Living in Shadows Spike/Xander PG 200 Words

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Author: amejisuto
Pairing: Spike/Xander
Rating: PG
Feedback: Please
Concrit: by email, please
Disclaimer: Not mine, never will be. No harm, no foul, no money made.
Notes: This is just a short 200 word ficlet for slashthedrabble’s color challenge. It doesn’t go with any verse or anything, it’s just…there. Thanks kitty_poker1 for the beta!



There were times Xander missed the sunlight. Oh sure, he was still able to go out into the daylight. But it didn’t seem right to go there when Spike couldn’t. His lover said he didn’t miss it, but on those few occasions that Xander left to go grocery shopping or meet with the girls and came back home, Spike would shove him to the bed and lay on top of him until all the warmth the sun had given him was gone.

If it had been a few weeks between his daylight excursions, he’d always be almost amazed and dazzled by the day-time world. It seemed like the green of the grass was always so bright, the blue of the sky so vibrant.

Then he’d go home, and despite the snark and the arguments Spike made him feel as if he was the most important person on the Earth. Despite being a bad ass vampire, the other man had an amazing romantic streak in him and for the first time in his life Xander knew he was loved, even cherished.

It was worth living in the shadows if he got to have Spike. He wouldn’t have it any other way.

Comments

[nashmaveric.livejournal.com]

Awwwwww ::sappy grin:: That's just the sweetest thing!

[amejisuto.livejournal.com]

Thanks luv! I was feeling the schmoop!

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

schmoooooooooooooooop! *g*

A lovely, snuggly drabble. :)

[amejisuto.livejournal.com]

Hee! Glad you like! I was in the need of cuddles yesterday.

[moimoietmoi.livejournal.com]

Awww! Awfully cute!
*bg*

[amejisuto.livejournal.com]

Hee! Glad you like darlin. I was afraid I'd give everyone cavities with this one.

[kaydee23.livejournal.com]

I love the part with Spike soaking up the heat of the sun from Xander. So sweet, sexy, and romantic.

[amejisuto.livejournal.com]

Glad you liked luv! I was in need of cuddles yesterday when I wrote this. I was afraid I'd gone too sweet. Thanks!

[lunabee34.livejournal.com]

This is so tender and poignant, Ame. Espcially the second paragraph; how the day-time world is surreal to him now. Nicely done.

(could start a verse of its own *g*)

[amejisuto.livejournal.com]

ACK!! Back bunny! Back!!

Glad you liked. I don't think this could be a verse because...I have no idea how these bois got together or what happens next. It's just there.

[lunabee34.livejournal.com]

Here's the icon for you then.

*snicker*

chocgood84 made it.

[amejisuto.livejournal.com]

Hee! I've seen it before, isn't it funny?

[tabaqui]

Niiice.
:)
*pets the boys*

[amejisuto.livejournal.com]

Thanks luv!!

Beautiful

[anubiset.livejournal.com]

I think it this is very beautiful. It has a sad quality, but still very happy. You should do more of these.

Re: Beautiful

[amejisuto.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much! Glad you like. I don't know if I will do more like this, because I was in the middle of a panic attack, but hey, maybe I will. Who knows?

[persephone-20.livejournal.com]

aww, the dark beauty of Xander and Spike is so... stunning. it always leaves me speachless in its wake. You wrote a really good drabble for them here.

[amejisuto.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much! I'm really surprised at the response I've gotten from this one, I need to write during panic attacks more I think! Glad you liked!

[persephone-20.livejournal.com]

*claps at the icon* Wow, that is just hte coolest!! Definitely a good fic to read. I love the idea of putting Spike/Xander together in my own fanfic that is longer than drabble too *smiles*

[amejisuto.livejournal.com]

I have no clue as to where I got this icon but it's one of my favorites.

Want a bunny for you own fic? I've got oodles! Really!

[persephone-20.livejournal.com]

*laughs* A bunny? I'm sorry, but that automatically makes me think that you're talking about an Anya fic... what do you really mean, sorry?

[amejisuto.livejournal.com]

A plot bunny! One to feed and take care of that will grow longer than the ten pages you imagined and there will be morning you wake up thinking about it! Then you can write more Spander! I have several good bunnies running around in my head I just don't have time for.

[persephone-20.livejournal.com]

*laughs* Well, if you wanna give them to me, I'm sure there will be time to get them written at my fanfic community that I'm just starting up... back_in_town

[amejisuto.livejournal.com]

Cool! I've got a surfer!bunny, where Spike is a pro surfer visiting Sunnydale and Xander is one of the local guys. Wet bois! Yum.

Then there's a Stephen King bunny, where Xander gets hired as a foreman building condos where Rose Red used to stand. Of course weird things happen and he calls on the gang and is surprised to find out Spike's alive and in LA.

Yeah, I'm weird. Hee!