This is Not My Beautiful Wife [S/X, Mature]

[apreludetoanend]

Title: This is Not My Beautiful Wife (3rd story in the "This is Not a Trilogy" series)
Authors: apreludetoanend and savoytruffle
Pairing: Spike/Xander
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Excessive use of cultural references, both high and low brow.
Notes: This is a series of three different stories that do not follow upon each other, but rather share the same beginning, each veering

Comments

[yourlibrarian]

Except possibly about the part where Xander forgot to tell the something that he loved him before setting him free.

Oops! And hee.

[apreludetoanend]

Thanks so much for reading and commenting--sorry to be so late with the reply!

[julia_here]

This makes me really really homesick for the days when I could read nothing but quality Spander every free moment I had. This makes me remember why that was what I wanted to do.

Also, I want to know more about Mexico.

Julia, and this has been a freakishly awful day, so I'm glad y'all were posting, because otherwise I might not have made it in one piece.

[mpoetess]

This makes me really really homesick for the days when I could read nothing but quality Spander every free moment I had. This makes me remember why that was what I wanted to do.

*peers suspiciously at Julia, then at the space in my head where this comment ought to be*

What she said.

*loves*

[savoytruffle]

aw, thanks!

like i said to julia, i miss the days when i actually answered comments promptly and it was like a conversation with my readers. *sigh*

[savoytruffle]

and i, in turn, shall reminisce about those days when i used to actually answer a comment before the time when the person who commented would have completey forgotten about leaving the comment in the first place. it made for nice communication.

thanks for reading.

[allyndra]

All three of these are tremendous, but this one was my favorite. Especially
this bit:

He runs north because north is where Starbucks is and Mexico isn’t. Not that he’d ever make it that far. He’s still winded after two miles.

He leaves Starbucks with a mocha latte and a vague sense of having sold out, and he blames it on the delicious, chocolaty, global imperialism.

Thanks for sharing!

[apreludetoanend]

I'm so glad you enjoyed this. Thanks so much for reading and commenting; it's much appreciated, despite the lateness of this reply.

[tabaqui]

Ah ha ha.

Hrmmmmmmm... I don't think i liked this one *as much* as the first two, but that's just 'cause my own 'work for the council forever' intrest has faded muchly...

I like cell phones in a box in the closet, i like Spike kicking him out of bed every time, heh.

I like the running, which is, of course, running *to*.

Lovely stuff.

[savoytruffle]

thanks. and perfecty understandable, we all have our particular scenarios that bring us the most glee and fit the most with our preferred versions of the characters. *g*

[laisserais]

i loved how this last one veers differently at each step. and i love how the architecture of the story comes to mean different things here. and yet, how in each version there's always a coming together. it's almost as if it's inevitable!

it's so interesting to see all of the different choices, in each setting, and how each one plays out. and i love comparing what's stayed the same throughout.

this series is completely brilliant. i feel like there's so much more to say, but i can't articulate it beyond: awesome! i loved them all!

[apreludetoanend]

Hi!

Also, substantively: Thanks. I'm really glad you enjoyed how these worked together; they were much fun to write!