What Spike really wanted, what he craved, was to have that boundless loyalty focussed solely on him. To see those eyes filled with an eagerness to please him, the need to make his sire proud - that was what kept Spike lurking in the shadows, making plans, and watching out for his property while the slayer did her usual song and dance, quite oblivious.
Yes, this is Spike, mega-possessive, but patient, waiting, spinning like a spider. And one day, everything'll fall into his web.
I love that the things he admires about Xander and the things he wants from Xander are two different things--things that none of the Scoobs recognize or appreciate, but that Spike will gladly take and hone. That he's willing to wait for.
Pretty soon it would be time to stake his claim, do a bit of house-cleaning, tidy up loose ends, and then knock the grave dust of Sunnydale off his boots forever. And he'd be leaving with a hat trick of Slayers under his belt or he wouldn't be leaving at all.
That, coupled with the fact that the chip didn't fire . . . oh, that last line was strong and perfect. Down to the contemplative, evilicious smile I can all but see on Spike's face.
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Yes, this is Spike, mega-possessive, but patient, waiting, spinning like a spider. And one day, everything'll fall into his web.
I love that the things he admires about Xander and the things he wants from Xander are two different things--things that none of the Scoobs recognize or appreciate, but that Spike will gladly take and hone. That he's willing to wait for.
Pretty soon it would be time to stake his claim, do a bit of house-cleaning, tidy up loose ends, and then knock the grave dust of Sunnydale off his boots forever. And he'd be leaving with a hat trick of Slayers under his belt or he wouldn't be leaving at all.
That, coupled with the fact that the chip didn't fire . . . oh, that last line was strong and perfect. Down to the contemplative, evilicious smile I can all but see on Spike's face.