Ramblings of an Old Kweer

 
  Last one for tonight, and for now. More to come, elisi's birthday presents tend to have lives of their own :-)

 

  TITLE: Safety Being the Key

  AUTHOR: kerkevik_2014

  FANDOM: Buffy the Vampire Slayer

  CHARACTERS: Dawn; Lisa;

  LENGTH: 100,

 SUMMARY: Not everything was dark for Dawn before Buffy's return; not in this 'verse.

  A/N: Not a fan of fics about Dawn when Buffy was gone as a rule, but my muse wouldn't let me set this at any other time.

 

     Leaning back into Lisa's arms; top of her head being kissed, Dawn somehow stayed concentrated on studying.

   She felt safe; too safe sometimes.

   Tara; Willow; Xander; Spike; they all watched her.

   Even Anya watched her.

   She had Lisa to hold her now.

   And Lisa's arms made her feel as safe as... her Mom and Buffy used to.

   No longer a secret love, Dawn still started humming Doris Day, earning another kiss.

   She hoped they could see her now; happy, even though they weren't here.

   Her belly rumbled; reminding her of their trysts at Clem's crypt.

   “Fancy pizza and a movie?”

 

     Goddess watch over us all, 

     

     Kerk(evik) TehKek Hiraeth

 

 

 

 

   
  First of the three written pencil, but not transferred to Open Office, that I will hopefully be posting today. Then I have tostart writing more, as well as getting some of the other stories I have in my head down; non-Lisa/Dawn Buffyverse, as well as non-Buffyverse included. 
 Back to work :-)

 

  TITLE: Love's Keys Unlocked

  AUTHOR: kerkevik_2014

  FANDOM: Buffy the Vampire Slayer

  CHARACTERS: Lisa; Dawn;

  LENGTH: 100,

  SUMMARY: Lisa and Dawn are now; when this is set, not only out; they are offically a couple now. If I have my high school years correct they are seniors here; also, as this is the femalehusband!verse, we are in the months immediately preceding the destruction of Sunnydale, more than a year after it happened in canon. We are also pre-Massachusetts marriage equality.

  A/N: Definitely not a linear writer, as some of these sequences-within-sequences are being revealed to me almost in reverse order.

 

     “They never married?”

   Lisa shook her head, distractedly stroking her Dawn's breast; the one she could reach, as they relaxed after their first time.

   Dawn struggled with the concept; sighing.

   Despite her parents; Xander's family, or Willow's Mom, it somehow never occurred to her that it wasn't automatic to marry someone you wanted to be with, like forever.

   Not that, being two girls, they could anyway.

   Legally anyway.

   She gasped as Lisa nuzzled her neck, successfully distracting her.

   Silently she was thanking Tara for refusing to give advice, as she responded to the magically unknown world she and Lisa were exploring together.

 

     Goddess watch over us all; especially in the next weeks,

     

     Kerk(evik) TehKek Hiraeth

 

 

    
  Nearly allowed myself to get distracted again. 

  Before I get too much further, by which beyond the seventeen of these I have done so far; this is only the ninth to get posted, I must get these listed somewhere in their chronological order. Got Floodland playing again; my head-canon says this is Lisa's fave album (she has it on vinyl - and CD & MP3 & every other platform available; depending on whenever a story is set). 

 There's potential in how boyband loving Dawn & 80's goth (and probably in 2016 Afropunk loving Lisa) mesh their musical tastes; though I imagine a joint love of 80s music will help, 

 Ack! Plot bunnies go'WAY! 

Anyway more Lisa and her Dad (plot bunnies where are their names?) 

 

   TITLE: Love's Shadow

   AUTHOR: kerkevik_2014

   FANDOM: Buffy the Vampire Slayer

   CHARACTERS: Lisa; her Dad & Dawn (in abstentia;

   LENGTH: 100,

   SUMMARY: Lisa in the know now... the aftermath begins.

   A/N: This girl who was in all of one scene; two if you're nitpick-y, is really in my head, so there's more of these to come. I've skipped here; there is another scene to be written – at least.

 

     “I'm not real!”

   The visceral pain Lisa felt; deep inside, hearing those words in her head made the hurt she felt when Dawn barely acknowledged her at her Mom's funeral.

   Feel just as sharp really, but a pinprick in comparison.

   Breathless at her absence as she felt, Lisa gathered herself before her Dad came into the kitchen; fought to keep herself together as he seemed to take forever to get his coffee and doughnuts.

   As he prepared his bacon; eggs and toast, she quietly left for school.

 

   She didn't see him sit down, breakfast absent; as he pondered her sadness.

 

     Goddess watch over us all,

     
 

     Kerk(evik) TehKek Hiraeth

 

 

 
  Almost got distracted into forgetting to post this today, but here 'tis. Another moment between Lisa and her Dad; really have to give him a name; them a surname (Mom included), but that can wait. It is, as are they are all, dedicated to elisi as a birthday present. 

 

  TITLE: The Key to a Parent's Heart

  AUTHOR: kerkevik_2014

  FANDOM: Buffy the Vampire Slayer

  CHARACTERS: Lisa, and her Dad,

  LENGTH: 100,

  SUMMARY: Geeks are good; especially when they're a girl and her Dad.

  A/N: So Lisa's been told who Dawn is now, this is set some time after.

 

 

     He just sat there; expressionless.

   “I like her; I mean really like her. Like the way you talk about Mom like.”

   He settled into his best Han Solo pose and told her, “I know.” She glared, and he leant forward and stroked her hair, “I've known for weeks. You get the same look in your eyes as she did; how could I not?”

   “What about..?” She lost her capacity for speech; her father hadn't.

   “What does it matter how old she is? Your feelings are obviously real; what else matters?”

   He held her hand and channelled Yoda, “Patience, my young Padawan; understanding will come in time.”

   She kissed his cheek, “I love you, Daddy.” All he could hear was her mother's voice.

 

 

     Goddess watch over us all,

 

     

 

     Kerk(evik) TehKek Hiraeth

 

 

 

      This is dedicated to two of my best supporters, elisi and red_satin_doll; also to a character I only realised I really liked after he was gone. It's also dedicated to all the veterans who have served and sacrificed so people like me have the freedom to say we will not kill.

      I owe them my gratitude for that freedom.

      

 

   TITLE: Comforting Contemplations

   AUTHOR: kerkevik_2014

   CHARACTERS: Buffy Summers; Riley Finn; Joyce Summers; Spike; Dawn Summers; Lisa;

   LENGTH: 500

  SUMMARY: This is set in the 22'verse; it's an anniversary, but not a significant one. Buffy is coming to a crossroads in her life; all her partners have partners; families; lives outside the war they are constantly fighting, and she is missing them, but is she as alone as she thinks; or as lonely as she believes?

 

 

   Riley started to apologise, but she cut him off; she knew the game. Besides she was a soldier too, and all her lovers were in danger all the time as well.

 

   She wasn't married to any of them, of course; nor did she have any children.

 

   Which she did...

 

   Not.

 

   “Sorry mom, “ she whispered, or thought she had. He asked her to speak louder; jungles not being as quiet as they were in the movies.

 

   Buffy grinned; glad that he couldn't see how tired she was. “Forget about it, Finn; go get her, “ adding, with a twinkle in her voice, matching that in her eyes, “If she hasn't escaped and tied them all up by herself by the time you get there.”

 

   He would never know her pain at hearing his laugh from nearly a thousand kilometres away; she could hear the Huey coming to collect him too.

 

   “You know it, Buff.”

 

   And he was gone.
 

   And she was going to be alone on her birthday. Her head leant to one side as she regarded her mom's picture; the only one she had of the four of them together. Snorting, she wondered once again why she kept it; wasn't as if it was the real thing, Dawnie had found it on the internet on a relative's social pages.

 

   She knew why of course. It was also the only picture of their father that their mom kept, because it was taken on the last holiday they had together before Dawnie started growing up; like dying a little when you watched you kids start going away to school, Mom had told her once.

 

   Buffy picked the picture up and walked over to the drinks cabinet, took a Guatemalan beer that Riley had presented her with the previous year. Staring at the people in the frame; contemplating the possible messages in the fact that it was the last one, she wondered if she could ever be as strong as her Mom had been.

 

   She didn't have to stay; more than enough talent to take over, but she knew she wouldn't. She knew she wasn't her Mom; never could be that strong.

 

   Smiling melancholically to herself, she turned out the light and put some music on; some vinyl that had been a present of Giles', he not being able to make her birthday either. She sipped her beer, sighed and rested the picture on her chest; falling asleep in the comfy chair.

 

   ~~~

 

   Joyce watched her from where her presence stood by the fireside.

 

   'You're as strong as stone, Buffy; with a heart big enough to protect a whole world. You're more than I - we could ever have hoped for, with the patience of a glacier. You're not alone; never alone.'

 

   Joyce accepted the hand offered her by a platinum blonde deceased undead, who also offered her a ghostly mug of hot chocolate; with little marshmallows, and stayed watching Buffy as she slept; only leaving once he'd kissed her forehead.

 

   ~~~

 

   Buffy stirred; waking enough to place the beer safely, then went back to sleep, feeling oddly comforted that she wouldn't be alone forever.

 

   ---

 

   Which was where Dawn and Lisa; their three children asleep in their arms found her when they arrived, unannounced just as dawn was creeping over the horizon.

 

   Happy birthday could wait until morning.

 

 

 

     Goddess watch over us all,

     

     Kerk TehKek

 

 

 

This final prompt in this ten part series is the one that started it, and almost killed it too. I think I started working on these fics about Dawn and Lisa on the Saturday evening, properly anyway; managed to write fics for a few other prompts, but could not quite get these done before the remainder week finished. I'm pleased that I wouldn't give up on it though; even managing to create a new character; giving more depth to two others. Most pleasing is that I'm finally able to write the two main characters as an adult couple at last. Even if nobody reads, or comments, I feel able to say I have exceeded what I set out to do, and that ain't nothing.

 

TITLE: Forever Remaining

AUTHOR: kerkevik_2014

FANDOM: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (femalehusband!verse)

PAIRING: Dawn/Lisa

PROMPT: #480: remainder week @ femslash100

RATING: PG

WORD COUNT: 200

A/N: Trillium is at the centre of a triangle of Hellmouth's, situated in Cleveland; Syracuse and Washington DC; known as the Tri-mouth, it has become the main base for the Slayer's. Another base has been established near London, under the command of Kennedy; others will, in time, follow.

 

 

They were shown a small room, with bed, shower, toilet and a kitchen of sorts.

Sarah had found a new life, briefly, before her girlfriend had left to take care of her parents.

She had a house now; left in her name in case her new life could not be rekindled.

Thrown out of her community for her 'sins against nature', and with the money left her by an uncle who, unknown to her, had been 'guilty' of the self-same sins she had bought the lease on the hardware store years ago.

She was still going to teach carpentry and plumbing and other self-sufficient life skills she had grown up with to locals seeking more independence.

The whole room was only a little less than twice the size of their own rooms at home, and they'd no space for books or much else; Sarah hadn't needed them.

But they'd have a place of their own, with only their own utilities to pay for, with the store below to use for study space, since they'd be locking and opening up for Sarah; helping out when they had free time.

As they held each other, the women saw the remainder of their lives unfolding before them.

 

 

Goddess watch over us all,

Kerk TehKek

 

 

 

 

In this, the eighth of the ten stories about Dawn & Lisa, we have the introduction of a new, and in future stories, both in this verse and others, major character. I have yet to fully describe her in mind yet; which is why she is not named here. She was inspired by the decision of the King of Morocco to establish a venue for the training of female clerics to minister to the spiritual needs of female muslims. She is a Slayer herself, but her clerical training, and spiritual outlook, will not allow her to take part in the violence of being a full Slayer.

 

TITLE: Older, and Far Away

AUTHOR: kerkevik_2014

FANDOM: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (femalehusband!verse)

PAIRING: Dawn/Lisa

PROMPT: femslash100 #478: mend

RATING: PG

WORD COUNT: 200

A/N: Trillium is at the centre of a triangle of Hellmouth's, situated in Cleveland; Syracuse and Washington DC; known as the Tri-mouth, it has become the main base for the Slayer's. Another base has been established near London, under the command of Kennedy; others will, in time, follow.

 

 

Dawn had volunteered to become apprentice, of sorts, to Xander, and was the one usually called on when there were projects at Slayer Central than he alone couldn't handle. He was working on the gym when the new Chaplain came to them, needing help with a multi-faith pulpit-cum-altar she wanted built.

They quickly came to talk subjects beyond carpentry; Dawn most curious how a woman could become trained as an islamic cleric, while the Chaplain seemed most concerned with Tara and her defiant solitude in the face of the help offered by all concerned.

One clear afternoon, they went for a long stroll along the riverside; crossing via bridges a few times and taking in the views. There, finally, Dawn opened up about the tensions that had built up between her and Lisa; unexpectedly, in Dawn's mind, causing the very public fight on the campus, before their silent decisions to call separate cabs.

It also became clear that the Chaplain was also gay, though she seemed to prefer privacy where that was concerned; Dawn gaining her trust by making no outward mention of her obvious attraction to one of the Slayers.

Dawn though gained the courage she needed to mend the rift with Lisa.

 

 

Goddess watch over us all,

Kerk TehKek

 

 

 

 

Hardest for me to write; this, the sixth of ten stories about Dawn and Lisa, as the only screen depictions of them in the same scenes were as schoolchildren in “The Body”. Having written them as a couple on many occasions now, it has taken me a long time to be able to start, truly, depicting them as fully realised adults. I hope it's working.

 

TITLE: Flooded

AUTHOR: kerkevik_2014

FANDOM: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (femalehusband!verse)

PAIRING: Dawn/Lisa

PROMPT: femslash100 #476: consume

RATING: R

WORD COUNT: 100

A/N: Trillium is at the centre of a triangle of Hellmouth's, situated in Cleveland; Syracuse and Washington DC; known as the Tri-mouth, it has become the main base for the Slayer's. Another base has been established near London, under the command of Kennedy; others will, in time, follow. 

 

They devoured each other; somehow managing to tear only a single item of underwear between the two of them, as they gifted each other repeated orgasms; unleashing weeks, months, and years of desires on each others bodies. Dawn started to apologise for not shaving under her arms, only for Lisa to bury her face in them, each in turn; burying too a hand to the wrist in her, before she attempted to bury her head in Lisa as they colluded in an attempt to become one being. One squirted, unable to control herself, the other just drank her lover in.

 

 

Goddess watch over us all,

Kerk TehKek

 

 

 

This is the fourth of ten stories set around the pairing of Dawn Summers and her friend Lisa from the season 5 episode, “The Body”. 

 

TITLE: Choices

AUTHOR: kerkevik_2014

FANDOM: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (femalehusband!verse)

PAIRING: Dawn/Lisa

PROMPT: femslash100 #474: reunite

RATING: PG

WORD COUNT: 100

A/N: Trillium is at the centre of a triangle of Hellmouth's, situated in Cleveland; Syracuse and Washington DC; known as the Tri-mouth, it has become the main base for the Slayer's. Another base has been established near London, under the command of Kennedy; others will, in time, follow.

 

 

As her bus pulled in and she alighted, Lisa felt a weight lift from her.

No bible quotes; no relatives praying in thanks; no behind the back mutterings about saving her.

She was glad too that she'd not contacted Dawn; needing to think about what she was doing.

They'd had their first real fight; married couple's fight, where both weren't talking, because they didn't want to worry the other.

Making it worse of course.

That train journey home she'd never wanted to hold, or be held by, Dawn so badly.

She need... they needed to talk.

About love and family.

 

 

Goddess watch over us all,

Kerk TehKek

 

 

 

This is the second of ten stories set a little more than two years after the destruction of Sunnydale; itself approximately a year later than it occurred in series canon. 

 

TITLE: I Only Have Eyes For You

AUTHOR: kerkevik_2014

FANDOM: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (femalehusband!verse)

PAIRING: Dawn/Lisa

PROMPT: femslash100 #472: critical

RATING: PG

WORD COUNT: 100

A/N: Trillium is at the centre of a triangle of Hellmouth's, situated in Cleveland; Syracuse and Washington DC; known as the Tri-mouth, it has become the main base for the Slayer's. Another base has been established near London, under the command of Kennedy; others will, in time, follow.

 

 

Lisa shook her head as Dawn held up another possibility.

She had to bite her lip; this was worse than the others.

Dawn knew fashion, but... just not hers.

She'd spotted stuff she could turn into something she'd wear, but this was all flowery and...

She snorted, unable to stop herself thinking Summer-y.

Dawn glowered back at her; then really took a look at what she was holding up.

Lisa came up behind her as, swearing under her breath, Dawn started to replace it.

Lisa stopped her.

“I'd love to take that off you.”

She loved it when Dawn flushed.

 

 

Goddess watch over us all,

Kerk TehKek