Giles waved Xander into the apartment and then stepped past him to turn the stereo down. "Well, I suppose it’s a rather good thing you didn’t – it’s the Grateful Dead; live album. You could have been out there for hours."
"A letter?" Xander lifted his head. "Like 'my baby wrote me a letter' writing a letter?" He grinned at the look Giles’s gave him. "What? That's 70s. My mom's K-Tel collection does not lie.
If Xander had to pick an SAT word for Giles's expression, he’d call it aghast. Bordering on agog.
Oz and Willow stood in the doorway, a still life in donuts and laptops.
"As do I," Giles said with a measured look, and Xander wasn’t even going to attempt to deconstruct that.
Okay, that last one isn't funny, it's poignant and perfect, but this - the hysterical dialogue, the musical references that made me bwee like a child, hands a-clapping with happiness (Harrison's my favorite *g*), the little hints of canon, and of style that's so linked to the Buffyverse -
Dear god I've missed you writing. So very much. This is excellent.
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Date: 2010-02-25 04:30 pm (UTC)From:"A letter?" Xander lifted his head. "Like 'my baby wrote me a letter' writing a letter?" He grinned at the look Giles’s gave him. "What? That's 70s. My mom's K-Tel collection does not lie.
If Xander had to pick an SAT word for Giles's expression, he’d call it aghast. Bordering on agog.
Oz and Willow stood in the doorway, a still life in donuts and laptops.
"As do I," Giles said with a measured look, and Xander wasn’t even going to attempt to deconstruct that.
Okay, that last one isn't funny, it's poignant and perfect, but this - the hysterical dialogue, the musical references that made me bwee like a child, hands a-clapping with happiness (Harrison's my favorite *g*), the little hints of canon, and of style that's so linked to the Buffyverse -
Dear god I've missed you writing. So very much. This is excellent.
I giggle at you!