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All Over It
By NautiBitz
Summary: Pre-Lover's Walk, Buffy's gotta stop an apocalypse. Luckily,
Spike's back in town and has just the stuff she needs.
Timeline: Early Season 3, post-Revelations, pre-Lover's
Walk (which doesn't happen, exactly). Some
dialogue/action in this chapter is lifted from the 'Lover's Walk' script
by Dan Vebber.
Pairing: Spike/Buffy
Rating: NC-17, soon
Disclaimer: Buffy, Spike and Sunnydale, et al, are property of Mutant
Enemy and 20th Century Fox Film Corporation. I merely use them as pawns
in my perverse fantasies, and sometimes for chores.
Author's Note: After playing several rounds of the Buffy XBox game (which
takes place in S3 and has oodles of ooh-baby S/B subtext), Lovebytez
came up with this smutty little plot bunny and the title "Intercourse
with a Vampire". I ran with it, and as is often the case, went off on
a crazy tangent. This fic is dedicated to her.
Distribution: Please ask first -
nautibitz@yahoo.com.
Feedback: I'm all over it.
Series Started/Completed: February 2003. Wha? How? I don't know.
Chapter One: Intercourse With A Vampire
"Poppycock!"
Startled, Buffy and her friends looked up from the computer, just in time to see Giles scowl reproachfully at his book.
"Sheer madness."
"What is it?" Willow ventured.
"W--" He shook his head. "It's ludicrous, is what it is."
"Yeah, we... got that so far," Xander said. "It's mad, ludicrous poppycock."
"And that's nothing if not intriguing," noted Oz.
Willow smiled. "Is it the solution?"
"I should bloody well hope not!"
"Giles," Buffy approached him. "I don't care how poppy or--cocky it is, if you know how I can beat this thing--"
"I-it's not quite that simple..." he stammered.
"What isn't that simple?"
Cordelia chimed in, "Did you just read some new 'Buffy dies' prophecy? 'Cause technically, there should've been just the one."
"No, it isn't--"
"Let me see." Buffy swiped the book from his trembling hands only
to find a page scrawled with symbols. Typical. "And if I had
a degree in polkadots, I might be able to read this." She put the book
down and placed a hand on her hip. "Tell me what it says, Giles."
He rigorously polished his glasses. "It's by far the most appalling
thing I've ever read. And I'm certain there's a way around it."
"Giles. Spill."
Rubbing the back of his neck, he hedged, "Perhaps I should...'spill'...elsewhere, Buffy."
The Slayer gestured at the group gathered at the library table. "We don't figure out a way to stop him, we all die. They need to know whatever it is we have to do--"
"Actually, it's--it's very specifically a task for the Slayer alone," he hinted.
"Fine. I'll do whatever it takes," she said, not getting the hint. "Doesn't mean they can't hear it." She stepped closer. "Spill."
"Well," a nervous laugh, "Right then. It says..." He cleared his throat. "It says in order to defeat Grosh, the Slayer must accept the..." He shut his eyes. "...seed of the damned."
Buffy shrugged. "What, like, for gardening? I'm growing a giant beanstalk or...?" Her eyes widened. "Oh. You mean seed like--" She glanced at the gang, who were gaping, mortified. She felt her cheeks burn with embarrassment. "Who's seed? Not--Grosh seed..." A wave of nausea. "There is no way in hell I'm gonna--"
Giles interrupted with a negative head-shake. "Not Grosh, Buffy. The uh, the 'cold, dead seed of the damned' is its near-exact translation."
"Cold and dead damned?" She repeated. "What's cold and de--? Oh."
"Yes. You'd have to have," he looked down and finished quickly, "...intercourse with a vampire."
"Now there's a snappy title for a book," Xander pointed out.
"Xander, will you shut up?"
"Sorry, Buff, I was just...bringing the levity where it obviously shouldn't be brought."
"Obviously." Pacing, Buffy pressed a palm to her forehead. Have sex with a vampire. Why was her life just one cruel joke after another?
Suddenly, Willow wondered, "It's cold?"
Buffy looked up. "No. Really not--and I can't believe I just shared that with the group."
"Yeah." Cordelia stood up. "I hate to be even more crass than Buffy was just now, but didn't she already accept that once?"
"Cordelia, hating to be crass," Willow remarked, "It really is the end of the world."
"Hey, I'm just saying what everyone's thinking. She did that once, and didn't get a rush of super-Grosh-kicking mojo...right?"
"Yes, well, that's because he wasn't wearing this." Giles showed them the book.
"Pretty!" Cordelia brightened. "What color is it?"
"Amber, actually. It's supposedly quite..." Realizing the idiotic turn the conversation was taking, he snatched the book back and got serious. "I admit, we're in dire straits with this beast. But there's no reason to believe that this text has the definitive answer. It was written thousands of years ago, before there was firepower, before the Slayer had access to an endless arsenal of weapons," he pointed at the computer, "to a connected network of witches the world over..."
"But didn't you say it was the only text with the answer?" Cordelia asked.
Giles sighed.
Willow spoke up. "So far. I mean, sure, we've tried every weapon and spell we can think of on this guy. But we've only known about him for like, less than a week. And that was just the six of us. These people online...if they're, you know, actually powerful, maybe they'll be able to work some power into Buffy and take some out of Grosh."
"Yeah. We'll find another way." Buffy sounded less confident than she'd hoped. "We always do. And as long as we find that last ingredient to the apocalypse pie before he does, we're okay... Right, Giles?"
"Right. So long as we can get our hands on the uh, recipe, to determine exactly what it is."
Buffy put on a perky face. "See? No need for seed."
"Funny," Xander groused under his breath, still stinging from the knowledge that Angel was alive and back in Buffy's arms, "Thought you'd be all over it."
"Xander," Willow chastised. "Not the time."
"And not true," Buffy tried to convince the room. "Operative word: Over. It. Sans 'all'." She sliced her hands through the air for emphasis. It wasn't a complete lie: she'd managed to steer clear of Angel for almost two weeks now. She still hadn't told him about Grosh. She was too worried she'd jump into his arms and...
"Plus, you'd turn him evil and have to kill him again," Cordelia offered.
Buffy blinked. "Thanks, Cordelia, for that reminder."
"No problem," she smiled. "What about Faith? She's a slutbag."
A few raised brows were aimed at Cordelia.
"Observe the outfits, people."
Giles cleared his throat. "Whatever her 'outfits' may imply," he whipped off his glasses and resignedly took a seat, "Faith is currently incommunicado. We've been unable to locate her since that last...incident."
"You mean when her faux-watcher tried to kill her with a magic glove?"
With a pained smile, Giles said, "Let's move on to our Plan B, shall we?"
***
Giles slowed the Citroen to a stop at Buffy's front gate.
"Giles? What if...." She turned to face him. "What if I have no choice?"
"Buffy. I refuse to believe that there's no other choice. The Council is working on our options as we speak--"
"Okay, but hypothetically. Say they have no options. What would I do? Just find a random creature of the night, throw the amulet around his neck and--"
"Please don't go on."
"I'm serious. I've gotta crash Grosh's big Conga-line to Hell before he starts it--except I'm not strong enough to fight him. No one is. Now it turns out I could be, if I just spend a few disgusting minutes with some vamp who isn't Angel. I don't like this as much as you don't, but...maybe I shouldn't be thinking about what I want."
His palm hit the steering wheel. "I will in no way let you compromise any part of your dignity in order to face this beast."
"Does my dignity matter if I'm dead?"
Looking straight ahead, Giles sighed.
***
Buffy trudged up her front walk, comparing the size of her mother's SUV to Grosh. About the same, lengthwise. Only he was bigger.
Upon entering the house, she heard quiet conversation in the kitchen. "Mom?"
"In here, sweetie!"
More talking... from a deep, accented voice she recognized. What the...? No! Rushing to the kitchen, she saw him sitting there, casually sipping hot chocolate.
"Slayer," he greeted jovially.
In three paces, she'd picked him up, thrown him backward against the kitchen
island and pressed a stake to his solar plexus.
"Buffy!" her mother exclaimed. "What are you--"
"Spike," she spat, seething.
His eyes glinted with mischief. "That a stake on my chest or you just happy to see me?"
"Know what? I'm thrilled. Because now I get to kill you." She pressed harder.
"Hey, just havin' a spot of small talk with your mum."
"Honey, what's going on, I thought--"
Her mother was providing the background noise that always seemed to fade whenever she faced Spike. "When were you planning on having a spot of blood?"
His gaze slid down to her neck. "When you came home."
"Isn't he your friend? I'm confused."
Buffy didn't look away. "He's not my friend, mom. We had a deal."
"Yeah, and the deal's off. Dru's gone. Up and left me."
She punched him, getting a satisfying "Ow!" out of it.
"Oh Buffy," the background noise reasoned, "Is that really nec--"
"I don't care what she did, you moron! A deal's a deal."
He pouted. "Didn't you miss me just a little bit?"
She punched him again.
He grit his teeth. "Dammit!" Licking the blood that dripped from his nose, he slung his pelvis against hers. "I'll take that as a yes."
"Oh...god." Disgusted, she pushed him to the floor.
In that second, something flashed in her mind. She immediately shook it out. No--no way, not him, not ever. Anyone but him, in fact.
"What are you doing here?" she demanded.
"Came here to kill you, of course. Just got sidetracked by the motherly love."
"This is my house, Spike. My town. And I don't want you in either of them."
"Mm, I'm surprised your little berg's still here. Thought it'd be all hellish and such."
"It is hellish. And not just because you're back."
"Yeah, I heard. You got a Grosh problem," he chuckled, "Sucks to be you."
Buffy whipped her head around to her mother. "You told him?"
"Well I--how was I supposed to know he was evil? The last time he was here, he was sitting in my living room, and--"
"It doesn't matter," she sighed, and looked back at Spike, who was still on the floor, half-propped against the side of the island. Instead of running away, he was cradling his head gingerly. She folded her arms. "What's wrong with you?"
He looked up. "Nothing. Little hung over is all."
"Drowning your sorrows in booze? There's a manly way to deal."
"Not 'booze', love. Top-of-the-shelf Jack. You know I'm all man." He cringed and touched his head again.
"Right," she said with a smirk.
He looked at her. "Well?"
"What?"
"You gonna stake me or what? Been sitting here forever."
"You want to be staked?"
He shut his eyes, exhaled. "Way my unlife is going and the headache on top? Yeah." He puffed his chest out. "Go on. Do me. Just make it quick."
She considered making his wish come true--settling on a breezy quip and getting him out of her life for good. Just one little arm movement and he'd be dust. But something prevented her. Something...she didn't quite want to think about.
Do me.
"Get out of here, Spike. And if you ever set foot near my house or my mother again, you'll be wishing I made it quick."
Summary: Pre-Lover's Walk, Buffy's gotta stop an apocalypse. Luckily,
Spike's back in town and has just the stuff she needs.
Timeline: Early Season 3, post-Revelations, pre-Lover's
Walk (which doesn't happen, exactly).
Pairing: Spike/Buffy
Rating: NC-17, soon
Disclaimer: Buffy, Spike and Sunnydale, et al, are property of Mutant
Enemy and 20th Century Fox Film Corporation. I merely use them as pawns
in my perverse fantasies, and sometimes for chores.
Author's Note: After playing several rounds of the Buffy XBox game (which
takes place in S3 and has oodles of ooh-baby S/B subtext), Lovebytez
came up with this smutty little plot bunny and the title "Intercourse
with a Vampire". I ran with it, and as is often the case, went off on
a crazy tangent. This fic is dedicated to her.
Author's Note the Second: Having trouble believing this? Stop trying.
It's PORN!
Distribution: Please ask first -
nautibitz@yahoo.com.
Feedback: I'm all over it.
Series Started/Completed: February 2003. Wha? How? I don't know.
Chapter Two: The Need For Seed
"That thing is a machine," Xander said as he helped Buffy
up. Grosh had only whacked her out of the way, but the impact had sent her
flying into a painful stack of vegetable crates. "An enormous, unkillable
machine."
"And apparently, a machine on a mission." She straightened her
shirt. "No time for fighty."
"Is that what he said? I thought he said, 'Grosh smash!'"
"Did you get a look at that thing he was holding?"
"Yeah, sort of. What was it?"
"I don't know. But we'd better find out."
Set on returning to the high school, they headed down the alley. Someone
turned the corner in from the street, and halted.
"Oh, lovely." Spike seemed to want to run, but he stayed firm.
"It's Spike!" Xander exclaimed, pointing. "Spike is back!"
"What, you didn't tell your boy?"
"My...he's not my--"
"I am not her boy!" he hissyfitted.
Unimpressed, Spike turned his attention back to Buffy.
"Frankly, you didn't come up," she shrugged. "You're not
important enough to talk about. And luckily," she whipped a stake out
of her back pocket, "I have just the cure for that."
"Hey! Hey!" He lifted his arms. "Miles away from your place,
aren't I? Keepin' my promise, I am."
"Right, because you're so reliable." She shrugged again and lowered
her weapon. "Doesn't matter. You've been deinvited."
"Aww, and just when we were gettin' on so well."
"I don't have time for this..." Buffy brushed past him. "C'mon,
Xander."
"What? You're--you're not gonna kill him?"
Buffy sighed. "It'll just turn into a big brawl, I'll kick his ass,
he'll make some 'Next time, Slayer, I'll really kill you' comment
and run away...I've got better things to do."
Spike chuckled. "Like fight Grosh?"
She turned around. "What's so funny?"
"Oh, nothing." Tilting his head to visualize her naked, he said,
"Just that there's an old legend about him and Slayers. And vampires..."
"You..." Her face flushed, lower lip quivered. "How did you
know about that?"
"Been around, pet. Hope Angel's good and ready for the desouling again."
For good measure, she kicked him in the gut.
***
"Found it," Buffy turned her book towards Giles. "Sparklier
in real life, though."
Giles lowered his glasses, squinted, put them back on and took the book.
"Oh dear."
Xander pointed a finger. "I was hopin' he'd say that."
"Crystallus Despero," he breathed, and looked up. "The Crystal
of Despair."
Willow worried, "Is that the last ingredient we were s'posed to find
before he did?"
"Yes. Yes I believe it was."
Buffy felt a panic rise up her spine.
"Ingredient for what?" Cordelia asked, looking at her nails.
"The total annihilation of the earth," Giles answered.
Cordelia stopped looking at her nails.
***
Buffy closed her Watcher's office door behind her. Eyes fixed on the floor,
she said, "I want that amulet."
"Buffy..."
"Remember what I said about having no choice? Well guess what? We're
choiceless. If this is all going down in three days I need more juice.
If you've got something else for me, Giles..."
"W-w-we're still working on it, and..." His voice dropped to a
whisper, "Who, other than Angel, could you possibly find to--?"
Rubbing the cross that hung from her neck, she answered quietly, "I
know who."
He frowned, curious.
"Just...give me tonight, okay? You work on finding that amulet."
Reminding himself of his calling, his duty, his job, he took a seat at his
desk and unlocked a drawer. "I've already got it."
***
"Nice to see you too, Slayer," Spike grinned at the girl straddling
and choking him. "Decide I'm the better thing to do after all?"
"Actually?" Buffy eased the pressure of her fingers around his
neck. "Yeah."
Features reverting to their human state, he scrutinized her. "What
are you playing at?"
"I'm not playing, Spike." She slid back on his thighs. "You
need to help me."
"You mean you need me to help you."
"No..." She held up a stake to prove him wrong, "You
need to help me."
"Yeah, alright. Got your point." He hit the stake out of her hand
and flung her off.
As she hit the opposite wall of the alley, he laughed, swaying on his feet.
"Think I'm your dog, Slayer? Gonna do what ever you say? You can kiss
my lily-white--"
"You have to have sex with me."
Mouth frozen open mid-insult, he stared at her for several seconds.
And then the laughter started. "Oh, this is rich! To stop Monolith
Man from ending the world, you'd be willing to sleep with me. Real
selfless of you, pet. I'm impressed."
Watching him warily, she stood up.
"Impressed," he swiveled his jaw, "but not interested. Last
thing I'd ever do is--"
"It will be the last thing you ever do!" she reminded him.
"You know, a few months ago, you told me you didn't want this world
to end. You like it just the way it is. With the sports, and the-- people
with their little legs..."
"Happy Meals, pet."
"Right." She exhaled and got to the point, "We're all
gonna die if we don't stop him--people, demons--he's taking everyone
down."
"Yeah, well, a few months ago, I cared about this world."
Buffy rolled her eyes. "God, is this about Drusilla? What is
it about her anyway?"
"None of your business," he gritted.
"Spike," she turned her head toward the stars with a sigh and
looked back at him. "I have no other options..."
"Oh, boo bloody hoo! I'm all choked up over your sunny little world
ending!" He spun to leave. "Find some other sucker."
Arms dropping to her sides, she said quietly, shakily, "You're the
only sucker I got."
Spike stopped, touched by...well, it must be the desperation in her voice.
Nice. He turned, lifted his chin and mashed his lips upward. "Beg
me for it."
She gaped at him for a moment. "Oh, screw you." She'd find someone
else...anyone, she resolved as she strode out into the street.
And then she heard behind her, "I'll do it."
Buffy halted, took a breath, thought, Why am I relieved about this?
and faced him.
"Yeah, you heard me." He approached her. "You got the trinket?"
An earlier suspicion was rekindled. "You seem to know a whole lot about
Grosh."
He shrugged. "Campfire stories, love. That one's always been good for
a laugh." He noticed she was still frowning. "Well, can you blame
us?"
"And that's all you know?"
"That's it." He held up his hands. "I swear it! Cross my
heart."
Keeping a careful eye on him, she dug a hand into her pocket, lifted the
amber amulet far enough for him to see and quickly tucked it away. "The
night after tomorrow. We meet and get this done."
He opened his mouth slightly, slid his tongue to the roof of his mouth.
"So business-like. Why not now?"
She kept her face expressionless. "Because it's not time."
Summary: Pre-Lover's Walk, Buffy's gotta stop an apocalypse. Luckily,
Spike's back in town and has just the stuff she needs.
Timeline: Early Season 3, post-Revelations, pre-Lover's
Walk (which doesn't happen, exactly).
Pairing: Spike/Buffy
Rating: NC-17, now
Disclaimer: Buffy, Spike and Sunnydale, et al, are property of Mutant
Enemy and 20th Century Fox Film Corporation. I merely use them as pawns
in my perverse fantasies, and sometimes for chores.
Author's Note: After playing several rounds of the Buffy XBox game (which
takes place in S3 and has oodles of ooh-baby S/B subtext), Lovebytez
came up with this smutty little plot bunny and the title "Intercourse
with a Vampire". I ran with it, and as is often the case, went off on
a crazy tangent. This fic is dedicated to her.
Author's Note the Second: Having trouble believing this? Stop trying.
It's PORN!
Distribution: Please ask first -
nautibitz@yahoo.com.
Feedback: I'm all over it.
Series Started/Completed: February 2003. Wha? How? I don't know.
Chapter Three: Performance Anxiety
Buffy paced from one end of the apartment to the other, listening
to her Watcher "yes I see" on the phone.
Finally, he hung up, but was unable to face her. AKA, bad news. "That was the Council. They've contacted the coven... who think an overseas psychic power shift will be too dangerous."
She nodded numbly. "Probably for the best. I mean, I don't think I could handle that kind of power. Not that I know anything about the...other kind..."
"Buffy, if you want to back out of this, just say the word--"
Suddenly, they heard three slow, leisurely knocks.
Buffy mustered some sarcasm. "That'll be my date!"
"I'll get the crossbow."
Buffy marched to the door, took a steadying breath, and opened it.
An entirely-too-smug-looking vampire leaned loosely against the doorframe.
"Spike?!" Giles sputtered, almost dropping his weapon. "You chose Spike?!"
"Giles." She quieted him with a look.
Spike smirked. "Watcher."
Lifting the crossbow, Giles attempted to restrain the anger in his voice.
"You may come in."
Eyes on Buffy, the vampire sauntered in the room. "Pretty dress."
"Shut up, Spike." She closed the door.
"Got all dolled up, didn't you?" he realized with haughty amusement, enjoying the way she blushed in response. "Did your hair, makeup..."
"Well, you're wearing cologne," she retorted.
"...Put on pretty jewelry--" Reaching out to touch the brown choker around her neck, he yelped, shook his smoking hand in the air and glared at her like she was insane.
"Little crosses, all in a row," she smiled, and laughed. "What, you thought I'd give you an all-access pass to my neck?"
"Well, I am gettin' one to your--" he pointed at her behind, and blocked her subsequent fist. "Guess I shoulda seen that coming."
"Shoulda," she agreed, and reversed the grip on him. "Let's go."
"What? No dinner? Candlelight, soft music?"
"Shut up and follow me," she enunciated slowly, dragging him toward the stairs.
He winked at Giles. "Women, ey?"
Giles looked ready to let the bolt fly.
"Remember, don't come up unless I scream," Buffy told Giles as she ascended the steps with Spike in tow.
"In a bad way, she means," Spike laughed.
Giles rolled his eyes.
"I am so gonna stake you after this," Buffy said matter-of-factly.
"If you don't, I will," Giles muttered.
***
"This is kinky, even for you," Spike observed as he closed the door behind him. "Doin' it in your Watcher's bed?"
"It's not for kink, Spike. It's the only place that--certain... people wouldn't come looking for me. And I get a bodyguard to boot."
"Certain people? That code word for Angel?"
She pursed her lips. "Are we done talking about him?"
"I'm fine with that, yeah." He slid off his coat and threw it on the armchair, then got to unbuttoning his shirt.
"What are you doing?"
"What's it look like I'm doing?"
"I don't want to see you naked!" she scoffed. "Clothes on."
"Y'know, I don't know what--" Angel taught you, he wanted to say, but amended, "you've learned in the past, but normally it's not possible without some clothing removal."
"Minimal removal," she sounded out. "You...open your pants, and I take these off." Bending forward to reveal a view down her neckline, she stepped out of her panties and tossed them aside.
His mouth went dry. Somehow, it was one of the most erotic things he'd ever seen.
"Now, here's the deal. You don't go all the way in. Just enough to make you--you know."
He finally registered what she'd said. "What?"
Exasperated, she explained, "If you don't go all the way in, it's not technically sex."
He lifted a brow, thought to object, and let it go. "Whatever you say, pet."
"Good. And I'll have a stake nearby just in case you're stupid enough to try anything."
"Right then. Good. I always perform well when there are killing implements on the bedside table."
"I don't need you to perform well," she ground out. "I just need you to perform."
"Well, that's downright romantic. I'm all aquiver."
"You want romance? Try finding another criminally insane--" Buffy stopped with a sigh. Don't piss off your only hope. "I just need you to get it done and get out."
"Bossy little bitch, aren't you?" He squinted. "Did Angel have to deal with this?"
A brief look of hurt, covered by a glare. Dead, you are so dead.
He heaved a histrionic sigh. "Boss away."
"That's better." So. Nothing left to do now but... Buffy sat down on the bed and scooched backward rigidly until her shoulders hit the headboard.
"Right then." Seeing her there waiting for him, bouncy hair shining in the brighter light of the sidetable, he suddenly felt ...awkward. "Can I at least take the top shirt off? And my boots?"
"Whatever," she rolled her eyes to her side, drumming her fingertips on the sheet Giles had put over the coverlet for them, no doubt planning to burn it afterward. She snuck a glance at Spike, kicking off his shoe. It's not really sex...in the sense of being sexy. It's saving the world. It'll be technical, and quick. And no one has to know. Not Angel, not Willow, not anyone but us three. Provided it works. Oh god, what if it doesn't work?
Spike was tempted to fold his red button-down before placing it on the chair. Get it together, mate, he told himself. She's the Slayer, not your soddin' childhood crush. Girl you've wanted to kill forever. You could kill her tonight, right now, if you wanted to. Snap her neck while she's in the throes of--
"Spike? Sometime today?"
"Right. Sorry." He planted his knuckles on the mattress and crawled
up the bed toward her, pausing at her feet. Freshly pedicured. Possibly
just today. When she'd sat in the salon, had she been thinking about him
gazing at her feet? What color he might like?
"Here." When he looked up, Buffy was holding the amulet's necklace open by the corners of its chain. "Be kinda pointless without this."
Nodding, he climbed closer and ducked through the chain.
His face inches away from hers now, she touched the amulet. "Looks good on."
Mesmerized by her lips, he moved to kiss her.
She pushed him back, all shock and revulsion. "What are you doing?"
"Breakin' the ice! Gettin' in the mood! Isn't that what--"
"There will be no kissing," she established, waving an index finger in front of his nose.
"Fine," he hrumphed, "Didn't want to kiss you anyway."
"Well, good to know the feeling's mutual. Can we start now?"
"You are one hell of a bedmate, you know that? No wonder A--"
She drew back a fist, daring him to finish that sentence.
He rolled his eyes. Couldn't see her naked, couldn't go all the way, couldn't even taunt her about Angelus. This was turning out to be less fun than he thought it'd be.
Buffy collected herself. The sooner this was over, the better. "Hurry up, open your pants."
"I'm gettin' there girl, give me a bloody sec..." Hovering over her, careful not to touch, he pulled his belt out of its loops, flung it off the bed, and unzipped.
"Okay." Buffy lifted her chin, determined not to look down. "Go for it."
"Yeah, problem."
"What?" She looked at his face.
"I need a little help here."
She glanced. "Why?"
"Not hard."
"...That's not hard?"
"Not entirely, no. Haven't really given me a reason."
That's not hard? "Well--do something."
"Me, do something? You do it."
She wrinkled her nose. "What do you want me to do?"
"Touch it, play with it, give it a kiss, I don't bloody care."
Scoff. "'Give it a'...? No way!"
"Or, you could lose the dress."
She lifted her brow at that. "You play with it. I don't have to do anything but 'accept your cold, dead seed,' according to the book."
"S'not cold."
"I know that, but--Oh come on, we're wasting time!"
"Look, woman, I don't care what the bloody book said, alright? I'm
helping you out, you damn well better help me out. Tit for
tat. Well, not necessarily tit--"
She emitted a growl of frustration. "Fine."
"Look, I'm not jumpin' for joy over this either, Summers."
"I gathered that."
"I just want to get this over with so we can go our separate ways."
"All I've been saying..." Training her eyes on the ceiling, she
reached down to wrap her fingers around his supposedly not-hard penis. Well,
he wasn't lying, she realized, and grudgingly began to tug, feeling
the foreskin roll back and forth at her touch. The absurdity of the situation
hit her. This isn't me. I'm not me right now. I'm watching a movie of
someone who looks like me. I hate this movie.
Hot little hands, he thought, watching her move to look him in the eye.
"I hate you," she spat.
It jumped in her hand.
After a moment, he asked, "Why?"
Pumping slowly, softly, eyes still on his, she said, "You're a despicable, evil bastard."
He hissed as his cock lengthened.
She gripped a bit tighter, at the base, fingertips brushing against his balls. "I hate the way you look at me."
Gazing at her lips, back up at her eyes, his voice turned low and reedy. "How do I look at you?"
She pulled faster, harder, watching his expression. "Like that."
Suddenly, it strained against her palm, hard as stone. She let go, looked down, and saw it bobbing in mid-air. "How's that?"
"That's good," he breathed.
"Then it's showtime." 'Hey Buffy, what'd you do last night?'
'I made Spike come in me so I could save the world.' She clicked off
the bedside light, leaving only the dim glow of the antique lamp on the
bureau. When he looked down to watch her lift her dress, she yanked his
head up by the hair. "Don't. Look."
He could've complained or made a hurtful comment, but he knew something
she didn't: she was liking this.
"Now bring it close to me," she instructed, loosening her grip on his hair. "Slowly."
One arm outstretched, eyes focused on hers, he pressed the tip of his cock against her crevice and tried not to smirk. Just as he'd suspected, she was wet. Almost wet enough to take him completely. He rubbed it against her clit and back down a few times, making more liquid emerge.
Okay, that felt... Anyway. She wasn't here to feel good. "Stop that."
"Just situating, love..."
"Well, stop 'situating' and put it in."
Now that's the kind of bossing he could abide by. Obediently, he popped
his head through her velvety threshold, letting slip a moan. Took every
bit of strength he had not to drive all the way in. Well, that, and she
was holding him up with one hand.
For Buffy, the whole watching-a-movie detachment approach had suddenly lost steam. This was all way too real, Spike was on top of her, over her, inside her... Not sex, not really sex... "A little bit more, but that's it."
He nodded, and corkscrewed his hips to maneuver into her further. Wet, yeah--but she was tight as a virgin. Had she not done this with anyone since what's-his-name?
"Okay," she gasped, halting his chest, preventing further progress.
"That it?" he murmured.
"Yeah."
"Alright, love." He began to pump, keeping his hand on the base of his cock, not trusting himself to stop at such a shallow depth without it. But god, this felt good. Even just the tip being kissed by her sweet slippery lips...yeah, this might do.
Summary: Pre-Lover's Walk, Buffy's gotta stop an apocalypse. Luckily,
Spike's back in town and has just the stuff she needs.
Timeline: Early Season 3, post-Revelations, pre-Lover's
Walk (which doesn't happen, exactly).
Pairing: Spike/Buffy
Rating: NC-17
Disclaimer: Buffy, Spike and Sunnydale, et al, are property of Mutant
Enemy and 20th Century Fox Film Corporation. I merely use them as pawns
in my perverse fantasies, and sometimes for chores.
Author's Note: After playing several rounds of the Buffy XBox game (which
takes place in S3 and has oodles of ooh-baby S/B subtext), Lovebytez
came up with this smutty little plot bunny and the title "Intercourse
with a Vampire". I ran with it, and as is often the case, went off on
a crazy tangent. This fic is dedicated to her.
Distribution: Please ask first -
nautibitz@yahoo.com.
Feedback: I'm all over it.
Series Started/Completed: February 2003. Wha? How? I don't know.
Chapter Four: Let It In
Not trusting him enough to stay within his assigned limits, Buffy
kept her body taut, even as her mind clouded with sex-related images.
It had been forever since she'd... and lately, all the time she'd spent
with Angel had led to... badness. That could never be acted on.
And then, somehow, she wasn't thinking of Angel anymore. Those memories
were bumped out by replays of she and Spike fighting; his hand running
down his torso; the innuendo that always dripped from his voice; his mouth
tightening in determination; his hurried, careful thrusts...
It didn't help that Spike was breathing like he was enjoying this. She
knew he didn't need to breathe, that it had to be based on recollection
or habit, but she liked it.
She did hate Spike, really a lot, but this wasn't so awful, considering--and
god, he was gazing at her like she was the only woman he'd ever wanted.
As he slid in and out of her, watching her subtle facial reactions, telling
him something inside of her was fully transitioning hate to lust, he couldn't
help but go just a fraction deeper with each thrust. It wasn't his fault--her
ever-increasing wetness was practically sucking him in. Yeah, Slayer,
let me in like you let me in your life. Reluctantly, subtly, craftily,
undeniably. Let me in.
Forcing herself to look away--Here, oh, good arms, and woah, never
noticed that chest--she relaxed a bit, spreading her knees wider.
Giving him better access.
Spike willed his hand to stay where it was, despite the growing
desire to use it for other things. Wanted to use his mouth, too...
Enraptured by her new discovery, she tentatively brought her hands to
his chest, feeling his muscles bulge and contract through the fabric of
his t-shirt.
"Want me to take it off?" he whispered.
No, say no. "Mmhmm..."
With a quick smile, he disengaged for a moment to tug his shirt over his
head. Watched her cover up her girlish swoon and commence the bare-chested
fondling.
He yanked down his jeans and eased up the hem of her dress before realizing
he needed permission. "Okay if I..."
She nodded quickly.
Pushed it up a bit more, exposing a triangle of neatly trimmed, light
brown hair over glistening lips he wished he could kiss.
He took hold of his erection and guided it in again. When she didn't object
to his former positioning, he nudged in a bit farther.
"Unh!" She grabbed his shoulders. "Too deep!" Too
familiar -- too much like sex.
"Sorry, baby." He eased back and re-established a quick rhythm.
Comfort zone set, Buffy relaxed. She considered calling him on the 'baby'
slip but let it go. As long as he didn't notice she liked it, everything
was fine. Yeah. Just fine...
Spike could feel her desire mirroring his now. All he needed was a little
physical response--a hip shimmy, anything. Knew she had it in her. Just
had to put away those pesky inhibitions.
There's
an idea... He closed his eyes, kept them shut.
Gradually, he felt her ever so slightly begin to move beneath him, with
him. That's it, baby, that's it...
Did she know he could go all night if he wanted to? And did she really
want this over with right away? How much time did they have, anyway?
When she pinched his nipples, he ceased to care. He quickened the pace,
arched and bowed, dipping just three inches of his cock in and out of
her welling, suctioning entry, again and again...
She let her knees touch his hips, brought one foot down the back of his
pantleg. "Mm..."
"Slayer," he whispered, opening his eyes to see her roll her
head back on the pillow, sliding her tongue over her lips. "So fucking
beautiful..."
Panting, eyes wide, she pulled him down by the nape of his neck and surged
against him, taking him all the way in.
He gasped. She gasped louder.
Their eyes locked.
"Buffy?" Giles called from the living room.
"Fine, Giles!" her voice cracked.
Spike reared back slightly and buried his cock to the hilt. Light burst
behind his eyes. Nothing slicker, tighter...better in all the world. No
one better suited for his bed either, because suddenly she was present,
right there with him, undulating against him, craving him as he craved
her.
"Slayer," he said possessively.
"Buffy," she corrected.
"Buffy, fuck," he whispered, and yanked her dress up to her
breasts, tearing the fabric on the way. She tried pulling it further but
it wouldn't budge--so he ripped it in two, finally free to clasp his mouth
over her nipple.
Moaning as quietly as she could, she wrapped her legs around his back,
running her feet up and down his legs, sliding his jeans off with each
downward motion. All the while, she pitched up to meet his pelvis, listening
to the sound of their flesh meeting, the bed squeaking; feeling his tongue
lash at her nipple, his cock filling her, his body enveloping hers, letting
him take her, have her, right there, who cared...
He lifted his head to press his cheek against hers. "Buffy, Buffy,
Buffy," he chanted, driving into her wildly, cupping a hand under
her ass.
She stretched her arms up above her head, fingers touching the headboard.
"Yes!"
He bent to lick and pinch and suck her other nipple.
"Oh, god, Spike!" So amazing... Amazingly amazing... The
most... incredible... "Mm...mm, mm," she hummed as she...
she was gonna...ohgod...
He felt her inner walls constrict, felt her nails dig into his back, her
body tense up...
Don't scream, whatever you do don't scream... To muffle any errant
sound she might make, she sank her teeth into his shoulder.
A groan caught in his throat. She's biting me, and oh, fuck, her quim...
Emitting short, tethered moans of release, her body shook to its climax,
her pussy wringing and strangling his cock, each expansion bringing with
it more sweet come...
Even after she was spent, Spike could feel her exquisite little aftershocks.
My turn now... He wrapped his arms around her back, lifted her
up off the bed and proceeded to fuck the hell out of her.
"Hunh! Hunh! Hunh!"
God, that sound, that body...this girl. He whispered feverishly,
"Buffy! Buffy! Buffy! Fuck!" Finally, he jerked her close, holding
her hips tightly as he let loose a primal roar.
Through her post-orgasmic haze, Buffy saw a bright light. She looked down
her stomach at Spike... It was emanating from the amulet.
Was it bad that she'd forgotten all about this part?
But wait...something was wrong. Spike had begun to contort, twist and
scream--not in ecstasy. In agony.
"Spike!" she gasped, trying to break free, make it stop. It
was no use--they were stuck until the spell decided to unstick them.
A brilliant amber glow spiraled up her torso, lighting her from the inside
out.
"You tricked me!" he wailed, falling out of her and off the
bed.
That's when a searing pain grabbed her by the skull--and all she could
do was scream.
***
"Buffy!" Giles shook her awake.
She opened her eyes.
"Good lord," he said.
"What?"
"Your eyes...they're, they're glowing."
"It worked?" she asked, holding the sheet Giles must have draped
over her.
"Uh...it appears to have worked, yes."
Spike.
She sat up and saw him on the floor, seizuring. Flinging the sheet
aside, she ran to him to find that his eyes were sunken in, staring blankly,
his body bluish-white and waif-thin. "Spike? Spike! Are you..."
"I don't think he can hear you, Buffy."
"Oh god," she stood up, quivering, hand over her mouth. Why
do terrible things happen to every man I have sex with? "You
didn't tell me this would happen! Why didn't you tell me this would happen?"
"I--I didn't know. Honestly. But I suppose one must always assume
that when there's a transfer of power, the donor is enervated--"
"Into this?"
"Well, I--"
She grabbed him by his collar. "But it reverses, right? Tell me it
reverses when I kill that Monolith motherfucker."
"Buffy, I fail to see the--"
"Dammit!" she stamped her foot. "Will it go away when I
kill Grosh?"
"I'm not...quite sure." He looked frightened.
Stupid idiot. She wanted to wring his neck.
"Are you all right, Buffy?"
"All right? Oh, I'm great. This was the best idea ever." She
released her hold on him.
"Buffy," he fingered his neck, "We need to get you to Grosh
immediately. I don't like what this is doing to you."
"Because glowy eyes equals demon, right?"
"Well, that; your temper...and the fact that you've stomped a hole
in my floor."
She looked down, and stumbled back. There was a depression in the rug
where her foot had impacted.
"Holy..."
He was right. Something was happening to her, changing in her. She wanted
to destroy things. And not just the floor. "Giles? Let's go. Now."
***
"Ya big loser," Buffy eulogized, watching Grosh collapse into
a dead heap.
As she wiped the remains of his heart from her hands, her body shook,
her legs gave way, and she fell to the floor.
"Buffy!" Giles came running, watching amber light fly out of
her body and up through the altar ceiling.
"I'm okay," she said. "Little nauseous."
He helped her up. "Well, you're green again."
"What?" she touched her face.
"Your eyes."
"Oh," she nodded. "I don't think glowy's really my color.
I'm sorry, Giles, about the--"
He shook his head. "I'm proud of you, Buffy. You managed to avert
yet another apocalypse, this time without succumbing to the darkness that
blasted spell obviously wrought."
"What was that, anyway?"
"I believe you were infused with the lifeforce of the demon. Not
only Spike's demon, but its entire power source."
"Nifty. Book didn't mention that either, huh?"
He shook his head and smiled. "Ancients do enjoy being vague."
"Stupid ancients." She looked at him. "Giles? Please don't
get the wrong idea, but I...I need to go back and--"
"See if Spike is all right."
"Yeah."
***
Buffy ran up the steps and into Giles' bedroom. "Spike?"
No Spike. No clothes of Spike. Nothing but that obnoxious amulet on the
bed.
He was gone.
Summary: Pre-Lover's Walk, Buffy's gotta stop an apocalypse. Luckily,
Spike's back in town and has just the stuff she needs.
Timeline: Early Season 3, post-Revelations, pre-Lover's
Walk (which doesn't happen, exactly).
Pairing: Spike/Buffy
Rating: NC-17
Disclaimer: Buffy, Spike and Sunnydale, et al, are property of Mutant
Enemy and 20th Century Fox Film Corporation. I merely use them as pawns
in my perverse fantasies, and sometimes for chores.
Author's Note: After playing several rounds of the Buffy XBox game (which
takes place in S3 and has oodles of ooh-baby S/B subtext), Lovebytez
came up with this smutty little plot bunny and the title "Intercourse
with a Vampire". I ran with it, and as is often the case, went off on
a crazy tangent. This fic is dedicated to her.
Distribution: Please ask first -
nautibitz@yahoo.com.
Feedback: I'm all over it.
Series Started/Completed: February 2003. Wha? How? I don't know.
Chapter Five: Turnabout's Foreplay
"So how'd you do it?" Willow swirled the straw in her
7-Up and teased, "Meet a hunky new vampire?"
"No," Buffy laughed, looking down at her chai latte. "Definitely,
no." She sucked on the stirrer. "The witchy women came through
at the last second. I got all super-superpower-y."
"Oh, cool!" Willow whined, obviously jealous. "What was
it like?"
"The same. Only I had to walk really carefully to avoid punching
holes in the ground. But, helped me punch a hole in Grosh's previously
impenetrable chest, so all's well that deads well."
"Really? It was totally physical? That's unusual."
"Is it?" Buffy kept her cool. "Guess they served me up
somethin' special."
"Guess so. I wish I could've been there though."
"I know, me too. But we didn't want you guys to get hurt."
"Us get hurt?" Xander pshawed. "When does that happen besides
every Tuesday?"
"Not every Tuesday..." A flash of platinum hair caught
Buffy's eye from the other end of the Bronze. "I'll be right back.
Pee break."
Buffy pushed through the crowd, but quickly lost sight of him. Probably
wasn't him anyway. He's left town, for good this time. Just like I wanted
him to.
For authenticity's
sake, she headed to the restrooms. Heels clicking down the empty hallway,
she ruminated over what she could possibly say to him. Sorry about
the seizures. Hey, saw what it was like to be you for an hour. Even so,
I still need to kill you because it's my job. Oh and by the way? Loved
the sex. Better than Angel!
Yeah. Best she never, ever see him again.
And wouldn't you know it--just as she finished making that resolution,
who should strut down the steps and into her path.
For a few seconds, they froze, staring at each other.
He was the same Spike again. Muscley, alert, and well, gorgeous. Could
he tell that her body thrummed with the knowledge of his proximity?
Spike couldn't figure out what was going on in Buffy's head. She wasn't
angry...wasn't jumping for joy either... Not that he cared either way...
But god, she looked incredible.
He spoke up. "Don't bother with the song and dance, Slayer. I'm leavin'
town tonight."
"You have blood on your mouth." It was more observation than
accusation.
"Well, yeah," he licked it from his lips, "Vampire, love.
Or had you forgotten?"
No, I remember. Give you three guesses why... "I'll never
forget that."
He frowned slightly, searching her eyes.
She inhaled and exhaled.
Talk, you pillock. "How'd the big world-saving go?"
"Still here, isn't it?"
He nodded. "Why I helped."
"Right," she said, crossing her arms. "So you could eat
people again."
"That was your big selling point, wasn't it? We all do what we have
to do." His eyes narrowed. "No matter who we have to suck the
life out of in the process."
"Spike... I had no idea that would happen to you."
"Conscience all shiny and clear now? Good for you." He brushed
past her.
Acting on instinct, she gripped his leather sleeve and shoved him against
the wall. She couldn't let him go. Not yet. For some reason.
He laughed. "Hate to break it to you, pet, but you're not calling
the shots tonight." He spun her around and pinned both her wrists
to the wall.
Mutual expressions of panic, fear, anger, lust... and with an intake of
breath, their mouths met for the very first time.
Moaning desperately, they melted into one another.
She grabbed his coat lapels, hungrily probing his mouth with her tongue.
A tinge of metallic in the taste... the taste of someone else's blood...
but she couldn't think about that right now.
Knew it'd be like this, he rejoiced inwardly. God, Buffy...
His arms slid down, circled around to caress her ass, her back, her hair.
Making out as if it were the end of the world, she thrust her hips forward;
he lifted her legs and ground against her. Feeling for the nearest door,
he broke the lock and punched it open.
Dark utility closet--perfect. They stumbled in and the door swung closed
behind them.
"Buffy," he whispered between kisses.
"Oh, god," she whispered, hating herself, hating him...loving
this.
He knocked a row of toilet paper rolls off a shelf, hoisted her on top
of it and closed her legs to divest her of her panties, ultimately stuffing
them into his jacket pocket.
She allowed him to stand between her legs again, let him hike up her skirt,
kiss her neck...
"No little crosses this time, pet."
"Lots of wood in here."
Chuckling, he placed her hand over his hard-on. "Got that right."
She squeezed with one hand, tugged at his belt with the other, gave up
and unzipped. Took hold of his cock and brought it out.
He hissed. She arched backward, maneuvering her bottom towards him, guiding
him in...
With a groan, he rammed in, up, all the way home.
She cried out.
He licked and sucked at her forbidden neck.
"Oh, god, Spike..."
As their bodies writhed, their tongues mingled, teased. This was turning
romantic.
Not right, he told himself. This isn't the way she should be.
I got my place. She's got hers.
He pounded into her, making her moan, making the shelf rattle against
the wall. "That's right, Buffy, take it, take all of me, like you
did that night..."
"Spike, I told you--"
"I don't care," he growled. "And neither should you."
"No, I--"
"Say it. Say you don't care," he commanded, shaking her roughly.
He rammed into her, several times, waiting.
"Say it!"
She shut her eyes and ground out, "I...don't...care!"
"That a girl," he whispered, and pumped slower, pulling almost
fully out, plunging back in.
With an urgent grunt, she grabbed his ass to keep him close, to keep him
angled a certain way, to keep his abs rubbing against her swollen clit
as she quickly bucked forward.
He knew what she needed. A few more hurried, rhythmic thrusts, and she'd
be pushed over the edge.
"Yes, yes, yes!" she encouraged hoarsely, drawing out the last
repetition with abandon, letting herself yell for once.
Gonna miss this most of all... With or without that sodding amulet,
the Slayer clearly knew how to wrench the Hell out of a bloke.
"Oh, hell, BU--!" Quaking, he collapsed into her, whispering
the rest of her name, shooting the last of his dead-but-not-cold
semen into her warm depths.
Catching her breath, she tenderly touched his hair.
He moved to her ear. "You're making a mistake."
She whispered, "I don't care."
"I'm leaving tonight."
She took a breath. "I don't care."
He grabbed a fistful of hair at the base of her skull and kissed her.
After several minutes, they grudgingly broke apart.
Spike pulled out, readjusted, and zipped up his pants.
Buffy tried to fix her hair. It had been up in a loose bun, which was
now... looser. She could feel the wrinkles in her dress. The bright red
flush on her face. She'd really have to stop in the bathroom now.
Spike pulled a chain and the light went on. He looked at her, and down
at his feet. "Well. This is it, Slayer."
"Yeah." She cleared her throat and hopped off the shelf. "Where
we get off."
He arched a brow, smiling.
With a brief chuckle, she rolled her eyes. "Why didn't I go with
'end of the road'?"
Spike nodded, looked around the tiny room. She was right about the wood--all
manner of mops, brooms, two by fours. "So...I get points for saving
the world, right? A little non-staking for good behavior?"
She held up a hand. "Just...don't."
"Right." He breathed in, knowing what he had to do--this was
a dead end, plain and simple. Emphasis on 'dead'. Even if she was being
strangely forgiving now, he knew it wouldn't last. More than anything,
though, he wanted to toss her over his shoulder, throw her in his car
and take her with him. "Well. Until the next apocalypse, then."
She sighed. "Hope not."
He smirked, said, "Yeah. Hope I never have to see you again,"
and made for the door.
"Spike?"
"Yeah, pet?"
"My underwear?"
"Oh, pfft," he waved his hand. "Tore on your heel. Completely
ruined. You got no use for 'em."
"And you do?" She smiled and shook her head. "Fine. As
long as you don't wear them."
"Maybe just on my head then. Y'know, for a moment of quiet reflection.
Not--down the promenade or anything."
"Right," she said with a chuckle.
He stilled, smiled genuinely. Drinking her in. "Take care, Buffy."
"Yeah. You too, Spike."
At that, he walked out of her life.
***
Buffy found Willow and Xander near the stage. "Hey, guys."
"Buffy! You disappeared! Where'd you go?"
"You guys were worried about me?"
"Well, it was a toss-up between you ditched us, or the toilet monster
swallowed you up."
Buffy smiled. "Toilet monster doesn't swallow. Just nibbles a little."
"Aha," he grinned. "Do we get to see the bite marks?"
"I would, but Cordy might get the wrong idea."
"So what really happened?"
She shrugged as if it were nothing. "Ran into a vamp. Turned into
this big wrestling match, yadda yadda; see above re: every Tuesday."
"Was it a girl and was there mud? Just let me picture it for a second
before you answer."
"No."
He snapped his fingers in disappointment. "Oh! Too soon!"
Excitedly, Willow blurted, "Ohh! We also ruled you out as the skank
having sex in the utility closet."
A smile froze on Buffy's face. "What?"
"Yeah, you missed it," Xander said. "Someone got lucky
tonight. Or, you know, just very drunk and impressionable."
Buffy hoped she wasn't blushing. "Really? How could you tell?"
"Well, noises and things. You know." Willow lowered her voice
and leaned in. "Sex noises. I had to forcibly pull Xander away from
the door."
"Really?"
"Yep. So it was toilet monster, ditch, or skank. Or, you know,"
Xander feigned boredom by slumping his shoulders and rolling his eyes,
"Killing a vampire and protecting the world."
Buffy shrugged a shoulder. "Sorry to disappoint." Actually
it's B and C, plus E, 'Biggest Liar on Earth'...add to that F, 'Worst
Slayer Ever' and you've pretty much got me pegged!
"Well, it's good you're back--Dingoes are going on in a few minutes.
Uh-oh, Angel alert."
Buffy's eyes widened. She didn't turn. "Where?"
"Just walked in the front. Are you still avoidy?"
"Yeah, I--I can't see him right now." Shower, must shower,
right away... "If he asks, can you tell him I felt sick and went
home?"
"Sure."
"Thanks. Tell Oz I'm sorry I missed," she apologized, and motored
out the back door.
***
Spike got into his car, shoved the liquor bottles out of the way and patted
his chest pockets for his keys. Digging a hand in his hip pocket, he lifted
out a pair of lacy panties. Brought it to his nose, breathed in. Shook
his head with a smile.
"Til next time, gorgeous."
Finding the keys, he gunned the engine and pulled out of the parking lot,
tires screeching. Cruising down the main street, he saw a man walking
and slowed to see if he might have a few bucks he could steal... Not likely.
It was Angel.
Well, well.
Grinning widely, Spike dangled Buffy's panties out the window and
drove off with a whooping holler.
Angel looked up at the speeding car and frowned. Is that...? A
scent caught his nose. Is *that*...?
He shook his head. No. No way in hell.
***
"Buffy." After crashing a Scooby meeting, Angel had cornered
her in the library stacks. "Why didn't you tell me?"
"Tell you--tell you what?" Remember, innocent until proven
slutty...
"About Grosh? I could've helped."
Oh, thank god. "That's okay. He's dead now. Cold and heartless,
just like I like 'em."
"Yeah. The witch power thing. Glad that did the trick." He lowered
his voice. "But if you'd come to me I could've told you about the
legend."
"Legend? Wh--there's a legend?"
"There was a way I could've transferred the source of my power to
you."
"Huh?" Have you completely lost your mind?
"I won't get into the details now, but the transfer would've
been temporary, only 'til you killed him. And my soul would've cancelled
out all the negative consequences for you. I'm surprised Giles didn't
know about this."
Stunned, Buffy stared at him. "I could've..."
"Buffy?" Giles called.
She pointed towards her Watcher's voice. "I need to--I'm gonna..."
"Yeah. It doesn't matter anyway. You killed him. That's the important
thing," he said, staring at her longingly.
With a nod, Buffy walked numbly out to the main area, Angel following.
"Yes, Buffy, I need you to--"
Suddenly, the library doors swung open, and everyone turned.
Heart racing, Buffy braced herself... until Faith casually ambled in.
"So. What'd I miss?"
THE END