Title: Rivalries
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Rating: PG because Spike has a potty brain
Words: 100
Disclaimer: Not mine; they belong to Whedon. Just borrowing.
Written for: LJ Community Open on Sunday's "Unintentional Confession" challenge
Notes: Spike and Dawn watch a soccer game...
"Goal!" the TV announcer shouted. "Arsenal makes a last-second goal to win the game, three to two..."

Spike growled and threw his beer across the crypt in frustration. Bloody hell! Manchester United had lost again. Then his subconscious picked up Dawn's involuntary squeal. "Somethin' to say, Niblet?" he asked, his voice sour.

Dawn looked like a toddler who had been caught with her hand in the cookie jar. "Oh, nothing," she said, too quickly.

"You were rooting for Arsenal, weren't you?" Spike said in disbelief.

"Well, yeah. The guys on that team are way cuter than the guys on United's..."