Bother 2
by Kathryn Andersen
Words: 200
Universe: Buffy/Labyrinth
Challenge: tthdrabbles #74 Lost and Found
Characters: Anya, Jareth
Summary: Bothering someone else. Written in 2008.
"The bog of eternal stench was a nice touch, professionally speaking," Anya said condescendingly.
Jareth frowned. "So how do you like being mortal?" he taunted.
"How do you like being King of the Goblins? Learned your lesson yet?"
"Don't pick lovers who'll call on the patron saint of scorned women," he snapped.
"Nope, that wasn't it."
"How," Jareth ground his teeth, "did you get through the Labyrinth so quickly?"
"You didn't think a few illusions would confuse me, did you? I was a witch before I was a demon."
"I was forgetting."
"So give me little Bobby and send me home," she demanded.
Jareth sighed, "You can have him, and welcome." He gestured, and Bobby appeared, asleep on a very large cushion.
Anya smirked. "Wouldn't stop crying, would he?"
Jareth scowled. "I had to cast sleep on him. Me, the King of the Goblins!"
Anya hesitated before picking up the boy. Fortunately, he didn't wake up. The Goblin King's castle melted away, and she was back in the apartment.
When Xander returned, he smiled at the sleeping boy, and then at Anya. "See, not hard at all!"
Anya opened her mouth, and then closed it again. Better not to say.
~finis~