Fic: Seeing Is His Superpower (Spike/Xander)

[shadowscast]

Hello, world! Although I'm not really active in fandom these days, I have recently been quietly working on a short Spike/Xander story. My stories tend to sprawl, and at this point in my life I just don't have time for sprawling, so I challenged myself to write something self-contained and complete. And now it's finished and I get to post it.

Comments

[slaymesoftly]

I really enjoy your Spander fics. You make the developing relationship very believable and real. :)

[shadowscast]

Thanks for saying so! :)

It's always interesting to start from canon and try to get Spike and Xander together, because they really don't like each other at all. It was fun in this story to develop the relationship through all these little glimpses-different from my usual style.

[mulder200]

I really love the way Xander and Spike's relationship evolved from them being reluctant allies to friends to lovers. And I loved the way Xander watched out for Spike and kept him grounded.

"Xander!" Buffy called, banging the door open, "We need you in the library right now-ohmygodwhatareyoudoing?"

Xander froze mid-thrust. Beneath him, Spike had gone wide-eyed like the proverbial deer.

"Exercising," Xander managed to choke out. "In bed. Naked."

"Right," Buffy said. There was a long pause. "Okay, I need you in the library in five minutes. And let's never talk about this again."

LOL! Oh well! Turn about is fair play!

[shadowscast]

LOL! Oh well! Turn about is fair play!

*grin* I mean, how could I resist, considering?

Thanks for commenting!

[fearless5555]

What a brilliant idea...taking the power of 'seeing' and making so profound. You really nailed the dialogue and the characters in this and I loved the sweet ending.

[shadowscast]

Thanks so much for your comment!

Credit where credit's due: After I had the whole story written, I still hadn't come up with a title. Yourlibrarian then read it and pulled out the "seeing" as an important theme, and suggested the title which I ended up using. :-)

[margarks]

Aww! I really liked this! I could so see this happening, see Spike being his usual gruff/nothing gets to me self, but then being quietly so grateful for Xander. And Xander's soft heart, not wanting to hurt Spike the way he did the first time he left without realizing.

I loved the ending, too. Their relationship was so intimate and sweet.

Loved it!

[shadowscast]

Hi there! *hugs* I'm so glad you liked it. Including the ending, in which I was worried the sad might overcome the sweet-but it really was meant to be a happy ending overall!

[findmeneverland]

That was absolutely wonderful. I enjoyed every second.

"Exercising," Xander managed to choke out. "In bed. Naked."

...I laughed so hard I scared my cats. Perfect.

[shadowscast]

Thanks for the feedback. And my profound apologies to your cats! :-)