It was the Christmas season once again. Caroline had wanted to have a big party with all the trimmings. Who was he to ever tell her no? One of the conditions of this party was a Secret Santa. This was all fine and dandy until Tyler got the name. Connor. Tyler didn’t know the guy from Adam so he decided to do a little research.
There were multiple guys around that he knew that were super smart and knew everything. One of those guys was Rupert Giles. Giles was British. Buffy also told him that Giles was a librarian so that made him really smart. Tyler wasn’t exactly a dumb jock but he wasn't the smartest guy in the room either. He had encountered a lot of people in his life, but he just never met this Connor guy. Tyler hopped in his truck and took off heading to the Magic Shoppe.
Tyler arrived at the Magic Shoppe in no time at all. “Mr. Lockwood! Quite an honor to see you. What can I do to help you this day?” Giles reminded him a lot of Alaric. He was an older gentleman with serious blue eyes and brownish hair that was short and neat. He seemed really happy to see Tyler that day. Maybe it was because he knew what Tyler was and it wasn’t exactly human. When Tyler was around magical people, he could feel the hair on the back of his neck stand on end. It wasn’t a warning sign. It was just a heads up that this person wasn’t exactly human either.
Tyler started bouncing around on the balls of his feet. “So you heard about the Secret Santa thing that Caroline was doing right? Well I got the name of somebody that I don’t know all that well. Apparently you do.”
Giles adjusted his glasses focusing on the face as the younger male who was indeed a hell hound. “Oh really? I’d be delighted to help you. Who is this individual?” Giles was always one to help those especially on the side of good. Tyler Lockwood was definitely one of those people.
“It’s Connor. I’ve been told that he’s Angel’s son. Personally I don’t know how 2 vampires can have a kid. It was already crazy enough to me when Caroline started carrying the twins and how that worked.” Tyler rubbed the back of his neck trying to figure it all out but hitting a brick wall.
Giles ‘s eyes widened. He smiled gently. “Oh yes! I’m quite familiar with the lad. I won’t go into specific details about his birth but suffice it to say it was magical indeed. So you mentioned the Secret Santa that Caroline was sponsoring am I correct?”
Tyler nodded in response to the question asked him by Giles. “What do I get a guy I’ve never met? Money is no object. So don’t worry about that, okay?” Tyler didn’t want to look like an idiot bringing something to the guy for Christmas that he didn’t know and the guy wouldn’t use. Coming to Giles was the logical answer for him so he didn’t seem like a complete moron.
Giles thought for a moment before disappearing into the back room. He came out with an exquisite silver kris dagger that was shaped like a dragon. it was mounted on a wooden stand so that Tyler wouldn’t have to touch the silver itself. Silver and werewolves or hell hounds didn’t tend to end up well. “This is a silver dagger from ancient Celtic druids around the time of King Arthur. For someone like Connor, he could use this in his battles against evil or he could use it for show.”
Tyler knew immediately it was silver. He was glad he didn’t have to touch the blade itself. It looked really cool. It actually looked kind of badass. “I’ll take it!” He started to pull out his wallet to hand Giles his credit card. “I appreciate the help!”
“No trouble at all lad. I was glad to be of assistance.” Giles fixed up the purchase and even wrapped it as a gift. “And here you are Mr. Lockwood. Merry Christmas to you!” He told Tyler.
“Merry Christmas Mr. Giles!” Tyler took the package and headed for this Christmas celebration. He hoped that this one was going to be the best one yet. He was pretty confident it was because he had Liv back in his arms again. That made it better than anything imaginable. If he could spread some joy to Connor and make a new friend in the process, it was another complete win in his eyes.