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Couple of fluffy ficlettes from August. Had to stop working on Switchback for a few days; was getting too depressed. Not sure what's next. We'll see.

Title: Fun?
Crossover fandoms: Anita Blake/Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Characters: The title characters
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Joss Whedon owns all things Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Larrell K. Hamilton owns all things Anita Blake. Only the story is my own.
Note: For [livejournal.com profile] sparrow015 in Ficlette Fiasco Round II, for a prompt of Anita/Buffy -- pink/red (BtVS/AB).

~~*~~


"Want some cotton candy?"

Anita shook her head. "I don't see why, after the week of chasing monsters that we just had, you wanted to come to the Circus of the Damned to unwind."

Buffy shrugged. "Come on, this is St. Louis's main tourist attraction. See a vampire and ride the carousel, all in one night."

Anita felt like growling. "I hope you're teasing."

"Of course I am." Buffy dropped her half-eaten cotton candy into a handy garbage bin. "But you saw how much media attention our little hootenanny caused downtown."

Not one to normally read the papers, Anita had glanced at newspapers that morning, and nearly had a stroke. Apparently the week-long monster hunt along the waterfront had been quite the center of media attention. Half the front section was devoted to the destruction Anita and Buffy had caused, complete with some very unflattering pictures of the two executioners.

"I saw it. So what?"

Buffy nodded toward a passing human family. The parents gawked openly at the two women as they walked past slowly.

"Here, we're just part of the entertainment," Buffy said when the family was out of ear-shot. "No one's going to be all freaking out when they see us. We can just have some old-fashioned, good clean fun."

Anita watched as a couple of werewolves bounded by. They waved shyly at Anita as they dissapered into the crowd.

"I guess you're right," Anita told Buffy grudgingly.

"Of course I am." Buffy glanced up, and broke into a wide grin. "Oh! A Ferris wheel! Ever been on it?"

"Yes, but--"

"Come on, then! You need more fun in your diet."

As Anita let herself be dragged along, she had to admit that Buffy had a point.

Not that she'd say that, of course.

~~*~~

Puppy Love
Title: Fine Taste
Crossover fandom: Harry Potter/Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Characters: Xander, Snape, Dawn, Remus... heck, the whole gang,
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Joss Whedon owns all things Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and JK Rowling owns all things Harry Potter. Only the story is my own.
Note: Follows Can I Keep It? and Glower. The third in my Dawn/Remus series. And, um, no Tonk/Remus. In fact, we're pretty AU From HBP. Also, for [livejournal.com profile] atalante3134 in the Ficlette Fiasco Round II, for a prompt of Xander/Snape.

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Xander leaned against an out-of-the-way wall, hoping to avoid getting dragged into the "fun" at Dawn’s wedding.

Dawn. Wedding. As in a married Dawn. Xander shook his head at words. Who would have guessed that Dawn would be the first of the Sunnydale gang to get married? And to a werewolf more than twice her age?

It had taken about six months and huge long-distance bills for Dawn to convince Buffy and Willow that she knew what she was going. Xander had taken longer. A lot longer. In fact, he hadn't even been really convinced when Dawn was walking down the aisle of the outdoor chapel, Buffy at her side, dressed in white with flowers in her hair and more grown-up than Xander could ever have imagined.

He’d had to blink away painful tears. As Dawn walked toward Remus Lupin, a giddy smile on her face, all Xander had seen was Anya, so beautiful in her dress, the day she was supposed to become his wife.

Now, the guests were in the middle of some weird dance, sort of like line-dancing back home but with more guys in dresses. Xander let his eye drift over the assembled crowd. Most were Remus's friends, those strange wizards that Xander and the girls hadn't known existed, but Dawn had managed to manipulate Giles into flying out a bunch of the Slayerettes to England for the wedding. Given the amount of magical and mystical power in the place, it was surprising that no one had exploded yet.

The music changed, and the women in the crowd started looking for new partners. Xander took that as a hint that it was time to go in search of more punch.

A tall, dour man stood by the bar, glowering down at the punch bowl. Xander ignored him and took up the ladle to scoop himself another drink.

"What is this... dreck?" the man sneered.

Xander sniffed his cup, then took a tiny taste. "Swamp water," he said.

The man's incredulous expression spoke volumes.

"The girls must have gotten to it," Xander said with a fake grin. The man must have been one of Remus's guests, although Xander couldn’t quite recall his name.

"Indeed." The man glanced past Xander, and his face underwent the strangest contortion. Xander turned around.

There, on the dance floor, Dawn was dancing with a young man with messy black hair. They stood as far apart as humanly possible while still touching, dancing as awkwardly as a couple of sixth-graders at a formal.

Remus and Willow, who had become fast friends, were on the other side of the dance floor observing the same scene as Xander. Remus was trying hard to keep a grin off his face.

"I must say, I had some severe doubts about Ms. Summers, or should I say Mrs. Lupin's, intellect when she agreed to marry Lupin," the man said silkily from behind Xander, "Until I saw her extreme distaste for Harry Potter."

The dance ended with Dawn and Harry bolting in opposite directions.

"A woman of fine taste, indeed."

Date: 2006-01-11 01:26 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] eavling.livejournal.com
The first one's great...very thought provoking, but it's the seccond that tickles my fancy and me pink.

Thank you. It's only the second day, but there is a dearth of laughter on my school's campus. Already my spirits are depressed; much laughter is needed.

Date: 2006-01-11 02:33 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mhalachaiswords.livejournal.com
Something about the Remus/Dawn pairing that just has a lot of potential for humour.

I hope things get better at school as time goes on.

Date: 2006-01-11 01:39 am (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
Cool! Liked the first one best, but I'm a bit giggly about the second.
We ever going to find out why Dawn doesn't like Harry.

Date: 2006-01-11 02:37 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mhalachaiswords.livejournal.com
We might find out... we'll see what happens in future fics :)

Date: 2006-01-11 02:11 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kitsuneryu.livejournal.com
I laughed out loud at the end of the second piece! Oh, what a wonderful job, inserting Snape in like that! PRICELESS!!

THe chemistry between Buffy and Anita was kinda fun to see in the first one, twould be cool to see more 'stuff' like that out of them... lol!

Date: 2006-01-11 02:48 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mhalachaiswords.livejournal.com
Something about Snape's annoyance at Harry always causes me to laugh. Glad you liked them :)

Anita and Buffy are a conundrum. On the one hand, they both seem to live for the hunt, but they go at it from such different angles that I can see it taking a long time for them to get used to each other. So I tend to skip that part and get right to the nitty-gritty.

Date: 2006-01-11 02:18 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] silver-venus42.livejournal.com
I love that Snape likes Dawn because she can't stand Harry. LOL! Priceless!

Date: 2006-01-11 02:49 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mhalachaiswords.livejournal.com
Hey, she has to have at least one redeeming feature in Snape's eyes. After all, she had the bad taste in marrying Lupin :)

Date: 2006-01-11 02:30 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cissasghost.livejournal.com
Both nifty, but the second one has me wanting to know how the pairing came about, why Dawn doesn't like Harry, and who Snape's there with 'cause we know damned well he's not there for Remus' benefit . .

-Sonya

Date: 2006-01-11 02:50 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mhalachaiswords.livejournal.com
Are you insinuating that I haven't told my readers everything? I'm shocked!

(maybe one day... :)

Date: 2006-01-11 03:12 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cissasghost.livejournal.com
hee hee . . can't even write one little bitty ficlet without throwing in plot twists . .

And on a totally unrelated note - 10 days to Underworld: Evolution! *squee*!

-Sonya

Date: 2006-01-11 03:39 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mhalachaiswords.livejournal.com
Some part of me was convinced that U:E came out on Jan. 6. I have no idea why, and I was all upset that no one in my geeky Tuesday night movie clubl voted to go see it tonight. *sigh*

And I've got plot twists to spare. Want some? Dime a dozen.

Date: 2006-01-11 05:00 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] catherinecookmn.livejournal.com
Anita. Carousel. Anita. Carousel. (walks away muttering) Seriously, this is lovely. Can't wait to see Buffy's reaction to JC.

And hooray for Dawn for talking Remus into marrying her! (And for Xander for being able to stand next to Snape for more than thirty seconds. Then again, Xander strikes me as being very Hagrid-like, and Snape's never said a word against Hagrid.)

Date: 2006-01-11 02:52 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mhalachaiswords.livejournal.com
I think Buffy would be rather flip with JC. Oh, that's just a funny scene in my head.

You're right about Snape and Hagrid, I hadn't thought about that before. Snape's never really said anything against any of the teachers, in Harry's hearing. (Of course, Hagrid stuck up for Snape until the bitter end with the evidence of Dumbledore's body. Huh.) Now I have more stuff to think over!

Date: 2006-01-11 05:00 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] ansku
:D I love them :)

Date: 2006-01-11 02:52 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mhalachaiswords.livejournal.com
Good! Then my work here is done.

Date: 2006-01-11 07:42 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] epona34.livejournal.com
Thank you so much for not forgetting.
I love it.

Date: 2006-01-11 02:59 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mhalachaiswords.livejournal.com
Hey, I never forgot! I just had no idea what to write for Xander/Snape. Thanks for being so patient with me :)

Date: 2006-01-11 05:10 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] houses7177.livejournal.com
Hee. The mental image of Anita eating cotton candy, even under duress, is fantastic.

Your Snape voice was right on as well.

Date: 2006-01-11 05:24 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mhalachaiswords.livejournal.com
Thanks! I think what's even funnier than Anita eating cotton candy is Anita on the Ferris wheel.

Date: 2006-01-11 05:26 pm (UTC)

Date: 2006-01-12 07:23 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sparrow015.livejournal.com
I loved both ficlettes! Awsomeness!

Date: 2006-01-12 07:27 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mhalachaiswords.livejournal.com
Glad you liked :)

Date: 2006-01-16 12:01 am (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
LOL, Snape liking Dawn cause she dislikes Harry, priceless. Why does she not like Harry anyway? The whole Dawn & Lupin thing is strange but in a way not. I liked it. Humm Xander and Snape friends, could see it happening. :}

Jessie

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