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Waiting...	By : CWoodhaven Category: BtVS AU/AR > Het - Male/Female > Dawn/Spike(William) > Dawn/Spike(William) Views: 8689 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
Disclaimer: I do not own Buffy the Vampire Slayer (BtVS), nor any of the characters from it. I do not make any money from the writing of this story.

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Title: Waiting...
Pairing: Dawn/Spike (eventually)
Warnings: None (this chapter)
Rating: Safe/PG (this chapter)
Summary: Dawn�s not in a happy place, she's spiralling out of control because Buffy isn't in a healthy place either.
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the BtVS characters. I am just dressing them up and making them play around a bit. It's free for all to enjoy, and fun - please don't sue.

The most recent updates to this story can be found at:
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This was my first entry for TamingtheMuse (LJ community) - the prompt was "Mens Rea (the guilty mind)"

Feedback/Concrit is totally welcome.

A/N: This veers into AU/AR territory post FFL in s5. Spike left after FFL, Dawn didn't get cut to open the portal and Buffy didn't die. It will eventually be a Dawn/Spike story and very NC-17 including BDSM with a minor (16).

A/N: I would also like to say that this is fiction, and should be taken as such. I in no way advocate or condone minors participating in BDSM in real life. It is an activity that should only be undertaken between consenting adults.
Chapter 2
Dawn had been ecstatic when she realized Spike was behind her. She�d spun around in his arms and hugged him as tight as she could.
When she pulled back she fired a million questions at him at once, which he halted with a finger to her lips.
�Just wanted to let you know I�m back,� he said �Keep it quiet, huh?�
Dawn nodded, and blurted out, �Are you okay though?�
�Never better, kitten,� he brushed a piece of hair from her face.
�Your crypt�s the way you left it. I�ve been�� She broke off, blushing and feeling foolish, unsure how to finish. Everything sounded lame in her head.
�That your stuff I saw?� He said smiling.
She nodded, �I�m sorry, I just� sometimes I just go there to hang out.�
��s okay. I appreciate it. Been taking good care of the place � it looks right nice.�
�So you�re back living there now?� she was excited and disappointed. She didn�t think he�d appreciate her being underfoot all the time.
�Nah, I�ve got a different place for a bit. You keep looking after it though. Doing a good job.�
Suddenly he stepped back into the shadows, �Big sis� is coming. I�ll be seein� you soon.�
And like smoke he was gone.

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�God, Dawn, how hard is it to just sit there and wait for me? I said I�d be there,� Buffy complained as they were walking home.
Part of Dawn wanted to argue � she had been like 50 feet away from where Buffy said to meet. And Buffy was 2 hours late. She was so tired of it. No matter what she did it was wrong. �Sorry,� she said flatly.
�And what were you doing upstairs?� Buffy continued, and then stopped, pulling Dawn around to look at her. �You weren�t up there with a boy were you? Please tell me you were not up there with some boy.�
Dawn heart froze for a second. She hadn�t come up with a reason for being upstairs. Buffy had stormed up there and started yelling, and before Dawn knew it she had been pulled outside.
Dawn prayed her sister could be distracted. �You know, that�s kinda un-PC. I could have been making out with a girl up there.�
Now it was Buffy�s turn to freeze, her jaw dropped for a second, and then she started to babble, �You�re not�I mean�you know it�s totally ok if you are.� Her eyes were a bit panicked and her voice was falsely cheerful, �Do you need to talk to Willow? I mean you can talk to me, you can totally talk to me, but � you know Willow�s all big with the gay-ness and ��
It was kinda fun watching Buffy flail, but finally Dawn cut her a break, �No girl. No guy either, just needed some air.�
�Oh, good, good,� Buffy said distractedly, still recovering. Then her gaze turned serious, and she looked at Dawn � really looked for the first time in forever and said, �I just don�t want you vamp food, that�s all. They hunt up there all the time.�
�Okay, I got it. No vamp chow,� for a second, things felt like old times, Dawn felt like they were connecting again. Like her sister was still in there. Then she watched Buffy�s eyes glaze over with distraction again. Before she would have difficulty speaking around the thick lump that was fast forming in her throat, Dawn said dejectedly, �Can we get home now, I�m tired?�
They walked the rest of the way in silence. Buffy retreating to that other place in her head and Dawn lost in thought about what Spike�s return might mean.
Neither girl noticed their shadow.

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Days later, and still no sign of Spike, Dawn was thinking that she must have imagined him.
After school, before going home, she headed over to the Magic Box. Buffy was working until at least eight, and then she was going out for patrol. There was no telling when she�d get home, and Dawn didn�t feel like facing an empty house just yet.
Willow was running the store with that scary Amy chick. The two of them were always together. If she hadn�t seen Amy flirting with a guy just the other day, she would have sworn the two of them were dating. It seemed like every time Dawn walked in they were whispering together, and then they�d stop when they saw her.
She normally would have headed over to Spikes crypt on an afternoon like today, but she felt weird going over there now, knowing he was in town. Even though he said she was welcome to keep using it, she just felt like she was trespassing.
She wandered back to the back of the shop, where they kept some of the spell books. She set her book bag down on the floor, and started flipping through some of the ones they had out on a display table. Nothing looked interesting, although some of the subjects made her smile. She had no idea there was a market for gay love spells, or spells for your pets. The strangest one was a collection of spells to affect the outcome of court cases by a guy named W. Ramhart. She wondered who ordered that one.
Near the back of the pile one caught her eye. It was a small black book, much older than the others. She reached out and picked it up. The leather cover was embossed with a picture of what looked like a withering rose, with the title Niger Pectus Pectoris above it. She opened it and noticed that inside the front cover was the handwritten inscription �Egendom av Aud�. She started to flip through the pages. It wasn�t a spell book at all, it was full of curses. Some of them were insanely complicated, and had scary titles like �Blood Summoning�. Others promised to shrivel body parts on cheating lovers. That one had illustrations. Ick.
She was about to put it back when the title of one of the chapters caught her eye, Revenge.
She swiftly glanced around the shop. Willow had run out for something earlier and Amy was talking to the only customer. She quickly slipped the book into her bag, and slung it over her shoulder. Then she glanced around again. No one had noticed. She knew she shouldn�t steal, that it was wrong, but she couldn�t seem to help herself. Besides, if it didn�t turn out to be interesting, she could always bring it back.
�Hey! Dawn?� Amy sounding closer than Dawn expected.
Dawn�s heart began to pound, �Yeah?� she answered turning around. Amy was walking toward her, with a box in her hands. Dawn hooked her thumb in the shoulder strap of her bag, and used her elbow to wedge her book bag against her body. She hoped that the move looked natural, like she was trying to keep the bag from sliding off her shoulder.
�Make yourself useful and drop this off downstairs,� Amy said rudely, shoving the box at her.
Dawn fumbled with it, barely catching hold of it before it fell. Amy was already walking off. �God, were you this rude before you were a rat?� Dawn muttered toward Amy�s retreating back, and headed toward the stockroom.
When she got to the bottom of the stairs, she was really tempted to hold the box at arms length and drop it. In the end she just set it down less-than-gently at the base of the staircase.
She was surprised to see Xander down there. He hardly ever came around anymore. It looked like he was getting ready to start building more shelving.
�Hey, Dawnie,� he said, grinning. The smile didn�t touch his eyes, but she could see he was trying.
�Hey, yourself, stranger,� she said, giving him a big hug. He flinched, and she pulled back. �Are you ok?� she asked, concerned.
�What? Oh, yeah! Fine,� he said unconvincingly.
She looked skeptically at him.
�Really, I�m fine,� he assured her �I just got a sunburn at work, that�s all, it stings. How�re things with you?�
She decided to let it go, he obviously didn�t want to talk to her about it. �Good, you know? School sucks but �� she started.
He cut her off, saying, �That�s great,� his voice cheerfully overenthusiastic. Then he added distractedly, �Did Buffy come here with you?�
�Huh? Buffy?� his sudden question threw her off.
�Yeah, I was just wondering if she came in with you?� He fidgeted, nervously.
Dawn frowned, a bit freaked by the sudden change in Xander, �Um, no � she�s working late� she answered carefully.
�Oh, that�s right,� he said vaguely. �Well it�s good to see you, Dawnster. Glad to hear everything�s going well. Catch you later,� and with that, he was gone.
�Nice to see you too, Xander,� she murmured.
�For someone so tense, you�d think that carpenter boy�s no longer getting nailed,� she heard a voice dryly observe.
�Spike,� she hissed, as he came out of the shadows, �What are you doing here? Anyone could see you.� She fretfully looked around in case someone heard them.
�Came looking for you. You haven�t been to the crypt.�
She frowned, �I didn�t think you were staying there.�
�I�m not, but I was hoping to catch you there.�
�Why?� the word slipped out before she could stop it.
�What, I can�t want to spend time with you?�
Tears sprang up instantly in her eyes. Spike was in her face before she could will them away. �Hey, now, none of that.� He put a hand to the side of her face, and stroked her cheek with his thumb. �They notice if you left?� he asked, jerking his head indicating the people upstairs in the shop.
�Probably not,� God, she sounded pathetic even to herself.
�Come on then,� he said, taking her hand.

End Chapter 2

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