Setting – Angel S5 – AU – Takes place in resurrected Sunnydale. Just imagine Wolfram & Hart worked some mojo and restored it to its former self. Spike and Darla come across each other and things develop between them.
Spike chuckled when she spoke, "Yeah I know luv. God, there's so much we've seen since, well, back in the day. It's strange to see how everything has changed around us, but yet we've stayed the same more or less anyway," he trailed off forgetting what point he had been trying to make when he started the conversation. He shrugged one shoulder and then looked at her when she talked again. He sighed and rubbed her back lightly while he talked. "Yeah, they are bloody stupid. They have more power than sense, and more gadgets than what they know to do with," he paused for a few seconds before he spoke quietly, "You must have been really scared when they brought you back." He shook his head, "I'm not saying that to make you feel like you want to talk about it. Because you don't have to at all," and he carried on rubbing her back lightly.
She smiled leaning into his touch remembering back to when they brought her back. "Well I was scared at first, but after I saw Dru I was thinking to myself, God not again," and she laughed softly, hearing Dru's voice in her head saying "Grandmommy. I brought you back. You're going to be my daughter again." She shivered at the name Grandmommy. She hated it, it made her feel so old, even though she was.
She looked back into Spike's eyes, "Well those stupid lawyers didn't plan their plan cleverly. Leaving me after burying me again." She clenched her jaw remembering back to when she had clawed out of her coffin to find everyone gone, even Dru.
"Besides I should be used to this by now, being brought back to life and abandoned," she looked down at her nails again, looking angry.
Spike carried on rubbing her back lightly as he listened to her talk. He chuckled lightly and then frowned when he felt her shiver. He wrapped his arm tighter around her and looked into her eyes when she looked up. He shook his head, "No, that was a bloody stupid thing to do," and he chuckled lightly. He looked at her and tilted her chin up gently. He shook his head slightly and spoke quietly, "No you shouldn't. You never need to think like that." He smiled slightly as he looked into her eyes, "And I'm not going to abandon you. I promise," and he stroked her cheek lightly.
She looked into his eyes, biting her lip softly. She whispered softly, "That's what they all say," and she looked away. "Everyone leaves even if they don't mean to. Angelus, Dru, they all leave you alone not caring. I just want things to be like they were." She looked out towards the window noticing the rain had stopped. Darla wondered what time it was, "near enough to sunlight," she thought to herself.
Spike spoke quietly, "I know they do. Everyone leaves me too," He shook his head, "I never leave anyone I care about. That's how I am. Which is why you have to believe me when I say I won't leave you." He frowned, "How do you want things to be like they were?" He looked at her wondering if she was talking about being with Angelus, and him with Dru.
She looked at him shrugging. "I don't know exactly, us all being together. Killing, burning towns. All of it. Everything is so different now. My feelings, myself. I don't know what to think." Her mind was racing with all these thoughts, feeling emotions she thought she never had.
Spike stroked her back lightly as he listened to her words. He raised his eyebrows with a slight smile on his lips, "Yeah. I miss those days too. They were bloody brilliant." He shook his head and frowned slightly, "But, those days are gone now. We can't get them back, even if we wanted to. We have to move on." He rubbed her back lightly again as he thought for a few seconds. He spoke quietly, "What feelings?"
She looked into Spikes eyes for a brief moment, before standing up, folding her arms, leaning her head against her raised hand.
"For you, for Angelus. These feelings I don't know what they are," and she looked back at Spike. "I've never felt this way before."
Spike looked back into her eyes before she stood up. He listened to her words and raised an eyebrow slightly when she looked at him. He moved to the edge of the bed and placed his feet on the floor. Taking her hand lightly in his he pulled her closer to him. He looked up into her eyes and spoke quietly, "What feelings do you have for me and Angelus?" and he held an unnecessary breath.