Chapter 1 - In The Beginning

Angel and Spike woke up. Together. In the same bed. Memories of the night before flooded back and their height of passion.

Spike got out of the bed with a huff. "I need the shower."

"What? No!" Angel made the mistake of looking at Spike and got to 'enjoy' the full view of the other man's glory. "Oh dear god."

"God had nothing to do with what happened last night. And why not?"

"Because it's my shower. Get your clothes on will you?"

Spike just rolled his eyes. "Sod off." And with that he stepped into Angel's bathroom.

Angel could hear the water running and groaned. His shower would have to wait. He got out of bed, got dressed, and made his way into the kitchen. It was three hours til he had to be at work and he needed blood to wash the taste of the other man out of his mouth.

Spike eventually emerged from Angel's room fully clothed and made his way to Angel's fridge.

"What, you're after my blood now, too?"

"Well, yeah. The least you owe me," Spike retorted.

"Owe you?" Angel sputtered incredulously. "I don't see how I owe you anything."

"Yeah, and who was on bottom last night?" Spike grabbed a mug out of the cabinet and poured some from Angel's container. He put it in the microwave and didn't dare look at the other man.

"I'm getting a shower," was all Angel could fathom to say and made his way into the bedroom.

Amazingly, Spike was still there when Angel exited, feeling barely any cleaner for what happened the night before. Arms crossed and looking at him like everything that happened was his fault.

"Alright, what is it?" Angel finally gave in.

"Well, obviously there's a problem here. You don't give a rat's ass for me, and I sure as hell don't give one for you."

"You've got that right. I hate to say thing, but we've got to get people on it."

Spike scoffed. "Yeah, right. And just what are you going to tell them? 'Hey, Spike and I got it on last night. Think you can figure out why?"

Angel rolled his eyes. "Obviously it was a spell or a ritual of some kind. We have to find out what it was."

"What, so you're okay with telling them what happened?"

"Of course not, but what choice do we have?"

Spike didn't like it one bit, but he couldn't think of any retort for the moment. "What's in your blood anyhow?"

"It's pig's blood." Angel caught a look from Spike. "A-and... otter."

"Otter?"

"Trick from Harmony. Come on, I'll call a meeting."

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I had more when I came up with this story last night, but unfortunately I didn't save and lost it when my computer restarted. I promise there will be longer chapters in the future.