Fic - Friends, and all its meanings (1/1)

Title: Friends, and all its meanings
Author: Red Fiona
Disclaimer: I don't own the characters; Fox/Mutant Enemy/Joss Whedon do. No money is being made from this.
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Characters: Giles, mention of past Giles/Ethan.

Ratings/Warnings: PG-12, no spoilers beyond season 2.
Notes: Written to an lgbtfest 2011 prompt, but it went slightly off prompt. The original prompt was: Rupert Giles, Giles had a hard enough time trying to explain to Buffy and the Scoobies about Ethan Rayne being his friend. He doesn't know how to tell them that 'friend' was a euphemism...or that his present loathing of the man doesn't eliminate other feelings at all. Set between "Halloween" and "The Dark Age".

Summary: Giles swore he'd never make the same mistakes as his father, and lived up to that promise in the worst ways. Now he has a Slayer to protect, and Ethan's appearance in Sunnydale could ruin everything he's worked for.

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( When Giles was much younger, he had noticed that his father had three kinds of people he called 'friend'. )