Why Are You Wearing That Stupid Human Suit?

by Beer Good

Halloween came and went. We all know that demons don't come out on Halloween, but here's five drabbles and ficlets about five times five Buffyverse characters dressed up for Halloween... or perhaps didn't. Gen: Faith, Fred, Snyder, Robin Wood, Lindsey.

2. Fred

2. Come As You Aren't Year

Fred loves Halloween. Over the years, she's dressed up as a ghost, and Lizzie Borden, and MacGyver (nobody got that one), and many more. She and Pa would make the costume together, then they'd go around town until she could barely carry her bucket o' chocolate.

It's probably late October now - it's a harvest festival, after all. But everyone's wearing the same costume; the same chafing collar, the same torn rags, the same downcast eyes as they're herded from field to back-breaking field. Cows stay in character if they want to eat. And there's nobody here to carry you home.