Challenge #14 - Food
This week, the topic is "food". The eating of, the playing with, the sex games... g And then there's food for thought, food chain, food poisoning, food fight. Perhaps a certain someone looks good enough to eat?
BtVS – Season 6 – Willow/Tara
1. Berry Good
Willow sits with her back against the headboard; Tara held gently in her lover's embrace. It's late Sunday morning and everyone else is either still sleeping or long gone for the day. Either way, their door is locked and the time is their own.
Opening her mouth like a baby bird, Tara waits for her girl to dip another ripe strawberry into a bowl of melted chocolate on the nightstand. She laughs, diverting the dripping fruit to her cheek.
The redhead takes full advantage and wipes up the mess with her tongue, and the rest of the fruit is forgotten.
BtVS – Season 4 – Spike/Xander
2. Creamy Filling
Another night tied to the barcalounger looms ahead and Spike's about to go out of his mind. He needs a distraction, and luckily, Xander's just walked down the stairs with an armful of snackfoods.
"Xaaaander," he sing-songs. "Gimme a Twinkie, pet. I'll show you how to get the creamy goodness out without usin' m'hands."
The boy resolutely ignores his jibes and concentrates on the telly, which he's so thoughtfully turned away from Spike.
Spike tries again: "Xaaaander, I can think of another nummy treat to wrap my tongue around." He's rewarded by the sound of the remote hitting the floor.
BtVS – Season 3 – Giles/Wesley
3. A Daily Cuppa
Inasmuch as the Slayers are still in school, it makes sense to continue meeting in the library, which, by necessity, brings both men together daily. There's a lot they share: their heritage, the Watcher's Council, an innate fondness for a good cuppa… not that washed out piss the Americans pass off as tea.
If only he would drop that supercilious attitude, then perhaps he'd invite the man over for a footy match, or a traditional English breakfast. Something two ex-pats could bond over.
When Wesley looks up over his tea and smiles, blue eyes twinkling, Giles' stomach gives a flip.
BtVS – Season 7 – Andrew/Xander
4. Funnel of Love
It's not easy being a 'guestage' in the Slayer's home. Along with a souled vampire. And Xander, of course. Can't forget that big, strong, hunk of a man amongst all the chickadees in the roost.
Andrew diligently beats his funnel cake batter, but it's just not going well. Either the batter is too thin or it's lumpy. The oil is never hot or cool enough. And when it's almost just right, his aim sucks when trying to pour the batter within the ring.
He has to stop looking at shirtless Xander fixing the window yet again and concentrate on frying.
BtVS – Season 5 – Post The Gift – Tara/Willow
5. Griddle Me This
Tara holds the bowl of pancake batter in her arms as she uses the whisk to break up the little powdery nuggets that stubbornly cling to the side. Dawnie will be down for breakfast in a few minutes, probably followed by Willow.
Buffy's death and the passage of time have awakened the desire for something more out of life… possibly a family in the future. Hopefully a commitment. A place of their own. Adopted children. Something to dream about.
Smiling, Tara ladles the first of the funny shaped pancakes onto the griddle, and waits for the girls to come downstairs.
BtVS – Season 6 – Post Grave – Xander/Spike
6. When Buffalo Fly
Awkward times, Xander thinks, sitting in the Bronze alone on a Friday night. He picks at the food on his plate without giving it much thought, the basket of spicy buffalo wings huddled close to his chest. Force of habit, protecting his food from slim, pale, thieving fingers… that he refuses to think about.
He's morbid alone. No more Anya to nuzzle or joke with, Buffy can't look him in the eyes, Willow's in England, de-powering or something. He almost misses the snark of…
Maybe buffalo wings weren't a good idea after all. He should have ordered French fries, instead.
