Day 1 & Two Drabbles

[dlgood]

Day one is in the books and today’s slate is about to start. So far, only three upsets. #9 Nevada over #8 Texas, #11 Alabama-Birmingham demolishing #6 Louisiana State, and #12 Wisconsin-Milwaukee over #5 Alabama. #8 Pacific over #9 Pittsburgh was a Vegas upset, but not an upset according to the NCAA selection committee seeds.

That dispensed with, here are edited versions of the two drabbles I posted for in the last two weeks' open_on_sunday challenge - themed around “Animals” and “Betrayal”.

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Title: Damn Stupid Dog
Characters: Faith, Buffy
Spoilers: BtVS 7.22 "Chosen"
Disclaimer: Property of Mutant Enemy
Theme: Animal
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Faith always called her a damn stupid dog.

But she always stashed a little off the plates to feed her extra. Doted on that dog. Treated the mutt like a Kennel Club Blue Blood.

And even if it was against house rules, Buffy wouldn’t say anything if she wandered into the training room to watch her mistress at work. Wouldn’t say anything if she sat by the door and woke up the neighborhood at the end of nightly patrols... sat by that door every night.

Even after the night Faith went out and didn’t come back.

That damn stupid dog.

A.N.1: A drabble for LiveJournal's open_on_sunday.
A.N.2: Faith comments that she always wanted a dog in BtVS 3.17 "Enemies".
A.N.3: For the doggies and the doggie lovers out there.

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Title: Bag and Baggage
Characters: Gunn
Spoilers: AtS 3.17 "Forgiving"
Disclaimer: Property of Mutant Enemy
Theme: Betrayal
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Grandmama was the first to tell him he never listened well enough. And Grandmama was mostly right. But sometimes…

From where Gunn sits, it looks like Wesley kept secrets that compromised the safety of the group. A pissed off, insane with grief, lawyer torturing, black magic makin’ Angel doesn’t strike him as all too safe. And neither does not having the one guy around who could possibly explain what’s going on.

He knows Wes thinks he’s been betrayed. And on the days Gunn thinks about it, Wes has a point.

If you ever withhold information or attempt to subvert me again, I will fire you. - I can't have any one member of the team compromising the safety of the group, no matter who it is. If you do it again you will be dismissed, bag and baggage, out of a job onto the streets.

Most days, Gunn doesn’t think. He just follows Wesley’s orders.

A.N.1: A drabble for LiveJournal's open_on_sunday.
A.N.2: Italicized quote from episode 3.03 "That Old Gang of Mine" not included in word count.
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Comments

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

argh, I had picked everyone of those upsets to be upsets. Then again I would have gotten killed on the Pittsburgh one so...

[dlgood.livejournal.com]

By tourney standards, this one's had a pretty wild weekend. Eight of the top Sixteen got knocked out this year. I'm guessing there's some joy up your way with Wisconsin and Wisconsin-Milwaukee still in it...

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

yes (and I picked them too). I've been hearing about all the upset. If I liked basketball, I'd probably be thrilled.

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

Love both of the drabbles, especially "Damn Stupid Dog", for a great many reasons.

[dlgood.livejournal.com]

Thanks. We loves our doggies. And they loves us.

[m-phoenix.livejournal.com]

Damn stupid dog ::sniffle::

[dlgood.livejournal.com]

Thanks.