Valentines Day
"Dawn… Dawn!
Your friends are here." Buffy shouted up the stairs then listened for
movement, Dawn came hopping down the stairs.
"Not too slutty?" Dawn fanned her arms out theatrically and waited
for her sisters approval.
Buffy nodded at her outfit and then stopped her sister as she tried to walk out
of the front door. Slipping a stake into Dawns bag Buffy gave her a look that
said 'you know how to use it' and her sister smiled.
"So, when's Spike coming over for your date?" Dawn grinned
from the doorway.
"For the millionth time, it's not a date. Just patrolling." Buffy
gave her a look of exasperation and it caused her to grin even more.
"Let me see, you ask a guy to patrol on Valentines Day and it's not
a date? Who are you trying to kid? Besides I've seen the way you look at him
when he drops you off after patrol…" Dawn smiled then her face turned
mischievous as she pretended to be Buffy. "Oh Spike, if only you'd kiss
me, take me up in your manly arms and sha…"
"Dawn! When I asked him last night, this morning, I really didn't
think 'Hey it's Valentines lets ask Spike out on a date and pretend it's just
patrolling', I just felt I was going to need to kill something today."
Buffy sat down on the bottom step of the stairs and looked up at Dawn, she was
still grinning.
"You sure that's all you felt you need?" She giggled at Buffy and
wiggled an eyebrow.
"Dawn that's disgusting, now get out of the house." Buffy stood and
playfully pushed her sister out of the door. "Go, have fun…"
"I'm sure I won't be the only one…" Dawn laughed back at her as she
walked down the path.
Buffy shook her head as she closed the front door, walking to the kitchen she
wondered if Spike was going to think it was a date. She couldn't even fool
herself anymore, something inside her last night had known today was Valentines
and Buffy never pre-arranged a patrol with him. Maybe she wanted a date tonight
or maybe she just didn't want to be alone on Valentines Day. One thing was
pretty straight though; her sister was right - hanging around with anything
slightly resembling male on Valentines was a date.
Letting her thoughts slip to when she had first come back from the dead she
went over all that Spike had done for her. He had been the only one who hadn't
smothered her when she was trying to readjust to living, he'd stayed with them
for the first couple of weeks, helping her settle in to the routine of looking
after Dawn. Every night that she'd woken up from nightmares of the grave he'd
been there, watching her, ready to get her anything she needed - he'd explained
it away as having heard her and just dropping in to check, purely because he
couldn't sleep but she knew it was more than that. Buffy realised then how much
he loved her, he wouldn't sleep unless she was awake and safe, she knew he had
passed each night watching her, sitting in her room and making sure that when
she woke up she wasn't alone and she knew it wasn't about getting into her
pants, it was about his loving her.
Whenever she needed to talk he'd sit patiently listening to her, nothing could
distract him from her, not even Dawn, not even Xander. He'd be intent on
hearing what she had to say, offering comforting words about how much he
understood what it was like to wake up in your coffin, to claw your way out.
Sighing Buffy realised that if it hadn't been for Spike she probably wouldn't
have made it this far. She still talked to him about everything, from the
little things like Dawn being messy to the big things like her dreams and
fears, and she liked it, no she loved it, she loved being able to be open with
someone who had similar experiences to draw on. Last night she'd spent four
hours sitting in his crypt on the couch with him, just curled up and talking to
him and he'd shared so much with her about his life that she'd left wanting to
know even more. In some small way she felt connected to him, he fascinated her
with the tales of his long unlife and last night, tales of his human life.
She started rummaging through the kitchen cupboards for something low in fat to
snack on. Looking out of the window she watched the sky turning pale purple as
the last rays of the sunset finally disappeared. The stars would come out in
around an hour and with them would come Spike. Pondering how long she had to
get ready she formulated a plan of action. First popcorn and a drink, something
stiff and definitely high in alcohol content should do the trick. Then she
would get out of her bathrobe and carefully choose something to wear that
wasn't too casual but not overly datey either. Drying her hair and makeup would
naturally come next, shortly after which it would be dark enough for Spike to
show up.
Buffy stared blankly at the popcorn in the microwave, cooking popcorn was a
fine art, if she left it to nuke for the correct amount of minutes it would
burn - no matter what it said on the packet. You had to stand there watching it
rotate as the time ticked down, finger at the ready to push to stop button at
the first sign of danger. It was a global conspiracy designed to annoy hapless
millions.
A knock at the door distracted her, willing herself to ignore it she stared at
the popcorn, trying to follow one corner of the packet as it went around in
circles. Another knock and Buffys patience failed her, she hurried to the front
door and whipped it open.
"What!" She barked at offending person and then looked up at them.
"Call me old fashioned but I really miss the word 'hello', mean 'what' is
charming and all but not a patch on 'hello'." Spike flicked his cigarette
onto the lawn and put his hand behind his back.
Suddenly realising there was a man looking at her, especially Spike of all
things resembling men, Buffy wrapped her bathrobe tighter around herself and
shuffled her feet back to try and hide her fluffy slippers.
"Hello Spike." Feeling more than awkward she raised her eyes up to
his, it was just like Spike to be early, from the moment she'd met him he'd
never had the patience to wait for the predestined time.
"Not interrupting am I?" Spike looked her over from her wet loosely
tied up hair to the pink fluffy monstrosities on her feet.
"No, why'd you think that?" Buffy kept her face void of emotion and
tried to pull the bathrobe tighter around her still.
"Just…" Raising his brows he pointed at her face, her eyes widened as
she realised what he was looking at.
Turning away from him Buffy pulled the white strip off her nose with a grimace,
gave herself a few seconds to recover then turned back to him.
"It's called pampering myself Spike."
"So, no date then?" He watched her closely for a reaction, thoughts
about 'patrolling' on Valentines Day had kept him awake and he still wasn't
sure if this was a date or she really just wanted to patrol.
"Wait. Can you smell that?" Buffy sniffed the air and looked at Spike
like he was a bloodhound.
"Burning popcorn, didn't want to say anything." He just shrugged as
she ran off towards the kitchen.
Buffy pulled the microwave door open and sagged into a sigh, the popcorn packet
looked like she'd been trying to cremate it. Picking it up by one corner she
opened the back door and set it down on top of the trashcan, frowning at it as
through she expected it to spontaneously combust at any second.
Walking back into the living room she'd expected to see Spike firmly settled
into the couch in that little way of his, but he was still waiting on the porch.
"No." Buffy shuffled to a stop in front of him and idly played with
the belt of her bathrobe, stroking it gently, it felt soft and comforting.
"No?" Spike looked confused.
"I don't have a date." There she said it, nobody wanted to date her
even on Valentines so she was pampering herself while waiting for someone tall
blond and handsome to show up.
Spike stood and watched her in silence for what seemed like forever. As she
raised her head up to look him in the eye a strand of hair fell down onto her
cheek and he fought the temptation to reach out and push it gently behind her
ear.
"Bloody pillocks, passing up an opportunity to date someone like you, mean
I can't complain I suppose, being the undead and all, not many people want to
date me. But you Buffy, you deserve better than this, patrolling on
Valentines." Spike sighed as he tilted his head to look at her, he felt
better when he was honest with her, recently she'd accepted things better when
he was honest and she'd dropped out of her habit of hitting him or bolting.
"Oh. Guess neither of us are very dateable." She watched as Spike
shifted uncomfortably. "What?"
Spike reasoned with himself that it was stupid to feel awkward about something
as petty as this, he pulled a long stemmed velvety dark red rose out from
behind his back and presented it to her.
"Didn't steal it and I'm not trying to make this a date." Spike
smiled inwardly as she took it from him, a stunned expression on her face.
"I wasn't going to say that, it's beautiful." Buffy stared at the
rose in her hand, smiling at how even someone as crude as Spike could do
beautiful things sometimes and then took a deep breath. "I was making
popcorn."
"Noticed." Spike couldn't help noticing how embarrassed she suddenly
was.
"Was going to watch a movie… while I got ready for patrol, don't suppose
you'd want… I mean… you probably just want to get on with patrolling…"
Steadying herself with a long deep breath Buffy raised her eyes to meet his
again, her voice becoming even. "Do you want to come in for a bit?"
Spike felt like the entire London philharmonic orchestra had just struck up in
his head and he was slightly dazed by the volume.
"Love to." Stepping over the threshold of her front door Spike
adjusted his eyes to the level of brightness and watched as Buffy scurried away
to the kitchen.
Searching through the cupboards Buffy managed to find a vase tall enough to
hold the rose and filled it with water. Settling the rose into it she walked
back into the living room and placed it on the table. Spike was watching her
with interest, as she sat down on the couch next to him he tilted his head in a
way that reminded her she was only wearing her bathrobe.
"Think I'm going to get dressed."
"No need to on my account." He grinned at her and as he raised one
brow she bolted up the stairs.
Coming back downstairs she found Spike raiding the fridge, he looked up as she
entered the kitchen and smiled triumphantly as he pulled two bottles of beer
out. Buffy smiled as she noticed he'd actually made an effort over his
clothing, instead of his usual black t-shirt and jeans combination he was
wearing a black patterned silk shirt with jet black jeans. On further sly
inspection Buffy noticed he was wearing a gold chain that neatly highlighted
his collarbones and the start of his pectoral muscles, she sighed inwardly as
wicked little thoughts surfaced in her mind.
Spike let his eyes roam her now dressed body as she took another packet of
popcorn out of the box and started the process again. Punching the numbers in
she pressed start then leant against the island, arms folded and willing her
concentration to stop roaming towards Spike. Maybe it was just because it was
Valentines, or that they'd spent so much time together recently but he smelt
damn good tonight. Warm and inviting to her senses.
He couldn't figure out what she was up to, she wasn't dressed like he'd
expected her to be. Instead of a turtleneck sweater and jeans she was wearing a
long flowing denim skirt and a cream short-sleeved gypsy style top, most of all
she was definitely sans bra. What was more perplexing was the fact she was
staring at the microwave in the same way he did when there was blood in it.
"What?" Buffy sighed out in resignation, no longer able to ignore his
frown.
"Interesting popcorn love? There's this thing they call a telly…" He
leant next to her and watched the microwave, admitting to himself that watching
the popcorn rotating was strangely relaxing.
"If you don't watch it then it burns." She gave him a sideward glance
as he sipped his bottle of beer.
"I see." Spike took a deep breath, almost overwhelmed by the mixture
of Slayer scent and Buffys perfume that always smelt like cherries and vanilla,
but on the edge of his senses it was there. "Stop it."
Buffy gave him a quizzical look and he pointed to the microwave, bringing his
hand back down to his side it brushed against hers. She frowned as little
sparks ran along her nerves, telling herself it was purely coincidental and had
nothing to do with the sensation of his cool skin on hers.
"Trust me." He pushed off from the island and grinned as he walked
into the living room.
Buffy pulled the door open, tearing the packet open she tipped it out into the
waiting bowl. The last piece to fall out was slightly burnt. She sighed in
disbelief as she picked up the bowl and carried it towards the living room.
Sometimes vampires were handy.
Stopping in the doorway she noted he'd turned the lights down low. Buffy
watched Spike swigging his beer, feet up on her coffee table and channel
hopping with the occasional frown at the TV.
She walked slowly towards Spike, he was chuckling at the TV but it sounded
distant to her ears as she thought over how the world conspired against people.
Spike, now he was the ultimate global conspiracy against her, a vampire that
wouldn't die. The more she fought with him the more he got under her skin. The
more he got under her skin the more she pushed him away. The more she pushed
him away the closer he got to her. The closer he got to her the more her will
crumbled. The more her will crumbled the more she had to admit that it wasn't
the vampire element about him that made her body sing when he accidentally
touched her.
Putting the bowl down on the table with a thump she got his attention, Spike
narrowed his eyes on her and tilted his head in a confused look.
Sitting down next to him Buffy blanked him and looked at the TV, as he turned
his attention there too she shuffled a little closer. Taking a deep breath she
sighed internally, god he smells good.
"So. What's the plan? Few beers, a movie then off to patrol?" Spike
turned his head to look at her, she was staring at his arm.
"Do you work out?" She touched his bicep softly and felt the little
sparks running along her fingertips.
"Well yeah." He chuckled at her with a frown then narrowed his
eyes on hers. "You alright Slayer?"
"Yeah, I'm fine. Just wondering…" She cut herself off mid-sentence
and bit her lip, raising her eyes to meet his.
"Wondering?" Spikes mind was working overtime and the same question
pounded his skull over and over again, is she flirting with me?
"Nothing." What you would look like naked.
Buffy smoothed her skirt out and stared at the TV, taking Spikes bottle of beer
from his hand she gulped it down and smiled at him like a naughty child.
"Hey." Spike groused as she handed him the empty bottle.
"It's my beer." Buffy frowned at him as he stood up, leaning into the
couch she watched him saunter off to the kitchen.
Walking back into the living room Spike was a little taken aback by the sight
of Buffy lighting candles. She froze when he looked at her, lighter held in mid
lighting. Shaking his head he slouched into the sofa and slung his feet up onto
the table.
"How come you were so early?" Buffy instantly cursed herself for her
poor choice of wording.
"Beg pardon?" Spike pondered if he really had interrupted her plans,
she didn't specify a time to him last night or more this morning, they'd talked
so much last night that he hadn't wanted her to leave. He'd almost asked her to
say but bottled out and instead spent the whole of today wondering if she would
have.
"I meant it was only just getting dark out, not like you… actually it's a
lot like you to walk about when you can get crispified. Forget I asked."
She picked at the bowl of popcorn.
"Already forgotten." Spike swigged his beer and flicked channels.
"Just it's stupid, endangering yourself by wandering about during what is
still technically the day." Buffy couldn't understand why it suddenly got
her so pissed off that he openly flouted the whole direct sunlight thing, like
he wanted to get burnt to a crisp. It dawned on her that she liked him being
around, liked being near him and didn't like the thought of him not being here.
"Or sitting next to an overly inquisitive Slayer in an empty house full of
pointy wooden objects?" He couldn't figure out what she was up to, but it
was obvious she was running hot and cold tonight - he hoped they would mingle
and things would get warm.
Rummaging around in her popcorn bowl Buffy watched him as he chuckled at the
TV, she popped a few pieces of popcorn into her mouth then offered it to him.
As he leant closer to her she inhaled his aftershave again.
"Damn he smells good." Buffy mumbled out loud, shocked at herself she
panicked as he frowned at her.
"Didn't quite catch that." Spikes frown intensified.
"Damn, tastes like wood." She groaned inwardly at how pathetic it
sounded.
Buffy fished some popcorn out of the bowl and offered it to him. Spike opened
his mouth to say something but she shoved the handful of popcorn in, hoping it
would keep him occupied.
"Tastes fine to me." Spike mumbled.
He started flicking channels again and Buffy put the popcorn back on the table,
there was no way she could eat it after complaining about the way it tasted.
Bringing her feet up onto the couch beside her Buffy watched Spike closely,
every time the channel changed he would pause for a few seconds then frown as
he pressed the next button on the remote.
As Spike smiled Buffy turned her attention to the TV, it was some creepy
looking horror movie.
"No." Reaching for the remote Buffy sighed in exasperation as he held
it away from her.
"Yes." Spike grinned at her and moved the remote so it was further
out of reach.
Buffy frowned at him and leant across to try and grab the remote. Tugging on
his other arm to try and pull his whole body closer so she could get to the
remote she quickly realised it would probably be a better idea to just walk
over to the TV. As Spike started tickling her all thoughts were sent into
oblivion, it was war.
Turning on him Buffy knelt on the couch and struggled to pull on his arm to get
to the remote, Spike just chuckled at how stubborn she was being. Using his
free hand he dug his fingers into her side and tickled her again, Buffy
wriggled as she struggled not to laugh. A look of determination crossing her
features she knelt on Spikes lap and made a swipe for the remote. As she leant
forwards she felt her top slide and reveal her stomach, Spike tickled the bare
strip of her waist that was showing and smiled as she laughed hysterically. He
liked that sound, it had been far too long since she'd laughed like that and it
was comforting to hear, he couldn't remember her laughing so much since she
came back from the dead. As he tickled her more his focus was suddenly on how
her skin felt under his fingers, he realised that for the first time ever he
was being allowed to touch her somewhere almost intimate, her skin was warm and
smooth under his hand. Snapping out of his reverie he grinned and tickled her
harder, watching as her head flung back and she gasped for air as she laughed.
She made a swipe for the remote again but failed miserably.
Laughing at her Spike moved his arm so it was stretched out behind the couch,
without thinking about her position Buffy leant forward and grabbed his wrist
triumphantly with a giggle then froze in horror. She had his hand all right and
Spike had a face full of her breasts.
This night was turning out good, Spike growled and wrapped his arm around her
waist, holding her firm as he breathed her in. Buffys panic subsided and was
replaced with intense heat as Spike growled again, she still gripped his wrist
tightly - as though it made everything all right.
Bringing the arm Buffy had a death grip on forwards he used his other hand to
pull her legs out from under her, flipping her so she was sat on his lap. Buffy
let go of his wrist, her heart was pounding hard against her rib cage and she
still couldn't stop thinking about how good he smelt and it was now joined by
how good his fingers had felt on her waist.
Letting go of her Spike watched her closely, expecting her to sit up and hit
him. But she didn't move, she looked like she was waiting for something.
"Buffy…" Spike was about to ask her his usual 'you alright' when she
grabbed him around the back of his head and kissed him.
Spike mumbled the rest of his sentence into her mouth as he started kissing her
back, wrapping his arm around her back he pulled her tight against him. Buffy
broke the kiss off and started kissing along his jaw line then down his neck.
"God you smell good." She whispered while she kissed his collarbones.
"Knew that's what you said earlier." Spike grinned triumphantly and
let his hand roam over her thigh, raining wet kisses down on her neck as she
kissed his.
Buffy couldn't take it, scrambling up she straddled his lap and started yanking
on his shirt. Throwing the offending clothing across the room she hungrily
kissed his chest and Spikes hands pushed her skirt up then slid around to her
ass. Gripping her backside tightly he realised she was also sans panties, he
pulled her flush against him and her warm mouth found his again.
Spike growled as Buffy raked her nails down his chest, digging them in and
leaving little crescent moon shapes. He slipped his hands up the back of her
top and pulled her harder against him. Pushing off him Buffy stood up,
breathing coming fast and shallow.
For a moment Spike thought it was over, she was running cold again but the look
in her eyes said it had only just begun. Pausing she looked like she was
considering the options as she blinked at him.
Buffy slowly straddled him again and planted hot wet kisses all over his chest
then up his neck. Gasping as she felt his cold hands slip under her top and cup
her breasts she leant back with closed eyes. Spike grinned as he teased a
nipple then kneaded her breasts, they were warm and soft under his fingers and
he let his eyes roll shut for a second to absorb how divine they felt. She felt
like she was burning up, something had to be done about it, leaning forwards
again Buffy kissed Spike roughly as she pinned his shoulders to the back of the
couch.
Matching the ferocity of her kiss Spike sucked on her lip as he pulled on her
top, Buffy peeled it off then returned her hungry mouth to his, tugging on his
belt with her fingers.
Unbuttoning his jeans Spike paused to look up at her, she was biting her lip as
she watched his hands.
"Just relax pet, not going to do anything you don't want to." He
cupped her cheek and she looked up at him then blinked.
Standing up she pulled his jeans off him then straddled him again. Moving
forwards Buffy kept eye contact as she lowered herself onto his cock. Something
inside her smiled as his eyes rolled shut and a look of ecstasy crossed his
face. Rocking her hips slowly she wrapped her arms around his neck, eyes
unmoving from his as he slipped his arms around her waist.
As Spike opened his eyes again he found Buffy staring into them, searching them
deeply as she moved against him he didn't see lust looking back at him like he
had a moment ago, now it was something else. He wanted to kiss her but that
would mean breaking eye contact and he didn't want that, he was basking in
every emotion she felt for him and it was heaven.
Biting her lip Buffy tensed her thighs and moaned slightly as she milked his
shaft harder, his eyes were so soft and content that she almost wanted to move
hers to rest on the couch as she suddenly felt shy. Feeling his hands sliding
up her arms and around the back of her head Buffy smiled and bought her
forehead to rest on his.
Spike moved his hips forwards to bury himself deeper inside her as he did so
she moaned his name softly, her hips still moving slowly against him. As she
licked her lips he smiled to himself, wondering if she felt as close to him
right now as he felt to her.
"Buffy…" He ran the backs of his fingers down her cheek and she leant
back to look at him, her breath catching in her throat at how the change of
position put him deeper inside her.
"Spike…" Swimming deep in his eyes she could feel her heart
expanding, it caught somewhere in her throat along with her breath.
"… I love you." Spikes brows furrowed slightly as his eyes narrowed
into a gentle look, waiting for a reaction. She moved her hips harder against
him and smiled.
"Say it again…" Buffy leant back further, biting her lip over how
those words had made a fire in her like a volcano and she was choking on her
emotions.
"I love you Buffy." He felt himself creeping closer to the edge,
grinding his hips into hers he pulled her forwards to him again and looked
earnestly into her eyes.
"Spike…" Grasping his hips with her inner thighs she moved a little
quicker, never breaking eye contact with him, the feeling in her abdomen was
growing out of control.
As she rocked her hips against him Buffy realised he was only looking at her
with the same emotions she was looking at him with, she wasn't lusting for him,
desiring something she couldn't have, it was beyond simple passion.
"Spike…" Feeling the build up in her stomach at the same time as her
barriers came tumbling down Buffy looked deeply into his eyes as he tilted his
head at her.
"Buffy…" Spike breathed out in a hoarse whisper, watching the
emotions playing across her face.
"God… you smell good…" She couldn't bottle out, it was too late, he'd
seen it written clearly in her expression. "God.., I love you…"
Spike bucked his hips up hard against hers as he came, Buffy moaned harshly and
screwed her face up, letting her orgasm carry her away like a tide.
Breathing deeply she looked back at him, he was searching her face and eyes to
see if what she'd said was real. Buffy slumped forwards and let her nose touch
his, trying to ignore the feeling of their juices mingling and tickling her as
they trailed down her thigh.
"Say it again…" His voice faltered as she looked at him, brushing his
cheek softly with her fingers.
"I love you… happy valentines." Buffy felt warm inside as she watched
him intently.
"And to think, all I got you was a rose." Spike grinned up at her.
"I'm sure you'll be giving me more than that." Buffy wriggled
mischievously and Spike smiled.
"Give a fella a minute to recover…" He visibly paused for a second
and looked down at his pelvis then back up into her eyes as he raised he brows.
"Okay… ready."
~*~ End ~*~