Missing You, 3/5, Spike/Xander, PG-13

[darkhavens]

Author: darkhavens
Title: Missing You, #3 - New Leather Versus Old Rubber and Plastic Crocodile-Skin
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)
Previous Chapters: #1 - Grief and Parting Gifts, #2 - The Crash and The Clash.


New Leather Versus Old Rubber and Plastic Crocodile-Skin

The girls send him an Italian leather wallet for Christmas. It sits in a drawer for months.

He feels guilty when he finally starts to empty out his old, Made in Taiwan, plastic crocodile-skin gift from Grammy Harris.

On the front there's an acid burn the size of his thumb, from when Spike picked a fight with spitting-mad Gruylen. He'd returned it with a grin and the offer of a slug from his new pint of Jack.

There's a condom tucked away, three years out of date; Anya always brought her own, lubricated, ribbed and flavored.

There's also a note.

~

The way your demon bird's always going on about your bedroom activities, I had you pegged as an extra large at the very least. Must be your technique, or maybe your staying power. Every time you get knocked down you bounce right back up again; I bet she likes that. (July-17-2000)

Well, bugger me sideways. I can't believe this daft note's still here. The Slayer's risen from the grave, I've been to hell and back, and you're still carrying this little scrap of paper behind the same old out-of-date rubber Johnny.

Get a life, Harris, before it's too late. (May-7-2003)




#4 - Platters for Platters

Comments

[ladyvirgo1956.livejournal.com]

These drabbles are wonderful but sad. When will you be bringing Spike back into the picture. Lokking forward to next installment.

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

This is a story in five parts with the theme 'Missing You' so Spike doesn't come in until the end. But he does turn up and there is happy-making. ;)

Thanks!

[literati.livejournal.com]

On the front there's an acid burn the size of his thumb, from when Spike picked a fight with spitting-mad Gruylen. He'd returned it with a grin and the offer of a slug from his new pint of Jack.

You're very determined to make me cry. ♥

*waits for #5*

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

^^^pets^^^

*smooch*

Ta! :D

[thismaz.livejournal.com]

Well, bugger me sideways. I can't believe this daft note's still here.
Probably the most revealing line so far. *g* I wonder if the boys have understood the significance.
Still sad. Still hopeful. Still a lovely voice.

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

I wonder if the boys have understood the significance.

Totally clueless, both of them. Or they were... ;)

[tabaqui]

Oh, Xander. I know the feeling. It *is* like a betrayal.

Love the note.
:)

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :D

I imagined Spike leaving the note just to wind Xander up, and then waiting and waiting and waiting for him to find it. *g*

[devo79.livejournal.com]

: )

This one put a huge smile on my face!

But then the sadness hit me :(

Damn it!

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

^^^pets^^^

[laazikaat.livejournal.com]

That was beautiful. He kept the note. And then he still kept it, after the addendum. *sigh*

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :D

[kitty-poker1.livejournal.com]

Love these: The Spike voice is absolutely true and it'd be just like him to leave a note...with a snarky addendum! *g* Roll on the next and, particularly, the one after. ;)

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Hee! My Spike-fu is strong right now. He snarks about everything. *g*

I loved the idea of him 'borrowing' Xander's wallet and leaving the note, just to see how long it would take Xander to find it tucked away behind that condom. :D

Missing You, #3 - New Leather Versus Old Rubber and Plastic Crocodile-Skin

[iadorespike]

Oh my...I think you killed me. So, so Spike. The note...perfect.

*hugs*

Re: Missing You, #3 - New Leather Versus Old Rubber and Plastic Crocodile-Skin

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Thank you. :D

[darthsindel1981.livejournal.com]

awwwww

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Hee! Thank you. :D

[outsideth3box.livejournal.com]

LOL! Now I know you weren't looking for me to find this one funny, but I'm guessing Spike missed the "show condom" portion of How to Be a Guy in America, huh?

Heeee...don't know any guys who actually use those, that note was doomed from the start.

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

LOL! Spike's never had to worry about that sort of thing so any cultural references just pass him by. Really, I think he was just curious to see how long it would take Xander to actually find his note. *g*