White Picket Fences

By: DarknessFadesDTWC

folder -Buffy the Vampire Slayer › Slash - Male/Male › Spike(William)/Xander

Rating: Adult ++

Chapters: 8

Views: 6,829

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Category: -Buffy the Vampire Slayer › Slash - Male/Male › Spike(William)/Xander

Rating: Adult ++

Chapters: 8

Views: 6,829

Reviews: 9

Recommended: 0

Currently Reading: 0

Disclaimer: I do not own Buffy the Vampire Slayer (BtVS), nor any of the characters from it. I do not make any money from the writing of this story.

From a Shell

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White
Picket Fences

Disclaimer:style='mso-spacerun:yes'> If I owned them do you think I would be
writings?

Reviewers:

Anegativegrl:
Thank you for all your reviews! The
reason for my lack of update is in my author’s note.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Unfortunately, I’m following the show but,
and that’s a big BUT, just keep reading I’ve got a few twists planned for the
sequel.

Hellocloneddolly: The changes were made for obvious reasons and thank you for liking my
writing.

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Mus4u: You
are my muse!

Beloved:
Hehehe…

A/N: I know most of
you will probably hate me for this but this and the next few chapters will go
through both Touchi> ai> and style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Chosen and will end at style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Conviction (Angel S4. Episode #89) I apologize for not updating sooner but RL
has intervened and between watching my younger (read: royal pain in the ass
teenager) brother, Siri, who has hit that rebellious phase a bit late, and my
little nephew while my brother and his husband went away on business and work
and drumroll please I goI got engaged!style='mso-spacerun:yes'> I haven’t had too much time to update.style='mso-srun:run:yes'> Kinda hard to get anything done with a family
that rivals the bloody Brady bunch.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Also, I wanna say that this story is coming
to a close. At most, I would say there
will only be three or four more chapters and then I will begin working on the
sequel. Does anyone even read this?

Chapter 8:
From a Shell

It was
never good when there was a call to come to class=SpellE>Sunnydale Hospital.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> It was the dead of night and class=SpellE>Anya, Giles, Willow
and a group of potentials were walking through the parking lot and into the
building.

Willow
didn’t know what to expect when she walked into the room her best friend was
lying in. The girl holding her hand
tried to show she wasn’t scared but the second she saw her father laying there,
a bandage around his head, she buried her face in Willow’s
shirt.

The boy Giles was carrying was
gripping him tight and sniffling. He
didn’t like hospitals even at his young age.
He tried calming the two year old down but to no avail; the child began
sobbing.

Buffy walked around, surveying the
damage so to speak, as she passed each potential’s bed.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Sighing, the slayer put a reassuring hand on Willow’s
arm before walking out of the room and out of the building.

A tear streaked down Ariel’s pink
face. Hastily, the small girl wiped away
at the tear and wiped her nose on the sleeve of her blue shirt.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> An expression of fear and sadness crossed her
round, little face as she looked up at the red-head.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “Daddy okay?”
She sniffed.

Willow
put on a
strong, reassuring face and looked down at the girl by her side.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “Your daddy will be fine.”style='mso-spacerun:yes'> She led Ariel over to the bed Xander was
laying in and took the seat by the bed.
“Be careful.” She advised upon
seeing Ariel climbing onte bee bed to lie beside the injured man.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> The witch motioned for Giles to give her
the child in his arms so he could talk with some of the potentials and Faith.style='mso-spacerun:yes'>

Until it was time for all the
visitors to leave, Willow sat by
her sedated friend, watching as the two children curled up around their
adoptive father’s resting form. She
looked up and saw Giles motioning that they were to leave.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> She carefully lifted a sleeping Nicholas
off the bed and gently woke Ariel, informing her that they had to go home now
and they could see their father tomw.
Silently, Willow led Ariel
out of the room and followed Giles as they made their way back to Buffy’s.

And the Earth spins
round/While the people fall down……

The next
day saw the group of potentials in Buffy’s basement along with Xander, Faith, class=SpellE>Anya, Dawn
and the others. Around thbattbattery
powered lights and candles lit up the room.
Anya, as usual
was being her blunt self and assuring one of the potentials that she was more
likely to stay alive and watch her friends die before she died.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> It may not have been the most comforting
thing to say but coming from Anya,
it was as close to comforting as you would get.

Xander was worried about his lover
who still hadn’t returned. Thn>They were a
happy little family even if they had only been a family for little less than a
month and now they were being forced to split apart.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> It was just his luck that the moment he had
the life he wanted, his lover was telling him to leave.styleo-spo-spacerun:yes'> black eye-patch and listened to the chattering around him.

“So let’s go over our rogue’s gallery. Who exactly do we have here?” Faith asked as Xander started to pay attention again.
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'> “Well, there’s The First. class=GramE>Who we can’t touch.” style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TiNew New Roman"'>Dawnstyle='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'> contributed.
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'> “And then there’s our friend the style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Reverend style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>I-Hate-Womenstyle='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>.” Xander added.
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'> “Who’s basically untouchable.” class=GramE>Said class=GramE>Anyaclass=GramE>.style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>
style='font-size:12.0pt;fonmilymily:"Times New Roman"'>
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'> “And there’s the ’roid-rage vamps, who are pretty much the worst and the—“
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'> “Bringers.” class=GramE>Interrupted Faith. “I think they’re our weakest link.”
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>And the world stands still/Not a sound, not a sound/There is love, here is love/class=GramE>To be found……
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'> Night fell over the Californian town and the group was in the kitchen after having used style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Kennedystyle='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'> as bait to capture a Bringer who, as it turned out, was mute. style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Willopan>pan>style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'> and style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Dawnstyle='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'> discussed a spell that would allow them to communicate with the Bringer that was being kept in the basement. A half eaten peanut butter and jelly sandwich lay abandoned on the island in the kitchen where Ariel sat letting style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Amandastyle='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'> braid her hair. The front door slammed class=GramE>shut and style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Andrewstyle='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>’s familiar voice echoed in the lounge.
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'> “We’re back!”
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'> Spike entered the kitchen looking a touch irritated; more than likely because of the company he had been forced to be in. He greeted Giles and went around class=GramE>to stand behind Xander, draping his arms around the brunet’s neck. He leaned over and pecked Ariel on the cheek before turning to kiss his lover tenderly on the lips. class=GramE>“Your eye.” It was more of a question than anything else.
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'> “It’s okay.” Xander reassured Spike and kissed him quickly. “Nicky’s upstairs sleeping.”
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'> “Hi, everybody. I missed you guys a lot. Sorry we took so long getting back from class=GramE>our mission but we had to wait out the sun and, well, I think our mission went very well. We rode on Spike’s hog, which was very cool, and played some amusing games and, oh, we got some information. But do you know what? I really need to urinate.” With that, style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Andrewstyle='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'> dashed out of the kitchen and up the stairs.
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'> “He’s a breath of fresh air, isn’t he? Thank god I don’t breathe.” There was a long bout of silence before Spike spoke again. “So, I think we got a lead. Where’s Buffy?”style='mso-tab-count:1'> style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Dawnstyle='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'> explained that Buffy had decided to take a ‘breather’ or class=GramE>rather, they had all decided that she needed to take a breather. Spike disagreed with them but decided not to voice his opinion while his daughter was around. He pulled away from Xander and lifted the young girl from her chair. “It’s passed your bedtime. Shouldn’t you be asleep like your brother?” Spike smirked at the girl who was looking slightly guilty.
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'> “Daddy made me a sandwich.”
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'> “Go get your things together and try not to wake Nicky.” Spike put her down and nudged her towards the stairs. “We should go home.” He told the group then led Xander into the foyer. “Go start the car, I’ll get the class=SpellE>Niblets.” Xander nodded and went out to start the car.
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'> The car ride home was a quiet one. class=GramE>Neither man spoke and in the back seat, both children were sleeping. Xander pulled into a parking space and they carried the children up to their flat.
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'> It was hard for Xander to look around his flat. Things were in labelled boxes and bags piled by the door. There really wasn’t much but the sight of their things all packed up upset him. This had been their first home as a family and though he desperately tried not to become emotional he couldn’t help but sigh tragically. He was standing by the door, simply taking in the sight of the nearly bare home when Spike emerged from the children’s room and wrapped his arms around his lover.
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'> “Everything will be fine. I already told you, I’ll use the money I have and buy you a nice house with a garden and a tree that you can hang a swing on for the kids and lots of flowers. My mum always loved the flowers in her garden. We’ll get a dog and we can ask style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Willowstyle='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'> to look for a way for me to go out in the day. We’ll be the perfect family with the two kids, a dog, the swing in the front, and the white picket fence.” Spike said softly. “Come on, let’s go to bed.” Xander could only nod and follow he vampire he loved.

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