The theme this week at Open On Sunday is "Fathers."

[agilebrit]

Title: Priorities
Author: babies stole my dingo (agilebrit)
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Rating: PG
Length: Drabble (100 words)
Disclaimer: Joss is the genius behind these characters; I am but a lowly follower. I make no money from any of this, so please don’t sue me.
Written for: open_on_sunday's "Fathers" challenge.
Notes: Hank Summers' POV, post-Chosen.

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Hank turned the news on and felt a cold clutch of fear claw his stomach. Massive earthquake in California, Sunnydale an impossibly deep crater...no known survivors.

He'd been remiss in keeping up with his daughters, he knew. Globetrotting around with the trophy wife, the parties he had to attend in order to maintain his business contacts, late nights, early mornings. Suddenly all that seemed irrelevant, faced with a world that didn't have Buffy and Dawn in it, somewhere.

He nearly sobbed with relief when his phone rang and he heard the voice on the other end. "Dad? We're okay."

Comments

[honorh.livejournal.com]

Ooh, nice! There's too little fanfic out there dealing with Hank. Yes, he removed himself from his daughters' lives (it's debateable whether or not he ever actually met Dawn), but I can't believe he wouldn't care that they might've died.

[agilebrit.livejournal.com]

Sometimes it takes a poke with a sharp stick to make people realize what they have. Hopefully Hank has Monk Memories of Dawn...

[whirligigged.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's nice. The never appreciating the water 'til the well's dried up thing.

[agilebrit.livejournal.com]

Per-zactly.`