A Long Forgotten Kiss 20/23
Title: A Long Forgotten Kiss
Author: akinaj
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Pairing: Spike/Xander
Rating: 18+ eventually, this chapter 12+ (to be safe, probably only 6+)
Category: Future fic, angst, h/c, established relationship, first time, romance
Summary: After 50 years, Spike returns to Sunnydale and finds Xander in his parents' house
Spoilers: Future fic, set after an alternate S7
Warning: character deaths mentioned, but not the boys (this is set more than 50 years in the future, so it's kinda hard to avoid)
Feedback: Makes me write more and faster!
Concrit: by email, please
Feedback address: writan_bur @ livejournal.com
Disclaimer: Not mine, never will be. No harm, no foul, no money made.
Author's Note: This started as a ficlet written for kyrieane's Five Senses Challenge. After I wrote it, there were more questions open than answered, so I set out to discover what happened.
As you can see in the title, this series finally has been completed. The remaining chapters will be posted every other day starting today, with an additional epilogue to be posted next Wednesday.
Beta'd by my ev0l twin, huge big thanks, sweetie!
Previous parts here.
Summary
After more than 50 years, Spike has followed a hint that leads him to Xander's parents' house in Sunnydale, where he finds his lover and bond-mate in a dishevelled but unharmed and unchanged state. The house is slowly being reconquered by nature, but there is no decay, only destruction by animals and natural forces.
Xander barely recognises Spike and seems to have lost coherent thought and the ability of speech, but manages to remember Spike's name somehow.
Scared and unsure what to do, Spike calls up Dawn and Willow, now co-heading the Watchers' Council, and they arrive and investigate the house, casting a spell to detect magic. They brought an important object along, and while they prepare for the spell, Spike tells Xander the story of their love and how they bonded in a ritual attended by all their friends.
After the spell has been cast, Dawn and Willow investigate the house again, and make a few interesting discoveries.
Chapter 20
With the women eagerly hitting the books in search of the best way to counteract the runes, Spike led Xander back to the living room, where they curled up comfortably in the nest.
Xander was still rubbing his scar, not frantically but steadily, and Spike thought that he seemed to grow more composed as time drew on. It wasn't as if Xander suddenly looked at him with clear eyes, knowing exactly who and where he was, but it gave him hope that his lover wasn't gone forever.
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The better part of the day hab passed before Dawn finally ventured cautiously into the living room, with a hesitant solution in mind. Now it would be up to Spike to decide if they were to try it.
She stopped in the door when she saw how peaceful the two men were curled together on the pile of blankets and stuff.
They seemed to be asleep, Xander curled protectively around Spike slighter form, yet still his hand rested loosely over the scar on his chest, keeping it warm.
Dawn wondered if this was the reason Xander hadn't frozen in time completely over the years, if his instinctive rubbing of the scar had kept the spell from gaining complete control over him.
She still had no idea who had cast the spell and why, but that was secondary to breaking it. And if they never found out, as long as they got their Xander back, as long as Spike got his Xander back, it didn't really matter.
As if he sensed that her thoughts had turned his way, Spike stirred suddenly. Of course she knew better, knew that it was the slight creaking of the floorboards under her weight that had drawn his attention, but it was still good timing.
Questioningly, he looked at her.
"We might have something," she told him quietly, "but it's not an ideal solution."
With a sigh, Spike sat up in the nest, gently untangling himself from Xander's embrace. He rubbed his face tiredly, as Xander stirred as well and immediately returned to a position as close to Spike as possible.
"Care to explain?" Spike finally asked, when Dawn didn't venture any further information.
"I think you'd best come join us in the kitchen for that. It's complicated…" She turned away without waiting for a reply.
In the kitchen, Willow waited anxiously, torn between wanting her Xander back and scared of the risks the solution they'd found involved.
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Continued here
Author: akinaj
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Pairing: Spike/Xander
Rating: 18+ eventually, this chapter 12+ (to be safe, probably only 6+)
Category: Future fic, angst, h/c, established relationship, first time, romance
Summary: After 50 years, Spike returns to Sunnydale and finds Xander in his parents' house
Spoilers: Future fic, set after an alternate S7
Warning: character deaths mentioned, but not the boys (this is set more than 50 years in the future, so it's kinda hard to avoid)
Feedback: Makes me write more and faster!
Concrit: by email, please
Feedback address: writan_bur @ livejournal.com
Disclaimer: Not mine, never will be. No harm, no foul, no money made.
Author's Note: This started as a ficlet written for kyrieane's Five Senses Challenge. After I wrote it, there were more questions open than answered, so I set out to discover what happened.
As you can see in the title, this series finally has been completed. The remaining chapters will be posted every other day starting today, with an additional epilogue to be posted next Wednesday.
Beta'd by my ev0l twin, huge big thanks, sweetie!
Previous parts here.
Summary
After more than 50 years, Spike has followed a hint that leads him to Xander's parents' house in Sunnydale, where he finds his lover and bond-mate in a dishevelled but unharmed and unchanged state. The house is slowly being reconquered by nature, but there is no decay, only destruction by animals and natural forces.
Xander barely recognises Spike and seems to have lost coherent thought and the ability of speech, but manages to remember Spike's name somehow.
Scared and unsure what to do, Spike calls up Dawn and Willow, now co-heading the Watchers' Council, and they arrive and investigate the house, casting a spell to detect magic. They brought an important object along, and while they prepare for the spell, Spike tells Xander the story of their love and how they bonded in a ritual attended by all their friends.
After the spell has been cast, Dawn and Willow investigate the house again, and make a few interesting discoveries.
Chapter 20
With the women eagerly hitting the books in search of the best way to counteract the runes, Spike led Xander back to the living room, where they curled up comfortably in the nest.
Xander was still rubbing his scar, not frantically but steadily, and Spike thought that he seemed to grow more composed as time drew on. It wasn't as if Xander suddenly looked at him with clear eyes, knowing exactly who and where he was, but it gave him hope that his lover wasn't gone forever.
*** *** *** *** ***
The better part of the day hab passed before Dawn finally ventured cautiously into the living room, with a hesitant solution in mind. Now it would be up to Spike to decide if they were to try it.
She stopped in the door when she saw how peaceful the two men were curled together on the pile of blankets and stuff.
They seemed to be asleep, Xander curled protectively around Spike slighter form, yet still his hand rested loosely over the scar on his chest, keeping it warm.
Dawn wondered if this was the reason Xander hadn't frozen in time completely over the years, if his instinctive rubbing of the scar had kept the spell from gaining complete control over him.
She still had no idea who had cast the spell and why, but that was secondary to breaking it. And if they never found out, as long as they got their Xander back, as long as Spike got his Xander back, it didn't really matter.
As if he sensed that her thoughts had turned his way, Spike stirred suddenly. Of course she knew better, knew that it was the slight creaking of the floorboards under her weight that had drawn his attention, but it was still good timing.
Questioningly, he looked at her.
"We might have something," she told him quietly, "but it's not an ideal solution."
With a sigh, Spike sat up in the nest, gently untangling himself from Xander's embrace. He rubbed his face tiredly, as Xander stirred as well and immediately returned to a position as close to Spike as possible.
"Care to explain?" Spike finally asked, when Dawn didn't venture any further information.
"I think you'd best come join us in the kitchen for that. It's complicated…" She turned away without waiting for a reply.
In the kitchen, Willow waited anxiously, torn between wanting her Xander back and scared of the risks the solution they'd found involved.
*** *** *** *** ***
Continued here