At Play, 3 for slashthedrabble challenge #22 Games

[darkhavens]

Author: darkhavens
Title: At Play
Pairing: Spike/Xander
Rating: G
Feedback: darkhavens @ slashverse.com
Concrit: by email, please
Disclaimer: Not mine, never will be. No harm, no foul, no money made.
Notes: More baby!vamp!Xander drabbles.



Hide and Seek

The warehouse was pitch black; windows boarded inside and out, not even a single skylight to cast a shadow. Somewhere, amongst the pillars, freestanding walls and empty crates, Xander's sire had built himself a nest.

He scented the air, testing for Sire, for Spike, for sex, and caught a hint of leather on the breeze. The underlying smoke was old and faded, and he smiled. His sneaky Sire didn't miss a trick.

Carefully he picked his way around the dark perimeter, triangulating the scents as he'd been taught. Then he pounced.

"Clever childe, finding me so quickly. Knew you would."



Patience

"I know you lot always believed I didn't have the patience to follow through on any of my plans, and, well, you're right. Too impatient by half, that's my downfall and I know it, but that's no reason for you to be the same. A vampire doesn't last long if he doesn't have patience and a brain; he needs to know exactly when to move and when to wait. A case in point, as I'm sure you'll remember, was St Vigeous' Night. If I'd waited... well, we wouldn't be here now."

"But I'm hungry!"

"Patience, love. We've got all night."



Kitten Poker

The tension around the table was thick enough to chew, and Xander was fairly sure that Spike was cheating. Oh, he hadn't marked the deck, that had come straight out of its wrapper, and been counted, checked and shuffled for all to see. His lighter wasn't polished and on the table like it sometimes was, so he wasn't reading cards as they were dealt. No, it wasn't anything so obvious, but still, that grin meant Spike was a vampire with a plan.

"Royal Flush, the perfect hand to end this merry night on."

"Spike? How...?"

"Wait till we're outside, Pet."



NEXT

Comments

[literati.livejournal.com]

such a lovely set sweetie. Love the first one the most :)

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Thanks, darlin'. I wanted to show Spike training Xander how to be a proper vampire without using violence to drum the lesson home. ;)

[amejisuto.livejournal.com]

Wheee! Lovely!! I really like where Spike was cheating but Xander couldn't figure out how. Very good!

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Xander knows his sire well enough to know that that grin means trouble. *g*

Thanks, love!

[werewindle.livejournal.com]

I love the idea of them playing hide n seek, too cute. Kitten poker was neat and I liked Xander whining that he's hungery. ^__^ More!

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

The hide and seek game is Spike's way of getting Xander to use his new and improved senses. He can see better, hear better, and very importantly smell better now he's a vamp. And Xander's always hungry! *g*

Thanks.

[rubyblushu.livejournal.com]

I was looking forward to your contribution to this weeks challenge. I figured anything that involved games would make for a fun baby!vamp drabble.

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

I hope I met your expectations. ;)

I was tempted to write a sex games one, but I was distracted by three hours of salsa music ratting my windows from the town hall across the road. *g*

Thanks. :)

[suki-blue.livejournal.com]

~claps hands madly~ Loves 'em all, as usual! Please don't ever stop writing these!

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

::curtsies:: Thankee! And I'll do my best to keep the boys going. *g*

[tabaqui]

Hehe.
Fun stuff!

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Thanks. :D

[authoressnebula.livejournal.com]

Hee, loved how Xander kept trying to figure out how Spike was cheating. He couldn't prove it, but he just knew by that look. Which means trouble of a sort. Of course, with Spike, would be there anything else?

Loved these so much!

~Nebula

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Thankee. :D

Yeah, Spike has a knack for cheating, and for trouble, and Xander knows it and loves him for it. He just wishes he culd figure out how he cheated. *g*

[fanbot.livejournal.com]

De-light-ful. As usual!

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Thankee. :D

[reddwarf75.livejournal.com]

Theu're just too cute *bounce bounce* :)
Marie

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Hee! Thanks. :D

[vichan.livejournal.com]

I loved tje, a;;.

(And I kept that AMAZING typo, because I was typing the comment and got distracted by reading the pretty drabbles again. But I kept typing... silly fingers.)

Your drabbles are the only drabbles I read religiously. They never disappoint.

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

LOL! ::treasures the typo::

Thank you very much. :D

[nashmaveric.livejournal.com]

::grin:: That is all. Made me smile in a show-teeth kind of way!

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Aw, thank you! :D

[virtualpersonal.livejournal.com]

Love smart Xander, he's getting skilled!

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Yes, he is, thanks to Spike's unusual training methods. *g*

Thanks!