Fic: And I Shall Defend My Queen

[dragonyphoenix]

Title: And I Shall Defend My Queen
Fandom: BtVS
Characters: Andrew
Rating: G
Concrit: Please, in comments
Summary: While he's not a warrior, Andrew can find a way to serve.
Disclaimer: They aren't mine, not yet, but they will be... once I've taken over the world! Bwah-ha-ha
Note: Written for a prompt at Open on Sunday: defend - but not posted there because it's more than a hundred words.
Note: This is set after Season 8. I don't recall what happens to Andrew in the comics, but here he loses the others after the final battle and sets off on his own.
Word Count: 181

“I am Hatter Madigan, and I shall defend my Queen.” As the comic hit the table, Andrew stood and donned his top hat. Well, it was really more of a bowler that someone had abandoned at the library, but that didn't matter. He was a Hatter and could make do with the materials at hand. Stretching out one arm, he nodded his head to the right, intending to roll the hat along his arm and grab it with a dramatic flourish. The hat fell to the floor.

He left the hat where it was. After the final battle, after he'd lost everyone, Andrew had tried to find the remaining Slayers. And he had found them: in London, Paris, New York. After his ribs had been broken, he'd stopped looking.

Since then he'd taken over an obscure Council library. His signature still worked on the legal side of things, and he'd even been able to secure funds for new books. Someday a new hero would rise, and he would preserve the knowledge until that day, until the day that she needed it.