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Acquaintances	By : Tisienne Category: -Buffy the Vampire Slayer > Slash - Male/Male > Spike(William)/Xander > Spike(William)/Xander Views: 4765 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Part 11

His beloved had been right, Spike admitted as he used his keys to enter Xan�s apartment three hours and twenty-two minutes after he�d gotten off the phone with him. The young man was well and truly drunk. �Hullo, luv,� he murmured, locking the door behind him and moving to crouch in front of his love�s chair.
�Spike!� Harris announced loudly, a sickly grin on his face. �I�m� so� glad you�re� here�� He felt himself crumpling inside at the sight of his claimed, woozily realizing he�d only been holding on until the other man got there. �Gods, Spike� Quentin� so evil� how could he��
�Shhhh� shh, pet,� Spike murmured comfortingly, his arms wrapping hard and tight around the brunette man and pulling him forward. �Bloke�s burnin� in his own special Hell now, yah�?� He stood slowly, balancing his drunken lover against him. �C�mon, luv� let�s get all comfy on th� couch, �ey? Need ta just touch you, Xan� hold you an� feel you against me, luv��
The human swallowed hard and slowly moved to the sofa, still wrapped tightly in his vampire. �N-need that too, S-spike� I� Gods, poor� Robert� how� Giles is right, love� we CAN�T�!� He sobbed softly, remembering how he�d felt knowing his own parents hadn�t liked him, but� at least they�d KEPT him. Robert� Robert�s grandfather had thrown him away.
�Hush, luv,� Spike murmured again, pulling his beloved down onto the couch with him. He shifted until they were laying tangled and close, his eyes flying to the bedroom door as he heard the small creak of the hinges.
His eyes met Giles�s and he shook his head slowly, relieved when the Watcher nodded his understanding and closed the door again. Morning would be soon enough to deal with what they knew� or afternoon, rather, considering just how sodden his Claimed was and the fact that Rupert was five hours ahead of them, still being on jolly-old time. It was four AM in England, after all.
�Hush,� he whispered, one hand softly and slowly rubbing circles on his love�s spine. � �s goin� ta be alright, luv� promise you, Xan� won�t let young Bobby get hurt��
Harris swallowed hard, nodding his head slowly against the hard, cool, cotton-clad chest beneath his cheek. �I� thanks� for being� here� for� coming�� he said shakily as the room began to spin, only the arms around him holding him still.
Spike purred low and deep, well aware of how soothing his Claimed found it. His hands continued their gentle strokes and touches on his Xan�s spine. �Don�t want ta be anywhere else, beloved� always with you, always yours, never anywhere else�� He pushed their bond open to its widest expanse, letting those same feelings flow to his love as he felt the man finally slip into slumber. �Love you, Xan,� he whispered, pressing one gentle kiss to the strap-crossed and still slightly furrowed brow before letting his own eyes close and following him.
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The true tenderness he�d seen the vampire display the night before had been the death of the tiny bit of concern Giles had still felt about the relationship between Spike and Xander. Somehow, as unlikely as it might have seemed to him, Spike truly loved the young man. He had no true notion of how it might have come about, but it was obviously true. The two men were in love. It wasn�t simply that Spike had wanted to hold on to some reminder of his past, as Giles had initially feared. And Xander� well, he�d never been one to prevaricate and that being so, Giles had never doubted the reality of HIS emotions.
Of course, he never would have expressed his concerns to either the blond or the brunette; mostly due to the fact that it might have caused them both to pull away from him and the rest of the Council, but as it was no longer an issue, he pushed it aside for good. The two were well suited by whatever miracle had occurred and he was happy for them.
He showered quickly, luxuriating in the strong water pressure that he�d been missing ever since he�d returned to England, then finished dressing and whatnot.
Finally he stepped from the bedroom, smiling slightly at the sight of the two men still wrapped around each other. Apparently it was still a bit early for the lovers, but that was fine. He owed Xander�s neighbor a word of thanks for her kindness the day before, after all, as well as the news that the young man had returned safely.
After leaving a note to that effect on the coffee table, he stepped from the apartment, not noticing the slightly cracked eye of the vampire on the couch.
As it turned out, that barely open eye didn�t matter because Spike simply smiled, held his beloved closer and went back to sleep, his emotions still flowing steadily to his love.
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Harris groaned softly as he opened his eye in the relative darkness of his living room, the afternoon sunlight muted by the four layers of sheer curtains he�d put in. He groaned again as he tried to lift his pounding head. �Fuck� what the hell was I thinking?�
Spike chuckled, cradling the head against his chest again. �Don�t think you were, luv� or not about anythin� but how young Bobby�s goin� ta feel, yah?� His fingers stroked gently through the soft, thick dark hair, rubbing his beloved�s scalp softly.
The younger man sighed and nodded slowly against the strong chest he was laying on. �I�m sorry I was such a� mess when you got here, babe� I just��
The vampire purred softly. �I�m th� last one ta tell you a bender every now an� again �s a bad idea, luv� been on a few myself. Think you might recall that, �ey?�
Harris laughed softly, then winced at the throbbing in his head. �Oh, Gods� I think I�m gonna be sick��
Spike shook his head, still stroking the beautiful brown hair. �Nah, pet� but you�ll feel better if you have a shower an� some orange juice.� He loosened his hold on his beloved slowly, helping the other man sit up. �Tell you what, Xan. You go ahead an� get started on th� first. I�ll bring you th� second.�
He smiled a little and managed to lever himself from the couch. �What about Giles?� Harris asked finally.
The vampire snorted. �He can get his own bloody juice. Besides�� he scanned the note on the table. �Seems he�s payin� a visit ta our Lily, luv. Now get your hot little ass inta th� shower an� I�ll join you in a minute, yah?� He smirked as his human blushed, then staggered towards the bedroom and the attached master bath.

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(A/N: Thanks to TheShadowCat and RedSharpie for the reviews. Appreciate you guys taking the time. :) Only 3 more chapters to go in this one... hope everyone likes. *grins*)
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