Title: Too Little, Too Late
Author: Heeroluva
Prompt: #159 Drive for the slashthedrabble LiveJournal community
Rating: PG
Word Count: 100
Fandom: Buffy
Characters: Spike/Xander
Warnings: Much with the angst
Disclaimer: Joss owns all.
Note: This is my second try at a drabble.

The sound of the motor roaring away filled the night air. He'd had it good, so good, and he never even realized. It started as sex, mutual gratification. Was supposed to stay that way, nice and simple. But he should've known by then that nothing was ever simple for him. And now it was too late, much too late. His pride ruled him, always had, always would. And it became his enemy, driving away the best thing that had ever happened to him.

His hand convulsed around the ring hidden in his pocket, the ring that would never be worn.