The End of The Beginning VIII

[off_suit]

Title: The End Of The Beginning
Part: VIII
Title: Hope in bloodshed
Pairing: Xander/Spike (eventually)
Overall Rating: NC17
Chapter Rating: PG13
Disclaimer: I just play with them like wonderfully anatomically correct barbies then I have to put them back.
AN: I'm stuck at home on doctor's orders so you can pretty much be certain I'm going to be doing

Comments

[blackeyedwicca]

I love blood play, no matter how small. ♥

[off_suit]

Why thank you =]
I'm glad you liked the chapter.

[mulder200]

I;m sorry to hear that you are laid up in bed. On the other hand, that means a shorter wait between chapters.

Oh! I love Spike giving a blood oath that he won't hurt Dawn. And the blood play? Unexpected but pretty hot.

I can't wait for more.

[off_suit]

I'm not too sick, just a fever and all manner of annoying sniffles. Just enough to be out of commission but not enough that I don't notice the boredom.

I'm glad you liked the bloodoath bit. To be honest I was a little wary of it. Wasn't sure how people would take to it, but seems to be ok. Not too OOC I trust?

Thanks for the encouragement!

[mulder200]

Nah. I figure SPike would do something like this in canon. He may be evil but he is serious about giving his word.

[off_suit]

Excellent! I didn't want to stray so far from the idea of cannon to leave people with a "what the?" feeling, but I wanted it sincere enough that it had to be outside of the general "yeah whatever, ponce" Spike response. =]
Thanks for the friend btw!

[shakatany]

It's not just that Dawn is a bit of alright, it's also because in "The Gift":
BUFFY: I'm counting on you ... to protect her.
SPIKE: Till the end of the world. Even if that happens to be tonight.

However I do like that now Spike can protect Dawn and refrain from killing those she loves out of choice not just because the chip won't let him.

Shakatany

I've never beta'd but I'm fairly good at grammer and punctuation and I certainly am up on my Buffylore if you'd like to try me out (my email is in my userinfo).

[off_suit]

I remember the episode, but I wanted to avoid Spike bringing that up at the moment, don't think that normally he'd just spout out something like that to Xander, least not yet.

I'm glad the way I put this chapter wasn't too far left field. Was worried about this one being a bit out there.

And beta-ness would be absolutely fantastic! I know your help this far has been seriously appreciated.

I'll probably have another chapter done by tomorrow night, so I'll FW it to you to see what you think. =]

[shakatany]

Well as Xander knew nothing of what happened in the Summers' house in "The Gift" this little blood oath was probably more reassuring to him than Spike simply saying what he'd promised to Buffy.

Shakatany

[off_suit]

*grins* Perfect.

I wanted something that would appeal to Xander without being too sappy that it seemed contrived.

And I MAY have hammed up the hyena a tiny bit (but since we don't know how much [if any] of those instincts stayed around I figured blood is a pretty powerful way of saying you're serious).

You might end up with the next chapter later tonight, muse has the bullwhip out again lol

[sparrow2000]

"However, the last person he needed to test all his completely hypothetical homosexual fantasies on, was Spike."
Oh Xander, silly boy.

The blood play was hot!

[off_suit]

I'm so glad someone picked up on that sentence! I spent forever trying to get the Xander-babble sounding close to right.

That and it's the biggest plot bunny known to man *grin*

[whichclothes]

Hope you're feeling better soon! I liked the oath--it made sense.

[off_suit]

*grins* Thanks!