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Who: Meredith Gordon & Spike
What: Give each other a bit of relief after the end of a long day?
When: The Evening of THIS
Where: Starts out with drinks in a bar, ends up in Meredith's room
Rating: Adult (though lazy writers got them so far then skipped over the actual sex)
Mere: Need a light?
Spike: Brill, love. Don't mind if I do. [as long as she's not setting him on fire, anyway]
Mere: [keeps her flames to herself and lights up with a snap] So this place bites.
Spike: [leans in to light his cigarette, and then back a little so he can take a drag off of it] You're tellin' me. Found out today a mate've mine's shaggin' the girl I was makin' eyes at.
Mere: [raises eyebrow] That does suck. My moron of a brother barely keeps himself alive in this place. I can barely find him when I do go looking for him.
Spike: [shrug] Least he's keepin' his head down, yeah?
Mere: [shrugs too] Or he's been dead for two weeks.
Spike: [winces] Here's hopin' not.
Mere: Knowing him? It's possible. Especially when everyone was tripping over their own two feet.
Spike: Didn't hear anythin' about people trippin' to death, though.
Mere: Small favors then.
Spike: Suppose so. [pause] So how d'you do that trick with the fire, then? Magic?
Mere: Born with it. It's a natural ability, I'm immune to the effects of it too. [totally shows off with the whole palm of her hand trick]
Spike: Huh. [looks impressed] Neat lil trick, pet.
Mere: [flame-off] It comes in handy.
Spike: Suppose that's how it works, where your from? People born like that?
Mere: Not everyone, but there are a handful. Maybe a few couple hundred last I looked at records.
Spike: [takes a drag off his cigarette and makes a face] Got people keepin' tabs on you, too?
Mere: There were, and I'm pretty sure before I showed up here I was about to die. From the rumors it's gotten worse.
Spike: Dunno f'it gets worse, back where m'from. [thinks about it for a moment] Might've gotten better, actually. [since he gets a soul or whatever. but that's not entirely important, mostly because] You were gonna die?
Mere: I got shot up with adrenaline which is the trigger for my ability, so I couldn't control it. From what I can tell? I was about to become a lovely phoenix of fire.
Spike: Thought'cha said you were immune?
Mere: Yeah, well from what I've read and heard the building I was in explodes, so I might not be immune to sublevel five location collapsing on me.
Spike: [makes a face] Suppose not. [shakes his head, taking another drag off of his cigarette] Sucks to be you.
Mere: That it does.
Spike: I'd say it could be worse, but that more're less takes the whole soddin' cake.
Mere: [shrugs] I'm alive here at least.
Spike: Only good thing about this place.
Mere: [smirks] That and the company.
Spike: Dunno about that. Well, excludin' present company, at any rate.
Mere: At the present that's all I had put into consideration.
Spike: [grins] Good to know. [and oh, damn. where are his manners? sticks out a hand] Name's Spike.
Mere: [takes it] Meredith.
Spike: [handshake!] Pleasure, love.
Mere: So I take it you've been here long?
Spike: Almost five month? [shrugs] You?
Mere: Three.
Spike: Not that bad.
Mere: My daughter is here, Claire? Plus my moron of a brother.
Spike: Think I've seen her around, yeah. Blonde little thing?
Mere: [smiles] Yeah.
Spike: [nods] Didn't know she was yours.
Mere: I wasn't there for her growing up. I thought she'd died truthfully, that's what they told me.
Spike: Not your fault, though.
Mere: No, but it doesn't help that when she found me I - [and here is her NathanHistory!loss] - Huh. Well I know I wasn't the best mom. She came to me thinking she could live with me and I sent her away.
Spike: Why? [figures the pause was because she didn't want to talk about it, not because she's missing something]
Mere: I lived in a trailer and I hadn't been her mom before. She had a good family, from what I knew at least. There's something else... something I did, but I can't remember it.
Spike: [arches his eyebrows] Your loss, or ... ?
Mere: Claire said it's Nathan, that he's her father, but hell I just know him as the guy that went a bit God happy after his brush with death.
Spike: Huh. [shrugs a bit] Mine was my sire, so I suppose I know how it feels. Apparently, me and her had a thing.
Mere: [eyebrow raise] Sire? Something tells me you're not talking Royalty.
Spike: [puts his game face on. really doesn't care if he freaks her out] Vampire, actually.
Mere: [blanches for a moment but she's seen some insane things in this castle like zombies] Huh. Now that is something I didn't expect.
Spike: [wets his lips with his tongue, and then shrugs, his face slipping back into the perfect picture of normalcy] Guessin' you haven't met one've my lot yet?
Mere: I haven't met too many people actually. Spoken to a few, but I guess I'm not as social as I used to be.
Spike: You and me, both. [makes a little face. really needs to do something about that, but considering the whole Angel/Buffy development? yeah. he might go and pull and Angel and brood for a good long while. thanks, mate] F'it helps any, I'm on a strictly non-human diet.
Mere: I figured since you seem to be a lot calmer than most the vampire talk in fiction. Besides even if I died I'd be back in two weeks.
Spike: Fiction's a load've bollocks. Mostly. [ok, so that's not really true, as a lot of it got things right, but eh. who's counting?]
Mere: [smirks] Well I wasn't worried, though if you'd rather I fake it to keep up your reputation just let me know.
Spike: [snorts, amused, looking away briefly to put his cigarette out on the heel of his boot. mostly forgot about it, so there's no real point in trying to pretend he's still interested in smoking it] Think I've had enough women run screamin' from me, f'it's all the same to you, pet.
Mere: Well I haven't even gasped in horror yet.
Spike: [raises his hands over his head and makes a little 'grr!' noise]
Mere: [contemplates and smirks] Yeah... I got nothing.
Spike: Could do you one better, if you really wanted love.
Mere: [amused] Is it wrong that I'm tempted to see?
Spike: [shrugs] You showed me yours. Only fair I show you mine. [and yeah, that might be a bit of blatant innuendo]
Mere: [is an adult and can handle the innuendo like a pro] Alright, let's see it.
Spike: [vamps out again, but he doesn't stop there. instead, he bears his fangs like an angry cat would, snarling viciously at her]
Mere: [it takes her a minute and her pulse does go a bit faster, but she's not actually scared of him. Probably the long conversation that did that, but still she's impressed. Not scared but also not laughing] Impressive, I'm sure if I had just bumped into you around the castle and you did that I'd be scared. Now? It's just different to look at. Interesting too.
Spike: [is glad she's not laughing, at least. might be more than a bit brassed off, if she had. since she's not, though, once again he lets his face bleed back to normal and offers her a little smile] S'a nice scare tactic in a fight.
Mere: [amused] I bet it is, so is your hand catching ablaze.
Spike: Know that'd scare the hell outta me, at least. Me and fire don't play well together-- I'd go up like a pile of dry kindlin'.
Mere: [smirk] I'll just have to keep my hands to myself then.
Spike: Oi, now. [holds up a hand] Never said that, love. You can touch all you want.
Mere: [laughs] Well with such an invitation how am I to resist.
Spike: [smirks at her] Y'know, I like you. Nice change from most've the girls I know.
Mere: [mock shock] You mean there's another pyrokinetic girl in the castle that has a daughter and a moronic brother?
Spike: Just you, pet. [and his smirk turns into a grin]
Mere: That's a relief at least, and at the moment you're the only vampire I know and I like you as well.
Spike: You meet a bloke with a huge forehead and a broodin' complex, you walk in the other direction, alright?
Mere: [laughs] Will do.
Spike: Good girl. [grins] S'name's Angel, and he's a wanker.
Mere: I'll remember that. My brother is Flint, and he's a moron and dangerous to himself and others.
Spike: Let'cha know if I see him, 'round the journals.
Mere: Thanks, I figure he'll turn up sooner or later.
Spike: Probably, yeah. Only so long before the book catches somethin' you don't want anyone else hearin'.
Mere: [smirks] Hasn't happened to me yet. I'm usually careful.
Spike: Oh, nor me, but I've seen plenty of people goin', "Blahblahblah, bleedin' heart, blahblahblah, oh balls, did the journal pick that up?"
Mere: [laughs] Yeah, I've caught a few like that, generally nothing even worth worrying about.
Spike: [grins] More're less, yeah.
Mere: I'm waiting for something worth eavesdropping on, but come up short.
Spike: Bound to come 'round sooner or later, way I figure it. [shrugs]
Mere: Well I'm sure someone will be listening.
Spike: [nods a bit, taking a moment to look thoughtful] Been on a loss yet? Or seen anyone on one? Those're usually a riot.
Mere: Neither of them actually. I've seen the outcome, but I've been lucky enough so far.
Spike: Lucky you.
Mere: Take it you've been unlucky?
Spike: Once, yeah. Got turned into the bloke I used to be, before I was a vampire. Made an ass've myself, 'long with Angel.
Mere: How long have you been a vampire?
Spike: [actually has to think about this] Roundabouts 'hundred and thirty years?
Mere: [impressed] That's a bit of time.
Spike: [shrugs] I've known older. [is the youngest out of him, Angel, Dru, and Darla, after all]
Mere: Well you'd be the oldest I'd know, not that I'd know it.
Spike: [makes a soft, amused noise--almost a laugh but not quite] Suppose you wanna take back that bit about not keepin' your hands off've me, now?
Mere: [amused smirk] I thought you were the one who was requesting that sort of thing, and I haven't refused yet.
Spike: Well, I'm still game if you are.
Mere: [raise of the eyebrow as she contemplates] Sounds fine by me.
Spike: [is not going to look a gift horse in the mouth] My place or yours, love? [skips a beat] Or should I be buyin' you a drink, first?
Mere: [thinks about it and laughs a bit] We can have a drink later. Which floor are you on?
Spike: [laughs a bit. his day? so looking up] Fifteenth.
Mere: I'm on six. That decides that. [tilts her head] Something amusing?
Spike: I was havin' a hell've a day, earlier, pet. This is definitely makin' it look up. So, no, not so much amusin' as a bloody relief.
Mere: Well then I'm glad to provide you some relief. [stands up and tugs on her jeans so they aren't riding up on her since she's been sitting for a while]
Spike: [gets to his feet in time with her, rolling his shoulders a bit, to settle his trench coat properly, now that he's standing. and then he makes a gesture for the stairs] Ladies first and all that.
Mere: [leads the way with a touch more sway to her hips since well she can at least make the walk something for him as well]
Spike: [happily enjoys the view as he follows after her]
Mere: [and once in the elevator she presses him to the back wall smiling up at him a bit]
Spike: [smiles back] Forward. I like that in a woman. [wraps an arm around her waist, pulling her close] Think you can keep it up?
Mere: [smirks] I'm willing to try.
Spike: All a bloke can hope for, really. [and that said, he darts in to kiss her]
Mere: [and she returns the kiss with a bit of intensity since that's just how she is until the elevator stops and she tugs him away from the back wall breaking their kiss] Just down the hall now.
Spike: [oh, he likes this girl. blonde, a bit of a handful, and entirely up his alley. of course, he's a little disappointed when she pulls away, but like she said, just down the hall, now] S'go, then, pet. [pulls her out of the elevator, smirking]
Mere: [leads the way bit backwards as she tugged until she found her door and pushed her way into her room tugging her shoes off with the toe of one shoe and then went to work unbuttoning her jeans and tugging her shirt off over her head before returning to the closer preferable distance to him her mouth colliding into his again]
Spike: [sheds his trenchcoat with a shrug, stepping out of his boots a moment later. looks up at her, notes that she's getting naked, and then decides to do the same, stripping down to his boxers effortlessly, before moving to meet her halfway, kissing her back, intently]
Mere: [continues working the denim of her jeans off her hips between partings of her lips against his as her hands run over his skin a bit taken aback that it's cool to the touch] So used to running hot, never thought I'd touch skin so cool.
Spike: [mumbles against her lips] Doesn't bother you, does it? [figures it doesn't, though, since she's not backing off, and so he kisses her again, one hand fitting into the small of her back, holding her close]
Mere: [feels that cool touch to her back] Doesn't bother me... [replies a bit breathy as she breaks from the kiss once more to finally pull her jeans off of her and tugs him toward the bed]
Spike: Good to know. [lets her pull him back towards the bed, but he's the one pushing her down once they reach it]
[insert omigosh fun sexi-tiemz where Meredith attempts not to set her new boy toy ablaze on accident! Which is much more entertaining to read then Fade to black -- fade in from black!]
Spike: [murmurs] Amazing, pet.
Mere: [with a bit of a hazy grin on her features she tilts her head aside against the pillow looking up at him her hand running through his hair as she sighed with a bit of contentment] See now I could've gotten used to the castle a bit sooner had I realized this was an option.
Spike: Yeah, well. Now you do. [pause] Could stand to do this on a regular basis, truth to tell.
Mere: [smirks up at him] Well we'll have to see about that. [stretches a bit her toes curling and foot lifting to brush against the back of his leg for a moment before settling it back down against the bed flexing her calf muscles and curling her toes. Her finger traces down from his hair across his shoulder and against his neck before her fingertips graze against his mouth before leaning up to kiss him again] You were a hell of a fuck.
Spike: [brushes his lips over her fingers as they pass, before leaning to meet her halfway] So were you, love. Can't remember the last time I got so good.
Mere: [returns the kiss lightly before putting a bit more hunger behind it with a curve of a wicked smirk hinting at the corners of her lips before pulling back] And I didn't leave a single singe on you.
Spike: For which, I'm eternally grateful, love. [wryly] Think me bein' a pile've ash might put a damper on things.
Mere: [eyebrow raise] A whole pile of ash? How quick of a burnout factor do you have here dear?
Spike: Not that fast. [was exaggerating] Not sayin' I want to be on fire, though.
Mere: [mock innocence] I promised. I am curious though, but I'll keep my flames tempered.
Spike: [swears that he'll find a way around the chip and kill her, if she ever tries setting him on fire, but he keeps this to himself, flashing her a small smile, instead] 'ppreciate that.
Mere: [shifts a bit closer another kiss in some attempt to reassure him her words murmur against his mouth] Like I'd harm the one decent thing in this place?
Spike: [returns the kiss, lightly] Just checkin'.
Mere: [smirks] So you gonna stay?
Spike: You want me to? [wouldn't mind if she said no]
Mere:Well I'm just sayin' if you're gonna stay you'll have to move eventually. If you wanna leave I'll just see you 'round.
Spike: Probably crushin' that hell've a figure you got, huh? [honestly didn't think about that--was too busy basking in the afterglow. makes a small, vaguely apologetic noise and pulls away from her, shifting onto his side. from the look of things, though, he doesn't seem like he plans on going anywhere]
Mere: [flattered] I was thinking more that your arms might be cramping up, but I'm not even sure if that works that way. [shifts to her side to face him since bed is big enough anyway] I mean I noticed you don't actually breathe.
Spike: Can if I want to. Wouldn't be able to smoke, othewise. [shrugs a little, and just like that, there's a steady rise and fall to his chest] But it's not reflex, like it is for you. Opposite, actually.
Mere: [watches and traces a finger across his chest for a moment as it rises and falls] How did it work? I mean, the whole human and now a vampire thing.
Spike: I had to die. [and there's a lot missing from that memory, now that he thinks on it, because Dru was a huge part of that, and he can't recall her]
Mere:You don't remember how it works, or how it worked for you?
Spike: How it worked for me. [makes a little face] All I've got are bits and pieces. Like I said, love, I don't remember the girl that made me.
Mere: [raises an eyebrow] Alright, so how does it work for everyone else?
Spike: [let's pretend Spike talks her through it!]
Mere: [is clearly impressed by this detailed discussion of the process]
Spike: [is made of win. shrugs a bit]
Mere: [settles a bit shoving her hand under the pillow and resting her head to it] Oh see now the cool side of the pillow has some serious competition for my bedfellow preference.
Spike: [laughs] Think I'm a bit better than any pillow, anyway.
Mere: [smirks] More than a bit. So you're staying? [clearly doesn't mind but is wondering]
Spike: I was plannin' on it, yeah.
Mere: [brushes her knee to his a bit] Alright.
Spike: [drapes an arm over her waist] Don't usually sleep at night, but I think you wore me out. [flashes her a little, lopsided smile]
Mere: [shifts a bit closer to him isn't actually a clingy girl but hell it's been a while since someone actually stayed] See I provided relief.
Spike: You did. [he's a bit clingy--ask Dru or Buffy--though he'd never admit this. it'd ruin his badass image]
Mere: [have another content sigh] See if you do actually fall asleep then I just might end up having to wake you up in the morning. It might be worth the few hours of rest.
Spike: [makes a soft, amused noise] Plan on wearin' me down again, later?
Mere:If you're lucky.
Spike: Let's hope I'm lucky, then.
Mere: [totally settles against him this time relenting on her whole I am not spooning with this guy who I just met but dammit she can't help it since otherwise this convo will go on FOREVER] I'll hope for you too.
Spike: [snuggles a bit. just a bit, mind you]
What: Give each other a bit of relief after the end of a long day?
When: The Evening of THIS
Where: Starts out with drinks in a bar, ends up in Meredith's room
Rating: Adult (though lazy writers got them so far then skipped over the actual sex)
Mere: Need a light?
Spike: Brill, love. Don't mind if I do. [as long as she's not setting him on fire, anyway]
Mere: [keeps her flames to herself and lights up with a snap] So this place bites.
Spike: [leans in to light his cigarette, and then back a little so he can take a drag off of it] You're tellin' me. Found out today a mate've mine's shaggin' the girl I was makin' eyes at.
Mere: [raises eyebrow] That does suck. My moron of a brother barely keeps himself alive in this place. I can barely find him when I do go looking for him.
Spike: [shrug] Least he's keepin' his head down, yeah?
Mere: [shrugs too] Or he's been dead for two weeks.
Spike: [winces] Here's hopin' not.
Mere: Knowing him? It's possible. Especially when everyone was tripping over their own two feet.
Spike: Didn't hear anythin' about people trippin' to death, though.
Mere: Small favors then.
Spike: Suppose so. [pause] So how d'you do that trick with the fire, then? Magic?
Mere: Born with it. It's a natural ability, I'm immune to the effects of it too. [totally shows off with the whole palm of her hand trick]
Spike: Huh. [looks impressed] Neat lil trick, pet.
Mere: [flame-off] It comes in handy.
Spike: Suppose that's how it works, where your from? People born like that?
Mere: Not everyone, but there are a handful. Maybe a few couple hundred last I looked at records.
Spike: [takes a drag off his cigarette and makes a face] Got people keepin' tabs on you, too?
Mere: There were, and I'm pretty sure before I showed up here I was about to die. From the rumors it's gotten worse.
Spike: Dunno f'it gets worse, back where m'from. [thinks about it for a moment] Might've gotten better, actually. [since he gets a soul or whatever. but that's not entirely important, mostly because] You were gonna die?
Mere: I got shot up with adrenaline which is the trigger for my ability, so I couldn't control it. From what I can tell? I was about to become a lovely phoenix of fire.
Spike: Thought'cha said you were immune?
Mere: Yeah, well from what I've read and heard the building I was in explodes, so I might not be immune to sublevel five location collapsing on me.
Spike: [makes a face] Suppose not. [shakes his head, taking another drag off of his cigarette] Sucks to be you.
Mere: That it does.
Spike: I'd say it could be worse, but that more're less takes the whole soddin' cake.
Mere: [shrugs] I'm alive here at least.
Spike: Only good thing about this place.
Mere: [smirks] That and the company.
Spike: Dunno about that. Well, excludin' present company, at any rate.
Mere: At the present that's all I had put into consideration.
Spike: [grins] Good to know. [and oh, damn. where are his manners? sticks out a hand] Name's Spike.
Mere: [takes it] Meredith.
Spike: [handshake!] Pleasure, love.
Mere: So I take it you've been here long?
Spike: Almost five month? [shrugs] You?
Mere: Three.
Spike: Not that bad.
Mere: My daughter is here, Claire? Plus my moron of a brother.
Spike: Think I've seen her around, yeah. Blonde little thing?
Mere: [smiles] Yeah.
Spike: [nods] Didn't know she was yours.
Mere: I wasn't there for her growing up. I thought she'd died truthfully, that's what they told me.
Spike: Not your fault, though.
Mere: No, but it doesn't help that when she found me I - [and here is her NathanHistory!loss] - Huh. Well I know I wasn't the best mom. She came to me thinking she could live with me and I sent her away.
Spike: Why? [figures the pause was because she didn't want to talk about it, not because she's missing something]
Mere: I lived in a trailer and I hadn't been her mom before. She had a good family, from what I knew at least. There's something else... something I did, but I can't remember it.
Spike: [arches his eyebrows] Your loss, or ... ?
Mere: Claire said it's Nathan, that he's her father, but hell I just know him as the guy that went a bit God happy after his brush with death.
Spike: Huh. [shrugs a bit] Mine was my sire, so I suppose I know how it feels. Apparently, me and her had a thing.
Mere: [eyebrow raise] Sire? Something tells me you're not talking Royalty.
Spike: [puts his game face on. really doesn't care if he freaks her out] Vampire, actually.
Mere: [blanches for a moment but she's seen some insane things in this castle like zombies] Huh. Now that is something I didn't expect.
Spike: [wets his lips with his tongue, and then shrugs, his face slipping back into the perfect picture of normalcy] Guessin' you haven't met one've my lot yet?
Mere: I haven't met too many people actually. Spoken to a few, but I guess I'm not as social as I used to be.
Spike: You and me, both. [makes a little face. really needs to do something about that, but considering the whole Angel/Buffy development? yeah. he might go and pull and Angel and brood for a good long while. thanks, mate] F'it helps any, I'm on a strictly non-human diet.
Mere: I figured since you seem to be a lot calmer than most the vampire talk in fiction. Besides even if I died I'd be back in two weeks.
Spike: Fiction's a load've bollocks. Mostly. [ok, so that's not really true, as a lot of it got things right, but eh. who's counting?]
Mere: [smirks] Well I wasn't worried, though if you'd rather I fake it to keep up your reputation just let me know.
Spike: [snorts, amused, looking away briefly to put his cigarette out on the heel of his boot. mostly forgot about it, so there's no real point in trying to pretend he's still interested in smoking it] Think I've had enough women run screamin' from me, f'it's all the same to you, pet.
Mere: Well I haven't even gasped in horror yet.
Spike: [raises his hands over his head and makes a little 'grr!' noise]
Mere: [contemplates and smirks] Yeah... I got nothing.
Spike: Could do you one better, if you really wanted love.
Mere: [amused] Is it wrong that I'm tempted to see?
Spike: [shrugs] You showed me yours. Only fair I show you mine. [and yeah, that might be a bit of blatant innuendo]
Mere: [is an adult and can handle the innuendo like a pro] Alright, let's see it.
Spike: [vamps out again, but he doesn't stop there. instead, he bears his fangs like an angry cat would, snarling viciously at her]
Mere: [it takes her a minute and her pulse does go a bit faster, but she's not actually scared of him. Probably the long conversation that did that, but still she's impressed. Not scared but also not laughing] Impressive, I'm sure if I had just bumped into you around the castle and you did that I'd be scared. Now? It's just different to look at. Interesting too.
Spike: [is glad she's not laughing, at least. might be more than a bit brassed off, if she had. since she's not, though, once again he lets his face bleed back to normal and offers her a little smile] S'a nice scare tactic in a fight.
Mere: [amused] I bet it is, so is your hand catching ablaze.
Spike: Know that'd scare the hell outta me, at least. Me and fire don't play well together-- I'd go up like a pile of dry kindlin'.
Mere: [smirk] I'll just have to keep my hands to myself then.
Spike: Oi, now. [holds up a hand] Never said that, love. You can touch all you want.
Mere: [laughs] Well with such an invitation how am I to resist.
Spike: [smirks at her] Y'know, I like you. Nice change from most've the girls I know.
Mere: [mock shock] You mean there's another pyrokinetic girl in the castle that has a daughter and a moronic brother?
Spike: Just you, pet. [and his smirk turns into a grin]
Mere: That's a relief at least, and at the moment you're the only vampire I know and I like you as well.
Spike: You meet a bloke with a huge forehead and a broodin' complex, you walk in the other direction, alright?
Mere: [laughs] Will do.
Spike: Good girl. [grins] S'name's Angel, and he's a wanker.
Mere: I'll remember that. My brother is Flint, and he's a moron and dangerous to himself and others.
Spike: Let'cha know if I see him, 'round the journals.
Mere: Thanks, I figure he'll turn up sooner or later.
Spike: Probably, yeah. Only so long before the book catches somethin' you don't want anyone else hearin'.
Mere: [smirks] Hasn't happened to me yet. I'm usually careful.
Spike: Oh, nor me, but I've seen plenty of people goin', "Blahblahblah, bleedin' heart, blahblahblah, oh balls, did the journal pick that up?"
Mere: [laughs] Yeah, I've caught a few like that, generally nothing even worth worrying about.
Spike: [grins] More're less, yeah.
Mere: I'm waiting for something worth eavesdropping on, but come up short.
Spike: Bound to come 'round sooner or later, way I figure it. [shrugs]
Mere: Well I'm sure someone will be listening.
Spike: [nods a bit, taking a moment to look thoughtful] Been on a loss yet? Or seen anyone on one? Those're usually a riot.
Mere: Neither of them actually. I've seen the outcome, but I've been lucky enough so far.
Spike: Lucky you.
Mere: Take it you've been unlucky?
Spike: Once, yeah. Got turned into the bloke I used to be, before I was a vampire. Made an ass've myself, 'long with Angel.
Mere: How long have you been a vampire?
Spike: [actually has to think about this] Roundabouts 'hundred and thirty years?
Mere: [impressed] That's a bit of time.
Spike: [shrugs] I've known older. [is the youngest out of him, Angel, Dru, and Darla, after all]
Mere: Well you'd be the oldest I'd know, not that I'd know it.
Spike: [makes a soft, amused noise--almost a laugh but not quite] Suppose you wanna take back that bit about not keepin' your hands off've me, now?
Mere: [amused smirk] I thought you were the one who was requesting that sort of thing, and I haven't refused yet.
Spike: Well, I'm still game if you are.
Mere: [raise of the eyebrow as she contemplates] Sounds fine by me.
Spike: [is not going to look a gift horse in the mouth] My place or yours, love? [skips a beat] Or should I be buyin' you a drink, first?
Mere: [thinks about it and laughs a bit] We can have a drink later. Which floor are you on?
Spike: [laughs a bit. his day? so looking up] Fifteenth.
Mere: I'm on six. That decides that. [tilts her head] Something amusing?
Spike: I was havin' a hell've a day, earlier, pet. This is definitely makin' it look up. So, no, not so much amusin' as a bloody relief.
Mere: Well then I'm glad to provide you some relief. [stands up and tugs on her jeans so they aren't riding up on her since she's been sitting for a while]
Spike: [gets to his feet in time with her, rolling his shoulders a bit, to settle his trench coat properly, now that he's standing. and then he makes a gesture for the stairs] Ladies first and all that.
Mere: [leads the way with a touch more sway to her hips since well she can at least make the walk something for him as well]
Spike: [happily enjoys the view as he follows after her]
Mere: [and once in the elevator she presses him to the back wall smiling up at him a bit]
Spike: [smiles back] Forward. I like that in a woman. [wraps an arm around her waist, pulling her close] Think you can keep it up?
Mere: [smirks] I'm willing to try.
Spike: All a bloke can hope for, really. [and that said, he darts in to kiss her]
Mere: [and she returns the kiss with a bit of intensity since that's just how she is until the elevator stops and she tugs him away from the back wall breaking their kiss] Just down the hall now.
Spike: [oh, he likes this girl. blonde, a bit of a handful, and entirely up his alley. of course, he's a little disappointed when she pulls away, but like she said, just down the hall, now] S'go, then, pet. [pulls her out of the elevator, smirking]
Mere: [leads the way bit backwards as she tugged until she found her door and pushed her way into her room tugging her shoes off with the toe of one shoe and then went to work unbuttoning her jeans and tugging her shirt off over her head before returning to the closer preferable distance to him her mouth colliding into his again]
Spike: [sheds his trenchcoat with a shrug, stepping out of his boots a moment later. looks up at her, notes that she's getting naked, and then decides to do the same, stripping down to his boxers effortlessly, before moving to meet her halfway, kissing her back, intently]
Mere: [continues working the denim of her jeans off her hips between partings of her lips against his as her hands run over his skin a bit taken aback that it's cool to the touch] So used to running hot, never thought I'd touch skin so cool.
Spike: [mumbles against her lips] Doesn't bother you, does it? [figures it doesn't, though, since she's not backing off, and so he kisses her again, one hand fitting into the small of her back, holding her close]
Mere: [feels that cool touch to her back] Doesn't bother me... [replies a bit breathy as she breaks from the kiss once more to finally pull her jeans off of her and tugs him toward the bed]
Spike: Good to know. [lets her pull him back towards the bed, but he's the one pushing her down once they reach it]
[insert omigosh fun sexi-tiemz where Meredith attempts not to set her new boy toy ablaze on accident! Which is much more entertaining to read then Fade to black -- fade in from black!]
Spike: [murmurs] Amazing, pet.
Mere: [with a bit of a hazy grin on her features she tilts her head aside against the pillow looking up at him her hand running through his hair as she sighed with a bit of contentment] See now I could've gotten used to the castle a bit sooner had I realized this was an option.
Spike: Yeah, well. Now you do. [pause] Could stand to do this on a regular basis, truth to tell.
Mere: [smirks up at him] Well we'll have to see about that. [stretches a bit her toes curling and foot lifting to brush against the back of his leg for a moment before settling it back down against the bed flexing her calf muscles and curling her toes. Her finger traces down from his hair across his shoulder and against his neck before her fingertips graze against his mouth before leaning up to kiss him again] You were a hell of a fuck.
Spike: [brushes his lips over her fingers as they pass, before leaning to meet her halfway] So were you, love. Can't remember the last time I got so good.
Mere: [returns the kiss lightly before putting a bit more hunger behind it with a curve of a wicked smirk hinting at the corners of her lips before pulling back] And I didn't leave a single singe on you.
Spike: For which, I'm eternally grateful, love. [wryly] Think me bein' a pile've ash might put a damper on things.
Mere: [eyebrow raise] A whole pile of ash? How quick of a burnout factor do you have here dear?
Spike: Not that fast. [was exaggerating] Not sayin' I want to be on fire, though.
Mere: [mock innocence] I promised. I am curious though, but I'll keep my flames tempered.
Spike: [swears that he'll find a way around the chip and kill her, if she ever tries setting him on fire, but he keeps this to himself, flashing her a small smile, instead] 'ppreciate that.
Mere: [shifts a bit closer another kiss in some attempt to reassure him her words murmur against his mouth] Like I'd harm the one decent thing in this place?
Spike: [returns the kiss, lightly] Just checkin'.
Mere: [smirks] So you gonna stay?
Spike: You want me to? [wouldn't mind if she said no]
Mere:Well I'm just sayin' if you're gonna stay you'll have to move eventually. If you wanna leave I'll just see you 'round.
Spike: Probably crushin' that hell've a figure you got, huh? [honestly didn't think about that--was too busy basking in the afterglow. makes a small, vaguely apologetic noise and pulls away from her, shifting onto his side. from the look of things, though, he doesn't seem like he plans on going anywhere]
Mere: [flattered] I was thinking more that your arms might be cramping up, but I'm not even sure if that works that way. [shifts to her side to face him since bed is big enough anyway] I mean I noticed you don't actually breathe.
Spike: Can if I want to. Wouldn't be able to smoke, othewise. [shrugs a little, and just like that, there's a steady rise and fall to his chest] But it's not reflex, like it is for you. Opposite, actually.
Mere: [watches and traces a finger across his chest for a moment as it rises and falls] How did it work? I mean, the whole human and now a vampire thing.
Spike: I had to die. [and there's a lot missing from that memory, now that he thinks on it, because Dru was a huge part of that, and he can't recall her]
Mere:You don't remember how it works, or how it worked for you?
Spike: How it worked for me. [makes a little face] All I've got are bits and pieces. Like I said, love, I don't remember the girl that made me.
Mere: [raises an eyebrow] Alright, so how does it work for everyone else?
Spike: [let's pretend Spike talks her through it!]
Mere: [is clearly impressed by this detailed discussion of the process]
Spike: [is made of win. shrugs a bit]
Mere: [settles a bit shoving her hand under the pillow and resting her head to it] Oh see now the cool side of the pillow has some serious competition for my bedfellow preference.
Spike: [laughs] Think I'm a bit better than any pillow, anyway.
Mere: [smirks] More than a bit. So you're staying? [clearly doesn't mind but is wondering]
Spike: I was plannin' on it, yeah.
Mere: [brushes her knee to his a bit] Alright.
Spike: [drapes an arm over her waist] Don't usually sleep at night, but I think you wore me out. [flashes her a little, lopsided smile]
Mere: [shifts a bit closer to him isn't actually a clingy girl but hell it's been a while since someone actually stayed] See I provided relief.
Spike: You did. [he's a bit clingy--ask Dru or Buffy--though he'd never admit this. it'd ruin his badass image]
Mere: [have another content sigh] See if you do actually fall asleep then I just might end up having to wake you up in the morning. It might be worth the few hours of rest.
Spike: [makes a soft, amused noise] Plan on wearin' me down again, later?
Mere:If you're lucky.
Spike: Let's hope I'm lucky, then.
Mere: [totally settles against him this time relenting on her whole I am not spooning with this guy who I just met but dammit she can't help it since otherwise this convo will go on FOREVER] I'll hope for you too.
Spike: [snuggles a bit. just a bit, mind you]