In Memoriam: Some Fic reposts for Nicholas Brendon # 04 ~ Following the Rules

[kerk_hiraeth]

 
    Fourth in my series of re-posted (and re-edited) fanfics featuring Xander Harris, in tribute to Nicholas Brendon. This one is a fair bit fluffier than the previous ones. 


     TITLE: Following the Rules

    AUTHOR: kerk_hiraeth

    LENGTH: 200;

    'VERSE: Buffy S7;

    CHARACTERS: Kennedy, Spike, Xander, Willow, mention of Andrew;

    A/N: This was originally posted on Lj in 2014, and as a birthday fic for slaymesoftly. This is a link http://www.sjtrek.com/trek/rules/ to the page with the answer to Kennedy's question; just in case Andrew is unavailable...

            Also one change was including this delightfully descriptive word I wish I had used in the original version, a stramash is '1. An uproar, commotion, hubbub, disturbance, a broil, squabble, row' and used in Scotland and Northern England when Spike was Human (last heard by me in, I believe, a John Wayne movie from the 1960s.)

 

      Kennedy and Spike took out the demons in double-quick time, but not before Xander had shoved Willow out of the way and got himself well and truly pummelled; once, totally by accident, by Spike.

   Dust settled, Kennedy helped her girlfriend up, as they both glanced over at their masculine guardians.

   Spike was holding his hand out to the pile of hurt on the ground.

 

   “You ok there Carpenter? “

 

   “Get lost! “ was not what Xander muttered loudly, but under his breath.

 

   Spike chuckled and reached down to pull him up anyway, and Xander was just about to go off on him ...

 

   “Thanks. “

 

   Xander looked totally non-plussed. Opening his mouth like a goldfish for a few seconds, all he could finally do was go, “Wh – huh? “

 

   Spike held his hand out again; offering it to the very confused Xander who, not knowing quite what to do, shook it.

 

   “What the hell was that all about? “ Kennedy asked a grinning Willow as they exited the site of the recent stramash.

 

   Willow's grin just got wider; only getting Kennedy's ire up, when all she would say was, “Rule number 76. “

   Relenting, Willow turned to Kennedy; pecked her on the cheek, and adding crytically, “Ask Andrew. “

 

     ~ 
      This was posted on LJ, in it's original form, on January 25th 2014 as a birthday fic for slaymesoftly 
     ~ 



    Goddess watch over you, 


      


    kerk 

Comments

[kaffy_r]

I'm not part of that fandom, but this is a sweet goodbye to Mr. Brendon.

[kerk_hiraeth]

Thank you.

It was good to have a couple of fluffy ones to add to the darker character death ones that inspired the decision to do these reposts, rather than a more complicated post about a character and an actor; both of whom I have complicated feelings about.

I hope to two more of these, though the last one will likely be a link with some comments as I have already got that story posted on this DW.

Sobering to think that youngest one was posted in 2018 and the first of these stories was posted more than seven years earlier on my original LJ, which is still there even though I can't access it anymore; other than to see the posts are still there.

kerk