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• As Thaw Sets In by maledetto

  Fandoms: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
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  06 Apr 2026

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  • Rupert Giles/Buffy Summers
  • Buffy Summers
  • Rupert Giles
  • Post-Canon
  • Reconciliation
  • Huddling For Warmth

  Summary

  After years of estrangement, Buffy and Giles unexpectedly cross paths in the middle of nowhere.

  The cold doesn't help. Or maybe it does?

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  7,200

  Chapters:

  2/2

  Kudos:

  24

  Bookmarks:

  3

  Hits:

  285