The Sickness

Chapter 2

A strange silence hung in the air between Spike and Xander as they headed towards the human’s apartment. He was fairly sure, that since Anya had dumped him, it was unlikely that she would be back there without some kind of warning. Nervous anticipation made his insides leap and his dick was so hard it made his jeans tight. Xan had never before thought of the vampire’s ability to smell his arousal and a mortifying thought occurred to him that Angel must have been able to smell him too. He groaned audibly and the blond head turned to look at him with a raised eyebrow.

Xander just shook his head, hoping that the vampire wouldn’t push it. He was more than grateful to receive an understanding nod, as the bleach blond turned his attention back to where they were going, hands shoved firmly in his duster’s pockets.

Spike’s mind was racing away with itself, examining all the possibilities of what they could spend the night doing together. In reality, he thought that they would probably only get a little spanking fun and a little holding down, maybe some light bondage if Xan had something suitable for tying. He was glad now that he hadn’t let on that his chip was deactivated or he might never have had this opportunity. He felt he should probably tell the whelp though, there had to be trust between them if this was going to work beyond a one-night stand. If he was honest with himself, he’d wanted the boy for so long, he was sure that to get only one night with him would drive him insane.

He took an unneeded deep breath and steeled himself. “Got something I need t’ tell you, pet. Before we do this.”

Xander looked at him nervously, “What?” His mind was running away with him. “If its to say that it’ll be our secret that’s fine. I mean its not like I figured you’d want Buffy or Giles knowing, actually its probably best they don’t. They might try to stake you or say you’d put some kind of spell on me or something. And hey, y’know, if its just a one off you want then that’s ok too, I mean, I can’t say I wouldn’t be disappointed coz, I would… you already said that you know I like you…”

Spike stopped and pulled him round to face him, he pressed a silencing finger against the human’s lips; it was the only way he could think to stop the babble. It worked, Xander stopped talking and stared at him, wide eyed.

“Don’t just want one night with you, pet. Want more than that, but I’ll take what you’re comfortable about giving for now. It’s not what I wanted t’ say. I… bloody hell…” Spike frowned, it was harder than he thought, he didn’t want to risk the way the whelp might look at him, but he couldn’t build any kind of relationship on a lie. “I like you a lot, and I won’t hurt you in anyways except the good way, but I need t’ be honest with you.”

“Oh. Kay.” Xander acknowledged, his voice slightly hesitant.

“The chip doesn’t work anymore, hasn’t in a couple of months.”

The brunette could only stand and blink at him. When his voice worked again he started to talk, “Are…are you sure? Don’t answer that it was a stupid question, of course you’re sure it’s your head and you’d know if you were getting zapped or not and oh my god, this means you’ve been helping us coz you want to and not coz you have to?”

This time Spike waited until the words had stopped naturally, he stood watching the boy, studying his reaction, trying to guess at what would come next.

“Wow.” Xander concluded after a pause.

The bleach blond nodded.

“Why?” Chocolate brown eyes scrunched up slightly as Xan looked thoughtful.

Spike shrugged, then smiled. “Sort of enjoy the challenge, and it had its benefits.”

“Benefits?” Confused words accompanied the whelp’s blank look.

“Got t’ hang out with you.” The vampire clarified, “I’d say that was a strong benefit. I enjoy our verbal sparring.”

“Have you… I mean… since… have you been out and…?”

“No, pet, I’ve not been snacking on the locals, been feeding only from the little plastic bags.” He smirked, but not mockingly.

“B…because…?” Xander prompted.

“Knew you wouldn’t like it if I did?” Spike nodded and smiled, his head tilted to one side, he was still evaluating the boy’s reaction.

A blush crept up the brunette’s cheeks and a shy smile tugged at his lips, “Really?”

The blond vampire simply nodded.

“That’s… I mean… not exactly romantic in the conventional sense but… hey you’re a vamp so I should take any symbol of romanticism I can get I guess. I’m… impressed, that you’d do that for me.”

“Didn’t even know you were interested, but, I knew if I didn’t make the sacrifice then I’d miss out on even getting to be your friend.” Spike shrugged as if he hadn’t said anything important and started walking again towards the apartment.

A dazed Xander quickly caught him up. “Thanks, for being honest… and for… y’know not eating people. I haven’t changed my mind. In fact, I think I’m probably more sure now.”

The smile that Spike gave him nearly stopped Xan in his tracks, he couldn’t remember ever seeing such a dazzling smile on the vampire. Didn’t think he’d ever seen him so genuinely happy. He smiled back. He was really going to do this, he was going to get to indulge two fantasies at once, being dominated and having sex with Spike… he was going to be dominated… by Spike. The realisation made his erection pulse and flex and he bit his lip. He wondered what the blond would think of his toy collection and the thought made him blush.

He let Spike enter the apartment before him, turned and locked the door so that even if Anya did turn up, she would have to knock. His stomach was full of butterflies and it was only made worse by how relaxed and at ease the vampire seemed. Logically, of course Spike had nothing to be nervous about, hell… he’d played with Angelus so this was child’s play to him. Xander could only guess at the sort of things those two would have got up to when they were both evil. He thought it was strange that he wasn’t thinking of the blond as being evil anymore, the fact that he was making a conscious effort to fight on the side of good made a huge difference to him.

Xan slipped his jacket off and hung it up; he shoved his hands in his jeans pockets and worried at his lower lip.

“So, um… can I get you anything… or…”

Spike tilted his head and smirked in mild amusement.

“I have…um…some…” Xander made to go past the vampire through to the bedroom, but his wrist was grabbed and his progress halted.

He swallowed and looked into piercing blue eyes. A pale cool hand reached up and stroked his smooth cheek and he couldn’t help but lean into it even if he’d wanted to.

“Just relax, pet.” The vampire smiled and leaned in, ghosting pale lips against Xander’s.

He couldn’t help but let out a small moan of pleasure at the tingling sensation that ran through him at the contact, the brunette brought his other hand up and rested it on Spike’s waist. He leaned in, turning the brief contact into a more full one, pressing their mouths together and parting his lips in silent invitation. The feel of that cool tongue slipping into his warm moist mouth pulled another moan from him, he adjusted his stance, moving nearer, closing the gap between them. Xan felt a strong hand tangle in his hair at the back of his head and grip him firmly in place.

The kiss was slow and deliberate; Spike methodically explored the human’s mouth with his unusually long tongue, teased and toyed with the boy’s own tongue and tickled the roof of his mouth. He had to remind himself to let the boy breath, but it would have been so easy to get caught up in the kiss. He allowed Xan to breath while he nibbled and sucked on the boy’s lower lip, when he let it go it was swollen and would most likely be blue tinged with bruising the next day. He placed a tender closed mouth kiss on those soft plump lips then kissed his way along the warm skin to nuzzle at the boy’s neck. He’d half expected Xander to flinch, and was pleasantly surprised when all he did was tilt his head to the side to allow better access. His nummy treat really did trust him, and that thought… that power, was incredibly intoxicating.

Slowly, he ran the tip of his tongue over the sensitive flesh, a shiver ran through the boy he was holding in response and he smiled to himself. The blond vampire nipped lightly at the skin with blunt human teeth, it caused a moan and the scent of arousal grew even more in strength. It actually seemed like the whelp wanted to be bitten, and that thought warmed him inside. Spike pulled back, a soft smile on his lips and eyes twinkling and looked into glazed chocolate brown eyes.

“Strip off, pet.” Spike’s voice was barely more than a whisper.

A dazed and highly aroused, Xander started to unbutton his shirt, a blush crept up his cheeks and his hands shook slightly. The buttons were fumbled slightly but finally it fell open, it was quickly pulled off his arms and discarded, the t-shirt underneath was almost torn off over his head and landed on top of the shirt. His sneakers were kicked aside and his hands went to his belt. He swallowed hard, took a deep calming breath and unbuckled, unbuttoned and pushed down his jeans and boxers together, with determination.

He was trying hard not to think of the implications of what was to come, and he was surprisingly unfazed by finding himself standing naked in front of the blond vampire; the same vampire who was appreciatively looking over his body with a hunger in his eyes. Taking in sculpted muscles formed by manual labour, flat stomach, strong muscular legs and that bigger than average, beautiful cut cock, which had reared up well past a 90 degree angle.

“Stunning, pet.” Spike told the blushing boy as he circled him, slowly.

A cool pale hand caressed lightly over the muscular butt and it twitched slightly under his hand in response, causing Spike to chuckle quietly. Wanting to impress, Xander’s posture had straightened and he held himself as steady as he could while the vampire inspected him. The hand slid up his back, so lightly the contact was barely there at all, but it was enough to cause the human’s skin to tingle and send a shiver running along his spine.

“Could quite happily keep y’ naked, pet.”

The blush deepened and Xander felt the urge to say thank you. He didn’t want to make a fool of himself though. Spike seemed to know exactly what he was doing and for all his reading and self-exploration, Xan felt a little like he was out of his depth. The vampire came to a halt in front of him, his hand slid over the tanned torso and rubbed lightly at a dusky brown nipple. The brunette couldn’t help but moan, his cock flexing and his eyelids fluttering slightly but not quite closing.

“Spike…” He whispered, with need.

“S’ok, gonna make you feel real good.” The Brit whispered in his ear, teasing his ear lobe with the tip of his tongue while he was there. “Tell me what you want, pet, want to hear you.”

“You… I want you Spike, I want you to take control and just… make me yours… all those things you said in the diner… I want that…and more. Please?” Xander forced his voice louder than it had been, trying to convey his certainty and need.

The fingers that had rubbed over his nipple began to pinch lightly, and then rolled the tender nub between them, the pinch strengthened and he arched his back a little and gasped. Who would have known that they could feel that good? Spike’s other hand came up and matched the action on the other nipple, simultaneously pinching harder and harder. The gasp became a moan of pleasure-pain.

“Please… oh god… yes… that… again… please?”

The attention stopped and the lips were by his ear again, “What I want, when I want it, that’s what you’ll get.”

Xan shuddered. “Yes, Sir.” He’d thought he would find it a weird thing to say, a hard place to fall into, but such a small action and so few words, and he was there and it felt so damn natural.

Spike smiled at his boy’s response and rewarded him with a nibble to the earlobe.

“I have… things… in case… I mean, I don’t want to presume but…” The brunette trailed off.

“Things, pet?” The vampire asked with curiosity.

“Things… um… toys and stuff.” His voice was quiet and his blush had deepened.

Spike’s scarred eyebrow shot up with interest. “Show me, pet.”

Xander nervously, led the way to the bedroom and crouched down, he reached under the bed and pulled a storage box out. He lifted it onto the chair that sat in front of the dressing table and opened it for Spike.

The bleached blond looked into the box, trying hard not to show the amazement he felt at the collection that it held. A smirk tugged up one side of his mouth and he looked at the whelp with amusement.

“And here I was thinking we were gonna have to improvise even on restraints. Quite the collection, I’m impressed, pet, seems you’ve thought of most things.”

As expected the blush deepened even more, even as Xan smiled at the praise. “I wanted to experiment.” He explained.

“I can see that.” Spike chuckled and lifted out a black leather collar with a d-ring at the front. “Bit plain for my taste, but it will do… for now. Do you know how to kneel right, or do I need to tell you how?”

By way of answer, the human went down on his knees, resting his butt on his heels he spread his thighs a little, he held his back straight but then seemed unsure what to do with his hands, unable to decide between resting them on his thighs or holding them behind his back. He’d read up on this stuff on the internet but he wasn’t too sure which would be preferred in this instance.

Spike couldn’t help but smile at the enthusiasm; he looked down admiringly, then nudged the toe of his boot between the knees.

“Wider, pet.”

Xander obeyed and, even thought it felt a bit embarrassing, he opened his legs wider.

“S’better. Hands on your thighs, palm up. Chin up. I want to see those beautiful brown eyes.” Spike’s voice directed him and on the last instruction a slender finger tilted his chin up a little. “Perfect. Just, bloody perfect.”

All thought that this could be a one off event fled from the vampire’s mind, this delicious mortal… his nummy treat, was going to belong to him and only him.

“This collar is just for play, I might see about getting you a proper one sometime in the future, if you please me, pet.”

The leather was fastened around Xander’s neck, it wasn’t too tight but just enough that he could feel it and not forget it was there. He knew it was silly since he bought the thing himself, but it felt like something important was taking place. Even with Spike’s words, it was as if the vampire was starting the process of staking his claim.

“Thank you, Sir.” The brunette said sincerely, as he looked into twinkling blue eyes. He had the almost overwhelming urge to bend down and kiss Spike’s boots; he still felt embarrassed enough that it held him back though.

“While you’re down there, take off my boots, pet.”

Reaching out with his hands, he unlaced the boots as efficiently as he could, even as his hands still shook a bit. When they were undone far enough, Spike obligingly lifted first one foot then the other, to allow him to pull them and the sock underneath off. He put them tidily under the chair and looked up at the other man, who now seemed to tower over him. He’d shed his duster at some point and was stood in a tight figure hugging black t-shirt and black jeans. He was fairly sure he could make out the bulge of the vampire’s erection.

Spike smirked down at him, almost sensing what was going through Xander’s mind as his eyes were at crotch level. He reached out with a slender pale hand and gripped a handful of brunette hair; he pulled the boy’s face against his denim-covered erection and ground himself against it.

Xander moaned at the tight hold on his hair, and being pressed so close to that most intimate part… it made his cock pulse and caused him to moan again. He rubbed his cheek against the hardness beneath the fabric then turned to press his lips against it. He’d never done anything like this before but he was following his own desire. He wanted this like nothing before. He wanted to unzip Spike and pull that rigid dick out, he wanted to kiss it, suck, lick and worship it. He felt his own cock leaking in response to the images in his mind.

“You like that, pet?” The blond vampire smiled as he asked the obvious. “Wouldn’t you rather have unobstructed access.”

“Please, Sir.” Xander’s voice was quiet and breathy; he knew that if Spike told him to, he’d beg for that cock, unashamedly.

Spike smirked, the view and stimulation against his crotch was just too much for him and he used his grip to pull the eager boy’s head back.

“Take my cock out.” He told him, his voice husky and his eyes flecked with yellow.

Xander brought shaky hands up to the fly of the vampire’s black jeans. His cheeks flushed as he pulled the zip down and unfastened the button. He pulled the jeans open and could see that Spike was wearing no underwear, the tip of his uncut cock peeking out. He gripped the waistband and eased the tight denim down over slender hips until the pale cock was free and pointing straight at him. He swallowed a nervous lump that had formed in his throat.

The grip in his hair held him just out of reach of the enticing cock, as if knowing that all he wanted was to take it into his mouth and taste it. He raised his eyes to look up into the glittering blue eyes. He was being closely studied, assessed, he hoped that he’d pass and that Spike would see fit to let him suck him off. The brunette couldn’t suppress the whimper of desire and need that rose up from deep with in. It surprised him, before today he hadn’t realised how much he could want this, how much he could want Spike dominating him. He knew that being dominated would turn him on, but he hadn’t figured it would be so much that he could be one step away from cumming just from being naked in front of the blond vampire.

“Suck me, pet, show me how much ya want to please me.” Spike said as he released the firm grip and gave the boy the room to move that he needed.

Xander’s pupils dilated with lust and he moved closer, feeling his heart slamming hard and fast in his chest. He knew that Spike could hear it and could smell him. There would be no secret of the emotions that ran through him even if there were no explanation as to their cause.

He flickered out his tongue and it connected with the tip of that pale cock, Spike gasped and his cock bobbed up and down in front of Xan’s face. The boy would have laughed if he hadn’t been so nervous and eager to get it right. He brought a hand up to hold the long hard cock steady. With it held in his palm he could estimate the length and he would bet money on it being around 8” long. He felt his anus flutter at the idea of it pushing into his hole.

Xan wrapped his lips around the head and sucked on it, almost too delicately for Spike’s tastes. The vampire whimpered, his eyes turning gold as he looked down on the erotic picture of the brunette’s lips wrapped around his cock.

“Suck harder.” He growled softly.

The young man immediately obeyed, taking another couple of inches into his mouth and increasing the suction. Spike’s eyelids fluttered, he was so turned on he didn’t know how long he could hold back. He was determined to allow the whelp enough time and space to get used to the feel of sucking cock at his own pace, but the urge to grab his silky soft hair and pull him down hard on his cock was strong. He groaned from deep down inside at the effort it took him to resist.

Xander moaned at the taste of the cool flesh, it was not at all how he expected it to feel; he had expected to feel somewhat demeaned by being in a position like this. But while he felt submissive, a small part of him felt powerful. He was being trusted to have the vampire’s most important body part in his mouth so close to teeth that could damage, and he was giving pleasure… him, Xander Harris… his mouth was giving Spike the pleasure that had him moaning and flexing.

The vibrations caused by the human’s moans felt fantastic as they ran through his cock, Spike wondered if that wicked mouth was going to send him as crazy as Dru. To say the boy had never sucked dick before, he was sure doing a great job of it. His mouth was now sliding up and down the first half of the pale cool rod, occasionally he would feel the light graze of teeth over the sensitive flesh and he wanted to howl, it felt so good.

Xander slid his lips up and down, sucked, swallowed and moaned around the vampire’s erection. His movements caused an alternating pressure from the collar around his neck, reminding him of his place. His own leaking hard on was forgotten in his eagerness to please.

“That’s it, pet…ahhhhh... Gonna cum…” His words died off as he threw his head back and cried out, shooting his cool cum into the eager mouth. He gasped unneeded air and then murmured. “Swallow it, pet.”

Xander had been holding the cum in his mouth, not really sure what to do with it. He swallowed it as instructed, but some had escaped and trickled down from the side of his mouth. Spike couldn’t resist the debauched image that the whelp presented and bent down to plunder his lips. He licked at the trail of spunk and pressed his mouth against the warm one, he thrust his tongue out to urge Xan to part his lips for him.

The warm pink lips opened invitingly and Spike thrust his long cool tongue inside, probing and mapping the inside of his mouth. He could taste himself mingled with the taste of the whelp and he moaned. His fingers curled into the soft hair and he pulled back.

The dark-haired man was gasping for air, never in all his life had he been kissed with such passion and intensity. He looked up into those piercing blue eyes feeling totally lost and flustered.

Spike ran a fingertip along the edge of the collar, lightly teasing the skin. He tapped the leather once and straightened up.

“Tell me what you want, pet.” He requested.

Xan’s brain felt like it had been replaced with mush, he had no idea what he wanted. Had he known to start with? He looked up at Spike feeling slightly dumb, his cock chose that moment to throb painfully and reassert his need for release. Was that it? Did he want to cum? Yes and no. He didn’t want it to be over yet, but he was so hard that it hurt.

“I… Sir…”

The bleach-blond watched the war of emotions flittering through brown soulful eyes. He could almost smirk with pleasure; the boy didn’t know how to answer.

“Tell me, pet. There’s no right or wrong answer.” Spike encouraged.

“Please…anything…” Xander managed to say.

A slow smile spread over the vampire’s face, he leaned in and whispered into the brunette’s ear. “I’ll let you can cum anytime…just for today.”

Xander shivered as cool air brushed his ear and the words worked their meaning into his mind and body. He whimpered. “Please… I’ll do anything you want.”

Spike smirked, “Might want to save that promise for the days I won’t let you cum.”

He stepped away, stripped out of his clothes, and then went to look in the box. He let his fingers run over a few items, he picked out and set aside some of them. He moved back to the kneeling man and crouched down. He leaned in and licked, kissed and nibbled at an ear while his fingers toyed with Xan’s nipples, pinching and playing with them. Satisfied, he moved back and deftly attached a clamp to each one.

Xander cried out in a mix of surprise and pain as the clamps pinched his tender nubs painfully. Despite the hurt, his cock bounced and leaked with pleasure.

“Oh god.” He groaned.

“Not even close, pet.” Spike chuckled. “Up.” He indicated for Xander to stand.

It took a second to filter through to his lust-addled brain but then he was moving and standing in front of the vampire. He whimpered as Spike’s fingers toyed with the clamps, increasing the burning pain.

“Up onto the bed, on all fours.” Spike told him with a light swat to his butt.

He watched as Xander scrambled to obey, climbing up and onto his hands and knees like an eager little pup. The vampire almost expected him to wag his backside. He smiled and retrieved the small butt plug, lube and a paddle. He set the items on the bed and ran his hands over the pale bubble butt. The white skin of Xan’s ass was in stark contrast to the tan that darkened the rest of his body. He smiled and smacked first one cheek then the other.

Xander gasped and bucked slightly, as the sting of the slaps warmed his flesh. They weren’t particularly hard but they were more than enough to send a message of intent to him. He was Spike’s and the vampire could and would do what he wanted with him. He groaned at that thought and an image of the blond sinking fangs into his neck almost made him cum just from the imagined sensation.

The hand struck again, over and over, each contact harder than the previous one. He gasped and moaned; his arms started to shake at the effort of holding himself up as the sting turned to a deep-set burn. Xan was leaking steadily, pre-cum pooling on the covers. Just when he thought he couldn’t take much more the blows stopped and the cool hands that had been cruel just moments before were caressing the heated flesh, easing the burn. That sensation was almost as overwhelming as the slaps had been.

A cool fingertip ran down his crack and massaged his pucker. Xander sucked in air and shuddered with pleasure. Smiling, Spike picked up the lube and coated his fingers. Returning the slick index finger to the tiny entrance he teased it and slowly pushed his finger in. The sounds his boy made as it eased inside had his cock rapidly hardening again. He slowly worked the finger in and out and stirred it around inside, relaxing the muscle. After a short while he added a second finger.

Xander whimpered at the uncomfortable burn of being stretched wider, but it soon died down and he was moaning with pleasure in no time. The fingers were eased out and he tried pushing back in an effort to reclaim them. There was a deep chuckle, followed by something cool and slick pressing at his entrance again; it felt different though.

Spike slid the plug into the tight hole, watching with satisfaction as it disappeared slowly inside. He could hardly wait to replace it with his cock. He fucked Xan with it a couple of times before settling it deep inside the twitching hole. Caressing one reddened cheek with the palm of his hand, he picked up the leather paddle in the other. He rubbed the flat of it against the other cheek and was amused when his boy shivered again.

Barely giving him chance to register the paddle’s presence, the blond vampire brought it down on the fleshy globe with stinging force. As he had done with his hand before, he rained down increasingly harder swats with the paddle. He watched the trembling Xander, carefully listening to his heart rate and scenting his arousal. He aimed the paddle so that it covered the base of the plug and brought it down several times.

The blows pushed the plug in hard and deeper, Xander cried out loudly, his body tensing, every muscle snapping rigid and his cum spurted out with such force he cried out again.

Spike gave one last smack with the paddle and tossed it aside. His cool hands slid over the burning flesh then down to toy with the plug. With one hand he slicked his cock, with the other he stirred the plug around, opening the whelp up enough. He pulled it out, tossed it to join the paddle and pressed the head of his hard cock to the opening.

Xan had collapsed forward onto his elbows, but his ass was still high in the air. Spike reached under him and easily pulled the clamps from his boy’s nipples. There was a pause and then a loud cry of pleasure-pain as blood flowed back into the tortured nubs. The softening of Xander’s cock halted and started to fill again, he gasped and whimpered, he’d never experienced pleasure like this. He felt Spike at his ass and tried to relax to let him in.

There was almost and audible pop as his cock head breached that tight hole. The vampire moaned with pleasure as his cock was enveloped in a velvet grip. Xan gasped for air, feeling like he was being filled up and split open. He pushed his hips up, requesting more, he would only be happy when Spike was deep inside him.

Spike got the message and pushed insistently all the way in, not stopping until he was seated balls deep. He caressed his hands along Xan’s back, when they reached his shoulders he dug his nails in and dragged them back down, leaving 10 long red welts. Xander arched under the sensation, crying out and undulating his hips as his ass muscles squeezed and worked Spike’s cock.

That tripped the switch and the blond thrust his hips, driving his cock in over and over, hard and fast, he was in no mood for a long slow fuck, he wanted to cum and he wanted it now. He fucked Xan with a punishing pace, his face shimmered and his fangs elongated. Gripping the brunette’s hips tight enough to leave bruises he pounded into that willing ass amid moans and grunts of pleasure and pleading words that demanded more.

One last hard driving thrust and Spike threw his head back and howled as his cool cum slicked the human’s insides. The sensation of being filled with the vampire’s seed was too much and Xander came again. His whole body shuddered his second release. He panted hard, the air burned his lungs, his body felt sated, well used and suddenly very heavy.

Spike eased out and lay down beside him, reaching out an arm to gather his dark-haired boy he pulled him close and stroked his soft hair.

Xan gradually caught his breath, realising he was being almost cradled against the blond’s chest, he nuzzled his cheek against the skin and caressed it lightly with still shaking fingertips.

“Wow.” He murmured, hoarsely.

“Prize for the understatement of the century goes to the Harris whelp.” Spike chuckled. “You’re bloody amazing, pet. And it wasn’t wow, it was fucking awesome.”

Xander grinned goofily, if this was what it was like to be sick, he didn’t want to be cured.

“Better get some rest, pet. You’ll need it if you’re gonna keep up with the big bad.” Spike grinned. “We’ll talk about rules and stuff tomorrow.”


The End (for now)