title: Flicker spoilers: through the gift summary: a series of poems from Dawn's POV when Giles is sent to a mental ward Disclaimer: I wish

we sat in the Magic Box pouring over books

the pages ruffled and eyes scanned and mouths chewed the pizza from around the corner

all chewed except for one

her eyes were glassy like she was looking at something but there was nothing there

I nudged her

she slowly turned her head my way

"you should eat something"

she blinked twice looked at her pizza then back at me

she shrugged a false smile on her face

"I'm not hungry"

she hasn't been hungry for a while