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SERIES : the Chronicles Continuation

SEQUEL TO : the Buffy & Angelus Chronicles

PAIRING : Buffy/Angel, Angel/Spike, Spike/Buffy, Angel/Buffy/Spike

RATING : NC17

SPOILERS : major spoilers, I’ve used actual show quotes from all four seasons of Buffy & Angel season one.

DISCLAIMER : I do not own these characters.

NOTES & WARNINGS : SLASH (m/m) and a little bloodplay

 

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      “Hey.”

      “Hey you.” He said as she walked into the kitchen. “Sleep well?”

      “Okay I guess. I had weird dreams though. Is that normal?”

      “What kind of dreams?”

      “I don’t know, I dreamt a lot about cheese for some reason. There was this guy holding this plate of cheese.”

      “I don’t think that has anything to do with vampires Buffy, that’s just your brain.”

      “Freaky big ball of... freaky stuff.”

      “Hello cutie, Peaches.” Spike sat next to Buffy at the table wearing only his boxers.

      “Hey. What the hell time is it anyway?” She asked.

      “It’s still day if that’s what you wanna know.” He looked at his beauty. It had been two months since she’d been turned and things had greatly improved since. She seemed to be adjusting. They all were. They’d all moved into the mansion but had been avoiding talking about things. He had to go back to LA, he had a life there. Things were confusing.

      “I know it’s day. I don’t sleep THAT much, least I don’t think. Not when I’m dreaming about some freaky little bald man with cheese. Did Willow call?”

      “You’re dreaming about the bald man AGAIN! Cor Slayer you’re even crazier than Dru was.”

      “Oh bite me Spike.”

      “Gladly.” He vamped out and rushed her. She diverted his bite to the right and swung her leg up to kick him in the back that sent him flying into the wall. “BLOODY HELL SLAYER!”

      Angel doubled over laughing. “Man I love it when she kicks your ass Spike.”

      “Sod off,” was the response from the blonde vampire as he stood up.

      “I love a good spot of violence in the morning, or late afternoon, whatever.” She said.

      “Now you sound like him Buffy.”

      “I know, I’m going around saying ‘bloody hell’ too much too. What’s the world coming to? Course I’m also rubbing off on him, I swear I heard him say ‘slayage’ yesterday.”

      “Sod off bloody Slayer, just had to turn her didn’t you Peaches? Let’s make her my sister, make her part of Angel’s happy family... bloody poof...” he walked off to the living room talking to himself.

      “He’s such a spoil sport. Was he always this crabby?”

      “Well, now...” Angel pulled her over onto his lap, “he can hurt you cause you’re not a living soul, and it’s just not as much fun for him.”

      “Oh, I’ll spar him any day. I can take him.”

      “You can take me.” He said seductively.

      “Why Angel... such a sexual appetite, I don’t know if you like sex or blood better.”

      “How about sex and blood?”

      “Even better my sweet.” She leaned down and captured his lips in a deep kiss. He was running his tongue over her teeth when he felt them elongate. She bit down on his tongue and began sucking on it fiercely. She pulled away and he looked at her.

      “God you’re beautiful.” He said.

      “Yeah? Not that I can see myself anyway.”

      “I always wondered what you’d like all vampy and it’s nothing like I imagined.” She hopped up on the table and he slid his fingers up her thigh under her nightgown.

      “You thought about it? Cause it happened once before.” She said as he began his ministrations on her sex.

      “What?”

      “I told you, didn’t I? Way back in high school when I first came, little Billy, I told you... when everyone’s nightmares were coming true... and I sort of dreamt the Master rose and turned me.” He just stared at her blankly. “Okay, maybe I didn’t tell you, but if you’re not gonna get me off while I tell you the story, I won’t tell it.” She was insatiable. She’d had an appetite for sex before. He remembered the times when he’d been evil. She’d like to play games, she was good at them. He had been ashamed to admit it, his counterpart had been as well, but he loved being dominated by her. They hadn’t done anything out of the ordinary since she’d risen, but there was still a little hope in his mind that maybe one day the demon in her would give her ideas. “Angel?” She asked and he shook off the thoughts and went back to thrusting his fingers inside her as she spread her hips wider for him. “Okay, so where was I? Oh yes, yesss...” she hissed, “little Billy was beat by his... god Angel... by his... oh fuck me.” She ripped off the nightgown and tossed it aside.

 

      He watched from the doorway unnoticed as his Sire sucked on her rosy nipples while fucking her with his fingers. Such an erotic sight, he’d always loved watching his Sire with Dru. Of course this wasn’t exactly his Sire. He had to admit, his Sire with a soul was much like his Sire before the curse, except now he didn’t kill people. He shuddered at the memories of his Sire’s return. Humiliation, pain, agony... that had NOT been his Sire, maybe in body, but not in mind.

      He smelled her blood and he focused again on the sight in front of him. She was sprawled out on the table as he dined on her pleasures. He sucked hungrily from her inner thigh while continuing his work deep inside her. His old Sire had been affectionate when he’d been good. Spike was his favorite childe back then, no doubt Buffy was now. Buffy. What could he say about her? Since he’d been given the bloody chip, he’d been forced to work with her. After his Sire came back and left again, he’d helped her patrol, seen her through rough nights of tears and saved her life from herself. What was once seething hatred for her, had become friendship, adoration even, and now? He loved her. It had been strictly that platonic love at first. He’d helped her after Angel left and in the most recent months, he helped her deal with the changes from human to vampire. But in the last couple months? Watching Angel and her on more than one occasion without their knowledge, seeing her vamp out on him and sink her fangs into his neck and drink? One day he just woke up and knew, could admit to himself, that he loved her more than he should. He loved sparing with her when Angel took an overnight in Los Angeles. He’d almost kissed her one time, but she was Angel’s. She was his Sire’s, so he admired from a distance. Once the two lovers were sated, he’d go up to his room and imagine it had been him instead of his Sire.

      She came hard, growling while thrashing around under him. His Sire pulled out of her and stood up. He watched his Sire, he was beautiful. Spike recalled days, long time past, when Dru would be locked away with her dolls and his Sire had requested his company in his room. The last encounters with his Sire had shown him just what a soul did to the demon after a hundred years. Things would never be the same again. He only hoped for the friendship and companionship that Angel could provide him. They were slowly rebuilding that connection. Angel was grateful for Spike’s aid with Buffy and apologetic for their last encounters. That’s all he could really count on, the rest was a distant dream. He turned and left as the two vampire lovers dressed themselves. Spike went up to his room to dream.

 

      “You were saying?” Angel asked as Buffy heated three cups of blood.

      “Right, little Billy. He was lingering between the spirit world and our world cause he needed closure, only he had power over us and started making our nightmares come true. So I was in the cemetery with Billy when the Master was there and he threw me in a coffin and buried me alive and the next thing I knew I head Giles’ voice. I crawled out, he helped me up and Willow and Xander were there.”

      “Your nightmare was being a vampire.”

      “WAS. A big was there pal, it wasn’t just that, it was hurting everyone, you know? Anyway I kicked the demons ass and everything went back to normal. But the fact was for like an hour and a half I was a vampire.”

      “You make a pretty foxy one at that.”

      “Yeah?”

      “Yes, one of the better females. Dru wasn’t that bad looking, but Darla was hideous.”

      “I’ll agree with that, damn she was ugly vamped. She was pretty when she was normal, or human, but otherwise? Yelk.”

      “What the hell kind of a word is that Buffy?”

      “It’s like yuck and yak and all those... whatever, never mind.” She brought a cup to him. “Where’s Spike?”

      “I think he’s upstairs.”

      “I’ll go get him.” She darted up the stairs. She lightly rapped on his door but didn’t hear a response. She opened the door and heard water running. She crept in and peeked through the cracked bathroom door.

      “Sure Slayer, you just shag my sire right in the kitchen, where I have to eat.” He spoke through grunts and upon opening the door a little more she saw he was jerking off. His hand pumped his cock while he leaned back against the shower. She’d never seen him naked before. He was a little smaller than Angel, not by much though. His frame was smaller, but as well built as Angel as well. “Cor Slayer... you’re so tight, I’m sure...” was he thinking about her? “Slayer... yes... fuck me so hard...” He was!

      She turned around and knocked loudly on the first door. “SPIKE?”

      “Fuck.” He whispered. “I’m in the bloody shower what do you want?”

      “I heated up some blood for you.”

      “I’ll be down in a little bit.”

      She walked out, “That you will Spike.” She stood outside the door to his room for a while. He was lonely. He missed Dru, she was sure. He picked the closet thing to her, another vampire. Still she wondered if maybe his feelings had changed. And he knew about Angel and her on the table? She walked downstairs in a stupor.

      “What’s up Buffy?” Angel asked.

      “Spike.”

      “What about him?”

      “He’s up, he’s happy to see me.”

      “What?”

      “He’s jerking off in the showering thinking about me.”

      “WHAT? How do you know?”

      “Cause I went in to tell him to come for breakfast and I heard him.”

      “And you listened?”

      “I heard my name, I wanted to know what he was saying. I peeked in the bathroom and...”

      “YOU WATCHED?” Angel was mad, she could tell.

      “I didn’t watch, I just... yes I watched.” She couldn’t lie to him. “Only for a couple seconds.”

      Just then Spike walked in and sat at the table. Angel just stared at him. “What mate?” He picked up the mug and drank. “What? Why’re you lookin’ at me? Why’s he lookin’ at me Slayer?”

      “Cause he’s a freak. What are we gonna do tonight?” She asked trying to divert Angel’s attention.

      “I’m sure Spike could think of something.” Angel said sarcastically. He stood up and left.

      “What’s Peaches problem?”

      “I don’t know. Ignore him. I’m going to watch TV.”

      “Ooo, General Hospital is on in five minutes.”

      “Then let’s go.” Spike followed her into the living room and the flopped beside each other on the couch.

 

      He sat on the end of the bed where he’d made love to Buffy for the last two months. He had no idea how to process this information. Spike was picturing Buffy. Why did that bother him? What business was it of his who Spike thought of while he got himself off?

      It bothered him because he was jealous. He knew Buffy was close to his childe. She talked to him. They had more in common, both following pop culture, added to the fact that Spike wasn’t afraid to be who he was, a vampire. He didn’t brood and feel guilty all the time, which was good for Buffy. Plus Spike had been who Buffy had turned to when she’s almost committed suicide. That’s why it bothered him. What were his feelings for Buffy? Angel wondered that. He began getting dressed.

      His childe, Spike, William. He couldn’t apologize enough for the damage he had done when Spike had been wheelchair bound. The days he’d spent watching his fledglings fuck his childe had been amusing at the time, but was not to his soul now. He was aware that he had two different versions of his soulless self. The first one had loved William, had been possessive of him. William had been Angelus’ favorite childe, and more of a companion than subordinate. Dru had been a fucktoy, but he’d turned William initially for himself. He had been drawn to the young man. William had fire and passion and a knack for violence and affection. He’d had a spark, he was a diamond in the rough. The second version of his soulless self had been so obsessed and in love with Buffy that the rest of the world be damned and Spike had been one of those that got in his way.

      After he’d been cursed, he thought of finding William and Drusilla. But his own Sire had kicked him to the curb, why would his childer want him? But now? He wanted to find common ground. When Spike had first showed up, the two had nothing but contempt for each other, for different reasons. Spike no doubt, felt betrayed and abandoned. Angel had mainly felt guilty for what he’d created and the life he’d destroyed and perhaps shut out. He felt that now they were slowly moving past that. Spike and Angel had patrolled together a few times and had talked and it was nice being with his childe.

      He walked downstairs and saw his two childer watching that damn soap opera. “She’s SO stupid, god I wish they’d stick her and AJ in a truck and run them off a cliff.”

      “I know, I can’t stand her, but what about Helena?”

      “Oh I know.” Buffy said. “I hate her and how dare she do that to Chloe!”

      “What about poor Emily?”

      “Oh god, her tears are so fake though. She’ll pull through and maybe this’ll help Lucky and Liz get together again.”

      “I hope so I think they are so cute.” He agreed with her.

      “And he was so sweet after the rape... that was so long ago.”

      “I missed that part of it, Dru and I left before they really got together.”

      “Oh god I was crying when they kissed the first time. I was hoping for a good love scene between them, but they haven’t yet, course she was distraught after the rape.”

      “You two sound like little old ladies at a retirement home.” Angel quipped as he sat in a chair next to the television.

      “You should watch this stuff Angel, you pick up a lot of pop culture, you wouldn’t sound so old.”

      “Pop culture?” Angel asked Spike.

      “Yeah, they have bands on there, like that 89 degrees.” Spike explained.

      “98 degrees you idiot, 98 degrees.” She said hitting his arm.

      “Whatever, we going out tonight?”

      “We sleep all day of course we’re going out. Now SHHH! Carly and Sonny are gonna fuck.” The two immediately shut up and stared at the screen. He watched as the two characters stared up at the stars. She was pretty. Angel moved and sat between his childer on the couch. “He’s so sexy.”

      “I liked Jason better.”

      “Me too. I love little Michael, he’s so adorable when he talks.”

      “He’s a cute kid as kids go.”

      “If you’re gonna watch, shut up and watch.” Angel said and Spike and Buffy laughed at him.

 

      His Sire sat between himself and Buffy. He glanced down as Angel rubbed Buffy’s thigh throughout the rest of the show. When it was over he got up. “I’ll be in my room.”

 

      “And what are you gonna do my lady?” Angel asked.

      “I’m going to take a nice warm bubble bath.”

      “Want company?”

      “No. Sorry, but every time you promise you’ll be good, I always end up needing to take another bath.” She left and he decided to go up and see what Spike was doing. He knocked on the door and there was no answer. He opened the door to find Spike laying on his back sprawled on the bed. “Spike?” He looked up at him.

      “What do you want?”

      “Nothing. What’s up?”

      “Nothing. Boring old nothing.” His childe didn’t move. “Ever notice how year after year immortal life gets duller and duller? With all the inventions these days, it’s just not as fun as it used to be.”

      “See, I find these days exciting. From the turn of the century to about five years ago was boring.”

      “I guess all that brooding was pretty dull, huh?”

      “Yes. If you’re bored buy something to keep you busy. You never were a big reader, but how about some game like Nintendo or something.”

      “I wanna computer.”

      “So get one.”

      “With what money? I haven’t got any and petty theft doesn’t earn that much.”

      “You’ve been robbing people?” Angel sat on the bed and leaned back.

      “Yes. Paid for blood and smokes but no one carries that much cash in this bleeding Hell.”

      “If you don’t like it, go somewhere else?”

      “And do what? Sit on my arse all day just to walk around at night and hope no one hits me? Least here I can mooch off the Watcher and Slayer.”

      “I’ve got money.”

      “I’m not taking any charity money from you mate.”

      “Why? You always took my money.”

      “That was before, this is now.”

      “What’s different?” Angel asked, detecting a tint of hurt in his childe’s voice.

      “What’s different? For one you’ve got a bleedin’ soul, I’ve got a chip in my head and it’s a hundred years later.”

      “So? Why can’t you let me buy you a computer?”

      “Because.”

      “Because why? Tell me or I’ll beat the crap out of you and you know I can.”

      “I could take you mate, if I wanted to, I could.”

      “Please. I’ll believe that when I see it.” Spike jumped up, never one to leave a challenge.

      “Let’s go then.”

      “Okay. We’ll fight after the sunsets. If I win you have to let me buy you a computer.”

      “And if I win?”

      “What do you want?”

 

      His sire posed a good question. What did he want? A day with Buffy. He wanted to make love to her. He didn’t dare ask. A night with Angel. He didn’t dare ask for that either. Either would make him happy, but otherwise, he didn’t know. “Spike?”

      “What?”

      “What do you want if you win?”

      “I can’t think of anything.”

      “Yes you can. I see it in your eyes, you just don’t wanna ask. So I’ll tell you what,” he took a piece of paper out of his pocket, “you write what you want if you win and stick it in a envelope and we’ll give it to Buffy so you can’t change your mind. If you win we’ll open it.”

      “There’s no way you’d give me what I’d write.”

      “You win and you can have whatever you write on that paper.”

      “Fine, but you buying me a computer isn’t something important to you. You know whatever I put on this piece of paper is something I really want. Something that’ll make me happy so you’ll throw the fight.”

      “Spike I won’t be throwing the fight if I don’t know the terms. For all I know you’ll want me to kill someone and that’s not a chance I’m gonna take. But I do want you to be happy.”

      “Why?”

      “Because...” just then the phone rang. “I better get that.” Damn. Angel left. Spike was curious as to why Angel would make that bet. Angel was sure he’d win. They’d spared before, they’d fought, they knew each other’s weaknesses and Angel had been the one to hone Spike’s fighting skills. Angel had no intention of letting him win. Or would Angel not fight as well as he could so he’d loose and Spike would win something he really wanted.

      There was a knock on the door some five minutes later. “Spike? Can I come in?”

      “Yeah mate.”

      “That was Cordelia. I have to go to LA for a couple days I think, longer than before.”

      “So?”

      “So I don’t wanna leave Buffy too long.”

      “I’ll watch her.”

      “Yeah, I’m sure you will, but still. I think she’s adjusting better.”

      “Some days I think more so than others, but on the average.”

      “Think she’ll be okay if I go for a few nights?”

      “I think she’ll be fine mate.”

      “Okay. I’ll tell her when she’s out of the shower. I’ll leave after we fight and I’ll bring your computer back from LA.”

      “No way mate. You’re gonna throw the fight.”

      “Why would I let you win? I have no idea what you’re gonna write.”

      “If my prize is gonna be a secret, yours is too.”

      “Fine. Deal. Tonight, we fight. Sire and Childe.” He stood up and walked out. Sire and Childe? He’d said it. He hadn’t acknowledged the fact in a while.

 

THREE HOURS LATER

 

      “So you’re gonna fight Spike.”

      “Yes.”

      “Why?”

      “He’s bored. We bet. He thinks he can beat me, and I know better. So we made a bet. Come on. Sun just went down.”

      “And you’d rather fight Spike before you leave me than be with me?” He dropped his bag.

      “That’s not true and you know that. I’m not leaving you, I won’t ever again. And Spike may not see me as his Sire anymore, but I have obligations to him, I want him to be happy, and he’s not right now. This will make him happier. We used to fight and make bets all the time. He’d always lose and I’d always win, but we had fun.”

      “What are the terms?”

      “I don’t know.”

      “What?”

      “ANGELUS! COME OUT COME OUT WHEREVER YOU ARE YOU WUSS!” Spike screamed from downstairs.

      “Just COME ON!” Angel grabbed his bag and her hand and they ended up outside on the lawn. “Feelin’ pretty sure about yourself boy?”

 

      He HAD to go and resort to his pet names, right? To intimidate him. “I’m ready. We haven’t really fought in a hundred years Sire o’ mine and you’ll find I’m a lot stronger than I was.”

      “You’ll never be as strong as I am Will.” It was so nice to hear that name from Angel again! He hadn’t been called that in a hundred years. “Here.” Angel handed him a pen and a piece of paper. “Write what you get if you win, fold it and give it to Buffy. I’ll do the same.” He wrote what he wanted. Buffy sat on the lawn now with her knees drawn up to her chest and he handed her the paper. Angel did the same.

      “Right then. Let’s go.”

 

      Angel threw the first punch and caught Spike off guard and he practically fell. “Sure you don’t wanna just give up and let me buy you the damn computer?”

      “Not a chance.” She watched them fight. Spike threw a couple good punches to Angel’s gut and Spike caught a kick in the balls once. The first blood was drawn from Spike’s nose with a hard upward punch from Angel. The smell assaulted her, she hadn’t smelled his blood yet. Dusters were thrown on the ground and soon t-shirts were lost as well. She watched her lover spar his childe, both half-naked. Bruises were given and disappeared as quickly as the next. She thought it was funny when their bodies gasped for air that they didn’t need.

      She felt herself getting wet watching them fight. Why did the violence turn her on? It was a part of her now. She shifted slightly, trying to put pressure on her aching bud. She was gonna wanna fuck and Angel was leaving. It’d be a long lonely night for her.

 

      He was bleeding, his bones hurt, one rib was most certainly broken and his balls hurt. He was determined not to give up. Not with the stakes so high. Angel threw another punch at his childe and sent Spike toppling to the ground. Spike pulled out his leg and Angel fell on top of him, chest heaving for air. He caught himself above Spike on his arms and stared down into his childe’s eyes.

 

      Buffy watched, entranced, as Angel hovered above Spike, their skin barely touching and she felt a jolt of electricity through her body.

 

      He felt his sire’s skin above him, his presence and it was like before. Angel looked down at him and shifted. He knew what was coming. Angel’s fangs buried themselves deep in his throat. He screamed as he felt his Sire once again drinking his blood. He didn’t want to give up. He kneed Angel quickly and flipped him over as his fangs ripped out of Spike’s neck. Spike was on top, straddling his sire and he grabbed a stick he saw behind him and pressed it into his sire’s chest. “Check mate. You’re dust Angelus.”

      Angel sat up some in defeat and Spike rolled off him. “You win, I concede.”

      “Damn right you do. About bloody time.”

      “Go get the paper.” Spike crawled over to Buffy and smelled her sex. He tried not to make his inhalation of her aroma too obvious. He grabbed his paper and handed it to Angel. “SPIKE!” Angel punched him. “WHAT THE FUCK?!”

      “What?”

      “You fought me for a stupid computer when I was gonna get you one anyway?” He punched him once more.

      “Notice how it says ‘IBM computer with Windows 98 and a modem and the works’ and by works I mean scanner, color laser printer with video cam and speakers. Not some cheap Macintosh.”

      “Like I’d buy you a cheap computer?”

      “You always try to cheat out on your bets.”

      “When did you ever win one?”

      Spike growled loudly and pounced on his sire. Angel tried pushing him off, but ended up looming above him once more, panting. Before Spike could realize it, Angel’s lips were pressed to his and his sire’s tongue demanded entrance in his mouth.

 

      Her eyes grew wide as she watched Angel licking Spike’s lips before sliding his tongue into the blonde’s mouth. The scent of their arousal filled her nostrils and she was dripping at the sight. She whimpered when Angel pulled away from his childe.

 

      Angel rolled off him and stood up quickly. Spike remained on the grass while Angel got his shirt and duster on. “I... I have to go now.” He glanced at Buffy, “are you okay?”

      “I’m fine. Call when you get there?”

      “I will.” He leaned down and kissed her gently but she deepened the kiss and could almost taste Spike in his mouth. “I love you Buffy.”

      “I know. I love you too.” He turned to Spike. “I want a rematch.”

      “Aren’t you afraid I’ll beat you again Peaches?” Angel took the piece of paper from Buffy’s hand and threw it on Spike’s chest as he walked to his car.

      “I wouldn’t count on it.” He said before he threw his bag in he car and drove off. Spike opened the paper and read it. ‘You.’ Angel had written ‘you.’ What the hell did that mean?

      “What did he want Spike?”

      “Nothing.” Spike quickly tore the paper up. “Nothing. Let’s go patrol.”

 

 

 

~El Fin~

 

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