Fruition 2.0
By Penmom
As you well know, the usual things apply. This is my sequel to my other D/X fic - Dawn's Hero. It is post-BtVS; so it is obviously AU. You may or may not know that this is my second version of Fruition. I really liked how the piece started out but as I continued I felt like I was losing track of Dawn and Xander's characters. I thought to myself - it's your show (for once) just change it and so I have begun again. The story will be similar but hopefully cleaner and clearer. Premise - Dawn and Xander find out more than they wanted to know about the Key and its implications about their future. Let me know what you think, especially if you read Dawn's Hero or Fruition 1.0.
Chapter 2 - "Spidy Sense"
In their favorite little Chinese restaurant, Xander stares out as the evening begins to darken. The rain has stopped but in its place in a dense fog. He's thankful he doesn't have to drive in this mess. Two streets over and they were home.
He hears the door swing in the back of the restaurant and turns to watch as Dawn comes out of the bathroom. She lights up a room. Figuratively and literally, he thinks with a smile. Even in old jeans and one of his tee shirts, she's beautiful.
As she takes her seat across from him, her eyes sparkle. "You didn't eat all the shrimp, did you?"
Grinning back he answers, "Guilty as charged. Shouldn't have been gone so long. Serves you right".
"You just wait - next time I eat all your Ben & Jerry's - I'm not going to replace it!"
"My Ben & Jerry's - since when is it my Ben & Jerry's, Mrs. Harris? I seem to remember some Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough with your name on it!" he teases.
They both laugh enjoying the moment. Food and their on-going need to eat lots of it was a running joke between the two of them; culminating with Xander presenting her with a free standing freezer last Christmas filled to the brim with Ben & Jerry's Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Ice Cream.
Standing as he holds out a hand to her, "Ready?"
"For anything" she teases as she brushes up against him as she stands.
Hand in hand they pay their bill and walk out into the blanket of fog. The feel of it makes Xander uneasy for some reason and without a word; he picks up the pace to cover the 2 blocks to home. Dawn has the same feeling and keeps up easily.
As they walk, neither can help but feel something akin to a "spidy sense" going off at full throttle. Dawn can feel the hair standing up on the back of her neck. Xander stops as he squeezes her hand. Communicating to her with a simple touch. She continues to hold his hand but slides her body a bit behind his. It's been years since they've faced anything otherworldly.
She feels the energy between them starting to hum. She is used to it humming through her veins especially when they touch and even more so, when any emotional is involved. But this is the first time that fear has sparked it.
Suddenly, a figure of some kind is running toward them. In the fog, it is hard to make out. She feels Xander's body start to tense readying itself to fight.
Suddenly out of the mist, there are two figures, now three. The biggest of the three hooded figures pushes Xander down while the other two go for each side of Dawn. It suddenly occurs to him that they are trying to take Dawn. This sudden realization snaps something inside of him.
He yells out, "No" as he pushes the figure off of him as he sprints toward Dawn. The figure charges at him again, he charges back with a fierce push. Looking down, he realizes that his hands are faintly glowing in the fog. As they make contact with his attacker, the attacker also glows for a second and just as suddenly turns to a pile of ash.
No time to dwell on it, he turns to where Dawn is still managing to fight off the two attacking her. While he watches, she begins to glow as well, giving off a bright light as if lit from the inside. As with his opponent, they also seem to pick up the glow from her and dwindle into ash as well.
TBC
By Penmom
As you well know, the usual things apply. This is my sequel to my other D/X fic - Dawn's Hero. It is post-BtVS; so it is obviously AU. You may or may not know that this is my second version of Fruition. I really liked how the piece started out but as I continued I felt like I was losing track of Dawn and Xander's characters. I thought to myself - it's your show (for once) just change it and so I have begun again. The story will be similar but hopefully cleaner and clearer. Premise - Dawn and Xander find out more than they wanted to know about the Key and its implications about their future. Let me know what you think, especially if you read Dawn's Hero or Fruition 1.0.
Chapter 2 - "Spidy Sense"
In their favorite little Chinese restaurant, Xander stares out as the evening begins to darken. The rain has stopped but in its place in a dense fog. He's thankful he doesn't have to drive in this mess. Two streets over and they were home.
He hears the door swing in the back of the restaurant and turns to watch as Dawn comes out of the bathroom. She lights up a room. Figuratively and literally, he thinks with a smile. Even in old jeans and one of his tee shirts, she's beautiful.
As she takes her seat across from him, her eyes sparkle. "You didn't eat all the shrimp, did you?"
Grinning back he answers, "Guilty as charged. Shouldn't have been gone so long. Serves you right".
"You just wait - next time I eat all your Ben & Jerry's - I'm not going to replace it!"
"My Ben & Jerry's - since when is it my Ben & Jerry's, Mrs. Harris? I seem to remember some Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough with your name on it!" he teases.
They both laugh enjoying the moment. Food and their on-going need to eat lots of it was a running joke between the two of them; culminating with Xander presenting her with a free standing freezer last Christmas filled to the brim with Ben & Jerry's Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Ice Cream.
Standing as he holds out a hand to her, "Ready?"
"For anything" she teases as she brushes up against him as she stands.
Hand in hand they pay their bill and walk out into the blanket of fog. The feel of it makes Xander uneasy for some reason and without a word; he picks up the pace to cover the 2 blocks to home. Dawn has the same feeling and keeps up easily.
As they walk, neither can help but feel something akin to a "spidy sense" going off at full throttle. Dawn can feel the hair standing up on the back of her neck. Xander stops as he squeezes her hand. Communicating to her with a simple touch. She continues to hold his hand but slides her body a bit behind his. It's been years since they've faced anything otherworldly.
She feels the energy between them starting to hum. She is used to it humming through her veins especially when they touch and even more so, when any emotional is involved. But this is the first time that fear has sparked it.
Suddenly, a figure of some kind is running toward them. In the fog, it is hard to make out. She feels Xander's body start to tense readying itself to fight.
Suddenly out of the mist, there are two figures, now three. The biggest of the three hooded figures pushes Xander down while the other two go for each side of Dawn. It suddenly occurs to him that they are trying to take Dawn. This sudden realization snaps something inside of him.
He yells out, "No" as he pushes the figure off of him as he sprints toward Dawn. The figure charges at him again, he charges back with a fierce push. Looking down, he realizes that his hands are faintly glowing in the fog. As they make contact with his attacker, the attacker also glows for a second and just as suddenly turns to a pile of ash.
No time to dwell on it, he turns to where Dawn is still managing to fight off the two attacking her. While he watches, she begins to glow as well, giving off a bright light as if lit from the inside. As with his opponent, they also seem to pick up the glow from her and dwindle into ash as well.
TBC
