The Soul-Drinker

[hello_spikey]

Okay, so here's the first half of my Plot-without-porn. I haven't written the second half yet. I'm a bad girl. So be warned. But, like, I have it plotted out!

Title: The Soul Drinker
Fandom: Angel: The Series, season 5
PG-13
Summary: A rogue group of would-be do-gooders is out to steal Angel's soul. Somehow this turns into a Spike & Gunn buddy-

Comments

[ersilia62]

O.M.G! Spike without the soul .... and now? The story you're doing interesting ....

[hello_spikey]

Glad you're interested! I was worried the set-up was a bit laborious. :)

[snickfic]

I don't think I've ever read a Spike&Gunn story that was more than 1k words long. So, yay! And yay, soul-exploration.

Some perfect lines:
Spike shoved his hands in his pockets. “Bloody hell. I’ve got to get a publicist."

“You vamps and your noses.” Gunn adjusted his collar. “Can make a man anxious about his deodorant.”

Spike looked down at his chest as though just noticing it. “Oh,” he said. “Bollocks.”

Yay, understatement. And Gunn taking off as soon as he sees it - because of course Gunn has no idea what soulless Spike has been like the past few years, and no reason to believe he isn't about to be eaten.

I don't know that I've ever seen a "soulled Spike gets unsoulled" story - yay! Can't wait to see how it works out and what happens next.

(Typo catch: Spike cut Gunn off with, “Come on, Charley!” Everywhere else you've spelled it "Charlie.")

ETA: Also, 'Yay' is clearly my word of the day...

[hello_spikey]

Yay! Thank you for the typo catch, darling. I actually vacillated between "Charlie" and "Charley" back and forth as I was writing before deciding that gosh darn it, I prefer "Charlie."

I promise there'll be more soon. Ish. Er, as fast as I can write it. :)

I'm really excited to have the opportunity to write Spike and Gunn and explore all the fun little issues of souls and class and careers and so on... *rubs hands*

[mulder200]

You know there really aren't enough Spike/Gunn fics out there. This really makes up for it. I can't wait for the next part.

Man, that is one wicked cliffhanger though.

[hello_spikey]

There really isn't enough Spike/Gunn! :D

mmmm

*slaps self, remembers it's plot w/o porn...*

Sorry for the wee cliffie. There'll be more, promise. :D I wrote, like, wow, gobs and gobs and... okay the first scene of the second half today. More soon!

[ubi4soft]

Love the story and the setting. Tell us more about that soul-drinker thingy.

[hello_spikey]

Glad you like! More soon-ish.

[shapinglight]

Eeek! You can't leave it there! Noo!

I loved this. Spike and Gunn make a great couple (in the non-couply sense) and this is all very exciting. Can't wait to see how Gunn reacts to soulless Spike, or indeed how soulless Spike reacts to Gunn. More soon please.

also, because you said you wanted to be warned about typos, you've written 'ominous creek' and it should be 'ominous creak.'

Ooh, reading your comment above reminds me how much I loved that interchange about race and class between Spike and Gunn. Perfect. There should be more Spike and Gunn fics.

[hello_spikey]

I'm so mean with the cliffie! :D hee hee

So glad you liked. I wanted Spike and Gunn to have a real, deep sort of conversation. And I do like them as buddies. :)

Thanks for noticing the ominous stream there... ;)