Prompt 101 - Entice, Buffy, Untitled - now A Change of scenery

[grenouillenue.livejournal.com]

Hey so I now have a title for my fiction YEAH!!!

Fandom: BTVS and ATS
Title: A change of scenery 4/?
Rating: PG now, later on it may become NC-17 but not yet.

Summary: Post Chosen the characters split themselves between the other Hellmouth and LA.

Prompt: Entice (tamingthemuse)

Paring: None in this chapter, various later on including, S/X, B/OC and others

Previous chapters here

Spike wasn’t the only one who was shocked by Xander’s admission; it had been a week since Xander had shocked everyone. That initial shock had been followed by a few lesser shocks. Xander was staying in LA without the rest of the Scoobies. The rest of the Scoobies, version 7.0, were going to the Cleveland Hellmouth, all of them except for Dawn who was staying behind in LA with Xander, the two “normal” people of the group.  After this news was broken the rest of the scoobies headed out. There were tearful goodbyes and when Willow the last of the group left the office building Dawn and Xander turned to each other and let out a sigh. Willow walked on to the bus in tears and sat down beside Kennedy who was curled up towards the window already asleep being one of the first people to board the bus. Willow leaned over to her for comfort but she just snoozed on oblivious to the pain in her girlfriend`s eyes.

                Xander hadn`t seen Spike since then and that had nothing to do with the fact that every time Xander caught a glimpse of the duster sweeping around a corner he ducked into the nearest open room. He`d had a few interesting conversations with Wesley most of which started with Wesley nearly spilling his tea over various irreplaceable artefacts as Xander burst into his office.  He`d even begun to confide in Wesley about his demon magnet-y qualities, Wesley simply hummed and hawed until the Friday when Xander once more unceremoniously burst in on him when he was studying the original Shanshu text.

“Xander, must you burst in here so loudly. I`m certain with all the racket you`re making Spike knows full well where you are. “

“What? I thought I was being sneaky.”

“If that’s how you do sneaky it’s a wonder you survived a night with Buffy.” Realising he had hit a sore spot Wesley decided it was time to change the subject. “I’ve been thinking, maybe all the demon magnetness and your survival even with your lack of sneakyness, might be attributed to something else. You said something about being called ‘the one who sees’ I seem to have come across a passage in this text that references the vampire reaching out through, ummm I`m not sure of this word but it seems he reaches for he whose eyes have been opened through loss. It goes on to talk about this helper and his special abilities with the supernatural, things that hide under his awareness. It says ‘and the demons will know him yet they will not have him, he shall be both protected and protector.’”

“Yea well that’s got to be talking about someone else. I’m no one’s protector.”

“Well it might not mean you, but it seems suspicious to me.”

“So you really think Spike knows that I’ve been avoiding him?”

“Absolutely, even I can hear you lumbering down the hall.”

Xander thought about that and decided that the next time that he say Spike he wouldn’t hide in the nearest office, after all, all that he did was say something nice to Spike it’s not like no one had ever done that before, it’s not Spike had always been an outsider, he really helped that summer when Buffy was ‘gone’. It turned out that his opportunity was coming quicker than he thought. Xander stepped into the hallway and practically ran into Spike. He knew what he’d promised himself a few moments before but that didn’t mean that the door to his left wasn’t enticing.

“Ummm, hey...” was all he was able to say before he found himself alone in the hallway. “Spike?”

 

  I hope you enjoy this. I'm also wondering if there's anyone out there willing to beta read this for me????? please.

Comments

[kaydee23.livejournal.com]

I'm intrigued. I like the addition of Xander to the Shanshu prophecy.

[grenouillenue.livejournal.com]

thanks soo much, that part wasn't planed it just appeared on the page as I was writing