Lament (Dawn and Spike), PG

[coalitiongirl]

Hey look I wrote something! Un-betaed and short, but it's something, right? :D

Spike and Dawn, right after Showtime. And so now he’s at her side and she’s half-carrying his weight down to the basement, and she wants to rage and hurt him and shout the warnings she’s practiced in front of her mirror all summer.

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[penny_lane_42]

the warnings she's practiced in front of her mirror all summer (because last time he hadn't flinched, hadn't reacted, and she wants a reaction, dammit!),

Oh, that's so perfect!

they're kind and patient and sorrowful and all the things that Spike never was with her (he'd shout and threaten her and it made her feel safe and wanted and like someone finally cared)

YES YES.

because sometimes that pain hurts so much more than the pain of what he'd done to Buffy, and she can't acknowledge it because it's self-centered and stupid and he never owed her friendship- she was just Buffy's little sister, always Buffy's little sister, and never anything more. But Spike's words are still echoing through her, an acknowledgement she never should have wanted but the one she craves more than anything. He knows her, can see through her as well as he always has, and a tiny piece of her shatters at that realization.

*flails*

Oh, that was wonderful! It would slide right into canon so well!

[spikesjojo]

That is so beautiful - thank you! I always wanted their estrangement to be resolved, and this is such a good step toward mending the cracks!

[relurker]

Have my gold star, too!
A very touching point, you made.

[waddiwasiwitch]

Oh this is lovely. I love their friendship so much and I wanted them to reconcile so bad.

[spuffy_noelle]

I love Spike and Dawn's relationship, and I always hated how it wasn't resolved in the show. Thanks for giving us a glimpse at what should have happened.