Missing You, 1/5, Spike/Xander, PG-13 for now

[darkhavens]

Author: darkhavens
Title: Missing You, #1 - Grief and Parting Gifts
Fandom: Pairing: Buffy: Spike/Xander
Rating: PG-13 for language
Words: 2x100
Spoilers: You know how Buffy ended, right?
Concrit: Please. If you spot a typo, please feel free to tell me in comments.
Disclaimer: Not mine, never will be. No harm, no foul, no money made.
Warnings/Squicks: Deathfic, kinda, only Spike comes back from the dead eventually. :D
Summary: Xander misses more than he expected to after the loss of Sunnydale.
Notes: Written for stagesoflove prompt set #11 - Five ways to say "I miss you" (writer's choice)


Grief and Parting Gifts

When they finally found a motel that could take them all, the girls grabbed their bags from the luggage space and staggered inside in almost silent clumps of two and three.

Xander stood back and let them scuffle amongst themselves, content to retrieve his stuff once they were gone.

He wasn't expecting to find two bags - the one he vaguely remembered packing, between miniature panic attacks, and the one that had disappeared somewhere around the last time Spike had been under his roof.

The ache in his chest was unexpected. Sure, he was grieving for Anya, but… Spike? Apparently so.

~

Harris.

I'd say I'm sorry for nicking your bag, but we both know I'd be lying.

I knew you'd get it back anyway, especially after I got a look at that shiny bauble the wanker delivered. A flash piece of kit like that always carries a hefty price tag, and it was my turn to pay the piper.

But enough of this maudlin shite; what's done's done.

I don't have much to show for over a hundred years of hellraising existence, but what I have is yours. If nothing else it's got to be worth more than those stupid bloody plates.


#2 - The Crash and The Clash

Comments

[literati.livejournal.com]

D:

You heartbreaker. So beautiful.

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Thank you! *smooches*

You know I fix it all eventually, right? ;)

Missing You, #1 - Grief and Parting Gifts

[iadorespike]

Fine. Now I'm weepy. :(

*eyes you*

Re: Missing You, #1 - Grief and Parting Gifts

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

^^^pets you^^^

You know Spike pops up again, large as life and twice as obnoxious. Xander just has to miss him for three more posts before he finds that out. ;)

Very appropriate icon, btw. *g*

Re: Missing You, #1 - Grief and Parting Gifts

[iadorespike]

You realize that I'll probably whine through three more posts? ;)

Re: Icon - seemed like a good time to use it. LOL

*hugs you*

[outsideth3box.livejournal.com]

You have me stuck on the "Awwww!" setting tonight, heee.

This is sadness. Xander has new, Spike-shaped, pain, poor baby.

*sigh*

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Yes! But I will fix it eventually, I promise. :D

Thankee.

[laazikaat.livejournal.com]

Always so pleased when your muse is lured back to the true path. Your Spander is always dived on with delight.

I like where this is heading. Uh..it is heading where I think, yeah? You're going to make it better with Happy Endings and puppy dogs and smoochies?

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

Believe me, I am happy that my muse is back at all! :d

And of course it's heading where you think it is. We all know Spike will come back eventually, we just have to get through 3 more posts of Xander missing him in various ways. *g*

[ladyvirgo1956.livejournal.com]

That was so Spike. And Xander missing him so sad. Great job.

[thismaz.livejournal.com]

Sweet. Not in a sentimental or sugary sense, but a mellow, regretful, not quite recognised sense. Very sweet.

[tabaqui]

Oh.
*sniffles hard*
Damnit.

[txrabbit.livejournal.com]

Lovely. Heartbreaking.

[aimeelicious]

Sigh. I just...will always have this big space in my heart for Spike & Xander, together as lovers and/or friends and/or wary colleagues. They are so....you know! Sorry for being incoherent. Looking forward to reading the rest of this =)

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :D

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Thank you. Xander is just realising that Spike was a bigger part of his life than he thought. Stay tuned for more. :D

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

^^^pets^^^

You know I'll fix it eventually though, right? :D

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I will fix it at the end though. I can't leave my boy(s) sad and lonely.

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

Incoherent is good! It's a sign I hit some of the right buttons. *g*

[tabaqui]

I can only hope!
*sniffle*

[takhen.livejournal.com]

Oh cry.... Brought tears to my eyes.

[vinniebatman.livejournal.com]

Wow, a good start to change Xander's view on Spike.

Very nice.

~alice~

[entrenous88.livejournal.com]

Ahhh, the Babylon 5 plates! <3

[kitty-poker1.livejournal.com]

*sniffle* Make it better soon, please? *more sniffles*

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

I will,just a little bit over a week left before the happy kicks in. *g*

*smooch*

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :D

*gives you a tissue*

*is distracted by your bouncing heffalump*

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :D

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Yis! Hee! You know they were packed safely away inside his 'leaving Sunnydale' kit. :D

[darthsindel1981.livejournal.com]

short and sweet but making me want to read the rest asap

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Thank you. :D

[suki-blue.livejournal.com]

Oh god, my heart.

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

{{{smishes}}} :D

[stretfordditto.livejournal.com]

I thought I commented but can't see me so I read it again...good excuse. :D

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

LOL! Thanks!

(I'm so late catching up with comments. Too easily distracted by interesting fic. *g*)