BtVS Triple Drabble: On Patrol
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Title: On Patrol
Fandom: BtVS
Author:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
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Characters: Buffy.
Rating: PG
Setting: Late Season 1.
Summary: Being a Slayer isn’t always thrilling. Sometimes patrol is just dead.
Written For: Challenge 345: Amnesty at![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
fan_flashworks, using Challenge 120: Midnight.
Disclaimer: I don’t own BtVS, or the characters.
A/N: Triple drabble.
Midnight on a school night. By now, most kids Buffy’s age would be home in bed, and here she was, strolling through a cemetery of all places. Such was the life of a Slayer.
Sometimes, Buffy found herself wishing she could be an ordinary teenager, be the girl she’d been back in L.A., before her first Watcher had introduced himself, only… Looking back, she’d been so horribly shallow. She’d been like… Cordelia!
Yeesh, no, she liked herself better the way she was now, even with all the late-night vampire hunting and messy demon slayage. It was gross, and she ruined so many clothes from ick that just would not come out, no matter how hard she scrubbed. Couldn’t the Watcher’s Council do something useful and invent a detergent that worked on demon stains? Maybe she’d talk to Giles about that tomorrow.
Oh, wait, it was already tomorrow. Well, later today then.
She idly twirled her stake, tossing it up and catching it, sighing again. Patrol could be unbelievably boring; she should probably call it a night. Vampires might be creatures that revelled in the hours of darkness, but even they usually headed home to their crypts or wherever when all their potential victims had gone home hours ago.
Maybe she’d swing by a couple of other cemeteries on her way home, just on the off chance, but there hadn’t been any burials over the last couple of days so the chances of a vampire rising from its grave were non-existent. The whole patrol had been a gigantic waste of time, when she could’ve been out with her friends, or home studying, and maybe getting an early night for once. For Buffy, an early night meant the early hours of the morning.
Good thing Slayers didn’t need a lot of sleep.
The End
Fandom: BtVS
Author:
badly_knittedCharacters: Buffy.
Rating: PG
Setting: Late Season 1.
Summary: Being a Slayer isn’t always thrilling. Sometimes patrol is just dead.
Written For: Challenge 345: Amnesty at
fan_flashworks, using Challenge 120: Midnight.Disclaimer: I don’t own BtVS, or the characters.
A/N: Triple drabble.
Midnight on a school night. By now, most kids Buffy’s age would be home in bed, and here she was, strolling through a cemetery of all places. Such was the life of a Slayer.
Sometimes, Buffy found herself wishing she could be an ordinary teenager, be the girl she’d been back in L.A., before her first Watcher had introduced himself, only… Looking back, she’d been so horribly shallow. She’d been like… Cordelia!
Yeesh, no, she liked herself better the way she was now, even with all the late-night vampire hunting and messy demon slayage. It was gross, and she ruined so many clothes from ick that just would not come out, no matter how hard she scrubbed. Couldn’t the Watcher’s Council do something useful and invent a detergent that worked on demon stains? Maybe she’d talk to Giles about that tomorrow.
Oh, wait, it was already tomorrow. Well, later today then.
She idly twirled her stake, tossing it up and catching it, sighing again. Patrol could be unbelievably boring; she should probably call it a night. Vampires might be creatures that revelled in the hours of darkness, but even they usually headed home to their crypts or wherever when all their potential victims had gone home hours ago.
Maybe she’d swing by a couple of other cemeteries on her way home, just on the off chance, but there hadn’t been any burials over the last couple of days so the chances of a vampire rising from its grave were non-existent. The whole patrol had been a gigantic waste of time, when she could’ve been out with her friends, or home studying, and maybe getting an early night for once. For Buffy, an early night meant the early hours of the morning.
Good thing Slayers didn’t need a lot of sleep.
The End
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Date: 2021-12-19 06:41 am (UTC)Well that explains why Buffy didn't suffer sleep deprivation.
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Date: 2021-12-19 12:18 pm (UTC)Thank you!
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Date: 2021-12-20 11:21 am (UTC)Well, that was one aspect of being a Slayer that was a bonus. I could do with that ability.
Buffy Summers:...But, being a Slayer, there's a burden we can't share.
Faith: And no one else can feel it. Thank God we're hot chicks with superpowers.
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Date: 2021-12-20 12:43 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-12-21 10:09 am (UTC)Two words: Iron deficiency.*Hugs*
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Date: 2021-12-21 01:37 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-12-22 07:45 am (UTC)I relapsed back into depression after being burnout. In my case, I didn't have the right coping mechanism.
Buffy: Ah, I'll wing it.
This is where Action Plans usually come into place.
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Date: 2021-12-22 12:23 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-12-23 12:40 pm (UTC)It's a matter of reducing the symptoms and being self-aware.
The words, anxiety, depression and OCD are used too lightly by those who wouldn't understand how hard it is to deal with a serious disorder.
It's a balancing act for me.
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Date: 2021-12-23 01:30 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-12-24 10:04 am (UTC)The reason they have, for example:https://www.beyondblue.org.au/. For those who don't have any emotional support.
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Date: 2021-12-24 12:16 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-12-26 11:21 am (UTC)Yes. If self-help is not effective. I have plenty books on it that only now make better sense to me.
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Date: 2021-12-26 12:00 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-12-27 07:52 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-12-27 12:03 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-12-29 06:49 am (UTC)Even with a doctors referral this can happen. A follow up is to check if the patient is comfortable.
In my opinion, I think the first consultation should be free or discounted.
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Date: 2021-12-29 01:02 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-12-30 04:13 am (UTC)When underlining issues or feelings aren't resolved, it can fester and cause further problems down the line. I found a more suitable counsellor after that.
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Date: 2021-12-30 11:09 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-12-31 12:03 pm (UTC)I'm grateful that you didn't lose the courage to seek a proper therapist. It sounds like it was a difficult time in your life.*hugs*
I have Psychology books, because I wanted to be a children's counsellor at one stage. Now, I just for personal use.
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Date: 2021-12-31 05:49 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-01-01 08:29 am (UTC)Having at least one supportive person in your life is all it takes.
My mum had to be there for me too. It was a slow process. My mindset was holding me back.
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Date: 2022-01-01 12:33 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-01-02 10:44 am (UTC)Yes. I can clearly see that happening.*nods*
Some professionals lack patience too. I felt like I had to be more patient with them.
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Date: 2022-01-02 12:33 pm (UTC)