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jedibuttercupPG; Eli Stone & B:tVS/Eli Stone. 2 x 200 words. (Same verse as Music To His Ears).
Eli makes a difficult decision, and meets someone new.
Title: Something To Save
Author: Jedi Buttercup
Disclaimer: The words are mine; the worlds are not.
Rating: PG
Summary: Eli Stone. Eli makes a difficult decision. 200 words.
Spoilers: Eli Stone 1.3 "Father Figure".
Notes: Because my heart sank like a stone during that particular scene. And it makes a great jumping-off "what if?" point for crossovers.
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"I'm going to ask you once," Jordan said, intently, "and if I find out you're lying to me, it will forever alter our relationship. Is there something really wrong with you?"
Eli stared back at his boss of eight years and opened his mouth-- then closed it again, torn between the answer he wanted to give and the one he knew he should.
Private Swain's son-- and Eli himself, once-- had lied to protect their families. But who would Eli's current lie protect? Eventually, his visions would have effects too obvious to excuse or ignore. Could he really put that kind of burden on Taylor-- and his brother, who had already falsified a clean bill of health for him? No matter how much they loved him, they deserved better than the kind of pain Eli's similarly "gifted" father had inflicted on everyone around him.
He took a deep breath and looked the man he'd hoped to call father-in-law in the eye. "Yes," he said. "I'm sorry."
So maybe he'd have to give up his career and his favorite, expensive toys. If this prophet thing was serious, something else would come along-- and in the meantime, he'd only be endangering himself.
Title: One More Try
Author: Jedi Buttercup
Disclaimer: The words are mine; the worlds are not.
Rating: PG
Summary: B:tVS/Eli Stone. Eli meets someone new. 200 words.
Spoilers: B:tVS post-Chosen (no subsequent canon); Eli Stone 1.3 "Father Figure".
Notes: For challenge #73 "favorite things" at tthdrabbles.
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"So you're the prophet," the teenager greeted him skeptically, eyeing his suit and briefcase. "You look more like a lawyer. Favorite outfit or something?"
"Or something," Eli replied, with a crooked smile. "I used to be a lawyer, actually. And you would be-- Miss Summers?" Dr. Chen had told him The Slayer was young, but this was ridiculous. She looked like she belonged in high school, not involved with whatever it was Eli's visions had dragged him into now.
She smirked at him, a disconcertingly wicked expression for someone with such large, innocent-looking blue eyes. "Yep, but not the one you're looking for," she said, and then yelled back into the apartment. "BUFFY! HE'S HERE!"
His relief at the answer died almost before he had a chance to feel it, cut off by that ridiculous name-- and the blonde, fashionably dressed twenty-something who appeared at her sister's call. But then he looked into her eyes, and his incredulity fell away.
His heart clenched. He didn't know how-- or even how he knew-- but this was someone who understood. Great gifts came with great costs, and this young woman--
"It's a pleasure to meet you," Eli said, and meant every word.
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Eli makes a difficult decision, and meets someone new.
Title: Something To Save
Author: Jedi Buttercup
Disclaimer: The words are mine; the worlds are not.
Rating: PG
Summary: Eli Stone. Eli makes a difficult decision. 200 words.
Spoilers: Eli Stone 1.3 "Father Figure".
Notes: Because my heart sank like a stone during that particular scene. And it makes a great jumping-off "what if?" point for crossovers.
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"I'm going to ask you once," Jordan said, intently, "and if I find out you're lying to me, it will forever alter our relationship. Is there something really wrong with you?"
Eli stared back at his boss of eight years and opened his mouth-- then closed it again, torn between the answer he wanted to give and the one he knew he should.
Private Swain's son-- and Eli himself, once-- had lied to protect their families. But who would Eli's current lie protect? Eventually, his visions would have effects too obvious to excuse or ignore. Could he really put that kind of burden on Taylor-- and his brother, who had already falsified a clean bill of health for him? No matter how much they loved him, they deserved better than the kind of pain Eli's similarly "gifted" father had inflicted on everyone around him.
He took a deep breath and looked the man he'd hoped to call father-in-law in the eye. "Yes," he said. "I'm sorry."
So maybe he'd have to give up his career and his favorite, expensive toys. If this prophet thing was serious, something else would come along-- and in the meantime, he'd only be endangering himself.
Title: One More Try
Author: Jedi Buttercup
Disclaimer: The words are mine; the worlds are not.
Rating: PG
Summary: B:tVS/Eli Stone. Eli meets someone new. 200 words.
Spoilers: B:tVS post-Chosen (no subsequent canon); Eli Stone 1.3 "Father Figure".
Notes: For challenge #73 "favorite things" at tthdrabbles.
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"So you're the prophet," the teenager greeted him skeptically, eyeing his suit and briefcase. "You look more like a lawyer. Favorite outfit or something?"
"Or something," Eli replied, with a crooked smile. "I used to be a lawyer, actually. And you would be-- Miss Summers?" Dr. Chen had told him The Slayer was young, but this was ridiculous. She looked like she belonged in high school, not involved with whatever it was Eli's visions had dragged him into now.
She smirked at him, a disconcertingly wicked expression for someone with such large, innocent-looking blue eyes. "Yep, but not the one you're looking for," she said, and then yelled back into the apartment. "BUFFY! HE'S HERE!"
His relief at the answer died almost before he had a chance to feel it, cut off by that ridiculous name-- and the blonde, fashionably dressed twenty-something who appeared at her sister's call. But then he looked into her eyes, and his incredulity fell away.
His heart clenched. He didn't know how-- or even how he knew-- but this was someone who understood. Great gifts came with great costs, and this young woman--
"It's a pleasure to meet you," Eli said, and meant every word.
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tthdrabbles)
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Date: 2008-02-18 10:44 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-02-24 12:34 am (UTC)Even if you are writing Buffy. :P I feel like we have this endless "My Slayer is Bestest" tiff going...but when you write like this, I don't care. Hooray Buffy!
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Date: 2008-02-29 12:51 pm (UTC)