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After the End Has Come and Gone	By : addielogan Category: AtS/BtVS Crossovers > Het - Male/Female > Buffy/Spike(William) > Buffy/Spike(William) Views: 4670 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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William stood in Buffy's living
room, looking around, surveying the home she had made for herself. He'd never
seen the place before, but it still seemed familiar, little touches reminding
him of her.
Buffy walked in, stopping just past
the doorframe and watching William. He looked up, smiling at her. "Nice
home you have here, pet."
"Thank you," Buffy looked
down, her good mood shifting to nervousness. "It could be your home, too.
If�if you wanted."
William stared at her for a moment,
unsure if he'd actually heard her right. "You want me to move in with
you?"
"Uh huh."
"Are you sure? I mean, with
our past�"
Buffy looked up sharply.
"Don't you want to live with me?"
"Of course I do. I just want
to be sure it's what you really want, too."
"It is. I love you. I want us
to make a real life together, starting right now."
"I want that, too, Buffy�so
bloody much."
Buffy went to him, wrapping her
arms around him and resting her head on his chest. William's arms immediately went
around her as he breathed in her scent. After a few minutes, Buffy looked up at
him, her eyes shining. "Take me to our bed."
William smiled at her last two
words. He'd never thought the day would come with Buffy would truly share
anything with him, especially her bed. He picked her up, cradling her in his
arms. "Which way, pet?"
"It's the room at the end of
the hall, to the left," Buffy replied, nuzzling her face against him.
William carried Buffy into the
bedroom, lying her down on top of the bed. She looked up at him, her green eyes
hooded by heavy eyelids, and William didn't think he could possibly want her
anymore than he did at that moment. Then she spoke.
"Make love to me,
William."
William knelt beside her on the
bed, gazing down at her. He couldn't believe that this was real, that he
wouldn't wake up any moment to find himself alone. "I love you,
Buffy."
"I love you, too."
Buffy's words filled him with
emotion, and for a moment he felt like he would weep. He ran his hands down her
body, then back up, stopping at the buttons of her blouse. He knelt down,
placing a kiss on each bit of skin he revealed with every undone button. Buffy
sighed, running her fingers through his hair. He sat up a little, slipping the
blouse off her arms and pulling it from behind her before going down to remove
her jeans, stopping only to take off her shoes before leaving her lying before
him nothing but an emerald green silk bra and panties set. William stared at
her, his gaze raising the temperature of her already overheated body.
"What are you looking
at?" Buffy asked, her voice pertaining a husky tone.
"You. You're the most
beautiful woman I've ever seen."
"You're just now figuring that
out?" Buffy teased with a wink.
William chuckled. "I've always
known. Just reminding myself, is all."
"So do I get to see you, or
are you gonna have all the fun?"
William smirked, pulling back up to
his knees again. "I'm right here, luv. You wanna see me�" He trailed
off, wagging his eye brows.
Buffy sat up, kneeling in front of
him. She pulled his t-shirt over his head, then kissed
her way down his chest, mimicking what he'd done earlier when he'd unbuttoned
her blouse. William trembled, the heat he'd felt the last time he'd been with
Buffy rising in his body once more. She then pushed him back down on the bed,
taking off his shoes and socks before slowly pulling off his jeans. She smiled
at him. "Still not big on the underwear, I see."
William looked down at her, the
desire Buffy saw in his eyes making her tremble. "Guess old habits die
hard. Touch me, Buffy."
Buffy reached out, her hand shaking.
Her fingers closed around him, and she heard William's sharp intake of breath. He
was hot and pulsing against her palm, and Buffy found it strange to associate
those sensations with him in her mind. But she'd have to now. He was alive now.
Heart beating�breathing�warm�
"Buffy�please�" William
thrust his hips slightly, and Buffy realized that she become lost in her own
thoughts for a moment. She leaned down and licked him lightly. His taste had
changed too. Slightly, but enough for her brain to register he wasn't the same
as before. She watched him as she slid her mouth on to him, his whole body
tensing to keep from thrusting up the way he wanted to.
It had been years since Buffy had
done this for him, yet she remembered everything he liked vividly. It wasn't
long until his hips were moving, his hands tangled in her hair. With him, that
had never upset her. She liked how easily she could make him lose control.
Suddenly, William was pushing her
away. She looked up, confused. She could tell he'd been close, and she was more
than willing to have taken things to their conclusion. "I don't recover
like I used to, pet," William said, his words rough with passion.
"Need to be inside you."
Buffy nodded. She needed that, too.
"Want you, William," she whispered, lying back on the pillows.
"Want you so bad."
William slipped off her panties, leaning
down to kiss her softly between her legs. He moved back up her body, pausing to
remove her bra as well. Buffy moaned as he pressed his lips once gently against
each of her nipples. "William�please�" she
begged.
"Anything for you,
kitten," he whispered, lowering himself over her. He positioned himself
against her entrance, looking down at her until her eyes opened. When her gaze
was locked with hers, he thrust inside as he told her, "I love you,
Buffy."
Buffy cried out, her hips rising up
instinctually to meet his. "I love you, too," she whispered.
William made love to her slowly,
wanting to express his feelings for her in a way she'd never really let him
before. In the past, this act between them had almost always been just about
the sex, but this time there was more. He smiled at her gentle touches and her
soft words of love. This is what he'd always wanted, want he'd needed. For the
first time since he'd become human, he was genuinely happy about it. Nothing
could come between them now, he knew. They were in love, and now he could give
her the one thing he never could have before. Something not even Angel could
give her. He was someone she could grow old with.
Buffy smiled as she lay wrapped in
William's arms. "This feels nice," she said, snuggling closer. "Nice and warm."
William kissed her brow softly.
"My pensive Buffy! thy soft cheek reclined, Thus
on mine arm, most soothing sweet it is."
Buffy looked up at him. "Did
you write that?"
"I wish. It's Coleridge. And
it's actually to Sara, but I figured now wasn't the time to be calling you
someone else's name."
Buffy laughed. "No. It
isn't."
William absent-mindedly stroked her
hair. "Are we for real this time, Buffy?"
"Yeah. This time we're for
real."

***
*** ***
"Buffy! I was wondering when
you were going to come out and face the light of day." Dawn stood in front
of her sister, giving her a knowing smile.
"Don't look at me like
that," Buffy said, trying unsuccessfully not to blush. "William and I
just had�some things to sort out."
"Uh huh. So you wanna
gush?"
Buffy broke out in a grin. "Oh
Dawnie, I don't think I've ever been so happy! Being with William makes me
happier than I've been in so long. I love him so much."
"You know, you could've
figured that out years ago and saved yourself a lot of heartache."
Buffy blinked. "Dawn�"
Dawn held up her hands. "Not
trying to be a bitch. I'm just saying�"
"The past is, well, the
past," Buffy said. "I can't undo anything I did before. Besides,
William's not the same as he was before. I mean, he's human. I don't know how
happy I would've been before�especially when he didn't have a soul."
"Buffy, you and I both know
how much he loved you, even then."
Buffy looked down. "I don't
want to think about any of that." She looked back up, smiling again.
"I just want to be happy about now. Things are perfect."
"Perfect, huh?"
"Yep. It's been such a
wonderful couple of days. I feel like I'm living some sort of wonderful dream,
and I don't ever want to wake up."
Dawn smirked. "Sounds
great."
"It is. And like I said,
everything is perfect. So perfect in fact, that I think, just this once, nothing
could ruin my happiness."
"Buffy?"
Buffy froze. That was a voice she'd
never forget, but� Her smile faltered for a moment, then
she forced it back, turning around. "Angel."

***
*** ***
"Hey, Spike, you in
here?"
William looked up sharply.
"Andrew? What do you want? And for the record, it's William now."
"Yeah, uh huh. Look, I just
figured I better warn you."
"Warn me? Of what?"
"There's a certain old, um,
friend of ours that's just arrived. Word is he's looking for Buffy."
William felt his stomach flip.
"This 'friend' wouldn't happen to have a rather prominent brow, would
he?"
"I take it you know of whom I speak,"
Andrew said with a nod.
"Yeah. Why is he here?"
"I don't know," Andrew shrugged.
"It could be nothing. He's stopped by a few times over the years�y'know, to
check in on things, make sure the Slayer Army doesn't need his help with anything.
I just figured I should give you a heads up, so Buffy doesn't come in all 'I talked
to Angel' and throw you off guard, cause that could get nasty, and I'd hate to see
you two crazy kids get all messed up now."
William shoved his hands in his pockets.
"Thanks for coming to tell me, but I'm sure it's no big deal. Buffy and I�we're
happy now."
Andrew could see the nervousness in
William's expression and body language, despite his self-assured words. "All
right. Like I said�just wanted to give you a heads up. Look out for you and all.
I mean, if you and Buffy are getting serious, then, well, we're practically brothers."
"What?"
"Oh, yeah, I guess with the
whole you running off thing, followed by the fact you and Buffy haven't left
her house in like two days, no one filled you in. Dawn and I are getting
married."
Andrew would've laughed at the
expression William got on his face if he wasn't sure that, vampire or no, he
could still kill him with his bare hands. "You're the guy Dawn's marrying? No wonder I'm human, and Buffy
loves me. This is Bizzaro World."
"You can give me a big-brother
style 'if you hurt her' speech if you want, but you don't have to. If I ever
did anything to hurt Dawn, I'd kill myself, so you wouldn't have to worry about
it."
William chuckled a little, trying
to force his brain to accept the fact that Dawn and Andrew were actually a
couple. It wasn't easy. "There's something about those Summers
women. Once they've captured your heart, that's it for you, mate."
"So I've noticed." Andrew
smiled. "But I wouldn't have it any other way. I don't know what I did to
get so lucky, but I'm certainly not going to turn my back on it. Dawn makes me
feel like no other person I've ever been with ever has."
William ruffled Andrew's hair.
"Well, I guess as long as you promise to never ever give me any sort of details that would disturb me, you two have my blessing. Oh, and consider that 'big-brother style'
speech given." William punctuated his last sentence with a warning glare.
Andrew nodded. "Thanks. And
you might want to tell Dawn that, too. She's been nervous about telling you�afraid
you'd go all wookiee on me and rip my arms from the sockets."
"Tempting as that may be at
times, I promise your arms are safe."
"That's nice to know,"
Andrew said with a tiny grin. His expression sobered again. "Hey, I should
get going. I'm supposed to be helping Giles catalog Watcher files."
"Sounds fun."
"Yeah. The kind of fun that
makes you want to kill yourself. See you around,
Spike. Or William. Or whatever."
"See you, Andrew. And thanks
for telling me about Angel."
Andrew nodded, then
left.

***
*** ***
"Hello, Buffy."
Buffy stood, staring at her former
lover in shock. After spending the last couple of days in William's arms, Angel
was the last person she expected to see. "Angel! What are you doing
here?"
"You don't seem happy to see
me."
"It's not that, it's just�"
Buffy let out a deep breath. "I wasn't expecting you."
"Seems like quite a few
'unexpected' things have been going on around here," Angel replied. Dawn
cleared her throat, and both Angel and Buffy whipped around, making it obvious
that they'd forgotten Dawn was even there. Angel gave her a small smile.
"Uh, hi, Dawn."
"Hello. I would say it's nice
to see you again, but honestly, it's not."
"Dawn!" Buffy said,
looking at her sister in surprise.
Angel held up a hand. "No,
Buffy, it's all right. I know I've never really given Dawn a reason to like
me."
"There's the understatement of
the year," Dawn muttered.
"Dawn, could you maybe let
Angel and I talk in private?" Buffy asked.
Dawn looked at her sister,
skeptically. "Buffy�"
"Dawn, please." Buffy
said, rubbing her forehead.
"Fine," Dawn replied.
"I'll see you later, Buffy." Dawn gave a warning glare to Angel
before walking off.
"I don't think she ever got
over the betrayal of me becoming Angelus," Angel said quietly.
"I don't think a lot of people
did."
Angel looked up sharply at Buffy.
"Buffy, I�"
"Look, you didn't come here to
drag that up," Buffy said, cutting him off. "What's the deal,
Angel?"
"Spike. I hear he's
human."
"Wow, news travels fast."
"How'd it happen?" Angel
asked. "Was it the�"
"Shanshu Prophecy?" Buffy
finished. "I don't know. You know how vague those prophecies can be. But
it wasn't some mystical whammy from the Powers that Be if that's what you're
asking. He had most of his demon sucked out by some other demons, and it made
him human�more or less."
"Most of? More or less?"
Buffy sighed. She wasn't in the
mood to have this conversation with Angel, but she knew he wouldn't just let it
go. "He still has some remnants of his vampiric abilities. Strength,
speed, agility, heightened senses. Not to the degree he once did, but still
better than the average human. But he also has a reflection, doesn't drink
blood, can touch a cross, and is perfectly free to get a tan if he wanted. We
haven't tested the holy water, but I'm pretty sure he's good there, too."
"And you're all just accepting
this?"
Buffy blinked. "What?"
"He's not a vampire, but he's
still something more than human. How do you know these demons didn't replace
his old demon with something new? He could pose a threat, Buffy."
"William isn't a threat to me, or to anyone else here."
"You can't know that for
certain. And 'William?'"
"Yes I can." Buffy
crossed her arms in front of her. "And it's his name."
"I don't like this, Buffy. If
there's one thing I've learned in over two centuries of existence, it's never take anything at face value. For all you know, there could
be some sort of horrible demon getting ready to take him over, or hatch, or something."
"Angel, that's ridiculous. We
were held captive by Vrognash demons, who happen to
ritualistically suck power out of other demons. They started doing it to Spike,
and I stopped it before it killed him, but after he had too little demon in him
to be a vampire. End of story."
"That's too simple,
Buffy."
"You weren't there, Angel.
Fighting those demons, saving Spike, it wasn't simple." Buffy looked down.
"I spent a year being brainwashed by them, made to think I was part of
this little town they had set up for themselves. There was nothing 'simple'
about that at all."
"They're brainwashing demons?
All the more reason not to trust what's happened to Spike, Buffy."
"Look, I've spent a lot of
time with Spike�William�since the
change, and�"
"Oh, have you?" Angel cut
her off, looking down at her sternly. Buffy shifted uncomfortably.
"He felt really lost after,
after what happened," Buffy said. "I wanted to be there for
him." She winced inwardly, knowing she was avoiding telling Angel the truth.
She wasn't sure she could look her first love on the eye and tell him she was
with Spike now.
"There for him like you've
been in the past?"
"It's none of your business,
Angel," Buffy said softly.
Angel sighed. "Look, Buffy,
I'm sorry I'm being so harsh about this. It's just�well, I worry about you. A
vampire being turned human again isn't one of those things that happens every day. Sure, it could just be that Spike got
lucky, but it could be something bad, too."
Buffy bit her bottom lip. "I
know."
Angel reached up, cupping Buffy's
cheek in his hand. "I'm going to stick around here for a bit, just in case�"
"Angel, that's not�"
Angel spoke louder, causing Buffy
to grow silent again "Just in case things do get bad. Odds are they won't,
but I want to be satisfied that everything's okay before I leave you in a
potentially dangerous situation."
Buffy knew she should tell him that
she didn't need his help; that she could handle things just fine, and there was
nothing wrong with William. "Okay."
Angel smiled at her as he dropped
his hand. "Thanks. I know I'm probably being overly paranoid, but I'll
just feel a lot better seeing everything for myself."
"I understand."
Angel surprised Buffy by enveloping
her in a tight embrace. "I've missed you, Buffy."
Buffy froze before returning the
gesture. "I've missed you, too."

***
*** ***
William was sitting on the couch
when Buffy came home. "So did you talk to Peaches?"
Buffy looked at him, startled.
"How did you�"
"This place is full of
gossips," William replied. He frowned. "Buffy, is everything all
right? He didn't cause a scene about us, did he?"
"I, um, actually didn't tell
him about that."
"Oh." William was silent
for a moment before asking, "Didn't have a chance to?"
"No. I did, I just�"
"Didn't."
"Yeah."
"But you're going to?"
"Maybe. Probably. Later."
"Buffy�"
Buffy sighed, sitting down on the
other end of the couch. "William, it's not that I'm ashamed of us, or anything like that. It's just, well,
Angel's wigging on the whole you being human thing. He thinks that the Vrognash
could have put something evil in you."
"Yeah, because replacing a demon with something evil, that makes
sense," William snapped. "Please tell me you told him to sod
off."
"Not exactly�"
William looked at her, wounded.
"Do you think he's right?"
"No! God, William, I swear I
don't. Please, don't think that. It's just, well, you know Angel and how
stubborn he can be. He said he wants to stick around for a bit, make sure for
himself that nothing bad has come from you being human again."
"And let me guess, you threw
open the door to the guest room for him."
Buffy looked down at her hands.
"Once he sees that everything's okay, he'll be satisfied and leave."
William took a deep breath,
preparing to ask the question he needed the answer for, but didn't want to
voice at the same time. "And while he's here, what about us?"
Buffy didn't look up. "I was
thinking we'd play things down for a bit. Maybe you should, um, postpone
officially moving in with me."
William said nothing, only standing
and walking towards the door.
"Where are you going?"
Buffy called after him.
"To go stay away from you like
a good little boy until daddy goes home," William snapped.
"Dammit, Spike, don't do
this."
William wheeled around at her use
of his former nickname. "What do you want me to do, Buffy? Pretend I'm
thrilled at the fact that you don't want to be with me while your precious
Angel is around?"
"That isn't it! I just don't
want any more complications with him than there are already."
"What about loving me, Buffy? 'Soulmate before you had a soul.' What was that? Just a
something pretty to say to keep me from running off to find Drusilla?"
Buffy jumped up. "No! I love you!
I just�" Buffy sighed. "Please, can you just do this for me?"
William closed his eyes, clenching
and unclenching his fists once. "Fine."
"I'll make it up to you after
he's gone, I promise."
"Whatever." William
turned to walk out again.
"Are you mad at me?"
Buffy asked softly.
"What do you think?"
"I don't want you to be mad at
me."
"One of us is going to be mad
at you, Slayer�either me or Angel. You made your choice of who you want it to
be."
"William�"
The only response Buffy got was the
slamming of the door. She went back to the couch, flopping down.
"Well, shit."

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