406 - Diaglyph - And If My Love Had Never Let Me Go - dragonypoenix - BtVS

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Title: And If My Love Had Never Let Me Go 9/15
Fandom: BtVS
Prompt: 406 - Diaglyph
Warnings: None
Rating: PG
Summary: Trekker wrote a series called In Another Life where Rupert went back to the Council but never broke up with Ethan. In the chapter “The Dark Age, Postscript”, Ethan is drawn into a universe where his and Rupert's relationship had ended. It was such a fascinating idea I couldn't help but play with it. This is a remix of that chapter.
Note: The story shifts between the two verses but headers are included to orient the reader.
Note: It's easier to read in AO3
Note: insipired by a prompt at Open on Sunday: ring
Note: My home computer has died, again, so this is the first draft. The finalized version of this chapter will be posted at Ao3

IALverse

( When Buffy saw occult objects scattered all over the hospital room, she stopped just inside the doorway. It was worse than she'd thought. Giles always cleaned up after himself. Always. Even that time when Ethan had told her about the prophecy, the one that said she'd die at the Master's hands, even then when Giles had been as grungy and worn out as she'd ever seen him, even then he'd put away all the books but the one he'd been using. Now not only was nothing put away but Giles was scrambling through mystical-looking doodads and muttering like a madman. )