Title: Forever (1/?)

Author: Bert

Rating: PC

Disclaimer: Characters aren't mine.  Warped reality is.

Summary: it's old…..



The heavy pounding on Xander's door woke him from a restless sleep, "Ok, ok I'm coming he shouted" stumbling over his cluttered floor. Pulling open the door he came face to face with the person he least expect to see standing there.

"Buffy" the sound was barely a whisper

"Xander I…" she didn't get a chance to finish as Xander pulled her into a hug.

"Thank God you're safe" he said stepping away from her.

"Xander I…"

"Where have you been, we've all been worried" he interrupted.

Buffy glared at him, "If you'll let me finish a sentence I'll tell you"

"Sorry" Buffy just continued to look at him, "what?"

"aren't you cold?" she asked eyeing his body only clad in some shorts.

Xander became self-conscious, "er… heh", and nipped inside, "come on in" he called behind him.

Buffy smiled and shook her head as she gingerly stepped into his house and followed him into the basement.

"So, where have you been" he asked pulling on a shirt.

"Around, thinking" she answered jumping down on his bead. She lay down and felt the warmth of where Xander was sleeping.

"Thinking? About what?" Xander tried not to think to hard of Buffy lying there.

"Stuff… me… you… life… death… the usual"

"Woah! That kind of stuff hurts"

Buffy smiled, "mostly about us"

Xander gulped, "want a coffee?" he asked desperately trying to change the subject.

"I want you"

"No" he said sadly shaking his head, "what about Riley?"

"Riley" she spat angrily getting up, "I don't love him, I love you"

"Buffs, I know you guys had a bad break up but I…" he was forced to stop as Buffy silence him with a finger to his lips.

"Don't you want me?" she asked placing a cold hand on his chest.

Xander's eyes got sad, "It's not that I don't love you, but I don't want to be rebound-guy"

"You're not" she smiled and pulled him down to her.

Buffy lay naked in Xander's arms. Idly she trailed a finger down his chest, pausing when she reached his stomach. "Do you love me?" she asked uncertainly.

Xander stirred, trying force himself to concentrate on what she was saying and not how her body was making him feel at present. "Huh?"

"I said, do you love me?" she asked dangerously, leaning over and kissing him gently on the stomach.

He looked down at her and gently ran his fingers through her hair, "of course I love you" he answered. "I thought we had already been through this"

Buffy continued to kiss a trail up his chest, "you might have been lying"

Xander sat up, "Lying? why would I do that?" he asked worriedly.

She grabbed his arms and forced him lay back down. Sitting astride him she looked deep into his eyes. "Oh I don't know" she began sarcastically, "maybe so I would sleep with you?"

He stared right back at her, "Buffy, listen, I... Love... You...", he emphasized each word trying to make her believe that he was telling the truth.

"Good" somehow she must have believed him because she let go and resumed the gentle caress of his chest with her mouth.

"Buffy" Xander started to say something, but was silenced but her finger on his lips.

"Shh, you're tired, sleep a while" she softly said.

He let loose a chuckle, "not if you continue doing that"

"Sorry" she stopped and pulled herself away causing Xander to let loose a whimper at the lack of contact. A sigh of contentment escaped his lips when she stretched out beside him, resting her head over his heart.

Gently her stroked her hair, luxuriating at the sensations when it fell back against his skin. She just lay there listening to the regular beat of his heart slow to a steady rhythm as sleep started to overtake him.

"Xander?"

She was answered by a sleepy "hmm?"

"I love you"

A smile crossed his lips, "I love you too, always have"

She leaned over and gently kissed his neck, Xander was too far gone into the realm of dreams to even notice that her facial features had changed. He didn't even feel her fangs pierce his skin as Buffy lovingly sucked on his blood.

"for how long?" she asked quietly into his ear before positioning herself over his face. Quickly she cut her tongue with her teeth and let a few drops fall onto Xander's mouth.

Xander licked his lips, frowning at the strange taste found there. More drops fell from Buffy's mouth and were met by Xander's tongue, soon his lips were stained red with her blood as her it was eagerly lapped up. He just held his lips slightly parted, letting the blood fall directly onto his tongue, where it ran down before being swallow.

Buffy took the hint and leaned in for the kiss, forcing her way into his mouth. Xander hungrily sucking upon her mouth, swallowing as much of her blood as he could get.

Xander shifted in his sleep and pulled Buffy closer to him, "Forever" he murmured dreamily before finally surrendering the final sleep.