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The Truth Behind His Life	By : Strailo Category: BtVS Crossovers > Misc - General Views: 13914 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Title: The Truth Behind His Life
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Batman
Chapter: 28
Characters: Dick, Xander
Word count: 1,336
AN: Sorry about being late, but here is this chapter and I hope you enjoy.
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Sitting in his chair, his legs crossed as he gazed out of the window of the study that they had turned into a business office, Xander mused over what he had seen and heard at the funeral of his parents.
He had worn a simple, dark nave suit that Dick had bought him while his lover had worn a matching one in support. Buffy, Willow and Giles had all come, the girl’s trying to glare at him as he simple stood next to his lover. Giles had actually invited him and Dick over for dinner sometime before they left for Gotham once more.
Sighing, Xander rubbed at his face before standing up and grabbing his soda cup. He was intent on relaxing and if that meant enough junk food and soda to send him to the gym or out for a run, so be it. Grabbing a bag of chips, some snack cakes and pouring a fresh cup of soda, he padded towards the study once more. Dick watched him with a smirk on his lips in some amusement as he closed his laptop.
He knew what his lover was going to do and wanted to join him in doing it, but he also had a few e-mails to get through before he could do so. Sighing, Dick opened his laptop once more and stared at the e-mail that Bruce had sent, asking about how things were going on while they were in Sunnydale.
He rubbed at his lips and reached out to start typing his reply out. Dick started with the lawyer and what he had set up for the man and his lover once the divorce was done. He continued on to talk about how welcoming their arrival had been and started to go over his observations of those people he had met.
Buffy was a California Princess despite her destiny that she often sneered at. He had noticed that she used the fact that she was the Slayer to her advantage, or tried to anyways. She usually tried to do it in regards to Xander, her words subtly mocking of his training and skills. Xander had put a stop to that rather quickly enough by tossing her around much to Dick’s amusement. She had stopped talking to him for the most part, much to their pleasure.
Willow was starting to annoy him though, all things considered. She just kept on trying to find out information out on him and hack his personal computer which had prompted him to send a virus that had changed all of her various passwords ton an insult of some kind. She was still trying and seemed intent on the fact that she would always know what was best for Xander. Dick was toying with the thought of sending her a rabbit virus the next time she tried something.
He wrote out a piece to Bruce about that thought and asked him what type of rabbit should be used if he did.
He moved on to the talk about the three vampires that had arrived the night before to speak with Dick about Wofram and hard, and what they could do about the hell born lawyers.
Dick had been rather amused by how much the three vampires had nearly doted on Xander without crossing a line of annoyance with him. His lover had told him that he and any connected to him was considered to be family and marked as such, thus the fact that they tended to touch both of them quite a bit.
Penn seemed especially fond of Xander, calling him ‘little one’ often and saying that Dick was blessed by God to have such a beautiful light in his life. He had to agree with the Puritan vampire on that part.
Spike was an arrogant bastard with a cockney accent that slipped sometimes, but he also had a very large soft spot for his lover’s and Xander. The blond vampire was exceedingly protective of the young human, having taught him how to protect himself and also gave him all of the knowledge that can be useful in his fights. Spike was, at the least, considerate enough to open a window whenever he smoked or went down into the basement pouring the day they had been there.
Angel…well Angel was a bit harder to read. The oldest vampire tended to either brood or snark back and forth with Xander. It usually went something like he brooded until he was knocked out of his brooding by some smartass comment from Xander. To an untrained eye, the two hated each other, but to Dick, they were brother’s enjoying each other’s company.
Angel was smart but brooded much too often so Xander had taken it upon himself to break his habit so he could use those smarts. Dick liked the guy either way.
Finally he spoke of Giles, the Watcher of Buffy and owner of The Magic Box. Dick hummed slightly as he contemplated what to say about the man as Xander walked into the dining room, staring at his cell phone with pursed lips.
“What’s wrong?” Dick asked, looking up from his laptop, eyes blinking at the look on his mate’s face.
“Giles just called about dinner,” Xander said, his voice concerned.
“What about it?” Dick prompted, wondering what had just gone on.
“Apparently, Buffy and Willow threw a fit on his apartment and destroyed his kitchen. They are now working at The Magic Box for commissions to pay off the money for the repairs so we’re going to be eating here instead.” Xander shook his head and looked at the touch screen once more. “He’ll be bringing the dinner and cooking it after he picks up a new oven and a new stovetop at the appliance store,” he continued, looking up at his lover.
“What else has gotten to you?” Dick asked, smirking as Xander rolled his eyes.
“The fact that Buffy and Willow both willfully destroyed a kitchen isn’t enough?” Xander asked, sarcasm dripping from the words. “Giles is thinking of selling out to Anya and moving but he doesn’t have an idea as to where. He was considering for a while going to England but he really doesn’t want to deal with the Watcher’s Council daily if he did.”
“Well, Bruce is looking for a new guy to run his National History Museum. Preferably one that knows how to work for demons and to get them to work for the museum themselves,” Dick said after a moment, getting a smirk from Xander. “Comes with a very nice, secure apartment, a lovely pension plan and a space to open a store if he so wishes to,” he continued.
“I suppose I’ll have to tell Giles once you get an answer from Bruce that says that he would like Giles to work with him,” Xander hummed before going back to his junk food and movies.
Dick smirked, knowing that he would be getting very lucky later that night before he returned to his e-mail to Bruce.
He told his mentor and friend about Giles and how he had been Buffy’s Watcher, making mistakes according to his training as said Watcher, but having gotten better over the years. He told him about his work history and what had just happened, suggesting he hire and move Giles to Gotham due to his work history with demons and the magical community.
Dick also added that Giles was more of a father to Xander than the one that they had just buried in the ground. He knew that would hit his adoptive father more than anything else.
Sitting back as his e-mail, encrypted and sealed, winged off to Bruce, Dick stretched out his back and stood up. He walked into the study and flopped down onto the couch next to his lover, pulling him close. He would wait for his answers, get Bruce’s observations, and then get laid later that night. Despite the funeral, they had had a good day after all.
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