Bounties and Bullets

by alwynjaegar

Set after season 3, Faith slayed angel with poison but fell through a sudden portal during her and Buffys rooftop fight, something Buffy managed to also do not long after her. Faith is now a little over a year older and much more calm and reserved than before. their roles reversed Buffy becomes a bounty Hunter in Al-Kufir as she discovers herself in ways she never had before.

18. Chapter 18: Dawns and Spikes first solo

Chapter 18: Dawn and Spikes first solo Bounty

"Hey William... you might be one up on bounties right now but my mothers have decided to point me in the direction of a homegrown hunt... banker turned bandit, supposed to be hiding on the outskirts" Dawn winked as she Stood next to him in the Saloon bar and he nursed a whisky Nuka cola and was trying to ignore Dawns idea as he was well aware Dawn wasn't allowed to hunt without the Slayers in tow.

"Little bit, we arent allowed to hunt without the Slayers permission and since they are both busy planning their small Sunnyhell wedding and just got all their documents in order, i don't wanna piss the demi goddesses off by putting their most precious treasure in the line of fire.

Dawn pouted and complained that the vampire was no fun "C'mon, you're supposed to be a punk rocker, screw the establishment type... so lets get goin! i even got a locator spell ready and this guys a complete wuss... dudes only got a high price cause he pissed off the wrong people" Dawn reassured William with what she had heard from other bounty hunters but Spike was still very apprehensive.

"Your darling mothers would rip my jaw out through my asshole if i let you get in any danger whatsoever... and funny enough i aint into the idea of your very scary blonde Slayer turned demigod ripping me a new one" Spike spoke plainly and downed the entire whisky concoction and tried to stand up to leave until Dawn gave him an ultimatum which shocked him to his very core.

"Well William you have a choice now don't you come with and i'll tell em you swooped in like a hero to save me and protect my fragile self or..." Dawn let her words hang for a moment for dramatic emphasis and Spike felt like he knew where this was going.

"Or i'll tell them both you let me go all alone and refused to help em because you were a scared little... what was the word you used? pansy boy!" Dawn knew she had him by the short and curlies but either way he was screwed and he knew it, maybe taking the high road and playing the role of hero would stop him getting ripped to shreds.

"Spike take the girl and cuff the bounty, i don't need my two best girls tearing up my saloon cause you let her get a single scratch or worse! i'll defend ya and tell em she threatened ya good and proper" Jean appeared from behind the bar with a large bottle of glowing green liquid and sprang onto the bar and back off as he handed Dawn a copy of the bounty poster.

"Plus she's more than enough to deal with this idiot, you are as strong as blondie was when i first met her so... go hunt me some bounties before i call my girls on ya" Jean checked Dawn over to make sure she was fully armed and ready, he left when he was satisfied and left Spike to get to work cause Dawn wasn't letting him get out of this one easily.

"Aint some way i can convince you to give up on this idea is there? maybe take you out to a movie... buy ya some jewellry or sommin" Spike was calm and collected but more than anything annoyed as he had planned to spend the night drinking away his sorrows and didn't feel very heroic and all protecty.

Dawn thought about what the ageless vamp said for a few moments then shrugged her shoulders, "You can date me later, after we cash in i even expect a pretty necklace for my troubles! can you believe i have to peel such a handsome englishmen from a barstool and force him to work! english isles been going downhill lately or something?" Her sarcastic remark had annoyed him but he didn't mind being called handsome and that was always nice to hear from anyone.

"Dawn your 16... legal where i'm from, illegal in america... and don't give me you are a ball of magical energy and technically millenia old schtick again" Spike started making his way to the door and Dawn couldn't help but shake her her and bite back.

"Hottest ball of ancient magical energy you've ever seen! technically you're the young man here... wait does that mean i'm the predator now... poor little hundred year old vamp scared of little old me, i'm just a poor little ancient lady" Dawn pretended to walk on a cane and had a terrible old lady voice that made spike laugh out loud uncontrollably.

"Come on you cock womble! let's get this shit done before Buffy shoves her Mauser down my gob... or do i need to help the old lady cross the street?" Spike gave her a smoldering look and Dawn couldn't help but swoon a little as he caught the light in such a way that all his defined jaw and neck muscles just popped and made him look even more handsome.

Dawn stuttered a little as the exited the Saloon, "you could carry me, a, alittle... i am ancient afterall" Dawn couldn't stop flirting and as the weeks had gone on and the bounty hunts escalated Spike had actually just accepted alot of her more flirtacious lines and actions. The madame of the Saloon had even tried to drum up some buisness as many of the guys and girls liked the way he looked and even offered him discounts until Dawn started fighting them.

The madame ended that right quick Spike remembered, he also remembered how she said earthlings were weird for not enjoying sex so freely and it got him a weird look after he responded with the fact most humans pair bond if they can for life and romance was more important than the fornication aspect of the entire thing.

"Dawn what was the score again, 6 for you, 7 to me right? we've been about two months in right? shouldn't you be worried about school these days rather than the whole bounty gig?" Spike was aware Dawn had recently started going back to school as they opened the new buildings rather quickly after Sunnydale high exploded and it was almost october which meant by next summer at round August time Glorificus would be arriving.

Willow was even going to university and her sister and fiance were planning a small intimate wedding ceremony and aparently some commandos had been seen roaming Sunnydale until Faith shot them all dead and destroyed their underground base. aparently Faith didn't like goverment institutions that were experimenting on demons and frankenstein monsters with goverment funding didn't stand a single change against a woman who was bazooka proof.

"Yeah well todays gonna be number seven, plus i can bench like 70kgs now! scared the crap outta my gym teacher... he wants to put me on the power lifting team" Dawn spoke with pride but knew Spike was trying to walk ahead to get the job done quickly until he noticed Drusilla glide out of Rubys shop on their way out of town.

Drusilla waved to them both and smiled widely as she glided over almost silently to them both and hugged them tight as she asked them "What on earth are you two up to now? Faiths gonna kill you William if any hair on her head is misplaced. surely you know that don't you?" Drusilla stood with her hands on her hips and looked down upon him until Dawn stood inbetween them and stared the older vampress down.

"We're on the clock Dru, just a quick in and out... oh and one other thing, i don't give a damn if you're his sire. speak to William like that again and you'll find yourself waking up on fire... you understand my meaning?" Dawn knew she was being threatening and Drusilla could feel she meant every word of it and silently stepped to the side and let them both pass.

They walked past the town gates in silence and Dawn told the border gaurda to expect them back in about half hour with a bounty in tow, as the Gates closed behind them and Dawn began preparing the locator spell when Spike spoke up.

"Don't do that again! i don't need protecting Dawn" Spike began to walk off until Dawn stopped him and turned him around and stared him dead in the eye.

"She always does this William, thinks she can control you and what do you get from it? she doesn't love you, she doesn't even fuck you but hey, when she needs a sounding board or whipping board there's good old Spike. let's just drive him round the bend, pisses me off" Dawn was tempted to slap the englishman as she just held his head low knowing that everything she was saying was true.

"Look, ya don't understand the whole sire bond thing... she made me Dawn and she did love me... once upon a time" Spike was interrupted as Dawn called him out on that instantly.

"Yeah she loved you, while getting slammed by Angels little baby dick! we know, we read your memories once! why do you think i defend you so much, ain't cause your smoking hot dumbass. it's cause you're a good man who keeps getting beat down!" Dawn grabbed hold of his leather jacket and pulled him closerso she was inches away from his lips.

"Cecily was a fucking fool, you aren't beneath anyone, not her or Drusilla... you've always been better! world just keeps punching you down William... and it ain't right" Dawn was tempted to kiss him right then and there but Spike pulled back and began walking off.

"Nice of ya to say little bit but i aint worth shit! and my history aint your damn buisness so..." Spike was startled as he saw a spell fly past him and hover in the air 4ft in front of him and he realised Dawn had cast the locater spell and they needed to follow it.

"You have no idea how similar you and Faith are sometimes, and anyway i'm gonna get what i want in the end anyway... moment i win our bet you owe me a wish" Dawn reminded him that she wasn't going to be taking no for an answer but the Vampire was having none of it.

"Let's just get this over with before Dru tells Buffy what we're up to... if you win this one first rounds on you, might as well get me drunk if you're gonna force yourself on em oh ancient ball of magical energy" Spike waved his hands all spookily in mocking defiance but Dawn just rushed behind him as he turned and slapped his buttocks.

"Good to know, get ya drunk, might get more than a first kiss! here's hoping eh!" Dawn was rushing off now as the locator spell began picking up speed as Spike shouted back to her before sprinting to catch up.

"I thought ya mums told you to stop flirting with me! gonna fucking snitch on ya soon!" Spike used his vampire speed to hastily catch up and keep pace and was pleasently suprised at the sheer speed and power Dawn was displaying as she breathlessly sprinted with very little effort and it seemed she wouldn't be far from full Slayer strength soon and Spike was confused as to why she was gaining power so quickly.

He told himself that by christmas she would be as strong as a newly awakened Slayer and it was probably her own magical resevoir boosting the strength of her enchantments from Ruby and he knew Ruby was most likely fully aware of it but were the Slayers.

"Spike i think he's hiding in the disused mine, what ya think, sneaky or guns a blazing? fear of god style could be fun" Dawn noticed the locator spell go down a mine shaft and she mentally evaporated the spell and stopped with the vamp in tow as they stood by the stone wall of a lesser mountain peak.

Spike whispered, "We should sneak in and cuff him quick, dudes a banker who pissed off the wrong people right, probably armed so i'm gonna take point just in case" The vamp waited for a response to his plan and Dawn nodded in agreement gut added an addendum.

"Ok! but i'll cuff him then we'll drag him home and laugh our asses off" Dawn allowed Spike to take point and he grinned as they got down deeper into the mine shaft and he whispered that the guy was snoring in his sleep and that made Dawn realise this was gonna be an easy bag.

After 5 minutes of slowly sneaking into the mine shaft Spike had pointed to a small outcrop where the bounty was sleeping and as Dawns eyes adjusted she could see the goat demon dressed in old west attire sleeping like a baby lamb and even running in his sleep a little like a dog dreaming.

Funny thing was that the goats hands were in front of his and easy to cuff so Dawn did so and the idiot hadn't even woken up and was now cuffed and had her shotgun out and ready to wake him up and put the fear of whatever goat god he believed in within him.

"Oi cunt! stand up" Spike bellowed and kicked him which caused the goat to panic and wriggle about in fear in searchnof something, a something which was a gun. a gun that was now in Spikes hand and Dawn hadn't even seen him swipe.

The goat demons eyes were wide with horror "whhhhat do yoooou wantttt!!" the black goat demon bleeted his frightened words as he tried to bury himself into the rock face, it was almost as if he was trying to camoflage himself but he had no magical abilities of natural demon advantages according to the poster and all available information Dawn could wrangle up on him.

"Mersey Joe, you are under arrest! ya gotta come with us or i'll shoot ya legs off and Drag ya back to Al-Kufir by your little horns!" Dawn might have sounded tough but her pretty and lithe form really did betray her and even this coward of a demon didn't take her seriously at first. funny thing about shotguns though, they hurt when you slammed the butt of the gun into someone skull and Dawn was more than happy to do it.

The goat demon screamed louder than you think someone should even after getting such a hard smack across the head and then Spike heard foot steps coming from the distance and Gave Dawn a heads up and she knew for a fact they were members of his gang.

"Oh look at that, joe called his friends... those poor dead bastards! William, do you need a gun or anything or is this one of your blitzkriegs again? Dawn knew he was going to blitz them the moment he put his hand out for her threaded cane and she handed it to him without reservation.

"My ring'll keep me safe, indestructible looks good on me don't ya think? oh can you do that mind thing where you turn the cane into a whip, thing never listens to me" Spike was happy to see the cane switch without even a blink of Dawns pretty eyes and the fear in the goat demons eyes were palpable.

"I'd say most things look good on you, but how about i hold your jacket for you somit doesnt get all scratched up and dusty" Dawn offered and Spike realised he had a minute or two until the got here and handed her his jacket and she couldn't help but look him up and down with a lustful grin and she bit her lip in approval.

"Oh yeah, nice and muscular... can i hold your shirt too, maybe we can magic up some oil" Dawn was overdoing it and Spike just rolled his eyes as he had become accustomed to Dawns flirting these days. he walked off with the whip sword in hand fully electrified and before he dissapeared uttered only a few words.

"If he tries anything... blow his head sky high... you are more important then some silly little bounty" Spike turned the corner and moments later screams of anguish could be heard from a small distance away and Dawn held her sawn off out just in case any demon turned the corner before her William returned.

The goat spoke up as he kept himself pinned in fear against the rock wall "You two seem to know eachother well, no chance i could pay you both off to let me go maybe?" Joey laughed nervously but Dawn realised he had no intention of paying anyway as he tried to position his legs to charge her and she gave him a clear and concise warrning.

"If you try and rush me Joey, i am gonna ram my cute little thumbs into your eyes and rip your skull in two. i know i look small but you've met my mothers right? Buffy and Faith, pretty strong don't you think? now imagine what i can do" Dawns eerie grin invited him to try and rush her but after a few moments you could see the fear in his face change to a look of defeat and he sat down cross legged and kept his face low.

Dawn spied a white goat demon come round the bend and blew his head clean off with her shotgun and the headless creature kept running for a few seconds until it's corpse finally realised it was dead and hit the cave sand like a ton of bricks.

"Dawn, don't shoot! i won't be as handsome if ya toast my head off with that magic gun, headless Spike aint a book anyone needs to author any time soon!" Spike was chuckling as he came round the bend covered in goat blood and his shirt half torn and Dawn could help but admire his rock hard abs in the low light.

"Can you even ride a horse William, i know you were an english gentleman but come on... wait, actually maybe we should have you all shirtless and riding a horse... yh i could really get on top, behind... yeah" Dawn struggled to not make her words seem too desperate but it didn't help as Spike rolled his eyes and he went over to the bounty and lifted him up above his head and began to walk out of the cave with Dawn in tow.

"Enough talk about shirtless me riding a horse, lets get this idiot to Jean and then you can buy me a drink little bit" Spike began to pick up his pace as he was quite done with today and had wanted to just drink himself into a stupor before the sun set and hopefully before the Slayers gave him a kick in.

Dawn kept up well as they almost jogged home to the front gates but was not ao presently suprised shen they were 400yards from the gate and saw both Buffy and Faith fully armed and bounding up to them with intent. Spike just kept the bounty above his head and kept his mouth shut but inside he was panicking.

"William, i'll explain everything just keep your mouth shut and i'll get us out of this crapshow!" Dawn loo,ed wt him and he met her gaze with a confused look.

"Hell no! they ask they get the truth, i aint done shit all but protect you pigeon! give me some damn slack, i aint in need of protecting" Spike was shocked as Faith was instantly by his face and staring him down and Buffy was in front of Dawn who was now not so confident and smiling nervously.

"Hi mum, mum... got myself a bounty... William helped keep me safe" Dawn was silenced quickly as Buffy placed a hand on her shoulder and held her tight in an embrace. she let her go after a few moments and began to drag her off towards the gate and made a considerable amount of distance between themselves, Spike and Faith.

"Don't you ever! ever! do this again... Jean and Drusilla came to us and told us what you were up to... how you dragged Spike into your bounty hunt! Drusilla even said you threatened her! what the hell Dawn?" Buffy was furious but trying her best to keep herself sane and her anger down but it was hard when her only daughter dissapeared into the wastes to hunt a bounty with a man she knew was the third deadliest fighter she knew next to herself and Faith.

"She thinks she has some kind of control over him! she dragging him along like some little slave boy, it pisses me off! what? you haven't discussed it with me and Faith before?" Dawn knew Buffy was also worried about Spikes connection with Drusilla and she did monopolise his time but the ex-vampire lovers have their own way of doing things and Buffy didn't pretend that she understood them both fully.

"Dawn, i understand you have a crush on him, he's good looking and charming but that is their buisness and Spike has a soul! he can make his own mistakes and maybe some stupid decisions too but it isn't our place to but in on their personal buisness" Buffy left Dawns hand go after dragging her so far fhat they were both in front of the closed gates and Dawn was rubbing her wrist as it hurt quite a bit.

Dawn sighed and looked back for a moment as she noticed Faith speaking to Spike and seemingly getting along quite well which softened her worry a little. she turned back to her scary blonde mother and was trying to think of something to say but couldn't really find the words.

"Look i get the whole vampire thing, did it, huge mistake but you need to find someone who can love and understand you and preferably with as little emotional baggage as possible" Buffy seemed to not understand how much Dawn actually knew and was about to be reminded.

"Look the Angel thing, ya got groomed and made mistakes mum, no one blames you for that. But you want me to find some diamond of a guy or girl somehow when the pickings are so damn slim! are you mad? do we need to go home and discuss exactly what you mean by that... Faith has problems, you have problems and hell even i got problems with some cunt of a god trying to hunt me down soon!" Dawn wasn't screaming, she was angry and tired but she had no lust to put up with this nonsense anymore

"look, i know you both love me and want to protect me but i picked a quick and easy bounty with a guy you have said is the best fighter you know! i trust him and he has a soul, he is a good man...why am i the only one who see's that?" Dawn screamed up to the gaurds to open the gate and moments later they did and the gates began to slowly swing open.

Buffy was angry but she stayed quiet as Dawn continued speaking, "We're gonna cash in, i'll be in the Saloon. i forced him to come along and protect me so don't blame him, he just wanted to make sure i didn't get hurt" Dawn began to walk off and Buffy held her hand out for her but didn't really have anything to say to the young girl that wasn't just screaming like a mad women.

Faith had seen Dawn walk off and remarked, "Looks like Dawn won the argument eh! probably gets that from me..." She turned back to Spike and continued her conversation with Spike.

"Look we don't blame you for going along with her, it's good you were there so she stayed safe. But you're right her power is growing faster than it should and Rubys told us it's cause of her magical energy boosting the enchantments beyond their original limits." Spike threw the goat demon to the ground and knocked him out clean with a swift kick.

"She's really flirty Faith, i keep rejecting but she is adamant... you really have to convince her i'm a piece of shit or a heartless killer cause... she's gonna jump me one of these days and i'm gonna break her heart if i throw her off me ya know and i don't really wanna break her heart... it's cruel" Spike was honest and Faith knew how Dawn felt as she was also the same with Buffy, not soooo blunt but she really did put herself out there a whole lot.

"Yeah... we're trying but she's got too much of us inside her! you're gonna get jumped Willie... but hell she's not underage, she's billions or more years old so ya know, you're the young man here" Faith chuckled as Spike groaned in annoyance, he didn't want to date anyone. if he was honest with himself, he just wanted to get drunk and find a hole to sleep in.

Faith asked him, "Aint it weird we're her mums and yet shes older than us! magic is fucking wild sometimes" she couldn't help but smile as she saw Buffy walking up to them both slowly and even though she was obviously furious Faith was sure they'd all get through this little blip in their lives.

"You got lucky Slayer, you found your soulmate, i got fucked around by some shitty fate and just wanna get drunk and forget i was ever fucking born..." Spike spoke honestly and had a deep voice as he spoke but he seemed to be looking off into the middle distance at some hidden thing only he could feel and see.

"Yeah well, been there and it gets better with time, Willie you just need the love of a good women and an adventure that'll shiver ya timbers!" Faith joked and it even shook Spike out of his own depressing reverie as he repeated 'Shiver ya timebers?' as if it was a question in need of answering.

Buffy walked up to them and stomped her feet like a petulant child as she made it clear she was annoyed but she steadied herself and spoke in an annoyed tone "Sorry Spike, no timbers are gonna be shivered for you today, Dawn's waiting for you in the Saloon, go cash out... i need to talk to my wife in private please".

Spike nodded and chucked the goat demon over his shoulder as he was thankful the idiot was still out cold, "Sorry for the trouble ladies, i'll be on my way" And Spike walked off without a word and was thankful the gate stayed open as he left the Slayers 400 yards out and was soon walking down mainstreet with a bounty over shoulder and was greeting the towns folk he knew with a false smile.

Buffy was stomping in rage as she grit her teeth hard and Faith knew for sure that Dawn came out swinging this time. "So, pumpkin kicked your ass verbally B, Willie boy even told me she's upped the flirtaciousness. girl is direct and knows what she wants it seems" Faith let Buffy kick up a small dust cloud and get it out of her system or she knew Buffys anger wouldn't subside.

"What can i even say or do? she's got me on the dating front, i'm new to the parent thing and she's 16... how do i stop her from making my mistakes?! god damn it she is so annoying sometimes!" Buffy threw herself at Faith and held herself close against the taller womens chest and whined uncontrollably as she let the emotions overtake her.

"B, we can't protect her fully and she's gonna fuck up like us... alot probably! we just gotta prepare her and pray nothing to bad happens or we're gonna run the risk of forcing her into a more dangerous direction" Faith brushed her hair as she tried to calm her down and her words did just that but it too, a little bit of sobbing to accomplish that.

"When did you get so wise? and all understandy" Buffy chuckled a little bit through a sob as Faith rubbed her eyes dry with great care.

"Joyce gave me some advice once, handed me the documents for everything, the wedding and name change. she told me she thought you'd never be happy if she kept screaming at you all the time" Faith smiled and kissed her wifes forhead with great tenderness and care.

"She made me cry, told me i was the best thing her daughter ever brought home... she was suprised we read so much... apparently she was worried about your science fiction consumption" Faith laughed happily as Buffy snorted and hid her face in shame.

"Star trek and battlestar is fun! you liked Robocop and alien, i feel like i'm being bullied like some creepy basement dweller! we own a house, a basment free house even!" Buffy moaned and Faith couldn't help but play into it a little bit.

"Ahhh my cute little bronzed californian sex goddess is secretly a little nerd girl... better hide the cheetos before ya get the cheeto dust everywhere" Faith helped Buffy calm down with some slight laughter but motioned that they should get to the Saloon and check in at the bounty office before anything went south and they both needed to give Dawn a few choice words together as one family unit.

"Hey if ya want we'll read that Starship troopers book you've been eyeing for weeks now and give Dawn the old one two before we get get some grub and i go to teach my class ok" Faith was now walking towards the still opened gate and was resting her head upon Faiths arm as they walked back through the gate.

Buffy changed to simply being hand in hand with Faith as they entered so no one could see her weakness and currently annoyed self as she was still trying to come up with the best way to parent Dawn without causing a full blown argument.

"Hey boss! that was quick! Dawn and Spike are in the Saloon and it's getting pretty loud in there as you can hear. want us to help or she we just close up? The head gate gaurd was jovial as he asked and Buffy told him to close up and they would both deal with it as they saw bandits fly out of the doors and windows while gunshits could be heard going off and Buffys blood turned cold.

She and Faith were inside the Saloon in seconds as Dawn and Spike were in the middle of fighting a small group of bandits for unknown reasons and they didn't seem like the local types her and Faith had slaughtered over a year ago to make the town alot safer, these were new. their bkue armor was faded by light somthey definetly came from the desert but the symbols they carried on their patches were unknown to her.

Dawn had hooked one to the ground and and executed another with her shotgun just before Spike kicked her out the way of a Shotgun blast that clipped his heal and threw him to the ground. Faith had flew across the room with such force and speed that her saber had already unsheathed and chopped the shooters masked head off before the bandit could even react and then she was on to the next who was hidden behind a poker table laying against the wooden floor.

As Faith ripped his head off with her bare hands Dawn was already on her feet and over by Spike as she noticed her mothers execute every bandit in seconds and she knew everything was safe and erected a blue barrier around her and Spike but instead of screaming in pain he took her shotgun and blasted the last 2 badits who were hiding not far and one even squirted his blood from the top of his head like a kill in Shogun Assasin.

"Jean what happened here! where are ya!" Faith screamed so the whole Saloon could hear her and it seemed the lack of gunfire and screaming had notified the hidden sex workers and bar patrons to come out of hiding from upstairs. Jean himself had popped out from under a bandits body he had seemed to kill with a rather nasty looking bronze knife which turned out later to be a letter opener.

"Girls i'm fine, Ya little one saved the madame from some rather nasty patrons... who are now all dead, good show it seems" Jean got up and kicked the bandit for good measure as Buffy checked on Dawn and Faith made sure the workers were all fine.

As the minutes went on Faith had pulled schrapnel from more people than she should have from alot of legs and arms, thankfully nothing vital was hit and each girl and guy was healed after a few minutes. Buffy was already chucking out bodies into the street and hailed the gaurd to chuck em into the furnace by the undertakers for people who wanted a more ashy ending.

Dawn was using magic to remove the shotgun schrapnel from Spikes ankle and it was absoloute agony but he just bit his lip in pain and beared it as he knew Dawn didn't have to heal him if he could just put his gem of amara back on but Dawn was currently wearing it and had forgotten if he wore the damn thing she wouldn't have needed to remove the schrapnel.

He also was thinking straight because the ungodly pain and a heavy blow to the back of his head didn't have him thinking straight for a few minutes. Dawn made sure no one was looking and put her wrist into his mouth and told him to bite down and that was when Spike woke up fully and realised he just needed his ring and he'd be fine.

"What are you doing... hand me my ring back songbird... i'll heal up all instant like!" Spike was flattered she would so quickly offer him her blood but now his brain was less spinny and more in the now, everything seemed clear and it also seemed Dawn had also a momentary lapse of judgement as she slapped herself in the face and too, his ring off and placed it back on his ring finger and his pain instantly subsided.

"Sorry, adrenaline and panic! not a great combo..." Dawn apologised and helped him up but the ring had revitalised him so quickly he felt like a million bucks and was testing his leg out and was thoroughly happy with the sudden fix.

"Don't worry about it, just don't offer your blood again... i won't drink from you love" Spike was trying to not sound disgusted or creeped out but Dawn didn't see it like that and tried to keep her voice down as she started to make it known just how angry what he had just said made her.

Dawn whispered with a slight annoyed hiss to her tone, "What is my blood not good enough for you or something? scared you might catch something William?" Dawn holstered her shotgun and kept her hand on her cane as she suddenly felt a rather compelling reason to use it.

"Dawn please, it's not that, i don't want to drink from anyone, just especially not you, i have my reasons so stop dribbling on about it" Spike Was gonna help clean up until Dawn grabbed hold of his arm and forced him to face her, her face was angry but also cold as if he had just said something that had felt like a massive earth shattering slap to the face.

"I get it, obviously i disgust you, bloods unclean or something cause the magic... why didn't you just say i disgust you Spike. makes everything a whole lot clearer now" Dawn slapped him across his chisseled jaw and the slap echoed throughout the Saloon and got quite alot of peoples attention. Spike himself was happy Faith and Buffy were too busy to notice but he also felt his dead heart sink as she called him Spike. slap didn't feel too good either.

"Fuck i'm gonna pay for that!" Spike tried to start cleaning up to help gut said fuck it and grabbed himself a half empty bottle off whisky and downed the remainder in his own private act of defiance against his shitty life. Buffy noticed Buffy come back in through the swinging Saloon doors and cast a complex spell to repair the Saloon to it's original state and yet the only thing that seemed to remain was the bandits blood.

"Cleans bullet holes and broken wood but bloods gotta be cleaned by hand... Rubys gonna have to teach us some better spells" Buffy told herself and then after looking around she realised the only person she couldn't find was Dawn as Faith had come downstairs with The Madame and she was talking Faiths ear off about how those ruffians tried to assault her over something so trivial as price.

Buffy walksd over to where Spike was drinking himself silly at the bar and asked, "Hey, where'd my daughter saunter off to?" and he pointed towards the door and said "No idea, didn't ask. probably went home" And Buffy knew Spike was telling the truth but alsomhe didn't seem overly responsive or even care to look her in the eyes anymore as if he had just simply had enough of people for today.

Buffy huffed and walked over to Faithnand interrupted her and The madame Majistrix's constant stream of drama and told her calmly "Spike said Dawn went home, i'm gonna go check on her. i'll see you at home after your class ends my darling treasure" She kissed Faith deep and long and it made many of the working girls and boys jealous but after a few years they all were well aware the Slayers didn't need their services. now or ever.

"Fine, i'll figure out what went down and double security for the next month, turns out they did it during a shift change and Dih-al hali didn't arrive. First shots fired as Jean was calling forna replacement i think" Faith could not help but kiss her once again and this time added quite a bit of tongue and was grabbing hold of and kneading Buffys tight muscular Buttocks withnsuch a fervor she wanted to pounce on Faith right there.

"Baby, i gotta go... don't make it harder... please" Buffy whispered the last part as The Madame began to feel like a third wheel and was quite tempted to dissapear and complain elsewhere if she hadn't of let the petite blonde go with bated breath and watched her leave with a deep look of longing.

Spike walked over with a fresh whisky bottle he had just opened and told Jeannhe was gonna get some sleep in back on one of the free bunks and The madame overheard this and was about to offer one of her girls services but he had dissapeared so fast and with an angry look on his face that she had decided against it since anyone from Sunnydale seemed to be freakishly strong and neved take any interest in partaking of her services.

Faith knew she had alot of work to do and would even cast some spells of protection for later but Jean awaited and there was no way she wasn't going to do her job if people were going to be in danger.

~~*

Dawn was furious as she got home and although it was only a little after mid day she decided to get some sleep and crash on the couch without even taking her boots and jacket off. she had chucked her leather rupee pouch to the coffee table and holstered her weapons before jumping onto the sofa and just laying there with her eyes half open, she was genuinely tired but that's because any bounty than a Saloon shoot out would tire anyone out.

She huffed in annoyance at the recently made memory made her feel a complex cocktail of emotions as she went over the moment again and again in her head. She offered him her blood and he refused it, her blood was disgusting and worthless to a legendary vampire.

Of course she was hopped up on adrenaline and the crash was now hitting her hard, but he should of wanted her blood, she should have wanted to taste her just a little bit. She was magical, imagine the pump he would get off of that, William would be bouncing off the walls like he took 5 redbulls and downed a bag of sugar with it... he would have been buzzing off some Dawn blood.

"Why did i call him Spike... that was cruel" She had seen his face when she had said it, the way the color and shape of his eyes had changed. Dawn was aware he had got used to her always calling him William, he even told her once in private he preferred it. and she had stupidily slapped him because he had refused her, that's what it really was.

Dawn had slapped him because he had refused something from her she so freely wanted to give, something she knew would connect them... something he would never be able to forget and even if that god who would next summer be hunting her managed to finish hee off. atleast William would remember her in a way no one else could.

Her death was something she was constantly thought to think over, she always wondered if she would leave behind a pretty corpse. Maybe it was vain and a little egotistical but she didn't want to leave behind a mess, it just didn't seem right.

She wanted to apologise to William, she wanted to go to him and explain herself. make him know why she acted like she did, why she slapped him. Dawn wanted the vampire to know she was just full of stress and fearful ideas about her future or possibly a lack of.

Dawn wanted to get up and go to him but her eyes were closing and her arms weren't moving, sleep wanted to overtake her and before she knew it her tiredness had overtaken her senses. she had fallen into sleep within moments and didn't hear Buffy come home and lay a blanket over her, she didn't even feel the kiss on her forehead as her senses were completly gone and her sleep would be deep and healing.

Although hours passed and Faith had to break her sleep up twice just to make sure Dawn was fine and everytime she just said she was tired and needed to sleep, even the smell of Faiths delicious cooking didn't wake her up as it turns out when the body needs rest, it damn well takes it.

But at 11, she woke up to complete darkness, only the green moon peaking through the long rectangular kitchen window made her realise it was soon to be midnight and she still hadn't apologised to William yet and it was something that was eating her up inside.

Dawn had recently learned a viewing spell from one of Rubys books, one of the many she was constantly studying between her school work and constant combat training and weapons training. She chanted low so she wouldn't wake up her mothers, if they were asleep at all as she was fully aware those two could be extremly passionate at times and even though they blocked the sound of their love making the vibrations could still be felt and they went rough and long.

Dawn was nowhere near as innocent as the Slayers thought and that might be because of the monks who made her wanted her to understand any possible threat, physical or sexual as it was all about protecting the key. RUby had made that clear to her as she had explained slowly over the time she had known her what she was and why Glorificus needed her.

But none of that mattered as the window in her hand opened up and she could spy through it a shirtless William alone in a dark room, it seemed liked the sound proofed bunks Jean had installed for passing bounty hunters as the new hotel was being built, owned by and payed for by Buffy. her mother was getting pretty into her own personal buisness dealings and Dawn couldn't help but gasp a little as she saw the handsome vampire rise from his sleep and slowly wake himself up.

Dawn would be lying if she said the urge to unbuckle her jeans and go to town on herself wasn't high right now but she decided instead she would just lean back and watch him but was suprised to see the vampire get dressed and light up a cigarette before he left the Saloon through a back door and began to walk through the town which looked very different at night from what Dawn was used to.

She noticed he had left his jacket behind and was just walking pretty close to where they lived and he seemed to be arguing with himself as he walked up the sand path and seemed to be walking to where she currently was. it didn't help Dawn as she realised the skin tight black shirt he was wearing was complimenting his muscular build extremly well and she most certainly liked what she saw.

Dawn was sure after a few moments he was coming to see her and she had decided since she was still dressed and only had to grab a few things like her shoes and weapons she could just wait outside for him and seem like she was waiting for him and definetly not magically spying on him cause that would be creepy and weird and really didn't need to be brought up for any reason at all.

She rose and tried to quickly put on her shoes and grab her weapons as silently as she could but she was sure her parents were enjoying themselves way to much to notice as the large purple plant next to the wall was shaking again soundlessly and that was usally the sign that Dawn needed to stop reading and get to sleep. but not right nowas she slowly opened the locked front door and slowly opened it to be greeted by the dark green full moon.

As she stepped out and closed the door she realised her spell was still active and Spike was still around the corned and her spell was broken and the window destroyed that she had attached to her hand in moments and now all she had to do was straighten her hair and make herself look cool.

Dawn decided to lean against the dark earthern texture on the mountain side just a little bit away from her home that was built into the wall as she didn't want anyone to hear her apologise and flirt like some silly school girl with a crush. she could feel him coming around the corner before he even appeared and it made her smile as he nearly jumped out of his skin but managed to calm himself quicker than she expected him too.

Dawn pushed herself off the wall and walked over to him with a presence he wasn't quite used to feeling from her but even though she acted tough and cocky her next words shocked him as she apologised for what she had done and said to him "William, i'm sorry for... going off the handle as you usually say..." Dawn wafched him chuck the cigarette down the side of the rockface and away from the mountain housing they lived atop.

Spike sighed and looked up towards the green moon that illuminated both their forms as it hung full within the night sky. "Don't worry about it little dove, i... probably should of explained myself better and i'm not sure i'll be any good at doing that right now". he expulsed a pointed breath and was suprised to not notice Dawn sauntering closer without striking his vampire senses.

"And i probably shouldn't of slapped you, it... it hurt alot more than i expected... you not wanting to drink from me" Dawn admitted as she shyly hung her head low and couldn't look him in the eyes as she confessed her feelings so openly and without reservation.

"It's not that i wouldn't... i just, you're too important for... i don't want to hurt you Dawn! i don't want to cause you any pain... even after that time you kicked me in the shins at Rubys magic box" Spike smiled at the memory and he could tell Dawn remembered as she laughed and playfully punched his shoulder.

"William please, i keep telling you that was an accident but it's nice. but i just want you to know... you can, if you wanted too. i would let you drink from me" Dawn was now uncomfortably close and Spike was holding his ground as she looked up at him with her deep captivating green eyes.

"The demon in me is very tempted but the man, my soul... can't let myself do that little temptress" Spike was now only inches away from the magical ball of energy that was Dawn Summers and she was looking up at him with such a tempting aura that he was close to forgetting himself as he saw her pink lips quiver in anticapation.

She spoke softly as the wind lightly brushed past them both. "One day you will drink from me William, but right now i really wanna do something stupid and unexpected ya know" Dawn pulled her threaded cane off her hip and it changed quickly into the whip and she puposefully cut her thumb lightly and transformed the cane back and placed it again on her hip.

A small globule of blood began to swim forth through the minute cut she laid atop her thumb and she held it up so the vampire she admired could see the blood begin to drip down her thumb slowly. "You are not Spike anymore William, he's in their but even he was a romantic wasn't he. because the demon took over from you, the template" Dawn sucked the blood off her thumb and smeared quite a bit across her lips as the vampire listened to her words and she took one last step forward.

"I wanted to kill Cecily you know... for how she treated you... when i saw your memories, i mourned for you William." Dawn put slightly bloody hand on his cheek and brushed her bloody thumb tenderly across his toned but pale cheek.

"You were a wonderful man, you still are, even the memories the priests implanted in my head told me and still do that you are a heroic man, never hurt a single child as a vampire did you... probably why my mothers trust you with me to train" Dawn revealed she really did know way too much about the older vampire and although he didn't mind her knowing it still brought him shame, his actions were dark back then and he was not always fully himself when the demon took over.

Spike felt a single tear roll down his stony cheek and mix with Dawns blood and he remained stoic on the outside as the storm of emotions raged deep within. "You should heal your thumb little siren, your blood is precious, you shouldn't waste it" and Dawn once again took her thumb and sucked it in preparation for what she was going to do next.

"Fine, after this..." Dawn mumbled as she ripped her thumb from her mouth which held quite a bit of blood and she was going to feed him her essence like a baby bird if she had too. the smaller girl pulled him close and hungrily kissed the bleach blonde vampire with her wet red blood painted across her lips for him to taste as he kissed her back with such a fervor she found herself falling into his arms.

Her tounge attacked his with such ferocity she managed to get back some of her power as she wasn't going to let him kiss her more passionately when she had dreamed about this moment for months. now she was finally living through her first kiss and this handsome vampire could taste her and he hadn't gone vamp face yet either, no... he was kissing her back and she may have taken a fall into his arms but she was more than happy to take the lead.

She let her hands wander and pull him closer as she fondled his muscular obliques and found herself getting so damn hot and bothered she found her left hand rise up his tight shirt and caress his rock hard abs as she moaned sensually into his mouth.

Spike however had to pull away as he found himself becoming lost in Dawns lustful touch and he didn't want to pull away as the millenia old ball of energy in a 16 year olds body accosted him under the moonlight but he had too before he pushed her against the rock wall and rocked her world and the funny thing is that he could tell Dawn wanted just that.

"Wha... why are you stopping, ya didn't vamp out tasting me... kiss me again" Dawn licked her lips and bit them as she went in for another kiss but as he pulled away a little again she had to ask "William... did, i do something wrong?" she asked with such a small pained voice that the vampire panicked and kissed her again but this time it was more chaste and controlled.

"No, you are amazing... it's just if we don't stop now, i'll..." Spikes forhead was resting against hers as she stole small kisses every few moments and he returned them and that was when she felt exactly what the problem was as her hand wandered down the jeans inside leg and she felt a long hard bulge that made her gasp in realisation.

"Oh, wow... i guess you really do have a thing for me, a really hard thing" Dawn breathlessly chuckled as he pulled away with a groan as Dawn purposefully groped his hard and heavy bulge. she didn't want to let him go but she knew her vampire had some obvious reservations about experiencing anything romantic with her but she wasn't going to stop until she got exactly what she wanted.

"Dawn, we shouldn't... i mean i really want to but... my soul is new and not worn in yet, like a new pair of shoes, it needs time darling" Spike found himself holding her hand but she worlessly healed her thumb and used the handy member to soothe the back of his cold vampire hand as she stared lovingly into his deep blue eyes.

"I can wait William, I'm not in any rush to make things happen. i want to but... i also want you to only drink my blood and no one elses. think i gained the jealous side of Buffy in my making, ya know what i mean?" Dawn held his gaze with a warm and understanding smile.

"Yeah, i understand... plus i'm on the pigs, with weetabix... adds texture... what am i saying right now? kinda nervous i guess" Spike felt the wind pick up a little and realised from the distance a small sand storm was coming to town and he could see the dark shadow rising on the dark midnight horizon.

Dawn chuckled lightly "Wow, never thought i'd be jealous of a pig and a box of weetabix... ya definetly know how to make a girl feel special William" She also spied the storm coming in and gave the vampire a knowing look that they would have to part ways soon if they didn't want to both be battered by a sandstorm in the dead of night.

"Looks like we should part ways soon or we'll both be swept away" Spike said but he didn't want to walk away, he found his feet and body betraying him as he stood firmly in place. Dawn was also reluctant to leave and she vocalised her thoughts as the moments drew on.

"Kind of just wanna kiss you again William, but you are right, we should be both getting home" Dawn moved forward and did exactly that and kissed him goodbye as they locked hands together and enjoyed one last tender kiss under the moonlight before they both parted ways and she watched him walk back down the mountainside.

As he was finally out of sight she looked around and couldn't stop her heart from fluttering as she entered her home once again and and locked the door behind her as her hands were still shaking. she couldn't believe how smooth she was and it was blowing her mind that she actually got to kiss her crush under such a romantic moonlit night.

Dawn hastily took off her shoes and racked her weapons before moving over to the sink and washing the fresh blood that remained on her thumb and lips so no one would notice in the morning and think something was wrong with her, she hated doctors afterall and Buffy would drag her with no excuses allowed.

The young lady found herself soon sitting on the sofa that doubled as her bed and drifting off into sleep again as she was still tired but also her head was swimming in thoughts of what could of happened if they had continued kiss and the ideas she had conjured up didn't scare her, they excited her deeply.

But her eyes were heavy and lips burning with passionate lust as life and her midnight rendevous had overwhelmed her somewhat. But Dawn was aware with some sleep she would be back to full thinking force in a matter of hours and maybe her head would stop spinning and swooning over the super hot vampire who just tongue fucked her under the pale moonlight of a desert land.

Her eyes closed shut and she was asleep in moments but when she awoke the next day she knew she would be back in Sunnydale and at school early in the morning but really all she wanted to do was force her crush against the nearest wall and strip him bare and have her way with him.

Hopefully one day she would but until then, life back in Sunnydale beckoned.

~~*

Funny thing about septembers in Sunnydale were the weather had this odd way of just going batshit crazy as autumn began to encroach on the californian land before their feet and one moment it would be hot as hell and then Raining sideways for absoloutly no seemingly discernable reason. But it was the middle of september and Dawn had finally just won her bet after beating Spike to a group of snake bandits who robbed the bank in Balamb'bin.

Buffy had even allowed them to go alone after she had a lengthy talk with Faith the young woman was not privy too but it was a sign that her mothers were finally begining to trust her skills as a fighter and especially as a bounty hunter as she had cuffed 17 people with a strange binding spell Ruby had taught them. she had found it in some old Sunnydale books and made some improvements that made a mass roundup and lockdown of lesser demons alot easier and yesterday it was useful.

Today she was going to a movie with William and he had been roped into many movie nights ever since they had kissed but it was something he was happy to be a part of as he got to spend time with her and right now she was the best thing in his life. something that didn't seem like he deserved but somehow earned, someone he could finally be himself with.

Spike was still blonde but his hair at the roots was now more curly and darker at the base and Dawn liked it quite a bit. she had even started running her fingers through his hair at times and was told of by everyone for doing it but the vampire just joked that where else would he get a free scalp massgage unless he came to Rubys on the regular.

Buffy and Faith knew they were dating in secret and Faith herself had been careful when discussing her interest in the vampire but she also kept Buffys temper at bay as she had to be constantly reminded that Dawn wasn't 16, she was unimaginably old and in the world of the supernatural mortal laws need not apply. she also made it clear that mistakes were bound to be made and she couldn't exactly get pregnant and ensouled Spike was actually a complete and controlled gentleman.

Dawn however was more than happy to move things forward and start doing alot of below the belt stuff but he never let her as he made it clear every time he had to, he wanted to go slow and he wanted romance. not just a wham bam! thank you mam! something he was very talented with but with Dawn he wanted to love and adore her, hold her tight and make her know how special she really was to him.

Drusilla had even been having visions again and set alot of Buffys fears to the side as she said it was not only 'the real deal' but also that this wasn't the demon Spike who raped and pillaged europe for over a hundred years. it was the poet William Pratt, the victim she made a vicious monster on her search for a heroic knight, the bravest in all the land.

Dawn was ready to get going and came down the stairs in tight blue jeans and a dark low cut top that showed off a little bit more than the Slayers were happy with but they knew she was growing up and enjoying herself and they both never listened to authority themselves anyway so why would their daughter. She put on some black heeled shoes and grabbed her leather jacket off coat rack and put it on while checking herself out in the mirror.

"Right mums! what do ya think?" Dawn struck a pose and waited for a response but was met with worried sounds from both women who were a little bit apprehensive to let her go out all dressed up and pretty, even inna much safer almost completly demon free Sunnydale.

Dawn shrugged her shoulders and groaned with an annoyed tone. "Really, c'mon i'm trying to make a good impression here! give me some feed back". Dawn walked over to the living room sofa where they were both sitting on together and reading while trying to gain some kind of positive response.

"You look beautiful and verrry adult... shouldn't you be less adult... maybe, just a suggestion but Spike is really too old for you don't you think?" Buffy just cut the tension with a knife and was expecting an angel jab but it never came and Dawn went a different route instead.

"Mum... come on, i'm millenia old, got molded into this form and Ruby made it very clear that my actual age was so old the earth wasn't even a speck of dust when i was formed so basically Williams about to get hit on by the universes hottest grandma and i should be arrested by the magic police for trying to date such young man compared to me" she spun around and gave the Slayers another look at her outfit.

"So do ya think he'll like what he see's or not?" Dawn was obviously annoyed she had to ask so many times but she had to do so and finally Faith gave her exactly what she wanted to hear and it did just so happen to be true at the same time.

"Dawn, pumpkin, if he doesn't try and kiss you tonight then he's gay... and i should know, i bed your mother" Faith grinned like an idiot and Buffy playfully flicked her nose and was watching her currently rubbing her nose in annoyance rather than distress.

Dawn fist bumped the air and Suddenly began panicking a little as she felt his presence behind door. Buffy and Faith had sensed his presence over 2 minutes before she came down the stairs but their magical and purified Slayer powers had sensed Ruby come to and fro dimensions from the magic box and that was miles away. they could turn it off when they wanted but it always popped up when they least expected it and proved so useful they never complained when it triggered.

"Shit, Williams outside, right... wish me luck and hey i'll be back in like 3 hours so i dunno... uh, don't wait up" Dawn kissed them both on the cheek and she rushed out the door before Spike even had a chance to knock and she had already closed the door behind her before Buffy and Faith could reasonably wish her luck and tell her not to go below the belt but she was already long gone.

"Ya know what... now i understand how my mother feels when a daughter takes an unhealthy interest in an immortal man... is it wrong that i wanna stake him baby?" Buffy turned to Faith with a worried look but she placed a sott hand in hers and placed her book to the side and began to speak.

"B... my mother would stab me with a broken beer bottle if i brought you home, she was deeply homophobic and we have a strange origin story to our romance so... what do we say to the millenia old ball of energy that next august is gonna have to defend herself from a god who we might be too weak to face?" Faith was making a good point and Buffy hung on every word.

"B, we looked into his past and for a vampire, he was kinda obsessed with fighting the strong, all the evil fucked up shit he was forced to do was because of Angel and Darla. when he was alone, he let women live and only took their blood. when he protected Drusilla it was for love, hell he is a romantic at heart and alot better than anyone else we could find for her" Faith kissed Buffys lips with a soft passion and sighed with happy feelings as Buffy kissed her back with an even greater fervor.

"I read his mind you know, like alot and he is actually extremly soft an innocent around Dawn, yeah he wants her and she wants him but... he's not gonna try anything with her, hell i could read his mind from here and it'll be fine. Dawns the one who wants to jump his bones and we can't really stop her, she has to make her own mistakes" Faith took hold of Buffy and lead her upstairs as the darker haired and much taller Slayer was tired and she wanted a bit of fun before bed and Buffy had to resign herself to defeat.

"Fine! but if he does anything to her to cause her pain, I'll rip his fucking cock off" Buffy spoke in a dominant and angered tone as Faith retorted and gave her own promise to Buffy and both Dawn and Spike as well.

"You'll have to race me B, and i'll skin him... but i gotta admit murdery Buffys kinda hot" Faith pushed Buffy against the wall at the top of the stairs and began kissing her neck with a rising passion that fhey both knew was going to lead to alot of fun.

~~*

Dawn hadn't really enjoyed the movie and William had seemed to agree as zombie flicks never really seemed to do it for them anymore as the vampire hated necromancers from his own personal life experience and Dawn had recently hunted her winning bounty hunt and it turns out that most people who raise the dead aren't just weird, they are assholes. A zombie movie just seemed ridiculous in comparison now.

The movie was halway done and the cinema wasn't very full at all, they both had chosen a place in the back corner so they could get a good view and some privacy but funny thing is a terrible movie is nowhere near as entertaining as a muscular well proportioned vampire who Dawn was now sure had a massive member hidden away in his tight jeans and ever since she had found out she couldn't stop thinking about it.

She was laying against his chest and had a hand on his rock hard abs but that was mainly because she rarely had a chance to these days as every single day was chock full of school, training both physical and magical or bounty hunting which was where she snuck in most of her secretive touches and even a kiss or two.

With a soft whisper so no one could hear her, "William... this movie kinda sucks... specially after we caught that nscromancer, kinda seems dumb now" She looked up at his deep blue eyes and he definetly agreed with her, she could tell by the way his face dropped at what he was considering to be a failed date.

"We can do something else if you want, maybe go for a walk in the moonlight, or pop back to Al-Kufir for a drink in the Saloon?" William wasn't shocked anymore to see Dawn get increasingly closer to his lips, he knew exactly what she wanted to do.

"Maybe, or we could pretend we're watching this crappy movie and you could maybe steal a kiss? or three..." Dawn gave him a cheeky grin and then a look that made him pop a smile himself and now he realised why she really wanted to see a movie alone and snuggle at the back of a near empty cinema.

"Planned this did you little songbird? if you wanted to snog me ya coulda just asked" the vampire went in for a kiss and Dawn met him with a fevered passion she had been hiding since the movie began and was now ready for some hot and heavy kissing cause lord knows she's been waiting long enough. if she was going to die in a year, least she would die having known the touch of a beautiful, powerful english vampire.

"So... aint so bad kissing a millenia old ball of energy is it? d'ya know Rubys been putting me in trances to learn my own history... i was worshipped! alot" Dawn said with an aire of pride she couldn't help but exhibit as she repositioned herself to get more comfortable and kiss him with almost reckless abandon.

"So what? getting ideas of grandeur little bit... or you saying i should get on my knees and worship you?" he flicked his tongue across his teeth and noticed Dawns acceptance of the idea but she seemed to want to put a twist on it herself.

"... hmmm, i like the forward thinking, there is so much you could do on your knees but... maybe i wanna get on my knees and worship you!" Dawns hands travelled from his abs to his jeans inner thigh and she could feel his growth rapidly increase and she couldn't stop herself from groping his massive bulge and massaging it through the tought material of his jeans and she could feel his moans through her neck as he kissed and caressed her tender white skin.

"You really know how to get a guy going love" The vampire found himself with one arm around her slender waist and the other on her cheek as he kissed her passionately and she kept caressing his member until it became painful under the jean fabric and he had to manouever it himself into a much more comfortable position.

"Hey... that's mine, next time tell me it hurts so i can make it feel better" Dawn got hisnhand out of the way and was shocked her small hand could barely wrap around his engorged member but she managed to expertly expel the massive trouser snake from its hidey hole and was wide eyed and mouth agape as she took it in all of its glory under the dim light of the cinema screen.

"Ya know, all those memories of mine from millions of years and past lives and this is the most beautiful one i've ever seen! it's go big, long and veiny... aren't you supposed to be dead? jesus, no wonder Drusilla chose you... she obviously likes em big" Dawn licked her lips as she considered kissing it and maybe more but the vampire put his hand on hers and tried to stop her but she refused to let go.

"Hey, you don't need to do that Dawn... if you don't want to, i'm fine with taking it slow and waiting until you are comfortable with this kinda thing" William was kind and polite but Dawn was having none of it as she began to lump his fat cock meat up and down and his hand had travelled with her for a few momemts until he let go and let her do as she pleases while his mind exploded with pleasurable sensations of all kinds.

"Literally i have Millenia of memories in my head and this is the first time i've ever got to do something like this William... let me enjoy it and hell if you're a good boy i might let you please me as well" Dawn began flicking her wrist and tightening her grip ever now and then because she could feel what he enjoyed from his pleased ministrations and subtle moans. moans he had to stifle as not to alert any patrons to the sexy siren pumping the life out of him right now.

Dawn whispered in his ear, "My own mind is making me jealous of all the lucky women who got to have you, how many did you break in with this monster... makes me want to shove it all down my throat and make you forget them all... i can't stand the thought of any other women touching you like this" Dawn began to sensually bite his tough and muscular neck.

"I was only ever with Drusilla... and maybe one or two one night stands when we broke up but nothing special...god Dawn you feel so fucking good" He couldn't help but moan into her mouth as she picked up her pace and could feel him twitch and writhe in pleasure which brought her great pride in her newly formed skills.

"See that's what i mean, you're still thinking about her! i can't have that now can i? not when you are mine William, i don't do sharing" Dawn had decided to take drastic actions to make sure he wouldn't think of any other women every again and although she was inexperienced and virginal in this form her memories of millenias lived past hence were strong in her mind. all she could hope was her mouth could open wide enough for this next trick.

"Maybe i can make you feel even better, just go with it ok... i've never done thie before either so i hope you like it" Dawn made sure no one was looking their way and then when she was sure the coast was clear she took his massive cock into her mouth and began licking and sucking him all over as the vampire couldn't help but lean his head back in ectasy as this beautiful woman was hitting all the right spots.

"Fuck me, Dawn... don't stop... please don't stop" His hand was now guiding the back of her head and she tried to go deeper but his bulbous pink tipped crouch monster was begining to hit the back of her throat and causing her eyes to tear up but she kept fighting through it for him, for his pleasure.

She was now sucking his coco with such ferocity all kinds of sounds were being made that William couldn't hide anymore but thankfully for them both the movie was in the midst of an intense action scene and the sounds of Dawns first immaculate feeling blowjob was drowned out by the sounds of zombie horror and scream queens doing their thing.

Dawn knew the ending was close for William as the grip of his hand on her head began tightening and his veiny cock was trembling all the way through her mouth from tongue to throat. the only problem is she didn't know whether she should swallow his vampiric seed or stop blowing him and she really didn't want to stop at all. turns out she really enjoyed Blowing William and this would definetly not be a one time thing.

Dawn was now bobbing up and down and swirling her tongue around his fat shaft as best she could and her mind had been made up fully, she wanted to taste him even more and was going to drink her fill of his Vampiric essence. her head was swimming with the thought of her getting to drink him down and she sped up as fast and heavy as she could, the poor vampire couldn't hold on anymore and she knew he was about to blow his load inside her mouth.

She felt the rush of warm sticky semen fill her mouth and then it didn't stop coming, of course he would cum buckets and what little space she had in her mouth had forced her to pull back and hold his exploding veiny member barely inside her mouth as she began to swallow his sweet tasting semen as quickly as she could but almost choked once or twice. she would be lying if she said she didn't enjoy it though, from the way his phallic monster felt and tasted to the way he groaned and moaned as lightly as he could to not ellicit any unwanted attention.

It felt natural to keep sucking and to drink all the remaining semen, she cleaned him up so well that anyone would think she had done this before and not secretly watched a bunch of porn last week to try and get the technique down. she didn't want to suck at sucking, but she was also happily biting her lip as she rose up and gave William such a sexy look he couldn't help but fall even deeper in love with her and he accidentally let it slip.

"I love you Dawn..." William watched as she put his massive cock back in his jeans and looked around to the pleasing knowledge no one had seen her just give her first handjob turned blowjob. she turned to her vampire boyfriend and licked her lips very sensually.

"You better love me, you just got two of my firsts... plus you... no i shouldn't say it" Dawn seemed to clam up and just hold herself against his muscular frame.

"What? if... if you didn't like it we don't have to do it again... i thought you were amazing. it was the best i've ever had by a long fucking margin" William smiled as she looked up at him to make sure he wasn't lying and he really did seem honest when he said such a pleasing thing to her ears.

"Then we can do it again, alot again... if you really liked my... the way I suck..." Dawns face was red as she realised she had never actually said the words out loud before, she had even just swallowed her boyfriends cum after her first blowjob and she had actually really enjoyed it.

"You want to do it again, i mean we can... but maybe next time in a bed, it's really damn hard not to moan when you're so focused" William kissed her and she was shocked he was fine with it afterall she probably tasted like his own cum but then again that wasn't gonna stop her and she accepted his lips without thinking any further about it.

"Good, i like how you taste... didn't think i would enjoy it that much cause ya know... new thing. but i wanted to make you feel good, make you want me... turns out i kinda want you, so much fucking more" Dawn tried to manouver his hand lower and that's where he stopped her and she gave him a confused look.

"My beautiful little songbird gets that in a soft, comfy bed... i want that to be romantic for you, not a sneaky hookup in the back of a cinema. you're worth so much more than that my sweet darling" William turned and noticed the film had just ended and Dawn also realised the same but she made something clear.

"I'm not letting you get away with not enjoying me William, you better have a soft bed ready for me soon or next time i take you in my mouth... well, it's not just vamps that can get a little bitey" Dawn grinned and flashed her teeth to the drained vampire and he grinned with his smoking hot looks causing Dawn to swoon all over again without realising it.

"I hope that's a promise, it's not everyday a hundred plus year old vamp can feel brand new again" William admitted to her and they rose to leave the cinema before the credits had even really started but then again it wasn't like they even enjoyed the movie. it was their own passion play that had made their night unforgettable.

"Well, i'm millenias old... these memories Ruby has me remembering might help me fight Glorificus one day... but at the moment i think the memories we are making together will be an even greater source of strength ya know" Dawn took his outstretched arm as they exited the cinema and walked through central Sunnydale and into the night.

They were stopped by an unexpected pair of Ruby and Drusilla who were outside the magic box talking about some personal buisness before Ruby had sensed them both and just wandered off towards them mid conversation and hugged them both butndidn't whisper anything as she knew Drusilla would hear her so she spoke telepathically instead.

'Thank the Snake God you two have come, she keeps trying to convert me... good god how did you put up with such a religiously pious pain in the ass William!' her internal voice was louder than expected but Dawn knew from experience it was hard to control mental tone and volume when distressed and Ruby in human form was most certainly in distress.

"Ruby, it's wonderful to see you tonight, myself and William have just returned from... well a not so good movie" Dawn gave the taller handsome vampire an honest look and he returned it as he lacked a verbal response to her words since she was completly correct and a look served him much better than a verbal response.

Ruby looked at the vampire and believed his look to be genuine and asked Dawn, "Well i can just send a spell to Buffy and Faith cause you two are coming to join me for a coffee as we have buisness to discuss... especially us Mr Pratt" She tried to bring them inside as quickly as possible but Drusilla was in the doorway and wanted to talk, probably to preach but Ruby had enough and was not taking no for an answer and bounded past her but William and Dawn decided to say hello.

"Good evening Drusilla, what on earth are you doing back in Sunnydale? don't you have school to teach tommorow morning?" William asked her with a genuinly perplexed look she had never seen from her long time romantic partner, it was as if he didn't see her the same way anymore, something has changed and she didn't entirely like it.

"Well yes William, i came to pick up some supplies and will be running back home post haste. although you two seem very close this evening, i hope the Slayers are aware of this development" Drusilla said with a tone she had expected to scare them and split them apart atleast physically and yet it didn't, it just made them hold each other tighter and a small amount of jealousy arose in Drusilla she didn't realise she still possessed.

Dawn could sense it and went teritorial with her feelings but tried to remain calm, "Well Drusilla they both know we are seeing each other and taking things slow, since i'm millenia old it isn't that difficult to go the slow route is it?" Dawn looked her up and down with a sly grin which made the vampiress realise she was dealing not with some little girl but a being who was growing into her power and her vampire senses were telling her to be careful as she 'was' most certainly in danger.

"I guess so, I'm saddened to hear the movie wasn't to your liking. I myself was here asking of Ruby if she knew any spells to turn me human again, church becomes a bit dangerous for a vampire you see" Drusilla stepped into the shop and they both followed suit and William closed the door behind them with the bell rattling for a few moments before being silenced by Rubys magic.

"Well, hopefully she can find you something, wasn't there a demon warrior whose blood could turn you human, some green guys, blood just touches your skin and poof... real girl again" William said it so casually he had shocked every women in the room with his matter of factness.

Ruby rushed over to him and read his mind for the information and found the information quickly before rushing over to her books and searching her demonic compendiums until she found the demon she was looking for.

Whilst Ruby was in the midst of research Dawn stayed holding her vampire boyfriend almost possesively and it didn't go unnoticed by him but also he really enjoyed being wanted by someone for once, it was a new feeling again and that was shocking considering how long he had been alive.

"Well i guess you want to turn back to be able to enter a heavenly realm, be by god and whatever..." William gave her a knowing look and she nodded in affirmation, ever since she had received her soul, the vampress wanted to be by god again like back when she was a nun before she had crosses paths with the monster Angelus.

"Of course, i believe in god, many do and i wish to attone for my demons sins and being human again will help with that. also i love being a school teacher, i'm going to enjoy my soon to be continued life fully" Drusilla waited patiently for Ruby to finish her search and she knew it was going to be a long night so the couple decided to take their jackets off and get some tea on since this was way to interesting to ignore.

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Dawn had returned home at 1:30 am and was dropped off by William and they even shared a kiss at the door but after he was gone the door swung open before she could place her key in the lock and both Slayers were standing there in place to make sure she was ok.

"Ruby contacted us telepathically, something about getting Drusilla out of her shop! what the hell happend?" Buffy dragged her inside and she noticed how tired Dawn looked as she stepped through the threshhold and hugged her mothers with a tight grip.

"Man my evening with William was amazing... until we passed by Rubys magic box... Drusilla wants to be human, Ruby found a demon thanks to William where she could get some blood from and rub it on her skin, boom human!" Dawn pushed herself away and rubbed her tired eyes and yawned something fierce.

"Well kinda makes sense B, she's religious... church is a no go for vamps..." Faith gave Buffy a look as if she was all like 'see, told ya so' and Buffy brushed it off and waited to hear why Ruby wanted to talk to the vampire for so long.

"Yeah but after she left and Ruby said she's try and find the blood for her, she told Spike she was opening a new shop and it's kinds silly to be honest with ya" Dawn took off her jacket and laid her keys in the bowl by the door and kept speaking the entire time.

"Rubys opening a florist... she wants Spike to work there since he actually has a history of flower arranging, by the way news to me and he knows his stuff... used to do some victorian flower langauge stuff for his mother, kinda confusing since i was falling asleep... god i hope i didn't drawl on him, that'd be embarrasing" Dawn shook her head and noticed how confused both Slayers were but Dawn was about to make Rubys plan clear.

"Yh, that was my face to, but she's expanding her buisness here and wants to also not only diversify but also have a steady supply of flowers since she is learning the Wicca and a myriad of different magicks from this dimension and William has an actual wide variety of magical and botanical knowledge" Dawn closed both Slayers mouths cutely and kissed them both on the cheeks.

"Yeah it shocked me too but Ruby has made it clear that weekends are for us and free, we can go bounty hunting or just laze about, in fact the place she picked has a really nice basement apartment and that means no more dusty crypts for William" Dawn grinned happily at the idea, in fact she had alot of ideas once they got the building ready and alot of them were pretty much what she was going to do to him when she got him alone, but her mothers didn't need to know anything about that.

"She even got William a new identity and bank cards and everything, he can live like a real man and Ruby was smart putting his age down as 21... he is eternally young afterall and maybe when the whole Glorificus craps dealt with he could become human again if he wanted too" Dawn was so tired at this point she had began to stumble and was barely able to right herself as Faith held a hand out for her but it wasn't needed in the end.

Buffy decided to help Dawn up the stairs and Faith was close behind to make sure she didn't fall backwards or anything. She reached her room and Buffy opened the door for her and she stepped over the threshold and into her room but still didn't feel like it was hers in the slightest. she felt as if not only had she aged expentially in weeks due to Rubys trances and memory retrieval of her long existence but also that Dawn Summers in such a short time had become somone completly new in a very short time and that change excited her.

"Hey Dawnie, hows the whole thing with William going anyway, no forcing of any kind, no vampy behavior? or worse" Buffy asked and she knew there was a chance it could anger or hurt Dawn to ask such a question but she needed to make sure everything was above bored and all in order as she wasn't fully ok with the entire thing and her arm was pulled by her new wife and her wife best friend.

Dawn wasn't mad though she just turned around with a great big smile that was infectious to both the Slayers who couldn't help but join her as she told them how happy she was "He was a total gentleman and i was the one pushing for more but he really is english ya know... souls done him good! he's softer, kinder and really thoughtful, well he always was but things are really, really good right now".

Buffy felt Faiths arm on her shoulder and it was soothing to the touch as she felt a wave of understanding over come her, "We're just worried Dawn but hey you are super old and magical but remember, this stuffs new to you and ya could lose yourself inside it all if you aren't careful" Faith warned her with a gentle cadence and Dawn understood fully but didn't help as she spoke soon after.

"Cool got it, no oiling my hot vampire boyfriend up until the third date, got'cha! shame though... those abs are wooooahhhhh!" Dawn seemed to lose herself for a moment as she envisioned his abs and Buffy couldn't help but plant her hand in her face as she felt embarrased to hear her own daughter gush over her ensouled former enemy.

"Ok enough of that please, you're very gay mothers don't really need the image of an oiled up Spike in their heads so close to bed time" Buffy turned to leave but Faith didn't help as she set Dawn off in a giggle fit.

"Yeah, we only accept an oiled up Elvira or Nancy Sinatra in these halls young lady! maybe Joan jett if we're feeling freaky" Faith followed Buffy down the hall and slapped her ass playfully before they got near their bedroom door.

"She gets it from you ya know, all the sarcasm and rule breaking, i was a good girl growing up" Buffy stuck her nose up in the air and Faith just flicked it and annoyed her slightly as she retorted.

"Ya hear that Dawn, burning down school gyms and blowing stuff up all the time is good girl behavior, so be good like B here! blow some shit up" Faith joked as she began to playfully wrestle her lover and barely gained the upper hand as Dawn said 'good night' and before she closed the door...

"Don't forget i love you crazy lesbos so god damn much! sleep well" Dawn closed the door and striped down to her underwear and just sprang into bed with very little worry or any real need to stay awake as sleep took her almost instantly and her night was dreamless. but before she fell asleep she couldn't help but go over the night in her head briefly, how she had been so bold and ready to try new things. how she enjoyed them and couldn't wait to try more.

A part of her was worried she wasn't good enough or she had made a mistake she wasn't concious off but William enjoyed her, he enjoyed what she did to him alot. and she couldn't get enough of how he wriggled and writhed in pleasure as she used her mouth for the very first time to rock his undead world.

The next couple of weeks would be interesting as she had some plans for him and considering how well everything was going right now she was going to try and push their boundaries even further if she found an opportunity to exploit.

The last thing she saw as she fell asleep though was a curly haired blonde women in long resplendent robes speaking a strange langauge that seemed familiar to her but oddly distant at the same time. it felt as if what she saw was a memory of sorts she had long forgotten and legions of dark creatures worshipped this beautiful blonde women. she couldn't hear what they were chanting but she could feel it in her soul "Glorificus rise! Glorificus rise!".

The last thing she saw in her minds eye was the piercing eyes of this unknown women resplendant in robes of alien design, she wasn't scared of what she saw because all she could feel was glory in human form before she fell into the wicked weaves of sleep.