Ep 7: #1 Crush

A/N: (The song belongs to Garbage....i.e. not me!)





[A couple of weeks later...]





It was a surprisingly cool night, considering it was the middle of July. In a town that was originally named 'Boca del Inferno' this couldn't be a good sign.



Spike clung to the shadows, eager not to alert his young lover to his presence but at the same time unable to let her alone.



She was patrolling with Willow; a rare occurrence in this day and age. Regaling some part of her day that she'd found amusing. He smiled as she laughed. An easy, selfless smile; formed simply because she was happy.



His pace quickened, as did theirs, eager for patrol to be over so that she would come home to him and tell him the story as she always did - unaware that he already knew. And he would laugh.



As he always did.



As the pair walked, her body turned unconsciously towards his. Desire stormed through him as his keen eyesight noticed her bright eyes, rosy cheeks and puckered nipples; all a result of the erroneous weather.



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I would die for you

I would die for you

I've been dying just to feel you by my side

To know that you're mine

--



He watched her.



He always watched her.



Watched the way she moved, the way she walked....the shape her mouth formed as she spoke.



He had always watched her.



Through the shadows, by the light of the moon...



--

I would cry for you

I would cry for you

I will wash away your pain with all my tears

And drown your fear

--



What was it about her that had drawn him so?



This ethereal quality she had.



The way her blood rushed through her veins, her heartbeat sang to him.



The air clung to her scent; not the other way around. That amazing scent always remained long after it should have disappaited. It was as if even the elements knew she was different.



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I would pray for you

I would pray for you

I will sell my soul for something pure and true

Someone like you

--



Dru had known before him.....before he'd even begun to contemplate it.



She hadn't wanted to come to Sunnyhell in the first place - she'd rambled on about how 'Daddy' wasn't worth it...



Bitch.



She'd known.



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See your face every place that I walk in

Hear your voice every time that I'm talking

You will believe in me

And I will never be ignored

--



He thought about her constantly...it wasn't an exaggeration.



She was his first thought when he woke up.....her reaction was his conscience.....she was his last though at night…..her face claimed his dreams.



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I would burn for you

Feel pain for you

I will twist a knife and bleed my aching heart

And tear it apart

--



He watched as she fought a demon about a hundred yards ahead....and fought his own demon in order not to jump out to protect what was his.



Not to claim her.



His features flickered momentarily before resting on his human face.



His demon.



He loved her as much as the man. Ached for her when she was gone.



His whole being cried out for her.



They needed her close.



Needed her safe.



Needed her.



--

I would lie for you

Beg and steal for you

I will crawl on hands and knees until you see

You're just like me

--



Love can't always be roses and puppies.



Sometimes it was dark, unnatural, perverse....



It was obsessive.



It was need.



It was breath.



It was blood.



It was life.



It was death.



It was real.



--

Violate all the love that I'm missing

Blow away all the pain that I'm living

You will believe in me

And I can never be ignored

--



He watched as she flicked her hair over her shoulder as she and Willow turned to leave the final cemetery of the night.



His mark.



There, proud, standing out in front of the world.



His slayer.



His Buffy.



His woman.



His world.



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I would die for you

I would kill for you

I will steal for you

I'd do time for you

--



He would die for her.



He would kill for her; bleed for her; change for her....stay the same for her.



He'd do anything...be anything.



Anything she asked.



--

I will wait for you

I'd make room for you

I'd sail ships for you

To be close to you

--



It almost scared him.



--

To be part of you

'Cause I believe in you

I believe in you

--



Almost.



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I would die for you...

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