Title: Wolf

Author: Joy

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"Hi…I'm Wolf," the very hot guy in front of Dawn said, much to her surprise. "Lorn said he thought we would hit it off."

Dawn just stared at him for a few seconds until Lorn pushed her shoulder. "I'm… I'm Dawn… Wolf?" she half muttered in confusion.

Wolf sort of snorted at her response to his name. "Ya well, my parents were either trying to be cruel or clue me in on something," he said as Lorn passed him a bottled Coke. "This is the only place I can get these."

"You can buy them in the grocery store in Sunnydale," Dawn commented.

"You live on the Hellmouth?" Wolf asked.

"Yep and my sister's the slayer," Dawn stated quickly.

"No wonder you're here. Have you known Lorn long?" he wondered.

"Not long… Sort of brought into my life for guidance and stayed in my life because he was so encouraging." Wolf made a face at her. "What?"

"That just sort of sounds weird… What did you need to be encouraged in?"

Dawn slightly blushed under his concentrated gaze. "Well… Being the Slayer's sister can be intimidating. I really wasn't standing on my own two feet. Lorn just complimented me anytime I said anything or did anything required any sort of guts."

"Like the way you got in that vamp's face over there," he smirked at her.

"I guess… How'd you know he was a vamp?"

"I was eavesdropping," Wolf said confidently. "Lorn showed me who you were a when I first arrived. I was kind of in the corner over there listening." Dawn was very upset by this. She bit her lip in discomfort. "I didn't mean to make you feel uncomfortable… I… Well, to by honest…when Lorn pointed you out, I realized you were the girl in my dreams… I…" He cautiously looked into her eyes, "I've been dreaming of you for a month or so… I guess I figured I should probably go in to this conversation knowing something."

"But I was supposed to come in cold?" Dawn asked slightly frustrated.

"No… It's just… The dreams didn't make any sense in my life or world… I told them to Lorn to get his help… He just sort of laughed and said he had someone for me to meet that could explain them better then he could… So I guess I was in your dreams really… more then you were in mine," Wolf said now biting his lip.

"We were both kind of in my sister's prophetic dreams," Dawn informed him. "I don't know why you would keep having them since Buffy's stopped."

"But you were in them too… Haven't you had the dreams too? I mean since she stopped," Wolf asked stiltedly.

Dawn took a deep breath as she tried to squeak out an answer, "Yeah but I thought…"

"You thought what?" Wolf asked.

"I…" Dawn got flushed and wouldn't look at the guy she was talking to. He put two fingers under her chin, leading her face back toward his. They looked into each other's eyes for a moment. Dawn swallowed and looked down. "I thought I was just remembering the dreams because we were so connected in them… Especially the dancing one at the Bronze."

"The Bronze?"

"It's a club in Sunnydale," Dawn said with a little more courage. "Somehow that dream seemed to last longer each time… We danced together longer." She might her lip then said, "I thought it was just wish fulfillment." Wolf looked at Dawn with overwhelming emotion. All he desperately wanted to do was kiss her pouty little lips.

Lorn observed the couple pulling more and more toward each other, like the force of gravity or magnetic attraction pressed them together. He felt it was time to let Spike know what was going on, rather then risking a huge scene when Dawn inevitably would be kissed by Wolf tonight. Lorn sidled up to Spike backstage, "Hey buddy."

Spike sort of snarled, not pleased with the whole situation. "Is that the whelp who's supposed to be with my girl or can I take him outside and slap him around for coming on so strong. IT would worth the migraine!"

Lorn sighed then laughed, "That is the much expect violet eyed boy, Wolf."

"His name is Wolf… Is that short for anything or am I supposed to be worried he might pull an Angelus and try to eat my Dawnie?" Spike fumed.

"Well I certainly hope they don't move that fast," Lorn said absent-mindedly.

Spike quickly grabbed Lorn's lapel. "That's not what I meant," he growled. "And if you're even suggesting he that sort of guy, who would take advantage of fifteen year old girl who is trying to follow her destiny, then the Powers be damned… He isn't coming with in a hundred feet of her for at least three years!"

Lorn realized this was serious. "Spike," he said calmly. "Wolf is a good kid, seventeen and very grounded. He's come to me for guidance on several occasions, like most recently when he was having Buffy's dreams… As far as I know he's never really dated because he really didn't know what he was or what he could do. That's how he found me, looking for answers. Girls have never been huge on the priority list with him… His attraction to Dawn is very pure, I promise… but it is also all encompassing. He's the type of guy that would come to visit Dawn in Sunnydale a lot, but would feel better if he was staying at someone else's house so he wouldn't be tempted."

Spike reluctantly let go of Lorn's jacket and ground his teeth.  "I was just hoping to have more time as the most important man in her life," Spike mumbled in a low voice and began to pout.

Lorn smiled, "I promise you will still be the most important guy for a while yet. She will fall quickly for him…like as in by the end of the night the Powers will have bound their hearts together. But she will still want to be the apple of your eyes, my friend." Spike gave a short nod and sighed. Lorn clapped his hands together and said, "Let's get this show under way," and walked to the stage.

TBC…