SFW memories part 1 (see Ao3 link in my profile for the full nsfw ver)Destiny

2023-08-13T00:24:47Z

(still kinda spicy but no explicit sex)

I removed my glasses and rubbed my eyes with a sigh. Work was getting to me, it felt like there was too much on my plate but evil doesn’t take a day off.

“Don’t overwork yourself love.”

I jumped as I glanced up “Spike! You startled me, I just needed a break.”

A smirk played across his lips “wish I could offer more than just moral support.” His voice was almost wistful.

I glanced down at my notes to hide the blush creeping up my cheeks “so can I help you with something or were you just bored?”

“Actually I was doing some thinking just now and I figured out something you might wanna test. Remember when I was dealing with that Reaper ghost…”

“And you alerted me to you presence, yeah I do.” I finished for him finally regaining enough composure to look up at him again.

“Yeah well I haven’t been able to replicate contact with anyone else, trust me I’ve tried.”

I laughed to myself at this and this time he returned my smile genuinely. “Did you want to test more like that?” I asked moving to the front of my desk.

Nodding he held out a hand “if you’re ok with it I mean.”

Fighting to keep my face from reddening again I reached out my hand in return “Anything in the name of science.”

As his fingers touched mine there was an noticeable shift in the air I could almost feel his hand press against mine. I focused on that, I wanted to prove my point. That he was worth saving, that he was more than his past. That he was a champion too. There was a sudden glow starting at where we made contact and traveling up his arm rapidly. If he could have caught his breath he would have. As the light surrounded him it grew very intense and I had to close my eyes. When it faded almost everything was the same, except in moments when I had shut my eyes Spike had instinctively laced his fingers through mine. I caught my own breath as I noticed I could feel them. “I think that worked.” I breathed.

His eyes widened and he carefully put a hand to my cheek and a smile broke across his face. “I dunno what that was but it did.” He laughed cupping my face in his hands and almost without thinking he kissed me. I melted into it letting him back me up against my desk.

As he paused so I could catch my breath something bothered the back of my mind “what about Buffy?” I murmured.

He ran his thumb gently across my bottom lip as he hummed in the back of his throat “She thinks I’m dead, probably has gotten over me already. I don’t want to complicate things for her further.” There was an edge of sadness in his eyes as he took in my face. “‘Sides there has to be some reason you were the one to bring me back.” The sadness was gone, replaced with what I can only describe as pure lust. He tugged at my bottom lip gently with his teeth before kissing down my neck, softly nipping my skin in places.

I let out a whine in response. He was eliciting such a lewd response and I had a feeling he’d only just started. “Extra bedroom…in the lab…just in case.” I gasped pushing against him and he nodded stepping back so I could stand up. I tugged him into the room desperately.
~~~~~~
I woke, still wrapped up in Spike. Not wanting to move from this I closed my eyes again and focused on how he felt. Despite not having body heat there was a certain warmth to being so close to him.

“Morning.” He murmured and I opened my eyes to see him smiling softly at me.

“Hi.” I said wincing internally at the awkwardness of that response.

Thankfully he didn’t seem to notice as he kissed me softly.

“As much as I would love to go another round. I have work to do.” I said not making a move to push him away.

He groaned softly as he kissed down my neck “I know, I’m just happy it wasn’t all a dream.” He pulled away and out of me and a part of me missed him filling me up and his physical presence on my skin.

“Does this mean we’re a thing now?” I asked as I sat up and gathered my clothes casually checking and taking mental note of the time. It was still pretty early.

“‘Course it does. If you want it to.” He said biting his bottom lip nervously.

I smiled and leaned into him reassuringly “I do want that, it’s why I asked.”

He tilted my chin up to look at him then kissed me again. It felt more tender and more earnest this time. “Shower with me?” I murmured as we broke apart.

He smiled “sure.” After he gathered up his clothes as well we made our way carefully across the lab to the changing rooms where the showers were. Thankfully the shower was big enough to fit both of us much more comfortably than it would have if I had showered at home.
we both dressed in comfortable silence. As we waited for the elevator up to the main floor he held out his hand and I took it. Entwining my fingers with his. I couldn’t help but feel a little nervous on the ride up. Before when I was working on trying to get Spike corporeal again I had reassured Angel that it wasn’t just because I thought Spike was hot and charming and yet the first thing I’d done was get together with him. Then I remembered it was Eve who had brought up how attractive Spike was and something bothered me about that. I couldn’t put my finger on what.

“You alright love?” Spike asked, startling me out of my thoughts.

“Yeah just lots on my mind.” I squeezed his hand reassuringly giving him a soft smile.

The elevator doors opened and I glanced around the lobby, not even Harmony was there yet. The sun was just rising, filtering in through the magically tinted windows. I knew Harmony came in pretty early to avoid the full onslaught of the sun, Angel was probably already in his office given he lived in this building.

“Well should we give Mr. Grumpy-Pants the good news?” Spike smirked at me and I giggled.

“Absolutely, come on.” Still laughing to myself we crossed the entrance way, only momentarily halted for me to remind him that the glass was magic and he’d be fine, he hadn’t had to worry about sunlight as a ghost. Nerves still working the edge of my mind I knocked on the door to Angel’s office.

“Uh come in?” I heard his confused tone and I pushed the door open.

He looked up as Spike and I entered. Eyes flicking to us holding hands and I flushed “I don’t exactly know how I did it but we figured out that Spike could make physical contact with me and then we tried to see what holding hands did and then we figured there must be a reason it was me that brought him back and things…escalated.” I rambled my blush deepening.

Angel looked pensive for a moment “Fine,” he leaned forward “if I hear one word that you mistreat Fred in anyway I’m…”

Before he could continue I realized what he was about to say and my embarrassment turned to anger “you are not my protector, you’re my boss and have no business in my private life.” I snapped letting go of Spike’s hand to stride toward Angel’s desk “I only mentioned us getting together to explain why I didn’t immediately report his re-corporeality to you.”

Angel leaned back as I approached “I’m sorry, I do need to let you make your own decisions.” He paused and looked at me seriously “you will tell me if he does miss treat you?”

I nodded and he turned his attention to Spike “I’m sorry you had to see that. I’m glad you’re physical again. You can ask Harmony to get you some blood if you need it. Tell her I said it’s an apology.” He looked down at his notepad “and you two can have the day off.”

All the anger left me then “thank you so much Angel.” I tugged Spike outside eagerly.

“I owe you one, mate.” He called as I pulled him back out into the lobby.

“My apartment is in walking-or well running in your case- distance from here so I don’t think you’ll be in too much of a risk.” I explained glancing outside “plus the sun is still rising so there’s lots of long shadows.” I beamed at him.

He glanced outside “yeah I've gone through worse sun.”

I turned and noticed Harmony setting up her desk for the day “did you want to ask her about the blood?”

Spike made a uneasy face “not really.” He took my hand in his “I’m sure you have something I can snack on.” He murmured leaning close to me running his thumb along my fingers.

My blush returned “um, yeah I think that would be alright. Once I have some food in me.”

He grinned and led me out the door. Only pausing to use his jacket to shield his head from the sun. We ran across the very few streets between my work and my apartment. Only relaxing once we got inside the lobby. I led him into the elevator and up to my floor.
After I invited Spike in I made him wait in the entrance so I could close all the blinds and cover all the windows so the he could walk around my apartment without worry. After that I changed into a more casual outfit, sweatpants and a t-shirt, and fixed up some food for myself. He watched me do the latter with a bemused expression on his face. I blushed when I noticed him watching me, “Feel free to grab something to eat too if you do that.” I paused “Angel and Harmony stick to just blood so I’m not sure if blood only is a vampire thing or just a them thing.”

He chuckled “Nah I eat normal food too, mostly for the mouthfeel.” His voice lowered on that last word and my blush deepened. I glanced up from my food preparation and saw he was smirking at me in a way that made it very hard for me to focus.

“Good to know, I’ll keep some snacks around then.” I sat at the countertop opposite him and grinned back at him, internally cringing at that not great attempt at flirting.

I finished eating fairly quickly and cleaned up before moving over to the couch. He followed close behind me and almost immediately pulled me into his lap. Touching my forehead to his gently I took him in for a moment before I was distracted by his fingers grazing the exposed skin of my sides. As I gasped he used my moment of shock to pull me in by firmly gripping my hair. I moaned into the kiss slowly grinding on him. “You’re insatiable.” I teased grinning against the kiss.

“Yeah but you like it.” He purred back hand sliding up under my shirt.

“I do.” I murmured before kissing him again. Relishing in every single physical moment with him.
Maybe it seemed a bit fast to have these moments after only dealing with Spike being incorporeal for a few weeks but he had been constantly been hanging around my lab as I worked on solutions and we had gone from playful banter to teasing to I think legitimately flirting. That much built up tension was bound to wear anyone down to desperation.
((I don't know how to make this sfw but he did feed off me with a bit of extra stuff))

He pulled away far too soon and cupped my face in one hand “I’m so insatiable because I’m just happy to finally touch you.” He murmured.

I smiled and nuzzled into his palm “me too.”

“I want to make up for all the times you were working far too late and all I wanted to do was hold you as you slept. Or kiss away the worry that darkens your face far too often.” He rubbed his thumb along my cheek.

“What else did you want to do with me?” I asked pressing a kiss to his palm.

He smiled as his hand moved to tuck a strand of hair behind my ear, “sometimes I would watch you shower and want to join you, not like we did earlier,” he smirked at the thought “though that did cross my mind. I just wanted to be in that warm quiet space with you.”

His fingers entwined in my hair as I studied him with half closed eyes, “I haven’t been able to stop thinking about what I’d do physically with you either.” I murmured, cursing myself mentally for loosing my normally excellent grasp on the English language.

“Like what, Fred love?” He purred pulling me closer and pressing small kisses at the base of my neck.

“Well at Lorne’s party I wanted it to be you who was keeping me supported while magically drunk,” I closed my eyes all the way as Spike kissed down to my shoulder.

“And?” He prompted, knowing there was more.

“And I wanted to be the one making you happy at the party and I even wished,” I paused blushing as my fantasy returned to my brain with a single thought “I wished it was us he told to get a room.”
~~~~~
Later we were wrapped up in my couch blankets and he was drawing lazy patterns on my back. Every so often he murmured soft words of praise of how good I was during the whole thing. Just as I was noticing the last rays of sunset fading through my closed curtains my tummy grumbled.

“Pet?”

“Hmm?”

“I think we should go out to eat, I want to know what your favorite place is.”

I nuzzled into his chest “but I like it here just like this. I’m not that hungry.”

He chuckled “I hear otherwise.” He poked at my tummy playfully and I giggled.

“Okay, okay. Let me just go put something decent on.” Regretfully I disentangled myself and padded into my bedroom. I put on something still casual but able to be seen in public. Walking back into the living room I saw Spike pulling on his shirt but leaving off his jacket “we really need to get you more clothes soon.” I mused walking over to the window and peeking through the curtains just to make sure we were in the clear sunlight wise.

“I’m sure boss-man Angel will have something for me to do then I can buy anything I want.” He took both my hands as I walked back over to him “maybe even get a place for both of us.” He ran his thumb over my fingers and I blushed.

“I’d like that.” I tugged at him “let’s go then.” I smiled.

We headed back down and out of my building. As we were making our way to my favorite food truck, hand in hand about as couple-y as we could look, we almost ran into a figure running straight for us. Spike pulled me out of the way and the figure stopped. The guy seemed familiar but when I tried to place him my head hurt. He had long hair that looked kind of unkempt and gave off a casual yet 'don’t mess with me I’ll cut you' attitude. He did a double take as he looked at Spike and me.

“Well well I thought you’d be halfway to Europe by now.” He blinked as he registered I was clinging onto Spike “Looks like you decided to stick close to home.”

Spike drew me against him protectively “Do I know you mate?” He questioned stiffly.

The man shook his head “Nope, just saw who you were in a vision a while back.” He tapped his forehead “Saw you save the world, mostly I see bad stuff but it looks like it turned out ok for you.” His eyes flicked over me as if waiting for my reaction.

My head just hurt “either tell us who you are or leave us alone.” I snapped, my headache not helping my temper.

The stranger raised an eyebrow but just smiled “My name’s Doyle and I’ll be keeping an eye out for you.” He said making eye contact with Spike. The name instantly raised my suspicion but I waited until “Doyle” ran off.

“What a strange fellow.” Spike said scratching the back of his neck “kinda gave me the creeps.”

“You have a good gut feeling,” I said taking a breath “whoever he is he was lying to our faces.”

“How’s that love?” Spike asked taking my hand as we continued our walk.

“Because Angel told me Doyle died a long while ago.”

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SFW memories part 1 (see Ao3 link in my profile for the full nsfw ver)Destiny