Silly Wes/Giles ficlet

[cheesycats]

I'm in a silly mood and I love it when either Wesley or Giles gets flustered, so I wrote this little thing for slashthedrabble's "wings" challenge. Giles/Wesley, S3 BtVS, 300 words. Wesley gets an unexpected lesson in collecting emergency slayer provisions.



“Oh, dear.” Wesley looked at the array of items on the shelves. He was going to get this all wrong. Why on earth did he and Rupert agree to this? His watcher training never covered this excruciating task, although it bloody well should have, he thought.

Giles rounded the corner and came toward him with a half gallon of ice cream. “They were out of butter praline so I got toffee crunch for her instead.”

“Hmm? Toffee crunch, yes, good.” Wesley muttered absent-mindedly.

“Wesley, haven’t you found them yet?” Giles asked.

Wesley gestured frantically at the large display in front of him. “There are too many of them and they’re all different! I don’t know what to do! Did she say anything about wings? Half these blasted things have wings. I don’t even want to begin to think about what the wings are for.”

“Settle down, old man, this is simply another part of the job. You’ll get the hang of it.” Giles quickly scanned the shelves. “Ah, here they are.” He picked up a small package that to Wesley looked very much like most of the other packages.

“A-a-are you sure that’s the correct kind?” Wesley stammered hopefully.

“Yes, I’m sure. This isn’t the first emergency trip I’ve made to this aisle you know. She’s not just a slayer, she’s also a young woman. These things happen.”

Wesley’s shoulders relaxed in relief. “Oh, thank goodness that’s over.” He looked at the carton of ice cream in Giles’s hands. “You didn’t happen to notice if they… if they had any fudge swirl ice cream, did you?”

Giles chuckled kindly, put his arm around Wesley, and steered him toward the frozen foods aisle. “Yes, I think I saw fudge swirl in the ice cream case. And tonight you’ve certainly earned it.”

Comments

[katekat]

that was adorable! Poor silly Wes - he's right though, they should have a whole course on it. And we should be able to send all menfolk so they know what they're doing on that aisle. *grin*

[cheesygirl.livejournal.com]

They make so many different kinds these days that half the time I'm not sure what to get and I've been using the damn things for nearly 25 years! Poor Wesley. I hope Giles gives him more than just ice cream to make him feel better when they get home! ;-)

[katekat]

OH god! I know that feeling! Or they switch the packaging and I find myself asking store clerks for help.

And *bats eyelashes beguilingly* i don't suppose that could mean you're going to do a part two? please?

[tinpanalley.livejournal.com]

Too funny! It's always fun to watch any guy try to deal with that particular problem!

[cheesygirl.livejournal.com]

Hee! I've never been cruel enough to send a man to the store in RL for this stuff, but I couldn't resist making poor dear Wesley fret about it!

[psychoadept.livejournal.com]

Oh, poor Wes. Did Giles make him take that part of the errand on purpose?

[disgracelands.livejournal.com]

You know I always wondered if Slayers went on the pill so we wouldn't be sending out their menstrual fumes across the graveyards. Guess you cleared that one up for me!

[theferretgirl.livejournal.com]

*Snickergiggle* Hehehe, too funny.

[serenelystrange.livejournal.com]

Soo cute, :) If only Angel couldnt have stayed on and then their(wes and giles) love could be! Lol, yeah, I'm tired, :)

[crayonbreakygal.livejournal.com]

Guess she'll need the ice cream to help with those cramps. Hehehe. Poor Wes deserves some ice cream too after all that torture.

[entrenous88.livejournal.com]

That's a great take on the challenge, and a very funny Giles & Wes interaction.

[beadattitude.livejournal.com]

::giggle:;

Oh, lord, I can just see Wes' poor face!

And just what does he think the wings are for? Perv.