Title: Ripper's Justice 5/6
Author: Kate R.
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Wesley's Bedroom
Buffy had been in here since the doctor had come. She'd held Wesley's hand as he feared a male touch and she'd stayed with him through it all. She had wiped the tears away from his face as he cried at the touches to the wounds as they were cleaned and she was determined there would be retribution for this. Forget the Law about killing humans the people who had done this to Her Wesley were monsters and she was the Slayer. It was her job to Slay Monsters like them. Her Wesley? Where had that come from? But she knew looking down at his battered face it was true. He was Her Wesley. She hadn't wanted him at first but he was hers nonetheless and she saw now how strong he was. He may have been a little bruised and battered but when his eyes had opened and locked on her, she'd seen that he wasn't broken. Whatever they'd wanted from him, he hadn't given them. Her Wesley. Her Watcher. Buffy stroked his hair back off his face and kissed his forehead being sure to hold his hand tightly. When she needed to go to the bathroom, her mother or sister or Willow would taker her place. Buffy kissed his forehead as she lay down next to him. Her Wesley. Still not sure how he was hers, but Her Wesley nonetheless.
Giles' bedroom
Giles sat on the bed holding Ethan as he thought about what the doctor had told him about Wesley's injuries. He would make them pay for this. There would be little pieces of flesh that would be their remains when he was done with them. How could they have done that? How could the boy's father have done that to his own son? No matter, it would all be dealt with soon. Ripper knew it. All this would be handled soon.
"Rip?" Ethan asked as he felt Giles pulling him to him. Giles looked up and kissed the sorcerer hard on the mouth.
"Love me hard and long Ethan," Ripper said. "I need to get a bad taste out of my soul."
Ethan nodded turning the light out with a thought and locking the door the same way. In the darkness, soon all that was heard was moans as the two men affirmed their love for one another. Ripper knew as he gave over to the passion and love that was His Ethan, that His Ethan would make the rage go away for a while at least. That was what he needed to get through this night. The strong love of His Ethan. His Mate.
In the other rooms in the house, all the couples were affirming this love. Love that they now knew Wesley had never had and it burned them to know one among them had been treated so badly. Wesley did not know what love was, Arthur Giles had told them. Never having had it before, he was shattered when he knew it was something he could only hope to understand by Watching. The boy had simply been told he was never to ask for it. Nor was he to ask for acceptance, no matter how much he might wish for it. Such things were not for him. He sat in his study with Joyce and Dawn and talked to them about this. About what the Watcher's Council did to children and why he allowed Rupert's rebelliousness and such. It was necessary. And he knew Ethan needed someone to be willing to do what Ripper did for him. He cried when he spoke of what had likely been done to Wesley from the day he was born, as his father was one of the worst fanatics on the council. Dawn thought of Wesley as a big brother and she hated this. Hated what they had done. She wanted them punished.
"They will be, Dawn," her mother said softly. They will be made to pay for this."
Dawn looked up her mother and nodded. It was good that these monsters would be held accountable for what they'd done. Someone needed to hold them accountable and it looked like it was going to be them. Dawn could live with that.