DISCLAIMER: I own absolutely nothing, I owe this to my subconscious, this is literally a dream I had last night, when I woke up I had to write it down and share it to like minded fanatics. So enjoy!
"So you're Dawn?" The girl looked back at him strangely
"You knocked on my door shouldn't you know who I am?" he pushed his way into the dorm room and surveyed it critically
"I'm Connor, you're going to need better locks on your doors and windows, lucky it's a single you won't have to explain your love of crucifixes. My roommate thinks I'm some kind of Jesus freak", Dawn smiled in spite of herself
"Who are you? Some bodyguard my sister sent to check on me? I'm eighteen and survived heaps of apocalypses, I can handle college"
"I'm sure you can and no your sister didn't send me, my father did"
"And he would care why?" He shrugged and flopped onto the desk chair
"Beats me, I got a phone call asking me to check on some girl called Dawn, then he muttered something about cookies and baking, I don't know" Dawn just looked confused, she had relaxed minutely already ruling out that he was a vampire
"So you got a name or just an attitude?"
"Connor" He replied as he examined her cross bow "Your clip is off, I'll fix it later"
"Right, you can go as you can tell I'm all good" She motioned to the door and he left she shook her head "That was weird".
"So she's okay?" Angel asked anxiously
"Yes what is your obsession?" He paused a thought coming to his mind "she's not the art student is she?" Connor asked as he absently watched Dawn through her window, she should know better than to leave her curtains open at night, he could hear the quick breathes of Angel over the line
"Oh god no, she's family"
"Family? I was the miracle child, what's she the miracle cousin?" He snickered
"No just look out for her okay, and I meant what I said you do this I'll let you fight in the next apocalypse" Connor shrugged, good deal
"No problem" He disconnected the call and looked up at the window once more the lights were off and he was getting ready to do a sweep of campus before going to bed. Or that was the plan had he not seen Dawn sneaking around the wooded section of campus, he shook his head, girls.
"I'm all alone and helpless, full of nice fresh blood" Dawn was whispering softly to herself, she had been walking around by herself for at least an hour and had not been attacked once, now she understood what Buffy meant when she said she was jonesing for a fight, some nights you just needed it, like when you wanted to get a mysterious brooder out of your mind. Brooding, he kind of reminded her of Angel, Dawn mused with a laugh, who'd have thought that two boys could brood that much. Her musing had caught her off guard and the vampire who grabbed her shoulder startled her, luckily her reflexes were almost as quick as a slayers, she flipped him and thrust a stake into his chest quickly, she coughed as she breathed in the cloud of dust that exploded around her,
"Oh crap stupid vampire dust got in my shoe", Connor laughed silently as the girl angrily shook her foot free of the dust, he couldn't help bur roll his eyes, girls are just so girly. She was so beguiled by her shoe she failed to notice the howler demon sneaking up on her, Connor smiled, this should be fun. Before she could react Connor had thrown a small dagger at the beast, reaching for another dagger in his boot he rushed the demon, they stumbled and he tried to regain the upper hand,
"Stay back" He shouted to the girl who was watching with bemusement her eyes narrowed and met his, she looked pissed now, from her bag she pulled a knife, she stared at it and muttered to herself and it grew in length, brandishing the now long sword she sliced surely and Connor was covered in ultra white blood,
"I can handle myself" He told her angrily, pocketing his daggers
"No that's fine, you don't need to say thank you"
"Thank you for doing exactly the opposite of what I said? Why would I do that, go home" He could feel her glare burning into his back as he examined his ruined jacket
"Yeah I'll do that and then I'll bake some cookies and starch some shirts"
"You're annoying" That actually shut her up
"Oh my sister would so kick your butt"
"Somehow I doubt that" Her eyes flashed with anger
"You are such an ass"
"Yeah whatever just don't go patrolling at night, at least not alone" He ordered
"Or what? You'll make me sorry" She taunted him, and he smiled
"I guess you'll just have to find out, now come on let me walk you back to your dorm" Dawn chewed on her lip and checked her watch, Buffy would be calling her soon, but she so hated to do anything this guy ordered her to
"Please?" He asked, his eyes softened and he actually looked…nice
"Fine" and he smiled to himself.
Dawn closed the curtains in her room trying to relax the goose bumps that had risen on her skin, she wasn't crazy somebody was definitely watching her, of course she could just be paranoid, it kind of came with the territory.
"Dawn are you even listening?" She rolled her eyes glad her sister couldn't see her
"Of course I am, I wish you could, I don't need a bodyguard, loosen the leash buff"
"What?" Dawn's grip on the phone tightened
"That guy, Connor, the one you hired to make sure I didn't get evilfied or whatever, I don't need him"
"Dawnie, I didn't hire a bodyguard, I had Willow put a sanctuary spell on the dorms before you moved in, no demon violence is possible there, besides if I got you a guard wouldn't it be one of the potentials? Give your sis a lil credit"
"Buffy focus, if you didn't hire brood-a-boy then who did?"
"Beats me" Buffy replied breezily
"Thanks for your concern" She snapped glaring at the phone
"Hey you're the one who keeps blabbing on about how she can handle herself, but if you can't I'll just pull the paperwork-"
"Freeze, I'll deal with it, but if I end up being held for ransom by idiotic demons you'll be sorry"
"I'll try not to lose sleep over it"
"Night, send my love to the gang" She hung up the phone and brought her knees to her chest, if Buffy didn't send Connor who did?