A Buffy & Spike fiction | DIVINE INTERVENTION

Title: Divine Intervention
Synopsis: When Buffy kissed Spike, she never dreamed it would end like this. A post-"Intervention" Buffy & Spike fiction.
Note: There is a God! For all Buffy/Spike shippers out there, rejoice! I write immediately after an episode airs. I don't read spoilers nor early bird reviews, plus I don't get next week's previews (!), so all my post-episode fictions are pure speculations :)
Rating: G
Date Written: Tuesday, 24 April, 2001 : 10:00:00 PM
Author: The Resident Web Vampyr © 2001.
Credits: Buffy the Vampire Slayer is a property by Joss Whedon and the powers that be. Click here for more.
Characters in play: Buffy Dawn Giles Spike



part one.

"...What you did for me and Dawn, that was real... And I'll never forget it..."

Spike sat on the concrete slab, still in major pain all over from Glory's torture. His hair was messed up, eyes swollen shut, blood clotted on his face and body. He could barely open his eyes but he was still staring at the door of his crypt after Buffy left, wishing that he could have said something more.

"...And my robot?.."

Buffy kissed me, she really kissed me, his jaw-dropped and he wiped the blood off his lips with the back of his hand. Am I dreaming? Spike could hardly believe what happened. If this is a dream, I don't want to wake up anymore, he thought.

After all these years of getting his nose punched, he finally got some appreciation from the Slayer, sealed with a kiss! His efforts were finally rewarded and the tiniest ray of hope left in him was finally shining its light. It felt like being reborn for the second time. A smile forming in his swollen mouth started to appear.

How I wished for so long, Spike mused. The Buffy robot was not as good as the real one. Definitely not a replacement for the one true thing, although it's not bad for starters, he thought. I could program it to do the wild things I dreamed about, think about, and to say the words I've been longing to hear. Too bad it was destroyed.

How I wished for you today. Spike savored once again the last minute Buffy was there. It was the happiest day of his unlife. Even greater than a thousand moments with Dru put together. That kiss... what does it mean? Can I visit her again? Get invited in her house? Hang-out at the Magic Box? He could no longer contain his feelings, he wanted to go after Buffy, to see her again, kiss her again, but his injured condition prevented him from doing so. Instead, he slowly went to his bed and rested for the remainder of the day.

"Tomorrow... I will see Buffy, tomorow..." said Spike dreamily, as he slowly closed his eyes.



part two.

Buffy walked past the cemetery after her visit to Spike. Did I just kiss him? Buffy felt Spike's blood on her lips. It was supposed to be a kiss of gratitude, a kiss of forgiveness. She didn't have kiss him on the lips though... but somehow she was drawn to him, why, she's not sure.

Was it a post-trauma thing? Was it the whole vision quest-give-forgive stuff that led her to open up? Was it for Spike redeeming himself? Or was it the simple fact that she no longer saw Spike as the enemy?

Only about a year ago she was all grossed out when she kissed Spike for the first time. "Spike lips! Lips of Spike!" she said after Willow reversed the love spell. Buffy had a strange feeling back then, but not as strange as today.

Kissing Spike was like... kissing... Buffy stopped dead. A pink tinged appeared in her cheeks. She suddenly realized what she was thinking; her hands cold, her knees weak, her heart beat faster. She pushed the thought aside.

"...You can't deny it, there's something between us..."

"Yes Spike, there's something between us," said Buffy, "but I'm not sure If I want to know what it is..."



part three.

"...Love. Give. Forgive. Risk the pain. It is your nature. Love will bring you to your gift..."

Buffy closed the door behind her. She was glad to be back home after a tiresome day, both physically and mentally. Now that the whole Buffy robot thing was over and after the quest finally opened her mind, she was looking forward to talk to her family.

She knew Dawn's secret was safe from Glory, they could go ahead and plan the next move, especially after they discovered Glory's mansion.

Giles was sitting on a chair, apparently having dozed off while waiting for Buffy to come home. Buffy went to the kitchen to check for phone messages but there were none. She pressed the caller ID list and there was a caller who's name read unavailable and listed a phone number unfamiliar to her.

She went upstairs and checked on Dawn. Her younger sister was fast asleep, probably because of the book she was reading. A book report, Buffy figured. Dear little sister, if you only knew what I've been through. All this madness going around. I'm supposed to have all the answers to my questions. I'm supposed to have this gift... but it's not that simple, Buffy thought, The world may surprise us yet.

She took the book away from Dawn and quietly placed it on the side table. Something fell off, Buffy picked it up. It was an earring.




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Also by The Resident Web Vampyr Against One, Stronger than Desire, Sweetness Follows, Glorious, No More, An Ode to Spike and Buffy, Checkpoint, Blood Lies, Crushed/I was made to crush you, I was made to love you too, The Bloody/Misere Mani, Forevermore/The Gnosis, Divine Intervention. Visit www.vampyrslayer.cjb.net for more.