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

[darkhavens]

Author: darkhavens
Title: Missing You #5 - The End and A Beginning
Fandom: Pairing: Buffy: Spike/Xander
Rating: PG-13
Words: 2x100 (1000 overall)
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.
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, #3 - New Leather Versus Old Rubber and Plastic Crocodile-Skin, #4 - Platters for Platters.


The End and A Beginning

It doesn't occur to him that there might be something odd about starting a conversation with the words 'Spike says you have my plates', but there's certainly something odd about the response he gets.

"I don't know what… It wasn't… Ooh, I knew he was still evil! Wait 'til I see him next week, I'll-"

It wasn't difficult to get the details out of Andrew, it only cost Xander continued custody of the purloined plates.

He was on a plane an hour later, in LA two after that.

Another hour saw him standing in the lobby of Wolfram and Hart.

~

Don't even think about getting dressed and leaving, Harris, not after that… unexpected reunion scene. Demon girl wasn't kidding about that Viking thing, was she?

And don't go working yourself up into some huge ball of denial. There's no way that was the first time you've ever had a cock in your mouth. 'Course, your technique could do with a bit of fine-tuning, but we can sort that out once I've had a word with the poof about getting you on the payroll.

Keep the blankets warm, pet, I'll be back with breakfast. You're going to need the energy.

Spike

Comments

Missing You #5 - The End and A Beginning

[iadorespike]

Eeeeeeee!!!! That's just perfect!!!! I DO worship you...I DO! I was expecting to see Spike, but you ended it with another NOTE FROM SPIKE!! You clever thing, you. *beams*

Thank you so, so much. And, um...sorry for the rather rampant abuse of exclamation points. Oops. ;)

Anna *twirls you*

Re: Missing You #5 - The End and A Beginning

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Hee! Thank you!

This final Spike note has been writing itself in my head since the beginning. I knew I had to end with it, and there was no way I could do real justice to the actual reunion in Xander's 100 words, so I dragged Andrew in for a babbling cameo instead. *g*

Also, I have been known to abuse exclamation points myself. ;)

[noandwhere.livejournal.com]

Very nice. Your Spike voice is always perfect. And I love the whole note concept! *g*

[darthsindel1981.livejournal.com]

yes yes and even more yes loved that

[kelsusie.livejournal.com]

whooo-hooooo!!!!!

Re: Missing You #5 - The End and A Beginning

[iadorespike]

Speaking of Andrew, in one and a half lines you had him down cold. You amaze me. And of course he'd bargain to keep the plates in payment for information - as if Xander wasn't willing to give about anything to find out what was going on by this time. *snicker*

I've said it before, but I'll say it again...no one can tell as complete a story in as few words as well as you do. You are the reigning queen of the drabble and, yes, the double drabble. Long may you reign!

*hugs you tight*

Re: Missing You #5 - The End and A Beginning

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

Andrew could be an annoying little dweeb sometimes, but he has a very distinctive 'voice'.

My drabblequeen crown is well and truly out of storage. *g*

{{hugs}}

[kimalis.livejournal.com]

Brilliance!!!
Love the concept of the notes, especially the final one.

[tabaqui]

Oh! Oh, perfect. Schmoopy and perfect and even when we know Spike's alive, his voice is still a note.
I *love* it.
*bounce*
*sniffles*

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

My Spike-fu is strong right now. He's always nattering on about something. *g*

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :D

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Hee! Thanks!

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

I love the idea of Spike retaining William's penmanship and his letter-writing skills, something I am sure that all Victorian gentlemen were taught early on. *g*

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :D

I couldn't bear to break the pattern of Spike speaking in note form, and this one has been writing itself in my head almost since the first moment I thought of this set of drabbles.

It's another one for Xander to add to his growing collection in his fancy new wallet. *g*

[literati.livejournal.com]

Let me start by saying EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

You made it all better! YAY! ♥

[ladyvirgo1956.livejournal.com]

Perfect ending to a perfect story. Loved it and I hope he gets his plates back and talks Spike in going back to England. I would love to see more of this.

[catsim.livejournal.com]

Oh, I've just found this so wonderful fic. Absolutely loved it. Loved the notes, they were so Spike. Even the double ones in Xander's old wallet, hidden behind the unused condom.

Spike left Xander with some albums that were worth a lot of money! He loves Xander if he's doing that. Even then, before the end of Sunnydale. So poignant.

Now Xander is in LA. So, a sequel? Please?


Cathy

[ladyvirgo1956.livejournal.com]

You do realize you replied to my comment. I think this was suppose to go to Dark Havens not me.

[kaydee23.livejournal.com]

Loved it all. Lucky for Xander he worded his question the way he did!!

Also, how dare Andrew try to keep Xander's B5 plates. Why? He couldn't have ever displayed them.

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

*smooches you*

Of course I did! :D

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

I'm sure he'll get the plates back.. Spike will see to it. *g*

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

I'm not sure about a sequel to this, but there will always be more Spander. *g*

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

Xander has always had the oddest luck. *g*

Andrew kept the plates for the same reason some people hoard stolen artwork - so they can sit in a room somewhere and coo over it and know it's theirs, aaaaaaaaaall theirs. ;)

[thismaz.livejournal.com]

Happy now.
Lovely ending, from the unexpected betrayed by Andrew (great first line, brilliant paragraph) right through to the note at the end.
*sighs happily*

[love-toall.livejournal.com]

This was wonderful. So perfectly Spike ;)