| Potholder ficlet |
[Oct. 21st, 2007|07:42 pm] |
Title: Best Birthday Ever
Rating: FRT
Summary: Buffy invites Giles over for dinner on his birthday.
Spoilers: none
Warnings: none
Disclaimer: These are not my characters. They belong to Joss, Twentieth Century Fox, UPN, WB & Mutant Enemy. This is purely for fun.
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Giles cleaned his glasses as he stood on the porch. He really didn't know why he was so nervous. He'd been to Buffy's house before. This day shouldn't feel any different. Taking a deep breath, he knocked on the door. After several moments with no answer, he raised his hand to knock again. Before his hand touched the door, he heard what sounded like a struggle coming from inside the house.
"Buffy!" He tried the door, but it was locked. "Buffy!" he yelled again as he stepped back and kicked the door in.
He followed the sounds to the kitchen and stopped in his tracks. Pots and pans were scattered everywhere, and Buffy was leaning over the sink. He thought he heard her crying.
"Buffy?"
She turned her head to look at him. "Hi, Giles."
As he walked over to her, carefully avoiding the clutter on the floor, he saw that she had her hands under the faucet. "What happened?"
"I burned my hands." She looked down at the mess on the floor. "I knocked those down when I tried to get to the cold water."
Giles looked around. There was a pan sitting on the rack in the open oven. "Where are your potholders?"
"Potholders?" Buffy asked.
"Yes, potholders," he said as he found a couple in one of the drawers. "You may be the Slayer, but you should still take precautions." He took the pan from the oven and set it on the counter.
"It wasn't in the recipe," Buffy mumbled.
Giles shut the oven door and turned back to Buffy. "Hmm?"
"I followed the recipe exactly, and it didn't say anything about potholders." She burst into tears. "Now I've ruined everything. I just wanted to make a nice dinner for your birthday. I thought it would be easy."
He hugged her from behind. "It's not ruined," he whispered. He reached down an took one of her hands in his, lifting it so he could see. "It looks like you're almost healed." He kissed her fingertips. "Does it still hurt?"
Buffy turned in his arms. "Not that hand, but the other might need some TLC to make it better."
With a smile, he lifted her other hand to his lips and kissed it. "Better?"
Buffy nodded.
"Were you burned anywhere else?" he asked with a smile.
Buffy smiled. "Yes, but I think it'll take more than one kiss to make it all better."
"Best not waste time then."
Buffy's smiles grew wider, and Giles knew it would be the best birthday ever.
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| Comments: |
Thanks for answering my challenge! I hope this won't be the last such answer.
It was fun to write.
Hey. I've got an idea that might be crazy enough to work and might help both of us. Why don't we come up with a list of prompts for the community and make them part of a special challenge category for the next round of the Bodice Ripper Awards? We could have one challenge for Giles fic and one challenge for other fics. What do you think?
I think that's a brilliant idea that would be a big help to us both! As the fabulous Tim Gunn would say, let's caucus!
(needs a Tim Gunn icon badly)
Do you have any ideas of prompts to use in a challenge? It's sad that I work in a fabric and craft store and can only think of a few things.
My list is:
quilting
crochet
knitting
Is making your own paper considered a fiber craft?
Do we want to approach it from the idea of what technique is being used, or one of what item is being created? If we go with technique, then in addition to your list, we could do something for:
Spinning
Dyeing
Weaving
Macrame
Lace making (needle, bobbin, knit, crochet, tatting, etc.)
Embroidery (cross stitch, stumpwork, crewel, etc.)
Needlepoint
Dressmaking
Tailoring
Felting
Kumi-himo
Smocking
Okay, well, that's what I came up with off the top of the top of my head. Yeah, I think about thread a lot.
On the other hand, if we go for projects rather than techniques, we could choose from:
Blankets/comforters
Slippers
Pillows
Wallhangings
Table linens...
any number of things. I'm down with either approach, but I think we might get more answers if we choose an item rather than a technique.
What is stumpwork?
What is Kumi-himo?
(sheepish)
I was sort of showing off. I do that sometimes.
Anyway, stumpwork is a form of padded embroidery and kumi-himo is a traditional Japanese braiding technique. It was used to make the braids that held the laquer armor together and goodies like that. One amusing thing is that it turns out the sort of stand and bobbins used in kumi-himo are very similar to ones used in making hairwork items (a popular craft in Victorian times using braided human hair to make jewelry and other mementos in token of friendship and mourning).
Have I mentioned that showing off thing I do sometimes?
Cool! Why don't you post the challenge here? And then let's see how many fics we can pimp out of this idea. | |
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