Prompt 011
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still_grrrA couple more entries for this week's prompt. Another matched pair.
Title: New Beginnings
Author: Always_jbj
Rating: PG
Word Count: 434
Prompt: 011 Rome
Characters/Pairing: Buffy/Immortal
“What do you mean you're dumping me?”
Buffy’s voice was calm and quiet, none of the hysteria he was hoping for. Oh well, time to give the knife a little twist, that should get the result he craved. “Dumping you? No my dear, you misunderstand. In order for me to be dumping you, there needs to have been an ‘us’ to begin with. The only reason I had anything at all to do with you was to torment your vampire boyfriends.” His dark sinister laugh echoed in the late night air and he awaited eagerly the tears that would follow the crushing of this fragile soul before him.
“Boyfriends?” she asked quietly.
He laughed at her ignorance; this was going to be more fun than he had thought. “Angelus and William the Bloody. They have been in my town for the last few days, and it broke their poor hearts and tore at their tortured souls to see me with you. You see we have a little, shall we say... history.”
Spike? Spike was alive… and he had been here? With Angel!?
Buffy watched the buffoon in front of her; he honestly thought his callous words would hurt her? This guy really did think he was something special, didn’t he? She thought back to the reasons she had started dating him in the first place and, when all was said and done, it came down to one thing and one alone—the appearance of acceptance; of moving on. It was important to Giles, and the scoobies that she get on with her life—stop grieving for the vampire. That was how they thought of him, despite what he had done. The vampire. So she had gone through the motions for them. To please them. To make the worried looks and furtive glances cease.
His eyes narrowed when the slight girl drew herself up to her full height, her jaw setting before a slow smile curled the corners of her mouth. The fist had connected with his nose, a sickening crunch and a wave of excruciating pain hitting him before he was able to comprehend what had happened. He watched through pain-wrought tears as the girl turned and sauntered off down the road, leaving him standing with blood gushing from his nose—forgotten.
Buffy’s hand shot out, flagging down the taxi as it made its way up the all but deserted late night street. “The airport, please.” She leaned back in the seat, a happy, dreamy smile played across her face. Spike!
Title: New Beginnings Part 2
Author: Always_jbj
Rating: PG
Word Count: 357
Prompt: 011 Los Angeles
Characters/Pairing: Buffy/Spike
Note: Written as a sequel to the first one
Buffy passed through the massive doors, pausing for a moment to look around the opulent foyer before walking quickly towards the bank of elevators.
She stepped from the elevator to the sound of raised voices as the two vampires stood almost nose to nose in mid disagreement.
At the sound of the elevator doors opening they looked up. A slow, happy smile spread across Angel’s face, but Buffy didn’t see it as her eyes honed in on the slighter man at his side. Her breath caught as shocked blue eyes fastened on hers. She forced her gaze away from his. Her eyes devoured his face, quickly raking over every feature, from the knife-blade cheekbones, the soft swell of his oh-so-kissable bottom lip to the firm stubborn set of his jaw. She swallowed hard. ‘Had he always been so beautiful?’ she wondered.
Before she realised her feet were moving, she was across the room and her arms were sliding around his waist. She felt him stiffen for a moment before he relaxed in her embrace and wrapped his own arms hesitantly around her. She nuzzled briefly into his chest, inhaling his scent and savouring the familiar feel of soft cotton beneath her cheek. Her eyes drifted closed, the desolation that had been her constant companion since the fall of Sunnydale dissipating as she finally allowed herself to believe that he really was here. Doubt had set in as she was boarding the plane, and the entire flight from Rome she had been more than half-convinced that the Immortal’s words had been nothing more than a cruel, heartless stab designed to wound her in ways far more lethal than any sword.
Pulling back suddenly from the comfort of his arms, she looked up and met his gaze once more. Tears gathered unheeded in tired, bruised green eyes as she tilted her chin stubbornly. “Yes I do,” she stated firmly.
Spike stared at her in confusion for a moment before a soft, tender smile curved his lips. “Love you too,” he whispered reverently, wiping the moisture from her cheek before drawing her close once more and gently claiming her lips.
Title: New Beginnings
Author: Always_jbj
Rating: PG
Word Count: 434
Prompt: 011 Rome
Characters/Pairing: Buffy/Immortal
“What do you mean you're dumping me?”
Buffy’s voice was calm and quiet, none of the hysteria he was hoping for. Oh well, time to give the knife a little twist, that should get the result he craved. “Dumping you? No my dear, you misunderstand. In order for me to be dumping you, there needs to have been an ‘us’ to begin with. The only reason I had anything at all to do with you was to torment your vampire boyfriends.” His dark sinister laugh echoed in the late night air and he awaited eagerly the tears that would follow the crushing of this fragile soul before him.
“Boyfriends?” she asked quietly.
He laughed at her ignorance; this was going to be more fun than he had thought. “Angelus and William the Bloody. They have been in my town for the last few days, and it broke their poor hearts and tore at their tortured souls to see me with you. You see we have a little, shall we say... history.”
Spike? Spike was alive… and he had been here? With Angel!?
Buffy watched the buffoon in front of her; he honestly thought his callous words would hurt her? This guy really did think he was something special, didn’t he? She thought back to the reasons she had started dating him in the first place and, when all was said and done, it came down to one thing and one alone—the appearance of acceptance; of moving on. It was important to Giles, and the scoobies that she get on with her life—stop grieving for the vampire. That was how they thought of him, despite what he had done. The vampire. So she had gone through the motions for them. To please them. To make the worried looks and furtive glances cease.
His eyes narrowed when the slight girl drew herself up to her full height, her jaw setting before a slow smile curled the corners of her mouth. The fist had connected with his nose, a sickening crunch and a wave of excruciating pain hitting him before he was able to comprehend what had happened. He watched through pain-wrought tears as the girl turned and sauntered off down the road, leaving him standing with blood gushing from his nose—forgotten.
Buffy’s hand shot out, flagging down the taxi as it made its way up the all but deserted late night street. “The airport, please.” She leaned back in the seat, a happy, dreamy smile played across her face. Spike!
Title: New Beginnings Part 2
Author: Always_jbj
Rating: PG
Word Count: 357
Prompt: 011 Los Angeles
Characters/Pairing: Buffy/Spike
Note: Written as a sequel to the first one
Buffy passed through the massive doors, pausing for a moment to look around the opulent foyer before walking quickly towards the bank of elevators.
She stepped from the elevator to the sound of raised voices as the two vampires stood almost nose to nose in mid disagreement.
At the sound of the elevator doors opening they looked up. A slow, happy smile spread across Angel’s face, but Buffy didn’t see it as her eyes honed in on the slighter man at his side. Her breath caught as shocked blue eyes fastened on hers. She forced her gaze away from his. Her eyes devoured his face, quickly raking over every feature, from the knife-blade cheekbones, the soft swell of his oh-so-kissable bottom lip to the firm stubborn set of his jaw. She swallowed hard. ‘Had he always been so beautiful?’ she wondered.
Before she realised her feet were moving, she was across the room and her arms were sliding around his waist. She felt him stiffen for a moment before he relaxed in her embrace and wrapped his own arms hesitantly around her. She nuzzled briefly into his chest, inhaling his scent and savouring the familiar feel of soft cotton beneath her cheek. Her eyes drifted closed, the desolation that had been her constant companion since the fall of Sunnydale dissipating as she finally allowed herself to believe that he really was here. Doubt had set in as she was boarding the plane, and the entire flight from Rome she had been more than half-convinced that the Immortal’s words had been nothing more than a cruel, heartless stab designed to wound her in ways far more lethal than any sword.
Pulling back suddenly from the comfort of his arms, she looked up and met his gaze once more. Tears gathered unheeded in tired, bruised green eyes as she tilted her chin stubbornly. “Yes I do,” she stated firmly.
Spike stared at her in confusion for a moment before a soft, tender smile curved his lips. “Love you too,” he whispered reverently, wiping the moisture from her cheek before drawing her close once more and gently claiming her lips.
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Date: 2007-04-30 01:05 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-04-30 09:08 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-04-30 02:07 pm (UTC)Yes. Yes. Yes!!!! Gorgeous and perfectly written and yes...yes!!!! I could SO forgive Buffy if you were writing for ME. SO. Forgive. Her.
Thank you for these.
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Date: 2007-04-30 02:17 pm (UTC)I've come back several times to wring every last bit of...incredibleness....out of these. I'm just so thrilled with them. Admittedly, Spike owns me and I did JUST finish the Series on last Friday...but - do you have links to other works of yours that read...like these?
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Date: 2007-04-30 09:04 pm (UTC)All my fics can be found on my website. Probably the easiest is my 'by seasons' listing http://www.axisoflove.org/season.html
Warning, some of my fics can be quite angsty--but I think they all at least have hopeful endings, if not happy ones.
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Date: 2007-04-30 04:21 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-04-30 09:11 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-04-30 09:18 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-04-30 09:27 pm (UTC)LOL...I'm a Spuffy-shipper though and through. Although I do happily read other ships, if I am writing Spike or Buffy they will usually be together at some point or another.
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Date: 2007-05-01 03:02 am (UTC)And secondly, bye, I have to go weep now.
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Date: 2007-05-01 06:06 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-05-01 05:39 pm (UTC)Did you want me to put these as a set in voting or as two seperate stories? Same with your Giles and Ethan ones. Together or apart? The Giles and Ethan ones I think could stand on their own easily but thinking these two you might want to keep together for voting. But honestly, whatever you feel the most comfortable with, that is what we shall do. :)
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Date: 2007-05-01 11:33 pm (UTC)The Ethan ones are definitely stand alones, they are set years apart in my series. However, these two are actually on my site as chapter 1 and 2 of the same story, so if they can go up as one entry I am happy with that. I only posted them as two entries as they are in two very different locations. LOL
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Date: 2007-05-07 02:04 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-05-07 02:56 am (UTC)Yeah, the Immortal certainly had an ego that needed a little deflating... and Buffy specialises in ego-deflating! lol