Giles and Wesley's rebellious phase

I can't remember what made me think of this, but I was comparing what Giles and Wesley did when they went off to be rebels.

Wesley bought a motorbike, started wearing leather, and decided to be a rogue demon hunter. All "lone wolf" and making a big point of how he doesnt work 'with' people. Yes, we know how real that was. He's more of a faithful hound type really. Feed him, set him things to hunt, loyal for life. But his ideal, what he thought he should want in order to get away from the Council, was to be lone.

Whereas Giles says "I went to London. I fell in with the worst crowd that would have me."

We don't have any other data on what he did, and we only have his much later opinion on the wisdom of it, but that line makes it sound like when he left the Council he went looking for another group. He didnt so much set out on his own as try and find somewhere to fit in that suited him better.

So there's a fic I've started about those days that I wasnt so happy with the beginning bit, and now I know why. Because I think it's kind of wrong. So, I'll cut it down to a drabble and I'll post it in a seperate post (because words are hard enough to make in the first place, so I dont want to waste them once made).

Drabble: The First Time

The first time Ripper killed a vampire was two days after he came to London. Fresh off the train and still looking it, tough attitude still brittle, no place to sleep and no money for one. Still distrustful of the street people he sought a place on his own, out of the way. A vampire’s natural prey. Most such died before learning better. Most hadn’t been raised to keep a stake under their pillow and a sword by the bed. After that Ripper wore the attitude easier, and set about finding someone else with a clue to watch his back.