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For the Sake of the Song (12/17)
Chapter 12: River
It's coming on Christmas
They're cutting down trees
Putting up reindeers
and singing songs of joy and peace.
Oh, I wish I had a river
I could skate away on.
After the nth time Buffy’s cell phone dinged to announce an incoming text message and the twelfth time she muttered “Oh, Dawnie,” William set down the Sunday paper and turned ( Read more... ) -
For the Sake of the Song (11/17)
Chapter 11: Lost Cause
There's too many people you used to know
They see you coming they see you go
They know your secrets and you know theirs
This town is crazy; nobody cares
-Beck, Lost Cause
"Ease up a bit, pet."
"Like that?"
"Yeah, jus' like that. Good."
"Is this okay?"
"You're doin' great. Relax a little, you're meant ( Read more... ) -
All Summer Long (5/6)
129 Days
He was sitting in his ratty green chair. The crypt was dark; well, as dark as it got when the sun was high in the sky. Still, he didn't have any candles lit; the television was off. He took a long swig from the extremely nice bottle of scotch he'd swiped last time he had been to the Watcher's flat. He almost felt bad for chugging it ( Read more... ) -
For the Sake of the Song (8/17)
Buffy ducked into a dark alley between a greasy spoon and one of the pawnshops. She opened a heavy metal door and glanced back at him for the first time since leading him out of his house into the night. She didn’t say anything, just held the door open for him to pass by her into a narrow staircase. They walked slowly up the stairs ( Read more... ) -
Welcome to the Neighborhood: Chapter 1
Spike was dragged out of sleep by the buzzing of his alarm clock. He rolled over in bed, glared at the clock that read 8:57, and yanked the thing off the table. He threw it across the room and immediately fell back asleep.
What seemed like only minutes later, he was roused again by the sound of slamming car doors and the clamor of voices coming ( Read more... )
