BtVS: "A Night to Remember" (3/?)
Title: A Night to Remember (3/?)
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Characters: Xander, Faith, Kennedy, Dawn, and OC's
Summary: Madelyn Summer's prom night.
Maddy's first thought when she wakes up is that the bed is too big, far wider than her twin bed in the room she shares at St. Clare's. Nor is it her bed in her room at her aunt and uncle's mansion in Bath.
Her second thought is the realization that there's someone in the bed with her. Her husband. Xander. It's sad that even after two months as a married woman waking up next to her husband is a strange and unfamiliar experience. She still feels more like a high school student than she does a married woman, even if she is both. She can't wait for graduation.
She disentangles herself from Xander, then makes her way into the bathroom. When she comes back out, he's awake and sitting on the bed, waiting for her. "Hey, beautiful," he says.
She sits down on his lap and kisses him.
They take a shower together. Their bodies still new and exciting to each other, they take delight in exploring them. They have sex in the shower, sure, but so too do they take time washing each other, their hands moving over flesh which is at once alien and theirs. They belong to each other.
Xander turns the water off, but they don't exit the shower. They just stand there, leaning against the tile wall, in each other's arms, and let themselves just be. Eventually, when they're mostly dry except for Maddy's hair, they get out of the shower. They don't put too much time into their appearances now; they'll be plenty of time for that later. Maddy just does the barest minimum to keep her hair manageable, and Xander's already putting on his clothes.
As soon as Xander is dressed, there's a knock on the door adjoining their room to Persephone's. "Come on in, 'Sephone," Madelyn shouts, and a second later the vampire enters, dressed in blue jeans, sneakers, black elbow-length gloves, and a scarlet corset--more or less her usual style of dress.
"So what's the plan, Sis?" Persephone asks.
Madelyn exits the bathroom and begins to get dressed. "We're due down in the spa at 10:30," she tells her half-sister. "Then the hairdresser's at one." She glances at her husband. "There's time to catch breakfast first."
Xander nods, and moves to the phone to order room service.
Once Maddy's pulled on a t-shirt and a pair of jeans she sits down on the bed next to Persephone. "I don't know what the reaction of the other students is going to be," she warns her sister. "There's a lot who still remember the last time you were here." Before Perspehone had gotten her soul, she had posed as a St. Clare's student to get close to Madelyn--killing some of the other students in the process.
Persephone nods. "I'm used to cold shoulders."
Madelyn reaches over and takes a black-gloved hand in her own.
"Okay, food's on the way up," Xander says, sitting down on Xander's other side.
It's only five minutes before room service arrives, with two platters of ham and eggs for Maddy and Xander and some warmed pig's blood for Persephone. "It's amazing what you can get with a Council credit card," Xander observes.
Persephone arches her brow. "For what we're paying they should have slaughtered the pig fresh downstairs." She drinks her blood without another word, though.
Continued here.
This entry was originally posted at "http://alixtii.dreamwidth.org/294257.html.
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Characters: Xander, Faith, Kennedy, Dawn, and OC's
Summary: Madelyn Summer's prom night.
Maddy's first thought when she wakes up is that the bed is too big, far wider than her twin bed in the room she shares at St. Clare's. Nor is it her bed in her room at her aunt and uncle's mansion in Bath.
Her second thought is the realization that there's someone in the bed with her. Her husband. Xander. It's sad that even after two months as a married woman waking up next to her husband is a strange and unfamiliar experience. She still feels more like a high school student than she does a married woman, even if she is both. She can't wait for graduation.
She disentangles herself from Xander, then makes her way into the bathroom. When she comes back out, he's awake and sitting on the bed, waiting for her. "Hey, beautiful," he says.
She sits down on his lap and kisses him.
They take a shower together. Their bodies still new and exciting to each other, they take delight in exploring them. They have sex in the shower, sure, but so too do they take time washing each other, their hands moving over flesh which is at once alien and theirs. They belong to each other.
Xander turns the water off, but they don't exit the shower. They just stand there, leaning against the tile wall, in each other's arms, and let themselves just be. Eventually, when they're mostly dry except for Maddy's hair, they get out of the shower. They don't put too much time into their appearances now; they'll be plenty of time for that later. Maddy just does the barest minimum to keep her hair manageable, and Xander's already putting on his clothes.
As soon as Xander is dressed, there's a knock on the door adjoining their room to Persephone's. "Come on in, 'Sephone," Madelyn shouts, and a second later the vampire enters, dressed in blue jeans, sneakers, black elbow-length gloves, and a scarlet corset--more or less her usual style of dress.
"So what's the plan, Sis?" Persephone asks.
Madelyn exits the bathroom and begins to get dressed. "We're due down in the spa at 10:30," she tells her half-sister. "Then the hairdresser's at one." She glances at her husband. "There's time to catch breakfast first."
Xander nods, and moves to the phone to order room service.
Once Maddy's pulled on a t-shirt and a pair of jeans she sits down on the bed next to Persephone. "I don't know what the reaction of the other students is going to be," she warns her sister. "There's a lot who still remember the last time you were here." Before Perspehone had gotten her soul, she had posed as a St. Clare's student to get close to Madelyn--killing some of the other students in the process.
Persephone nods. "I'm used to cold shoulders."
Madelyn reaches over and takes a black-gloved hand in her own.
"Okay, food's on the way up," Xander says, sitting down on Xander's other side.
It's only five minutes before room service arrives, with two platters of ham and eggs for Maddy and Xander and some warmed pig's blood for Persephone. "It's amazing what you can get with a Council credit card," Xander observes.
Persephone arches her brow. "For what we're paying they should have slaughtered the pig fresh downstairs." She drinks her blood without another word, though.
Continued here.
This entry was originally posted at "http://alixtii.dreamwidth.org/294257.html.