Drabble: Time of Lead (Ethan/Giles - PG)

[estepheia]

Crossposted to open_on_sunday
I am so out of practice, when it comes to writing in English, and my memory of the show is getting hazier, but I thought: Let's try a little drabble anyway...
Set during S2.
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Earning Giles’s forgiveness was harder than turning lead to gold. Ethan knew, he’d tried both.

Trying to blow Giles after Randall’s funeral had been a mistake, he knew that now, but it’s not like Ethan had had any experience saying sorry. He’d never wanted, never needed anyone’s forgiveness before. He’d considered himself a free man: free to go where chance took him, without looking back.

How do you say you’re sorry to a man who cannot bear the sight of you?

You don’t.

All you can do is treat every punch, every kick, as the caress that might have been.

Comments

[sueworld2003.livejournal.com]

*claps hands* Excellent, simply excellent! :D

[estepheia.livejournal.com]

Thank you! *beams happily*
I'd almost forgotten how nice it feels to post fic (and find feedback for it). :D

[shapinglight]

Well, you definitely haven't lost your touch. I really liked that and would love to read more.

[estepheia.livejournal.com]

Thank you! *hugs you fiercely*

[rebcake.livejournal.com]

That's fantastic. So Ethan.

Thank you. May I have another?

[estepheia.livejournal.com]

Yay, feedback! Thank you! I'll see what I can do, but I'm really trying to work on my longer G/E fic right now... oh well, maybe something will come to me on my way to work...