Drabble

[beer_good_foamy]

For open_on_sunday's prompt "Sale."

Stylish, Yet Affordable

"Yup, that's definitely you," the saleswoman beams.

Buffy sighs and checks the price tag on the jacket for the fifth time. "I guess I'm too much for me to handle." She looks away from the mirror as she takes the jacket off; it snags on her Doublemeat Palace name tag.

"Oh, I forgot to mention, this one's on sale. 50% off."

"Really? I -"

"Really."

"Look, I'll be honest with you. I can't really afford a new jacket at all, I just wanted to -"

The saleswoman looks her in the eye. "My son graduated from Sunnydale High. Just take the jacket."

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/woman_of_/]

At last Buffy gets something out of all her hard work and saving so many people!

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Yup. Thanks!

[lynnenne]

Aw. Very nice.

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[opportunemoment.livejournal.com]

Ohhhh that's so lovely. SO lovely. And I read it aloud to my girlfriend, and she says 'aaaaaaaawwwwwwwwww!' :D

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Heh, thanks to both of you!

[gillo]

The saleswoman looks her in the eye. "My son graduated from Sunnydale High. Just take the jacket."

Perfect. One person in Sunnydale with a memory and a brain.

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

I always figured "The Prom" couldn't be a completely isolated incident. Thanks!

[athenamuze.livejournal.com]

Well done. A drabble that made me tear up. I'm such a girl (but really it was well written!).

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Heh, sorry. And thanks!

[deird1]

This made me all sniffly...


Well done!

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Mwahaha, sweet tears. Thanks!

[garnigal.livejournal.com]

That's really wonderful. I love that someone knows what she did, what she does. The obliqueness of it is fantastic.

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Glad it worked - thanks!

[slaymesoftly.livejournal.com]

Ah - lot's of cookies for this one. Buffy needed it. :)

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

I'll pass them on to Buffy. Thanks! :-)

[spuffyduds.livejournal.com]

Oh, oh, I LOVE that, to have a background person NOTICE, and be GRATEFUL...so awesome.

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

A working class hero is something to be. :-) Thanks!

[darkpoole.livejournal.com]

Wonderful! I'm reccing this one.

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Thanks a lot!

[catko]

Nice. I like stories that show how much history there is in Sunnydale, and memory.

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I always liked the idea that some people in Sunnydale had at least a vague idea of what was going on...

[emelye-miller.livejournal.com]

F***ing brilliant.

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[frogfarm]

Damn, that's good.

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[digopheliadug.livejournal.com]

That is so nice. It made me smile, and tear up a little (but to be fair, I just watched Casablanca, so I'm very emotional. Vive la France!). With all the terrible stuff going on with season 6 Buffy, I feel like a little something like that would just make her week.

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Well, let's hope so. Thanks!

[rebcake.livejournal.com]

it snags on her Doublemeat Palace name tag

*gulp* Unlike some of your other commentors, I don't see this as particularly cheery. The daily slog comes through, loud and clear. I can feel the helplessness of the saleswoman, making a too small gesture (to her) to a struggling hero. I know she's going to keep worrying...'cos that's what moms do.

Excellent.

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Thanks a lot! I definitely planned for this to have sort of a double interpretation - just a sweet random gesture of gratitude, or a genuine "Jesus Christ, my son is in law school and the woman who kept him alive is earning minimum wage" shock moment.

[shapinglight]

That was excellent - superb. And Buffy totally deserves it (plus it explains where she got all those nice clothes from when she had no money, so it works in the meta sense too).

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[moscow-watcher.livejournal.com]

You made me cry. That is all.

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Then my mission is complete. :-) Sorry. Thanks!

[i-timan-i.livejournal.com]

poignant,

I've always been impressed how you can express so much with so few words

great work

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Thanks a lot!

[a2zmom.livejournal.com]

I love this. People knew more than they let on.

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

I figured some of them had to. Thanks!

[goodbyebird]

Awwww! Loved this!

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[ozma914.livejournal.com]

Love it! That's the kind of thing that should have been covered a lot more in the series.

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[ubiquirk.livejournal.com]

How sweet! Buffy deserved a lot more moments like this.

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

She certainly did. Thanks!

[lusciousxander.livejournal.com]

Always wondered how Buffy wore something different in every episode, expensive outfits nonetheless, and yet she's all poor and needs more money. The writers made it less believable for me to feel bad for her, I always thought, "You could've, I don't know, used the money you earned to support yourself and sis instead of buying new expensive clothes?"

But this drabble gives a sweet explanation to it. I wish it was real, just because Buffy really deserves the recognition.

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

I don't really mean to imply that this was how it would have worked all the time, that Buffy's entire wardrobe is made up of freebies. That would kind of take the sting out of it. But just once or twice... why not?

[diachrony.livejournal.com]

Oh.

You literally made me tear up.

Thanks for this. <333 this drabble.

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Thank you! *hanky*

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

I love this. It made me tear up a little, to see Buffy get some recognition and gratitude. Lovely.

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Thanks a lot!