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-Buffy the Vampire Slayer › Het - Male/Female › Buffy/Spike(William)
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Adult ++
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32
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11,395
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83
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Acting All Avoidy
A thousand thank you’s to Shelly and... Shelly. Not really feeling the love on this site. Really makes an author think, ya know? Hope you guys like this chap too… and actually review this time. Let me know your thoughts- good or bad, praise or not, please!!
“Acting All Avoidy”
It had been nearly twenty-four hours since she had last seen him. Twenty-four hours since their interrupted make out session. Just as they were really getting into it, the Scoobies had finished their “big group sing” and (uneasily) began to leave the Bronze. As soon as Buffy heard the door open, she pulled away from Spike.
“Later. I promise. I have to get Dawn home.” Giving her a look of shock (at her promising later) and understanding (now wasn’t the time to deal with whatever it was that was transpiring between them), he gave her his infamous head tilt (that she found oh, so sexy) and a nod before turning away. Why couldn’t there have been a coda at the end of their song? She thought ruefully as she watched him walk down the alley. If the gang had sung at least one more time, she and Spike would have had more time with the kissage.
“Buffy, can we-" Willow started, but Buffy cut her off.
“Not now, guys. It’s been a long night, and day. We should all just go home and get some sleep. Dawn?” Buffy motioned for the younger Summers to follow after her. Dawn asked her no questions on the walk home. It had been a long night after all.
Buffy spent all of the next day avoiding her friends and family. But then, they seemed to be avoiding her as well. Particularly Willow. What could she, or any of them say? Sorry wouldn’t do, no take backs, so it was useless.
After school let out, Dawn attempted to corner her, but Buffy dodged that bullet by feigning a headache, and saying that she needed to lie down. Dawn knew that she was lying, and Buffy knew that Dawn knew, but shocking both of them, instead of throwing one of her tantrums and yelling, “I’m not a stupid, little kid, ya know?!” and stomping off to her room, Dawn gave her a sad smile and a little nod, letting her sister be. Buffy was grateful.
As soon as the sun set, Buffy proved that old habits truly did die hard by sneaking out of her bedroom window to go see a certain vampire. Except this time around, it was Spike. To her dismay, however, he wasn’t in his crypt. After about twenty minutes of patrolling, well, really she was looking for him, he finally found her. But she was so lost in her thoughts (which were undoubtedly about him), he inadvertently snuck up on her, causing her to raise her stake at him. He leaned back, fearing she may actually strike him for some reason or other. Can never tell with her. Bloody hot and cold… She put down her stake, slightly offended that he’d think she’d hurt him. She said nothing.
“ ‘Ello, pet. Thought that maybe we could talk?” Feeling a bit angry at him, or perhaps once again making excuses, she replied, “Vocal chord wise, yes. With each other? No.” She turned away from him.
“Buffy-" He grabbed her arm, making her turn and face him.
“Here I am, looking utterly stupid. Coming out here and, and searching for you! But oh- you were no where to be seen! And then, and then you come and find me, only to flinch at me cause you thought I was gonna hit you!” she yelled, incredulous.
“I didn’t know what to expect, did I? And I wasn’t hiding. Well, from you anyway.” He said as an after thought.
“Well, maybe you should expect for me to never touch or kiss you ever again, Spike. Not ever. Never!” As soon as he gave her an expression of hurt on his chiseled features, she launched herself at him, knocking him to the ground. She was straddling his waist and laying on top of him. Then he realized it was for all the wrong reasons when he saw his old shark demon “pal” with his two lackeys. He had just thrown a huge stake at him.
“Now, easy, boys. No need to get physical. Now is there, Mr. Spike?” Buffy saved me? Wasn’t that usually reserved for the likes of Peaches and Captain Cardboard? Huh. After all her ranting and raving of never touching him ever again…. Hot and cold; right.
“You know this guy?” Of course he does. It’s Spike, after all.
“Yea. What do you want.” Oh great. This had to happen right now. Buffy judges me enough already. Now I’m gonna get bloody criticized for this too. Oh, balls.
“Take it easy. You’ll get your kittens.”
“Oh god, what is it with you guys? Why kittens? Why can’t you use money like everybody else?” Knew it; criticism. Can never cut a guy a bit of slack, can she?
“She’s funny. I like funny in a girl.”
“I just need a little more time.”
“Time, time. Time is what turns kittens into cats. Look, I don’t wanna see anyone get hurt. Boys?” The shark demon turned his back on them as the two vampire minions approached Spike. What? He thinks I’m just going to stand here and let him attack my boyf- I mean Spike?
“Then you’d better close your eyes.” Buffy quickly handled to the two vamps with ease. She gave them a pass on a staking, since they were strictly in the kitten business. They weren’t an eminent threat to society, just Spike. Well, sort of.
“I sensed she was the Slayer, Boss.” The taller vamp said, justifying his (albeit brief) ass kicking.
Spike was touched that Buffy was so protective of him. It was incredibly sweet, especially since they both knew that he was fully capable of protecting himself from a couple of vamps. He smiled at her from behind. Aah, my sweet Buffy. Because she was so gung ho on protecting him, and because he couldn’t pay up just yet, Spike stealthily snuck away, leaving the three of them to deal with her. It would buy him some time, after all.
“Boss, he’s gone.”
“What?”
“Spike has split.” What? He just left? Before we even got to talk? That total jerk!
“Oh, it was a genuine pleasure.” The shark demon said, chomping his jaws at her as he left. Buffy sighed aloud to no one.
“If I would stop saving his life, it would simple things up so much.” Of course, it could also help if I didn’t care about him. Damn it.
A/N: As you can see, I’ve broken down “Tabula Rasa” as well. Being the geek that I am, I carefully watched the interactions between the two on my DVD set. Buffy has always had this thing about saving her boyfriend. Spike was no different in this episode. Hope you liked this one. I’m going to update “Falling Away from Me” then come back to this. Please review!
“Acting All Avoidy”
It had been nearly twenty-four hours since she had last seen him. Twenty-four hours since their interrupted make out session. Just as they were really getting into it, the Scoobies had finished their “big group sing” and (uneasily) began to leave the Bronze. As soon as Buffy heard the door open, she pulled away from Spike.
“Later. I promise. I have to get Dawn home.” Giving her a look of shock (at her promising later) and understanding (now wasn’t the time to deal with whatever it was that was transpiring between them), he gave her his infamous head tilt (that she found oh, so sexy) and a nod before turning away. Why couldn’t there have been a coda at the end of their song? She thought ruefully as she watched him walk down the alley. If the gang had sung at least one more time, she and Spike would have had more time with the kissage.
“Buffy, can we-" Willow started, but Buffy cut her off.
“Not now, guys. It’s been a long night, and day. We should all just go home and get some sleep. Dawn?” Buffy motioned for the younger Summers to follow after her. Dawn asked her no questions on the walk home. It had been a long night after all.
Buffy spent all of the next day avoiding her friends and family. But then, they seemed to be avoiding her as well. Particularly Willow. What could she, or any of them say? Sorry wouldn’t do, no take backs, so it was useless.
After school let out, Dawn attempted to corner her, but Buffy dodged that bullet by feigning a headache, and saying that she needed to lie down. Dawn knew that she was lying, and Buffy knew that Dawn knew, but shocking both of them, instead of throwing one of her tantrums and yelling, “I’m not a stupid, little kid, ya know?!” and stomping off to her room, Dawn gave her a sad smile and a little nod, letting her sister be. Buffy was grateful.
As soon as the sun set, Buffy proved that old habits truly did die hard by sneaking out of her bedroom window to go see a certain vampire. Except this time around, it was Spike. To her dismay, however, he wasn’t in his crypt. After about twenty minutes of patrolling, well, really she was looking for him, he finally found her. But she was so lost in her thoughts (which were undoubtedly about him), he inadvertently snuck up on her, causing her to raise her stake at him. He leaned back, fearing she may actually strike him for some reason or other. Can never tell with her. Bloody hot and cold… She put down her stake, slightly offended that he’d think she’d hurt him. She said nothing.
“ ‘Ello, pet. Thought that maybe we could talk?” Feeling a bit angry at him, or perhaps once again making excuses, she replied, “Vocal chord wise, yes. With each other? No.” She turned away from him.
“Buffy-" He grabbed her arm, making her turn and face him.
“Here I am, looking utterly stupid. Coming out here and, and searching for you! But oh- you were no where to be seen! And then, and then you come and find me, only to flinch at me cause you thought I was gonna hit you!” she yelled, incredulous.
“I didn’t know what to expect, did I? And I wasn’t hiding. Well, from you anyway.” He said as an after thought.
“Well, maybe you should expect for me to never touch or kiss you ever again, Spike. Not ever. Never!” As soon as he gave her an expression of hurt on his chiseled features, she launched herself at him, knocking him to the ground. She was straddling his waist and laying on top of him. Then he realized it was for all the wrong reasons when he saw his old shark demon “pal” with his two lackeys. He had just thrown a huge stake at him.
“Now, easy, boys. No need to get physical. Now is there, Mr. Spike?” Buffy saved me? Wasn’t that usually reserved for the likes of Peaches and Captain Cardboard? Huh. After all her ranting and raving of never touching him ever again…. Hot and cold; right.
“You know this guy?” Of course he does. It’s Spike, after all.
“Yea. What do you want.” Oh great. This had to happen right now. Buffy judges me enough already. Now I’m gonna get bloody criticized for this too. Oh, balls.
“Take it easy. You’ll get your kittens.”
“Oh god, what is it with you guys? Why kittens? Why can’t you use money like everybody else?” Knew it; criticism. Can never cut a guy a bit of slack, can she?
“She’s funny. I like funny in a girl.”
“I just need a little more time.”
“Time, time. Time is what turns kittens into cats. Look, I don’t wanna see anyone get hurt. Boys?” The shark demon turned his back on them as the two vampire minions approached Spike. What? He thinks I’m just going to stand here and let him attack my boyf- I mean Spike?
“Then you’d better close your eyes.” Buffy quickly handled to the two vamps with ease. She gave them a pass on a staking, since they were strictly in the kitten business. They weren’t an eminent threat to society, just Spike. Well, sort of.
“I sensed she was the Slayer, Boss.” The taller vamp said, justifying his (albeit brief) ass kicking.
Spike was touched that Buffy was so protective of him. It was incredibly sweet, especially since they both knew that he was fully capable of protecting himself from a couple of vamps. He smiled at her from behind. Aah, my sweet Buffy. Because she was so gung ho on protecting him, and because he couldn’t pay up just yet, Spike stealthily snuck away, leaving the three of them to deal with her. It would buy him some time, after all.
“Boss, he’s gone.”
“What?”
“Spike has split.” What? He just left? Before we even got to talk? That total jerk!
“Oh, it was a genuine pleasure.” The shark demon said, chomping his jaws at her as he left. Buffy sighed aloud to no one.
“If I would stop saving his life, it would simple things up so much.” Of course, it could also help if I didn’t care about him. Damn it.
A/N: As you can see, I’ve broken down “Tabula Rasa” as well. Being the geek that I am, I carefully watched the interactions between the two on my DVD set. Buffy has always had this thing about saving her boyfriend. Spike was no different in this episode. Hope you liked this one. I’m going to update “Falling Away from Me” then come back to this. Please review!