'What's The Damage?', three for slashthedrabble challenge #21 Damage

[darkhavens]

Author: darkhavens
Title: What's The Damage?
Pairing: Spike/Xander
Rating: R
Feedback: darkhavens @ slashverse.com
Concrit: by email, please
Disclaimer: Not mine, never will be. No harm, no foul, no money made.
AN1: And I'm back on the baby!vamp!Xander wagon again after a break of one whole week. :D
AN2: The toys are all available JT's Stockroom, though I altered the prices a little to make the maths work. *g*



Learning Curve

Xander took a while to adjust to his new abilities. He kept forgetting just how strong he was. Nothing was really safe, not clothes or doors or food. He folded, spindled, mutilated them all to some extent.

His Sire developed a twitch that reappeared each time he 'oops'ed, a tiny tic just under his left eye. But Spike never shouted, never blamed or accused. Well, only once, and Xander managed to get the seams re-stitched, and he promised never to wear the coat again.

Eventually he learned he was allowed to make mistakes; that breakages weren't always repaid in kind.



Don't be A Hero

"Dammit, Spike, that stings!"

Xander tried to draw his face back from the abrasive cloth, but hardly managed to move a quarter inch.

"Serves you right for trying to take out three raging Grazn'rth demons. I told you to wait five minutes till I got there."

"But, Spike, they were..."

"I don't give a flying fuck what they were doing! By the time I'd got there you were on your knees in the mud. A minute later and I'd've turned that corner just in time to see you dust. I don't ever want to be that scared again!"

"Sorry, Sire."



Maxed Out

"What's the damage?"

"Let's see... You've got the chrome teardrop cockring for sixty five and the tiered glass plug for forty. The remote controlled plug is seventy five and with the vibrating Rubber Bondage Duckie that's an even two hundred dollars. I'll throw in a bottle of Astroglide for free as we're still out of those leather-scented candles your pet was asking for last week."

"Hey, I keep telling you I'm not a...!"

"Pet, let me pay the nice demon and we can go. We've got one more stop and then we'll head on home and try these out."

"...'k."



NEXT

Comments

[tabaqui]

*snerk*
I like.
The first? Sniffly.
:)

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Wow! You were fast! :D

::passes you a tissue::

That first one was just supposed to be a 'Xander doesn't know his own strength' drabble, and then I had a few words left over and that sentence about his old life kinda wrote itself and... *g*

Thanks!

[tabaqui]

Yeah. I'm a refresh hooor.
:)

Thanks.
*blows nose*

[amejisuto.livejournal.com]

Whee! I missed baby!vamp!Xander! LOL Love all of these but that first one? I can just see Xander going "oops" and Spike twitching. Great job!

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

I doubt Spike twitched after the first 'oops', or even the fifth, but by the twenty-fifth that tic was probably woefully familiar. *g*

[reremouse.livejournal.com]

love love the first drabble!

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

I can just see Xander ripping doors off their hinges cos he's not really concentrating, and holding on to his food too tight and breaking it by mistake. *g*

[literati.livejournal.com]

ooh lovely! the first one especially.

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Thankee sweetie. *smooch*

[http://users.livejournal.com/_sharvie_/]

I love the twitch! It's amazing how often I forget how much Spike had to deal with concerning Dru. And it so funny that Xander breaking stuff is what makes him create a tic! *rotflmao*

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

:D Thanks!

Dru was... unpredictable, to say the least. Xander has a fatalistic predictability - he says 'oops' and Spike knows something's broken. *g*

[silverbowl.livejournal.com]

I just lurve baby!vapm!Xander :) My favorite is the exchange at the sex shop!

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Thanks! :D

I can see them easily spending $200 a week in there, and every week Xander says he's not a pet. *g*

[sp23.livejournal.com]

Loved these. The first was so sweet, but the second with Spike lecturing Xander because he'd almost lost him was wonderful. The third one make me laugh out loud.

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Thanks! :D

The funny ones often have me giggling in my seat as I write them. *g*

[werewindle.livejournal.com]

I loved them eps the last hehe. ^__^ More!

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I even researched that last one to keep it accurate. ;)

[outsideth3box.livejournal.com]

I love these. You do the nicest drabbles, ::G::.

The first one was so sweet!

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Thanks! :D

I have a mental image of Xander pulling on his new tight jeans (cos Spike wont let him wear baggy anything any more) and suddenly he's holding a detached waistband in his hands while the denim is all bunched around his knees. *g*

[vampirefever.livejournal.com]

I haven't looked at the link, but 'rubber bondage duckie' just sounds so cute *g*
*loves baby!vamp!Xander*
*loves dh*
::hugs::

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

I haven't looked at the link, but 'rubber bondage duckie' just sounds so cute *g*

He is! He has a studded collar and everything! *g*

Thanks darlin'! ::hugs::

[virtualpersonal.livejournal.com]

Xander's learning all sorts of stuff! Love the oops bit. I can imagine him saying that, and Spike's reaction is perfect. Nice touch at the ending... gives it an emotional layer on top of it just being funny.

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Xander is learning, slowly. And those darn emotional layers just keep sneaking in. *g*

[nashmaveric.livejournal.com]

The first and second were all sweet and nice and the third just made me giggle! ::snicker::

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Thankee!

You can understand the boys haveing a $200 a week sex toy habit, can't you? *g*

[moimoietmoi.livejournal.com]

Vibrating Rubber Bondage Duckie??? *gigglesnort*
Drabbles number 1 and 2 were so moving! *pets the boys*

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

The Vibrating Rubber Bondage Duckie is adorable! There's a Vibrating Rubber Devil Duckie too. *g*

Thanks, sweetie. :D

[authoressnebula.livejournal.com]

That last one made me snicker. Rubber Bondage Duckie? *giggles again*

But the first two made me 'aww'. So sweet, and perfect! That's how I imagined Spike as a Sire. Absolutely fantastic sweetie.

*snogs*

~Nebula

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Thanks! The duckie is adorable with his leather gear and his little studded collar. *g*

Thanks!