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Title: Creatures of Addiction
Author: Little WingZ
Pairings: Spike/Angelus/Oz
Type: Angst and Romance and Alternate Universe
Rating: NC-17
Warning: Lots of warnings! Um... AU!!! Obviously male/male relationships (it's a threesome...;), torture, lots of blood, um... depression, drug use, Drusilla bitching, a 'maybe' character death.
Creatures of Addiction
Prologue
Italy, 30 January, 2005.
The sun is setting, plunging into the horizon. It is low enough that I can stand on the balcony, peering at the ocean below. The wind blows softly, spreading the promise of summer's arrival. As a never-ending reflex, I place my hands on the railing; the stone scrapes the silver ring settled at the base of my left thumb. Even though the smell of the salt water reaches me, it does not overpower the scents that linger on my skin. I find it rather interesting that odors can provoke multiple reactions. Similar to a déjà vu, it hits with such a force that you have to make yourself remember what it is that it represents or else it will not let your mind rest. It feels fantastic when the confusion becomes concrete though, but it, then, without exception, morphs into memory. Memories. God damn memories. While considering I am going to live forever, it's lucky for me that not every whiff makes my soulless emotions collapse in apocalyptic chaos. I have gotten better at melodrama, whatever says Mr. 'All shall fall to their knees in admiration before me, gratefully kissing my oh so beautiful toes'. Anyway, I'll just keep on with my story. I don't want to talk about Angelus just now, the bloody bastard left early last night with a face that screamed "I run away from things as a profession and, you, what do you do?" as if it were written in enormous red letters on a stamp that covered the length of his forehead. Bloody poof!
Well, as long as he's gone, the bittersweet souvenirs can freely flow into my consciousness...
Author's note: GO READ THE NEXT CHAPTER ALREADY!!!