Fic: Master Part Three
Title: Master Part Three
Author: xocoatldreams
Fandom: BtVS
Characters/Pairings: S/X/A, W/T, B/R
Rating: PG
Prompt/Challenge: Hidalgo
Warnings: None
Disclaimer: I don't own. No money being made and no offense intended.
A/N: And another chapter. The end is neigh.
Master Part One
Master Part Two
Angel shifted the warm, slumbering form resting against his side. The rest of the Scoobies talked quietly, making plans on how to incorporate themselves into the working situation that Xander and Spike had already set up. Xander himself had fallen asleep quickly, the strain of his day and night jobs weighing on him. Sighing, Angel cuddled him close and brushed a soft kiss over his hair.
"Is he okay?" Willow asked concern in her voice.
"Just tired," Angel replied softly. "He works during the day and then around town at night. He barely sleeps unless we make him."
"Is there anything we can do to help?" she whispered, reaching over to brush a curl away from Xander's face.
"Bringing the rest of you into all this does help a lot," Angel smiled. "It'll mean he'll have more changes to sleep and rest properly before he gets sick again."
"Again?"
Spike sat down next to her. "Shortly after this whole thing started Xander got ill," he shook his head when she opened her mouth. "Tara was sick at the same time. It was only the fact that he was mated to Angel and me that saved him."
Willow brought tear-filled eyes up to stare at Angel. "You take care of him," she whispered fiercely. "You protect him or I'll make your time in hell seem like a picnic."
Spike scoffed. "Tara threatens better."
"How long has she known?"
"Probably since the beginning," Angel said, smiling across the room at the blond witch. "She confronted us on it."
"What did she say?" Willow asked.
"She wanted to know if we were serious or just playing around," Spike answered with a wicked grin. "She was a bit upset that I was sharing Xander with Angel. After we explained everything to her she told us just what would happen if we hurt him."
"Took three hours," Angel grinned.
"That's my witch," she smiled. "Why did the three of you get together? Last I checked, Xander hated you, Angel."
"Demons made us do it," Spike chuckled.
"What?"
Angel laughed, shifting his armful again. "Right after I took over we got caught searching for some Kithan down in the sewers. They had broken a couple peace agreements. We found them, dealt with them and brought the ones responsible back for trials."
"Makes sense," she nodded.
"Everything was going well and the Vroli, the ones who had the original agreement with the Kithan, decided to reward us," Spike sneered. "To the Vroli, the most perfect condition is being mated."
"They didn't?" she gasped, looking between them in hopes they denied it all.
"Oh, but they did," Spike smirked. "Xander and I were already talking about mating, so it wasn't a big deal for us."
"But I wasn't looking for anything like that," Angel admitted. "Especially with the curse."
"What happened?"
"Seems the Vroli didn't like the conditions of the curse, so they changed it," the darker vampire told her. "They merged the two sides of me so that I could properly mate with them."
"So the soul clause is gone? Wow."
"And we were bond so tightly together that no even death will separate us," Xander said quietly, his voice filled with sleep.
"Xander?" she whispered.
He smiled at her. "I'm fine, Willow. Just a little tired."
"Good," she stared at him. "What do you mean death won't separate you?"
"I've started to age slower," he explained. "I heal faster. My senses are stronger."
"I don't understand what that means," Buffy said from behind Angel. She had wandered over and heard the conversation.
"He's becoming like a human vampire," Spike told her.
"Does he need blood?" Buffy asked.
Xander blushed. "Yes and no." She glared at him. "I need blood, yes, but only from my mates."
She blushed as well. "Oh."
"Sit down," he said; moving so he was just leaning against Angel's side. "I know you have questions."
She pulled a chair closer, smiling slightly at the way Angel's arms curled around her friend. "We've got everything worked out."
"Good," Spike nodded. "It'll make it easier on us."
"Does this mean you'll stop calling me names?" Buffy asked, turning at little to glare at the blond vampire.
"Probably not," Spike said truthfully.
"Why not?" Willow asked.
"They see us as Hidalgo," Angel said. "Nobility," he explained at Buffy's confused look. "To them you are servants and one does not speak kindly to servants."
"Some people do," Willow protested.
"Not in the demonic community," Spike pointed out. "It looks good to them when I call Buffy names. I generally don't in private, just on the streets."
"True," the Slayer sighed. "I guess I can live with that." She smiled when Xander yawned at snuggled deeper into Angel's embrace. "I think that's our cue to start heading home. Where are you guys staying?"
"The mansion," Angel told her, standing and helping Xander to his feet. "Come by sometime during the day and we'll finalize all the plans."
"I will," she nodded. "Get him home and to bed."
"Do the same for your toy," Spike replied, stepping up to Xander's other side. "Oh, and Buffy?"
"Yes?"
"Call first unless you want a show."
tbc...
Author: xocoatldreams
Fandom: BtVS
Characters/Pairings: S/X/A, W/T, B/R
Rating: PG
Prompt/Challenge: Hidalgo
Warnings: None
Disclaimer: I don't own. No money being made and no offense intended.
A/N: And another chapter. The end is neigh.
Master Part One
Master Part Two
Angel shifted the warm, slumbering form resting against his side. The rest of the Scoobies talked quietly, making plans on how to incorporate themselves into the working situation that Xander and Spike had already set up. Xander himself had fallen asleep quickly, the strain of his day and night jobs weighing on him. Sighing, Angel cuddled him close and brushed a soft kiss over his hair.
"Is he okay?" Willow asked concern in her voice.
"Just tired," Angel replied softly. "He works during the day and then around town at night. He barely sleeps unless we make him."
"Is there anything we can do to help?" she whispered, reaching over to brush a curl away from Xander's face.
"Bringing the rest of you into all this does help a lot," Angel smiled. "It'll mean he'll have more changes to sleep and rest properly before he gets sick again."
"Again?"
Spike sat down next to her. "Shortly after this whole thing started Xander got ill," he shook his head when she opened her mouth. "Tara was sick at the same time. It was only the fact that he was mated to Angel and me that saved him."
Willow brought tear-filled eyes up to stare at Angel. "You take care of him," she whispered fiercely. "You protect him or I'll make your time in hell seem like a picnic."
Spike scoffed. "Tara threatens better."
"How long has she known?"
"Probably since the beginning," Angel said, smiling across the room at the blond witch. "She confronted us on it."
"What did she say?" Willow asked.
"She wanted to know if we were serious or just playing around," Spike answered with a wicked grin. "She was a bit upset that I was sharing Xander with Angel. After we explained everything to her she told us just what would happen if we hurt him."
"Took three hours," Angel grinned.
"That's my witch," she smiled. "Why did the three of you get together? Last I checked, Xander hated you, Angel."
"Demons made us do it," Spike chuckled.
"What?"
Angel laughed, shifting his armful again. "Right after I took over we got caught searching for some Kithan down in the sewers. They had broken a couple peace agreements. We found them, dealt with them and brought the ones responsible back for trials."
"Makes sense," she nodded.
"Everything was going well and the Vroli, the ones who had the original agreement with the Kithan, decided to reward us," Spike sneered. "To the Vroli, the most perfect condition is being mated."
"They didn't?" she gasped, looking between them in hopes they denied it all.
"Oh, but they did," Spike smirked. "Xander and I were already talking about mating, so it wasn't a big deal for us."
"But I wasn't looking for anything like that," Angel admitted. "Especially with the curse."
"What happened?"
"Seems the Vroli didn't like the conditions of the curse, so they changed it," the darker vampire told her. "They merged the two sides of me so that I could properly mate with them."
"So the soul clause is gone? Wow."
"And we were bond so tightly together that no even death will separate us," Xander said quietly, his voice filled with sleep.
"Xander?" she whispered.
He smiled at her. "I'm fine, Willow. Just a little tired."
"Good," she stared at him. "What do you mean death won't separate you?"
"I've started to age slower," he explained. "I heal faster. My senses are stronger."
"I don't understand what that means," Buffy said from behind Angel. She had wandered over and heard the conversation.
"He's becoming like a human vampire," Spike told her.
"Does he need blood?" Buffy asked.
Xander blushed. "Yes and no." She glared at him. "I need blood, yes, but only from my mates."
She blushed as well. "Oh."
"Sit down," he said; moving so he was just leaning against Angel's side. "I know you have questions."
She pulled a chair closer, smiling slightly at the way Angel's arms curled around her friend. "We've got everything worked out."
"Good," Spike nodded. "It'll make it easier on us."
"Does this mean you'll stop calling me names?" Buffy asked, turning at little to glare at the blond vampire.
"Probably not," Spike said truthfully.
"Why not?" Willow asked.
"They see us as Hidalgo," Angel said. "Nobility," he explained at Buffy's confused look. "To them you are servants and one does not speak kindly to servants."
"Some people do," Willow protested.
"Not in the demonic community," Spike pointed out. "It looks good to them when I call Buffy names. I generally don't in private, just on the streets."
"True," the Slayer sighed. "I guess I can live with that." She smiled when Xander yawned at snuggled deeper into Angel's embrace. "I think that's our cue to start heading home. Where are you guys staying?"
"The mansion," Angel told her, standing and helping Xander to his feet. "Come by sometime during the day and we'll finalize all the plans."
"I will," she nodded. "Get him home and to bed."
"Do the same for your toy," Spike replied, stepping up to Xander's other side. "Oh, and Buffy?"
"Yes?"
"Call first unless you want a show."
tbc...