Kindness, Love, and Acceptance

Part 14

Xander opened the door to the Magic Box and walked inside. Spike and Connor followed behind him - both a bit wary of the reception they'd receive. Connor was looking forward to seeing the slayer - he wanted to know if she was as good as Angel had said she was. Connor noted that there were three women and two men in the shop and tried to put names to the faces.

Robin Wood was easy to pick out, which meant the other man had to be Rupert Giles. He knew that Buffy was blonde - he had heard enough about her from Cordelia. She always complained about his father’s proclivities for bitchy blondes - he should have known that was why she dyed her hair. So that meant the other two had to be Willow and Kennedy. He just wasn't sure which was which.

"Ladies! Gentlemen." Xander grinned at the others in the room. "What's on the agenda tonight?" He tried not to tense as Buffy eyed Connor with suspicion. "Anything hellmouthy?"

"Xander!" All three girls hissed at him and looked pointedly toward Connor. Xander followed their gazes and smiled at his newest lover.

"Connor, come and meet the gang." Xander grinned as Spike flung his arm over Connor's shoulder and whispered in his ear before walking him over to Xander. "This is Buffy, Willow, Kennedy, Robin and Giles." Xander pointed to each person as he named him or her. Connor nodded and smiled as best as he could. He was feeling extremely uncomfortable - like a bug under a microscope.

"Hello, Connor." Giles - being ever the polite Englishman stuck out his hand and smiled as Connor shook it. "What brings you to Sunnydale?"

"Uh, Xander, actually." Connor looked at both Spike and Xander hoping one of them would bail him out of this awkward situation. So far, it wasn't working.

"Oh? How do you know Xander?"

Connor blushed and Spike laughed out loud. Xander shot Spike a look and he quieted down and then bowed his head. He looked up at Xander through his lashes and blinked. "Sorry love, couldn't help it." Xander swallowed down the raging lust that always accompanied that look from his lover and nodded his acceptance of the vampire's half-assed apology.

"Connor and I met in L.A. a little while back. We bonded over slayage." Xander drew Connor close to him and wrapped his arms around him. He noticed Willow's eyebrows shoot up into her hairline.

"How... bonded... are you guys?" Willow kept looking back and forth between Xander and Connor standing together and Spike standing a few feet away. The vampire knew exactly what she was thinking - that he had been thrown over for the boy - and stepped closer to his two human lovers.

"Oh they're very bonded, luv. In fact we spent most of the morning... bonding." Spike leered at the girls as they caught onto what he was saying. Willow looked mildly intrigued, Kennlooklooked indifferent - as she did about everything that wasn't about slaying or Willow, and Buffy looked ... well, actually, Buffy looked a bit sick.

Giles polished his glasses, pinched his nose, and then polished his glasses again - just for good measure. Robin followed Buffy's lead and made the appropriate "ick" noises.

"This is all your fault!" Buffy glared at Spike. "First, you make Xander gay. Then you turn him into some kind of perverted freak!"

Spike blinked in shock. He hadn't seen the slayer this angry with him since he'd gotten back from Africa. He knew she was only seconds away from reaching into her purse and pulling out Mr. Pointy. He back-peddled away from her at the same time as Connor stepped in front of him.

"It's not like that." Connor took a deep calming breath and then looked Buffy squarely in the eyes. "In fact, Spike had nothing to do with me and Xander. That was between Xander and me. If anything, Spike should have been against my being here, but he's very... accepting." Connor turned and smiled at Spike and was rewarded with a smile and a wink in return. "If my being here bothers you, I will go."

"Wait!" Willow didn't want the young man to leave without at least finding out how he had come to be involved with both Xander and Spike. It seemed so unlikely that Spike would be okay with another person touching Xander - he always struck her as being the possessive type. "Don't leave. Buffy was just surprised; she'll behave now. Won't you, Buffy?"

Buffy nodded and stepped away from the threesome and went back to Robin who had moved himself a discreet distance away from the group. He was never comfortable around Spike, and once he and Xander had taken up together he made it a point to avoid them when at all possible. He was sickened by the idea of two men together - especially when one of them wasn't even human. And now it looked as though they were recruiting.

Xander cleared his throat and waited until he had everyone's attention. "Okay, here's the thing. I'm not going to tell you how we got together - it's none of your business - but we are together. Connor is in the know about the whole demons-roam-the-earth thing. He's very capable of taking care of himself, would be an asset to the team. If you don't want us here we'll walk - but that means all three of us."

"Yes, well, Xander you are correct. Your personal relationship is none of our business. I, for one, hope you are happy, and that you will continue to grace us with your presence. All of you." Giles turned steely eyes on his slayer and her boyfriend; he knew that Robin's opinions were poisoning Buffy's mind but didn't see how to stop it from happening. He just hoped she didn't drive Xander away because of it. "Now, if we can get down to business, there is a good possibility that we have a L'tesh demon problem."

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Xander couldn't help but grin on the way home. He was happy. Happy because not only had Connor killed a L'tesh demon - he had saved Buffy while doing it. He knew that would go a long way toward gaining Buffy's acceptance. He had proven himself in battle and earned a place on the team. Besides that, watching Spike and Connor as they fought - the raw, primal way they moved as they tore through the large clan of demons - was intense. He couldn't remember the last time he had gotten so turned on watching Spike fight.

They moved fluently - it was obvious that Connor had trained with Angel, as Spike was able to fall into step with him so easily. Xander even caught Willow watching them with a look of awe. It made him feel an overwhelming sense of pride - that his lovers fought so well they drew attention to themselves. A few years ago, Xander would have been green with envy, but now he accepted the fact that he was not a strong fighter - well, he was for a mere human, but in this group it didn't count for much.

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Spike was horny. He couldn't remember the last time he had enjoyed a fight so much. The L'tesh were dangerous creatures - seven feet tall and covered in a thick hide like a rhinoceros. They had six-inch claws - razor sharp - and two rows of teeth pointy enough to give a vampire fang-envy. He was glad Xander had stayed out of the fight for the most part - he always feared that Xander would be hurt; but at the same time he was amazed by the way Connor moved. The boy was good - damn good. Strong as a slayer and just as fast, plus he had a vampire's sense of smell and reflexes. All in all, he was a hell of a fighter. Spike couldn't wait to get to get home; he could smell the arousal pouring off both his lovers and it was all he could do to stop from pulling them into the next dark alley.

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Connor walked between Spike and Xander. He looked around at the other people they saw as they made their way home. He was stunned that not one of them commented or even looked twice at the three gore-splattered men walking through town. It was one thing to be ignored in a city as big as L.A., but he thought that this sort of thing would draw attention in a small place like Sunnydale. But no one seemed to care. It was... odd.

He hoped that having killed that demon before it could get its claws into the slayer would help to smooth things over between her and Xander. He didn't want to be the reason Xander lost a friend. He honestly thought that if given a chance, he and Buffy could be friends as well. She was a good fighter and he wouldn't mind sparring with her one-on-one sometime. Of course, the same could be said of Spike. He could see his father’s teachings in the blonde vampire’s fighting style, but there was more to it than that. Spike used moves Connor had never seen - moves that he wanted to learn for himself. He would have to see if Spike would teach them to him. But first, he needed to get cleaned up and then, hopefully, they could have sex again. He could smell how turned on both Xander and Spike were and it was making him ache for release.

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As soon as the apartment door clicked shut, Spike pounced. Xander had been expecting it - knowing full well that a good fight always got the vampire's motor revving. Connor hadn't been expecting it, though, so his startled yelp sounded throughout the front room as he went down right beside Xander under a whirling mass of black leather and blonde hair.

Xander laughed at the look of shock on Connor's face as the vampire literally tore his shirt from his body. He really should have prepared him for a post-battle horny Spike.

"He gets like this after a fight; it's best to just lie back and let him do it. We'll have to see about getting you some more clothes tomorrow." Connor nodded and then closed his eyes as his jeans were ripped open and his erection was swallowed whole. He open his eyes moments later as he felt Spike moving around and saw that Xander was undressing the vampire.

With both Spike and Connor naked on the living room floor, Xander walked to the bedroom - peeling off his clothes as he went - and retrieved the lube from the bedside table drawer. He didn't waste any time in using the lube to prepare Spike as the vampire continued his oral assault on the writhing young man in front of him.

Xander slid into Spike and then pulled out almost immediately. He thrust back in as hard as he could and smiled as the vampire pushed back against him. He wanted to fuck Spike - hard and fast - and hoped that that was he wanted as well. He gripped the pale hips of his lover and began pounding into him fiercely. He could hear Spike's whimpers and moans mingled with Connor's and knew that none of them were going to last much longer.

Connor arched his back and cried out as he came. He watched as Spike let his softening flesh slip from his mouth and shifted into his demon face. It was still amazing to Connor that Spike would show this part of himself so freely - after Angel made such an effort to hide it from him. He saw Xander sit back and pull Spike up against his chest. The vampire's cock was hard and leaking a steady stream of fluid. Connor reached out and lightly ran one finger across the glistening head, collecting the fluids, and then brought his finger to his mouth.

Spike groaned as he watched Connor taste him. He shot his hand out and grabbed the younger man by the wrist; pulling him close, he kissed him hard, darting his tongue into his mouth and tasting himself there. He was mindful of his fangs; he didn't want to hurt the boy, after all.

Connor could hardly believe he was kissing a vampire in full 'grr' face. He was curious about Spike's fangs though; he wondered if it would feel good for him if he were to lick them. So he did.

Spike screamed into the kiss and thrust back hard onto Xander's cock. He reached for his own, wanting to jack himself furiously as Connor continued to lick at his fangs. He was surprised and delighted to feel a warm hand wrap around his shaft before he could do it himself. He lost himself in the rhythm of pushing forward into the hand and back onto Xander's cock. He held out as long as he could, but at the feel of Xander's teeth in his shoulder he came with howl.

Connor smiled and raised his semen-splattered fingers to his mouth and licked them clean. Spike's eyes opened wide in surprise; he had assumed it was Xander's hand on him, not Connor's. Connor guessed what he was thinking and laughed softly. "I lived in Quortoth; there were no girls, or even boys. I know how to do that."

Xander burst out laughing and Spike and Connor joined him. They lay on the floor for several minutes catching their breath before getting up and heading to the bathroom to shower before going to bed. Tomorrow would be Connor's first day of work and Xander wanted to make sure they were both well rested. Spike just wanted to bask in the warmth of being pressed between two living bodies all night long.

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