Treat Me Well From Now On
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer/SMT Devil Summoner Raidou Kuzunoha (Will of the Yatagarasu)
Summary: Cordy just comes in and offers her help. Willow's not exactly sure she's even giving them the option.
Word Count: 610
Rating: Teen
Willow tries not to squeak. Yeah, okay, next to Buffy and Cordy, she might feel and move like an overstuffed scarecrow, but still, it’s a real jerk move to point that out. “Oh, yeah, because you’re signing up to wear robes.”
Cordy crosses her arms, posing in something that looks effortless and is probably staged after a lot of tries in the mirror, now that Willow knows the secret that she actually works really hard for the image. “Please, you think anyone else could be this Queen of the Matterific?”
Just because she’s hot and knows it, Willow, doesn’t mean you can just let her stomp all over you like this with those designer heels! People’s lives are on the line. “It’s ‘Herald of Amaterasu’,” she corrects. It is impossible to tell if Buffy or Cordy actually know the words and are messing them up on purpose or if they’re both really bad at remembering new words. Cordy fixes her with a stare, and she squirms a little, grateful the robes are hiding most of her discomfort and also her face.
“Look, it’s this or secretary, maybe at a stretch treasurer, and I am born to be something more than secretary. Plus, if I can’t remember that name, you think I’d be better off trying to take notes on people’s problems?” She’s...actually being honest about her issues here, too, which is again weirdly vulnerable and it makes Willow’s brain itch, just a little. In a good way, but also, she’s probably about to cause a meltdown, too.
Willow tries a last-ditch effort. “I thought you said the truce wouldn’t last.”
“I changed my mind.” And she makes that sound soooo magnanimous, too. Like a queen bestowing a royal favor on a peasant. “Besides, you probably want someone that isn’t going to be recognized for the secretary, and I am much more likely to get recognized than one of your other...friends.” Okay, she’s still being snide about that, which Willow tries desperately to hold onto, because seriously, she needs every scrap she can get to remember in the moment. “Not outside of California,” she acknowledges, which is very, very bad, a sign of humility, even if it is a little misguided, “...but all they have to do is ask around, and I can nearly guarantee they’re going to be stalking around looking for weaknesses. If you need a queen who knows she’s a bee or a bitch, I’m your, what was it, Herald? I’m good at showing no weakness and being downright vicious and I have made grown men cry.”
Willow starts to feel herself waver, and starts a little when Ethan speaks behind her. She hadn’t even noticed her sort-of-mentor enter the room. “As an elevator pitch goes, that’s rather inspired, though you will have to prove that you can disguise your involvement since, as you put it, you are rather distinctive. Willow, would you care to change and join me for an impromptu interview?” Given that this is Giles’ idea, he’s not going to be too happy, but even if she’s getting a little better, Cordy does actually have a good point that Willow isn’t exactly the kind of person to strike fear into the hearts of men.
Willow tries very hard not to stumble at the triumphant smile Cordy makes at that, or the fact that, even if it’s only half-hearted, Cordy does actually try to catch her.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer/SMT Devil Summoner Raidou Kuzunoha (Will of the Yatagarasu)
Summary: Cordy just comes in and offers her help. Willow's not exactly sure she's even giving them the option.
Word Count: 610
Rating: Teen
Willow tries to ignore Cordelia when she walks into Yatagarasu Headquarters like she owns the place. At least she didn’t come in while Willow was still changing, or she’d never live it down. “You are totally not pulling that off.”
Willow tries not to squeak. Yeah, okay, next to Buffy and Cordy, she might feel and move like an overstuffed scarecrow, but still, it’s a real jerk move to point that out. “Oh, yeah, because you’re signing up to wear robes.”
Cordy crosses her arms, posing in something that looks effortless and is probably staged after a lot of tries in the mirror, now that Willow knows the secret that she actually works really hard for the image. “Please, you think anyone else could be this Queen of the Matterific?”
Just because she’s hot and knows it, Willow, doesn’t mean you can just let her stomp all over you like this with those designer heels! People’s lives are on the line. “It’s ‘Herald of Amaterasu’,” she corrects. It is impossible to tell if Buffy or Cordy actually know the words and are messing them up on purpose or if they’re both really bad at remembering new words. Cordy fixes her with a stare, and she squirms a little, grateful the robes are hiding most of her discomfort and also her face.
“Look, it’s this or secretary, maybe at a stretch treasurer, and I am born to be something more than secretary. Plus, if I can’t remember that name, you think I’d be better off trying to take notes on people’s problems?” She’s...actually being honest about her issues here, too, which is again weirdly vulnerable and it makes Willow’s brain itch, just a little. In a good way, but also, she’s probably about to cause a meltdown, too.
Willow tries a last-ditch effort. “I thought you said the truce wouldn’t last.”
“I changed my mind.” And she makes that sound soooo magnanimous, too. Like a queen bestowing a royal favor on a peasant. “Besides, you probably want someone that isn’t going to be recognized for the secretary, and I am much more likely to get recognized than one of your other...friends.” Okay, she’s still being snide about that, which Willow tries desperately to hold onto, because seriously, she needs every scrap she can get to remember in the moment. “Not outside of California,” she acknowledges, which is very, very bad, a sign of humility, even if it is a little misguided, “...but all they have to do is ask around, and I can nearly guarantee they’re going to be stalking around looking for weaknesses. If you need a queen who knows she’s a bee or a bitch, I’m your, what was it, Herald? I’m good at showing no weakness and being downright vicious and I have made grown men cry.”
Willow starts to feel herself waver, and starts a little when Ethan speaks behind her. She hadn’t even noticed her sort-of-mentor enter the room. “As an elevator pitch goes, that’s rather inspired, though you will have to prove that you can disguise your involvement since, as you put it, you are rather distinctive. Willow, would you care to change and join me for an impromptu interview?” Given that this is Giles’ idea, he’s not going to be too happy, but even if she’s getting a little better, Cordy does actually have a good point that Willow isn’t exactly the kind of person to strike fear into the hearts of men.
Willow tries very hard not to stumble at the triumphant smile Cordy makes at that, or the fact that, even if it’s only half-hearted, Cordy does actually try to catch her.
