(Fic) Brief Encounter

[stormwreath]

gabrielleabelle  wanted to know what would happen if souled Spike met Drusilla again. This is my idea.

Characters: Spike, Drusilla
Wordcount: 338
Rating: 12
Warnings: # Major character death.#

Comments

[gabrielleabelle]

Whoa. You also chose the "banter then stake" option? So...we're like fandom twins now? Weird.

This is pretty much the idea I had in my head, though various comments have made me start to think about other possibilities. This works, though. Lovely job.

[stormwreath]

We've always been fandom twins, haven't we? Though I wouldn't really call this "banter"; it's more regretful than that.

Spike knows he can't leave Dru free to murder more innocent people. Unlike certain other nancy-haired ponces of his acquaintance, he's not going to angst and brood about having to kill his sire; he's just going to stake her. But he won't be happy about it, and he's probably going to go off and get absolutely out-of-his-head drunk after that final paragraph of my fic.

I think Spike more than anyone is going to be reaistic about his chances of "saving" Dru... that is, there aren't any. He fought for his soul, but it nearly killed him - and Dru doesn't have the motivation he had.

[gabrielleabelle]

Huh. I don't recall us agreeing on much. But my memory's not-so-great so I could be mistaken. Fandom twins, then. :)

Unlike certain other nancy-haired ponces of his acquaintance, he's not going to angst and brood about having to kill his sire; he's just going to stake her.

rofl! I've been trying to not bring up comparisons to Angel, you know.

But agreed. Spike's very matter-of-fact about his past once he has a soul. I don't think it would be easy for him to do, but I think he'd ultimately know it needed doing.

[stormwreath]

To me, it's more that we seem to share common attitudes to lots of things even if we end up coming to diametrically opposite conclusions most of the time. :-)

[peroxidepirate]

Excellent job with the Drusilla voice. She's really hard to write, but this is completely her. And it's definitely one reaction I can see Spike having.

[stormwreath]

Thanks! Oddly enough, Dru's voice seems to come to me very easily. She took over this ficlet, for a start... I didn't expect her to get nearly as much dialogue when I started writing.

This may be a worrying thing, actually. :-)

[prophecygirrl]

You know, Spike's wholehearted description of Drusilla as his "Destiny" in the ep of the same name always made me very nervous. It just seemed to echo a little too much for my comfort. I was always worried that this scenario would go the other way, with Dru ending Spike.

A character-driven resolution like this one is always very satisfying. Beautifully sad in this case, but satisfying.

[stormwreath]

Thanks!

I did think, when I put "Major character death" as a warning at the top, that I deliberately wasn't specifying *which* of the characters would die...

[jamalov29]

I can imagine their encounter going like this. She is undoubtedly a profound and meaningful part of himself , in the past.

[stormwreath]

Thanks! I think that Spike, more than anyone, would *recognise* who Dru was and what she could do... which is why he'd know he had no other choice. He'd hate doing it, but he would.

[petzipellepingo]

Yes, I can see him putting her out of her misery. Good Dru voice btw.

[stormwreath]

Thanks! Though not sure Dru is very miserable, at least not for long. Putting her out of *other people's* misery, maybe? :-)