This week, the topic is "cause and effect". What happens when... if... and then? Take it, let your slashy little hearts run with it, and go wild!
BtVS – Three First Kisses
1. First Kisses
a. Pre-Series – Angelus/William (R-ish)
In the past few months, he's been murdered and turned, raped repeatedly by both the ladies and that brute, Angelus, in a show of who's got the power. It most certainly doesn't lie with William. Just a convenient piece of flesh to vent their desires upon.
So the first time it happens, William is stunned. In an uncharacteristically gentle display, Angelus brushes his lips with his own, tongue softly seeking entrance to the cool cavern of his mouth. Quick as that, William's heart imprints.
Shown just the teensiest crumb of affection, and the boy is lost, body and missing soul.
b. Season 3 – Giles/Wesley
Acting as chaperone for his Slayer's prom leaves Giles with mixed emotions. He's proud of her. Buffy's already survived her own death, defeated the Master, apparently tamed the worst part of the Scourge of Europe, and been given a moment of peer recognition.
Wesley, on the other hand, is still nattering on about that airheaded bint, Cordelia. Should he, could he, would she mind… enough!
Giles grabs him around the back of his neck and kisses him hard on the lips, in full view of the student body. Guess there's a sure fire way to shut him up after all.
c. Season 7 – Spike/Xander
Spike cowers in Harris' closet, letting the sounds and images of his past sins buffet him in relative privacy. It's like a too-vivid Technicolor movie with the sound cranked up
He knows he screams out in his sleep. Many nights he awakens in Xander's arms, terrified out of his wits. They never speak of it aloud, but too often, the man's strong arms are all that keep Spike from flying apart.
One night, Xander kisses him. Nothing more than a soft glide of lips meant to soothe.
It's the first night Spike sleeps straight through; no nightmares disturb his slumber.
BtVS/AtS – Three First Times
2. First Times
a. Pre-Series – Angelus/William (R-ish)
William is a virgin at his turning, and Angelus loses no time informing the fledgling vampire of his forthcoming change in status. In fact, he takes great pains to disabuse him of the notion that he wields any more power as a vampire than he did as a human.
Stripped naked, hands chained to the ornate scrollwork of the heavy brass headboard, William is taught submission and defeat at the hands and cock of a master.
His own desires become secondary; his need to please honed to painful excess. It will remain part of his makeup until his final death.
b. BtVS – Season 7 – Spike/Xander (R)
It all starts with that single kiss. Over the course of days, one kiss turns to many, which leads to shoulder rubs easing nightmare-tense muscles. From there, it's only a puddle jump to shirtless backrubs, steaming showers and full body frottage.
Sleep dazed, Xander awakens to the feel of Spike's lube-slick fingers preparing his body for… Holy Moly! Held in a tight spoon, the vampire slips inside with a minimum of discomfort. Thanks to Anya's predilection for experimentation, it's a feeling he's come to enjoy.
It's a gentle fuck – not meant to bring completion, but comfort. Seems they're both needy.
c. AtS – Season 5 – Lineage – Wesley/Gunn (R-ish)
Tales of Angel and Spike's parental murders aren't as soothing as they're meant to be, and Wesley sets off in search of… companionship. He doesn't look for Fred. She's too tied into what went down earlier. Lorne? Too upbeat to cope with right now.
That leaves Gunn.
Neither man harbors secret thoughts of the other late at night or all alone, yet the stress of the day draws them together like shoes and laces. It isn't planned or thought out, and that's what makes it work. Hours later, they lie together in post-coital bliss; coffee-colored limbs entwined with English cream.
