a promise fulfilled

not sure where exactly this falls in the slayer's mad whelp timeline--after Can't Breathe, definitely after Halloween in the timeline, but the tone feels like a regression in trust.  then again, recovery is not a straight line and xander is very good at pretending everything's fine, so it's probably not as out of place as it feels.

Main Points:
Buffy/Yakuza AU (Slayer's Mad Whelp)
Chapter Summary: xander's used to broken promises.  he can't quite figure out what giles is doing, trying to keep the whole 'we're a family now' promise.
Word Count: 1029
Rating: Teen
Warning: panic attack, very vaguely mentioned Angelus torture, slightly more detailed parental abuse re: tony harris

 

( get this broken boy help )