Title: About the Bit
author: jmaria
Rating: PG
pairing: Spike, River
joss100 Set, Prompt: 2, #026. Dark
Words: 156
Disclaimer: Joss owns them, I do not
Summary: What she is to him. . .
About the Bit
She's fragile, like the bit. Tough as nails, like the slayer. Brilliant like Red, crazy like Dru. She dances and fights fluidly, he's seen her knock that oaf Jayne flat as a rail sometimes, but there's a gentleness in it. More than once, she's done it for his own good, and even that thick tit realizes it. She's an innocent, Spike can see that.
Not as innocent and naive as little Kaylee, the ship's sweetheart. She's as tough as nails, like Zoe, but only when she needs to be. She can be as alluring as Inara, but uses that as a last resort.
"I've forgotten how to be one or the other," she says, in alluding to nothing at all.
"The bloody riddle wrapped in an enigma, eh?" he laughs, knowing that she'll smile a bit at that.
"Still in the dark, can't find how to be."
"Not the only one, love. Not in the least."