowed on, or fed dangerous spicy drinks.
Outmaneuvered
But Xander doesn't drink!
The Elevator Problem
Buffy and Giles get stuck in an elevator. Buffy's pissed off. So is Giles.
Professor G's Uncanny Scoobies #1
Xander's carelessness with magic artifacts might have got him into more trouble than he can reasonably escape, even with Giles's help.
Breakfast Tea
The best way to wake up?
Rose Quartz
A moment of being all Poe together in a cemetery.
Breakfast in Bed
Toast racks are abused; bathrobes are stolen; crosswords are left undone.
Welcome to the Hellmouth
Giles introduces Wesley to Sunnydale High library policy.
Morning at the Hyperion
Giles needs some reassurance. Buffy tells him to shut up. Watcher/Slayer pillow snark.
Dormant
Buffy has run away to seek an ordinary life. Giles finds her, and tells her she can have it. That should be the end of the story.
Amost A New Friend
Giles accepts Ethan's offer of a drink. He remembers what happened last time but can't bring himself to care anymore.
Legacies
Uncle Charles's last will and testament, the rackety old bastard.
Broken Vessel
Giles has just enough money left for a train ticket home.
Echoes in the Air (Pistolwhip Remix)
The morning after firing a gun in a tiny room.
The Value of Restraint
Buffy finds the box Giles has hidden in the back of his closet, the one with the Council's tools.
Liberation
Tonight it's strong drink and desperate sex, and tomorrow they ride away. A post-"Gift" AU.
Last Night on Earth
Xander can't sleep the night before the big battle against the First. He needs somebody for a last night on earth snuggle.
Contrition
Giles has erred and requests punishment.
Alambic Brandy
The Watchers and Slayers Society is about to hold its annual holiday party. Giles and Faith are half a world away.
My Bedroom Technique is Unstoppable
Some of the things Xander likes best about his girlfriend Buffy.
Rescue
Ethan's in the hands of the Intiative.
Show-off
Giles has just shown off his PPK. He has a few other ways to show off.
Presents
Giles has a surprise for Xander.
Normal
Parker wasn't enough for Buffy. She needs more. She's not normal.
Duty
A Watcher has many duties and is trained to perform them well.
First Time
Willow has misbehaved. Xander proposes a fix, and to his surprise, Willow consents.
The Ton
Giles takes Buffy out for a Sunday drive.
Legacies series
Giles's Uncle Charles died in the explosion that destroyed the Council of Watchers, but he left Giles a few legacies. Life-changing legacies.
Concealed Weapons
Giles is cleaning his pistols. Buffy has some questions.
Likely Stories
A Scooby signs up for NaNoWriMo.
A Short Rest
Xander's convinced it's Hellmouthy, but probably it's just the flu.
Memory
Xander wants to carry his memories with him. Giles isn't sure.
Gifts
Giles and Buffy dally in a stone circle.
Rollercoaster
Giles clears the way for future fun. Xander decides he's a bad, bad boyfriend.
Trio
Giles dreams of the past, and wakes to the present.
Timeout
Tonight, Xander’s in charge.
Weapons
Giles shows Xander the one possession he retains from his earlier life: his bowie knife. It has a history.
Banter
Once again, Xander distracts Giles from the nerve-wracking business of waiting.
Bent
Giles and Xander shower after a messy patrol, and things get messier.
The Attic series
After the fall of Sunnydale, Rupert Giles is with the new Slayers in Cleveland, fighting demons on the new hellmouth. They have no money, but they have each other. Most especially, Giles has Xander. But the year of fighting the First has scarred all of them.
Bootprints
Xander and Giles discuss the relative merits of the back seat and the front seat of the typical American automobile, among other things.
A Bottle of Jack Daniels Following Apocalypse
Giles, Buffy, and Xander drink to fallen friends in a remote motel room.
Quirks and Remnants
New Year's Eve: champagne, sarcasm, and sex.
Rehabilitated
Giles brings Willow back to the coven, where Ethan is waiting.
Sparks
Giles and Xander attempt to figure out what happened in Willow's last moments on the cliff. Something strange, that's for sure.
What Friends Are For (Flow My Tears Remix)
Xander takes steps to make sure he remembers what he needs to.
The Guardians
Buffy learns about names and magic.
Liegeman
Buffy settles into command of her liegeman, but finds that the rest of her life is complicated, and dangerous where she'd expected safety.
Baritsu
Buffy demands an explanation.
Roses
Roses, history, tea, and decisions.
Office Hours
Xander shows Giles the best way to spend an hour locked in your office.
Confessions
It's Valentine's Day, and Giles and Jenny don't have the conversation he was expecting.
Sorrows End
Buffy's still got a hole in her side.
Flannel Sheets
Giles's flat in Bath has a guest room.
The Co-Conspirators
Rupert is taken shopping in London by his grandmother.
Gunpowder Tea
Wesley's in Cleveland, cleaning up after Merrick's career. He thinks he doesn't have a Slayer.
Mutual Society
Giles and Jenny have a nice church wedding.
Helios Hyperion 1 (director's cut)
Buffy stands at the edge of the pool at the Hyperion. She's got a hole in her side, and a hole where Sunnydale used to be.
Aftermath
The Master is dead, and they all survived. Giles and Jenny celebrate.
Tactical Considerations
Giles breaks the news to Buffy.
Back by Teatime
Rupert and Ethan are bored, wishing for adventure, and expecting never to find one. And then a police call box appears in the most unlikely of places.
Into the Fray
There's a vampire problem in London. In about 400 years.
A Rooted Sorrow
The four times it happened before. And once it didn't quite.
An Antique Roman series
Ethan Rayne and Rupert Giles have been friends, enemies, and lovers since they were schoolboys. But when Ethan descends upon Giles on a very strange Christmas week, things work out differently.
An Antique Roman
Ethan has his own opinion about what constitutes amends, as owed by a vampire to his victim. Or by a chaos mage to his oldest friend.
Reconnection 3
Willow has wagered more than she can comfortably lose, and the conflict has gone hot.
Les Bijoux
Giles thinks too much.
Fenrisulfr
Dawn escapes from a boring summer at the Hyperion by finding a job. The job isn't quite what it appears. That's okay: neither is Dawn.
Amends
Wesley’s waiting when Giles arrives with Willow.
A Soft Place to Land (Free Fallin' Remix)
Giles wonders if he's achieved escape velocity. Probably not.
Helios Hyperion series
A long hot summer in the Hyperion Hotel, after Sunnydale collapsed.
The Santa Ana Winds
The power's out at the Hyperion Hotel and the heat is rising.
Interlude with Blankets: Giles
Giles, in pajamas, thinking.
Anadeixis
Giles is chosen as a Watcher, in an ancient rite invoking the god Apollo.
Thusia
Prophecy chases Buffy in the Los Angeles summer. Giles thinks he knows how they might elude it.
Thusia series
Europe worships the old gods, while the New World and the Middle East are the bastions of Christianity. Slayers are touched by the gods... and sometimes so are Watchers.
The First Slayer
The origin of the Watchers, according to the Watchers of the 20th century.
Dust on his hands from the sky
Xander flees to the place Scoobies go when they can't be near the Slayer any more. But the Hellmouth has a few last kicks in the gut to land before it's done with everyone.
Polestar
Giles is happy that his loyalties and desires finally align. Buffy does not find it so simple.
Hazy Solos
Somebody's been set up. Who? Only Xander knows for sure.
Partners
A day in the life of Xander Harris, Watcher.
Slow Rise
The Head of Council enjoys cross-referencing, baking, and many other relaxing hobbies.
Blackmail series
A kinky revision of season 4, in ten parts, each in seven chapters. BDSM and other entertainments among consenting adults are depicted. Kink levels and the associated ratings are high; the emphasis is not on the plot. See the header on the first story for warnings.
Blackmail
Giles commits an indiscretion, and gets into a spot of trouble. Buffy has a few opinions about that. Mid season 4, before "A New Man".
Paragon
Only true love's kiss will wake her. But who's her true love?
Dragon's Heart
The sword dreams, and Giles dreams with it. Of what? And to what end?
Risotto
The Watcher cooks. Xander watches.
Gas-ring Alchemy
Rupert, this is my friend Ethan. Don't believe a word he says.
A Quiet Night
Words spoken and unspoken. Giles learns.
Tradition & Protocol series
Watchers aren't what Buffy thought they were. A season 4 rewrite.
Initiation
When a Council representative makes assumptions about his relationship with his Slayer, Giles must come clean to Buffy about the true natures of Watchers and of Slayers.
Please
Giles steals a dangerous artifact, then goes out to dinner with Buffy. Their night becomes more interesting as it progresses.
Breathing
Power and life. Mages and Slayers. And what Giles did during his months away.
The Complete Set
Eggnog is dangerous. Very dangerous.
Cloud Animals series
Giles rebuilds the Council in England. To Xander's eternal surprise, he's a Watcher now too. A sweet post-Chosen AU.
Cloud Animals
Apocalypse has been averted, at a price, and now there's all the time they need.
Apples, Oranges, and Pears
What happened when Xander got thrown out of his house just minutes after he turned eighteen.
Planning Ahead
What was that vampire doing with a knife? That wasn't fair.
Breaking Glass
Ethan takes Giles for a weekend away from Council pressures, and Giles travels considerably further than either of them had expected.
Braces and Overalls
Or, Because Watchers and Slayers belong together. Quentin Travers got a lot wrong.
Flu
Buffy gets the flu. Giles has bromides.
Dragon's Reverie
Giles finds that wielding a legend is not a trivial matter.
Ars Draconis series
Giles and Buffy travel to the desert to find a weapon that might help them defeat Glory. They find a weapon, and the story begins.
Dragon's Bone
A legend is found on a trip to the desert.
Watcher's Child series
Giles/Jenny, various ratings, ending up with a different pairing to be revealed.
A Tragedy In Six Holidays
Ethan contemplates the ruin of the disreputable Ripper.
Outmoded
Giles and Xander on patrol
Twitchy little noses
Push the broom.
Reconnection 2
Dark magic has been unleashed, and a price must be paid. By whom?
Reconnection series
Giles arrives in Sunnydale after Buffy has been resurrected, and he knows that something is wrong. A post-Flooded AU of season 6.
Reconnection 1
Buffy is back from the dead, but something is wrong. Giles takes steps.
Thruxton
Giles is in love.
Smoke
Ripper's thinking clearly for the first time in years.
Brown Bottles
Giles has a lot of pills to take.
Nashville
Giles in Nashville.
The Displaced Watcher series
Giles acquires a strange artifact, and makes the acquaintance of a consulting dectective and his biographer.
The adventure of the displaced Watcher
An accident with a magical artifact sends Giles into the past. Can the specialist in hopeless cases help him before the artifact is lost and he is forever stranded?
Hot water
Not everyone thinks these living arrangements are sensible.
Giles makes good
Giles makes good on his threats. Xander approves.
Moving day
A place with a bigger water heater.
Breaking Glass series
Religion, conspiracies, history, magic, artifacts buried deep, Watchers and Slayers. And the story of Rupert Giles, who wants to serve a Slayer.
Substitute
Xander and Willow help Giles recover from Angelus.
Core Four 'verse series
The enjoining spell the Scoobies used to defeat Adam has surprising and life-changing after-effects.
Four Nights and a Revelation
The enjoining spell to defeat Adam has surprising and life-changing after-effects.
Emergence
Giles emerges from his shell after Scooby encouragement and a little manipulation from Oz.
Just lie down until they go away
Giles sings the Buzzcocks.