Ficlet- What He'd Rather Do (Spike/Fred)

[snogged.livejournal.com]

Title What He'd Rather Do
Author snogged
Rating PG
Word Count 285
Prompt prompt52:A Paring You Have Never Done.
Characters/Pairing (if any) Spike/Fred
A/N: This is an alternative version of the scene where Spike becomes corporeal in AtS, Season 5, "Destiny." A special thanks to shannon730 for the beta.



Spike couldn't contain himself. He was bursting at the seams from excitement. He could touch! He could feel! He could feel the taste of thick, otter blood coursing down his throat. He could give Angel a right wallop in the jaw for being such a ponce. He considered grabbing Harmony for a quick rough and tumble in an abandoned office but realized there was someone else who needed to know first.

He hurried off to the lab and grinned at the sight of Fred hunched over the table, staring at some scientific-looking do-hicky.

"Fred! It's a bloody miracle. I'm corporeal again."

Fred looked up and promptly received a crushing kiss filled with Spike's glee.

"What? How?"

"There was this box. And a bright flashy show. And poof! Corporeal me."

Fred grinned. "That's wonderful, Spike. Is the box still out there? I'd like to examine it. Maybe see what the secret is."

"So cutie, still got the hots for me?" Spike interrupted, flashing her a charming smirk and testing his luck. He was corporeal now and he had given up that chance to rough and tumble with Harm.

Fred blushed. It wasn't like she hadn't thought about him for endless hours. Well she had, but it been researched so it didn't count.

"I'll take that as a yes, then." He cupped her chin in his hands and kissed her softly. "Mmm, been wanting to do that ever since I laid eyes on you."

"You wanna grab lunch or something?" Fred asked.

"I'd like that, pet." Spike threaded his arm through hers and led her off to the cafeteria, feeling on top of the world. Second to corporealism, this was the best thing that had happened all day.

Comments

[nikkiwawa79.livejournal.com]

Awwwww :) This was so cute. They never really explored Spike/Fred in season 5, so it was nice to see it done in fic.

[snogged.livejournal.com]

thanks! I always liked the idea of Spike and Fred

[thrace-adams.livejournal.com]

Awww that was sweet. Spike/Fred...never would have thought that lOL

[snogged.livejournal.com]

thanks!

[imbaskinrobbins.livejournal.com]

I love this! I always saw potential for Spike/Fred in the fifth season.

[snogged.livejournal.com]

me too! thanks for the feedback

[ex-dark-ami.livejournal.com]

aww so sweet!

[snogged.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you liked it :)

[sockmonkeyhere.livejournal.com]

You just made the world's biggest Spred 'shipper very, very happy. I would have given my firstborn to see "Destiny" written this way.

Would it be okay if I put a link to your ficlet on LJ's Spred community and on the Spred thread at my home board Cold Dead Seed? There's so few Spike/Fred fics to be found anywhere, and a lovely one like this is a special treat.

[snogged.livejournal.com]

Sure, you can do that

Just give me all the proper credit and stuff.

*hugs*

[sockmonkeyhere.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! I've linked it on my home board here:

http://www.fuzzyshark.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=53

at the end of the "Ficlets, Drabbles, & Vignettes" section.

[dreamincolor.livejournal.com]

So cute. :] I liked the chemistry they had going in season five, nice to see someone looking at it a bit closer.

[snogged.livejournal.com]

thanks so much!

I always kinda hoped that Spike and Fred would be explored further. Would have been a much better pairing than Spike and Harmony

[sockmonkeyhere.livejournal.com]

Absolutely; a squillion times better.

If y'all ever feel the urge to read more Spred explorations, the fuzzyshark link in my post above will take you to a list of all the Spike/Fred fics I've ever been able to find.

[stretfordditto.livejournal.com]

Nice one. I thing they would definately be good together.

[snogged.livejournal.com]

thanks!
I agree :)

[kats-meow.livejournal.com]

AWWW! Found you via sockmonkeyhere and glad that I did. This is so sweet, I think I have a toothache ;)

[snogged.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much.

I'm glad you enjoyed it :)

[lena7623.livejournal.com]

Sooo cute!! Always thought he might have had a thing for her.

[snogged.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you liked it!

[kimmiefae.livejournal.com]

always like the spike/fred pairing..such a sweet story!

[snogged.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad you enjoyed this then :)

[snowpuppies]

Very cute. And I love hyper!Spike. *g*

[snogged.livejournal.com]

thank you :)

[ubiquirk.livejournal.com]

That's so sweet! As much I I love Wes/Fred, I would have liked to see this too.

[snogged.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you enjoyed this :)

[firefly124.livejournal.com]

This is lovely! I did wish they'd done more with these two in S5.

[snogged.livejournal.com]

I wish they had too