Willow sat by Oz's cage, it was a full moon tonight and Willow always like to be with him whenever she could "He was sounding the deeps of his nature and the parts of his nature that were deeper than he, going back into the wombs of time. The rabbit could not..."
Suddenly werewolf Oz leaps up against the cage door and rattles it at her as she startles and steps back "Okay. Uh, maybe we should try a less stimulating passage" She flips through the pages of the book while Oz growls at her and settles back down in the cage.
Xander walks into the library, carrying a thermos and a couple of magazines, looking very tired "Private Harris reporting for Oz watch" Willow looks up from the book "Xander! Oh, good".
Xander yawns as he walks up to her and takes the book out of her hands "Oh! 'Call of the Wild.' Aren't we reading the Cliff Notes to this for English?" Willow rolls her eyes at him "Some of us are".
She takes back the book "Anyway, it'll help you stay awake. It's good and... and very wolfy" she looks at Oz "Seems to soothe the savage beast" She takes Xander's arm and leads him away from the cage toward the table.
Willow talks to Xander quietly "Except for the parts about..." she stops and begins to whispers "rabbits" Oz hears that, and jumps against the cage, banging it loudly as Xander and Willow both jump and look back at him.
Xander snags the book "Rabbits?" he asks confused as he looks it over before Willow takes the book back and puts it on the table "It... seems to make him a little overexcited. Okay. Now, he's had his 2:00 feeding, and, uh, after sunrise, if he forgets where his clothes are, they're on top of the file cabinet in his cage".
Willow indicates to the towels on the cage "I put those towels up for privacy" Xander nods with a smirk "Uh, no worries. I can handle the Oz Full Monty" his face drops at his own words "I mean, not 'handle' handle, like 'hands to flesh' handle".
Willow looks at the cage with lots of nervous gesturing "Well, it's not for you. It's for me, 'cause I'm still getting used to half a Monty" Xander shrugs with a nod "Oh. Good" before he realizes "Half? You and Oz? Which half?".
Willow looks a Xander with a big smile "Wouldn't you like to know? Anyway, he's more manageable tonight and on the third night. Tomorrow night, the total full moon, that's when he's a real wolfer".
She reaches across the table "But in case there's trouble... there won't be, but if..." She holds up the dart rifle and Xander takes it from her with his right hand while still holding his things with his left, and slips his index finger into the trigger guard.
"Sleepytime. Gotcha" He holds the stock of the weapon against his shoulder "Thanks again for doing this. I wouldn't have asked, but I have this test" Willow rambles "No big. You can count on me. I got my coffee, magazines" Xander tells her as he looks at his things.
"Figured I'd read, maybe" he points with the gun "run the stairs over there a little bit. I'm good" Willow isn't thrilled with the way he's handling the rifle, and takes it out of his hand, giving him a nervous smile.
She sets it down on the table, gives him a little wave goodbye and starts out. On the way past the cage she gives werewolf Oz a little wave, too "Bye" Oz raises his head and growls as he watches her go.
Xander picks the book up from the table, inspects the cover and looks up at Oz when he decides to make himself more comfortable, he climbs onto the table, sets the book down at one end and lies on his stomach, using the book as a pillow.
He smiles as he settles himself for a relaxing nap, in the cage Oz lets out a loud growl as Xander's eyes slowly close.
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Bad Blood |BTVS| Book Two
Fanfic❝ 'Cause baby now we got bad blood.❞ Nikki was left to pick up the pieces when Buffy left her behind, broken. Her friends had established themselves as a Scooby Gang as she became more reckless and careless, she was a Slayer without a cause. What h...
