Author's Chapter Notes:
Hello all. Thank you for reading and reviewing. There will be an epilogue for this fic posted soon and, though I'll admit to considering a sequel, that will be all for now. Also, before anyone asks. yes...I do hope to have an update for Fairytale Interrupted soon. Really. I do.

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A virgin? Buffy’s mind reeled. How the hell could William be a virgin? He was like…ancient. And hot. Holy goddess, he was so hot just thinking about him made her knees shake. She realized suddenly that she was in a room she’d never seen before. She turned around cautiously to find William starring at her with a stunned expression.

“Buffy? Love, what in the name of the gods is going on?”

She smiled. Pure joy from simply seeing him warmed her. “William.”

“Where have you been?”

“That is a long story.” She looked around. “Is this your place?” It looked a lot like hers, it was bigger, multiple rooms, but the same couch lined the wall and the blankets on the bed looked very familiar. She laughed as she realized the truth. “You picked everything, didn’t you? Everything in my room, the blankets, the books, the clothes, you picked it all. You actually chose to dress me like a J. Crew ad.” She shook her head. Only William.

He blushed slightly. “Gonna tell me why you’re wearing that?”

Buffy glanced down and realized that, though she now looked like herself, she was still wearing the sexy slave girl outfit Aphrodite had dressed her in. She shrugged. “You don’t like it?”

William walked towards her. “It has a certain…appeal.” His brow furrowed. “Have you been walking around like that?”

An idea hit Buffy hard. She grinned. “William. Will you take me to the baths again?” She walked up to him and placed her hand on his chest. “It’s my turn.”

“Your…umm…your turn?” He swallowed hard.

Buffy nodded. “Take me.”

He nodded and took her hand.” Of course, love. Anything, you…” He nodded again and then pulled her out the door.

Buffy giggled the entire way to the baths. She couldn’t help it. William was clenching his jaw and pointedly looking everywhere but at her. He was also walking fast. Very fast.

He led her into a private bathing room and locked the door behind them. “When you said it was your turn, you meant…?”

“Let me be your bath attendant, William. I don’t like to share either.”

Her words and the flirtatious look that accompanied them made him shake. He nodded and followed her into the room.

Buffy took a quick glance to see that everything was set up much the same as it had been when William had brought her there before and then turned back to him. She tried to look submissive. “May I undress you?”

He nodded.

Buffy reached over and quickly unbuttoned his shirt. She tugged it free from his pants, brought it over to the hooks and returned to collect his pants. She walked back and dropped down on her knees in front of him. Licking her lips, she ran her hands up his thighs and curled her hand around his cock. She leaned forward and placed a light kiss on the tip.

William groaned and grabbed at her shoulders. “Buffy!”

She gave him a long slow lick and then gazed up to gage his expression. He looked shocked. More than anything, he looked shocked. But his hands gripped at her shoulders tightly and his eyes glazed over with lust. Buffy closed her lips around the tip of his cock and slid them half way down his length. She pulled up and then repeated. And again. Her tongue circled and teased. When she felt his hands start to tremble, she pulled him in deeper and moaned.

Shuddering hard, he came with a sob-like groan. He stared down at her in wonder. “Undress.”

Buffy’s forehead scrunched in confusion.

“I would very much like my bath attendant to remove her clothing and let me look at her.”

She nearly laughed at the completely non-demanding tone William used. Lips twitching she stood up and slowly removed her clothing. She turned, letting his hot gaze scald her wherever it fell. “Do I please you?”

“Yes.” His response was just a whisper. His tone almost reverent.

“May I wash you now?” She looked down his body pointedly. “It seems that I’ve made a mess.”

William scooped her into his arms and carried her into the pool.

She couldn’t help giggling. “You’re not supposed to do that.” She swatted lightly at his shoulder.

“Shh. Bath attendants only speak when they’re asked a direct question or require direction.” He placed her on her feet in the center of the pool and then leaned close to whisper in her ear. “Say yes sir.”

She gasped slightly at his sexy smirk and nodded. “Yes, sir.” She tried to look chastised.

William stepped back, looked at her, and exhaled loudly. “You are so lovely, like my own private nymph.” His gaze grew serious and he reached over to cup her cheek. “Will you say it, Buffy?”

She frowned. “Say what?”

“That you’re mine, my love, even if I don’t get to keep you.”

Game forgotten, she slid her arms up to circle his neck. “Of course I’m yours and you’re mine. I do love you. You must know that already.”

“I’d hoped, but…” He smiled and ducked his head in the shy manner that made her heart skip a beat.

“Take me to the rugs, William. Let me show you.”



William lifted her into his arms and carried her over to the canopy. He placed her down gently and lied down beside her. Gently brushing a lock of hair from her face, he whispered, “I didn’t know that love would feel like this.”

She rolled on to her side and smiled at him. “Like what?”

“Like joy and desperation are taking turns at my soul. Having you like this, even for an instant, makes me happier than I can ever remember being. Just knowing that you exist makes me gladder for the world. But all that swirls around in this mess of insecurities and the desperate pleadings of my heart. Love somehow inspires both the best and the worst in me. I want to be worthy of you, more than anything, but I can’t deny the selfishness of my desires. I want you. I’d crawl on my knees and beg you not to leave me if I thought it would help.”

She reached over and cupped his cheek. “Lie on your back, sweetheart.” When he did, she straddled his thighs and placed her palms on his chest. “I’m not as good with words, but it doesn’t mean that don’t I feel them. Do you understand?”

He nodded. “I can see things in your eyes. It’s just hard sometimes to believe them.”

She leaned forward and placed a soft kiss on the center of his chest. “You’re so beautiful.” She made a trail of kisses along his collarbone and up his neck. She’d meant to draw their first time out, but found that she couldn’t leave him in the dark for even a moment longer. She whispered in his ear. “Are you absolutely sure that you want me? Forever is…a very long time.” She curled her hand around his cock and positioned herself over him.

“Eternity wouldn’t be long enough if it were spent with you.”

Shockingly sweet words that laid his heart open for her perusal. That was her guy all right. William didn’t hold anything back. She slid down, taking him inside in one long movement. She smiled as he hissed at the shocking pleasure, rode out the jerking of his hips and waited for him to regain his control before leaning down and cupping his face in her hands. “Good. Because I’m never going to let you go.”

His eyes widened. “Buffy?”

“”I chose you, William. You are the one thing that I can’t live without.” She pressed her mouth to his.

His arms wrapped around her instantly and kissed her with every bit of the need he’d been holding back.

When she started to ride him with long, slow movements, he groaned and blinked at her dazedly. “How? When?”

She smiled at him as she made a little figure eight with her hips. “Long story. Most important part is that I love you.” She rubbed her palms against his chest and teased at his nipples. “I had a plan, you know? I was going to tease you for a bit with the soap and the sponge and then bring you over here and make you all slippery with the oils. You’d have liked it.”

He swallowed hard. “Yes. Gods, Buffy. This is also…oh that’s…” His fingers dug into her hips.

She tightened her muscles around him and picked up speed. Her hand cupped his face and she met his deep blue gaze head on. It was the kind of intimacy she usually shied away from, but she’d give it to him. “I love the feel of you, William. My, William.” She knew that she’d said the right thing when he gasped softly and began pressing up to meet her. “That’s it.” She moaned at the slivers of pleasure that shot through her body each time he filled her completely. “I want to feel you come for me, inside me. Show me, sweetheart.”

“Oh…fuck…Buffy!” He came with a loud groan and then pulled her down onto his chest as his head fell back.

Buffy rested her chin on his chest and gazed up at him. “Why didn’t you tell me that you’d never had sex before?”

His eyes shot open. “It was that obvious?”

“Of course not.” She crawled up and dropped a soft kiss on his mouth. “Aphrodite told me. Actually she said that if I didn’t do something about the situation soon she would handle it herself.”

“Gods, that is…that would have been…” He shook his head.

She smacked his shoulder lightly. “Would have been what, mister?”

He laughed. “Terrifying. Completely and horridly terrifying.”

“So why didn’t you tell me? I basically accused you of using your superior seduction skills to try and keep me here and you never said anything.”

William sighed. “A year ago I weighed forty-two pounds and was barely over three feet tall. Trust me when I tell you that I didn’t want anyone who was interested in me. When I first…grew, there were offers…but they were mostly into the novelty, the whole dead guy in a new body aspect. I suppose I figured that I’d already waited so long I—what were you doing with Aphrodite?” He gripped her shoulders and frowned. “How did you even end up talking to Aphrodite?”

“I had to ask her for a favor.”

“You didn’t. Oh gods, Buffy! What were you thinking? Do you have any idea—”

She placed two fingers over his mouth. “Hey. Relax. She helped me. I don’t know how exactly, but she’ll make it so that my friends and family know that I’m safe and happy. She made it so I could stay with you.”

“Oh, pet. She could have—”

“I know. You’re worth the risk.”

He flipped them both over quickly and kissed her hard. “You had to give up everything.” He stared down at her in wonder. He’d all but stopped hoping.

“I got you,” she said simply and smiled.

“Buffy.” Her name sounded like a prayer. His mouth slammed into hers again.

She groaned and slid her fingers into his hair.

His hands were everywhere, mapping each curve and dip on her body. They slid under her back and lifted so that her breasts were arched up for his mouth. He kissed and nipped at her with his teeth and then soothed each spot with his tongue.

Her fingers clenched, pulling his hair.

William looked at the small mark he’d left just below her breast and froze. “Am I too rough?”

She shook her head and tugged his head back to her breast. “No. No, you’re perfect. Just—”

He entered her with one hard thrust. “You’re mine, my love…I won’t ever let you regret it. I promise. Gods, Buffy.” He buried his face against her neck. “I’ll do anything…”

Buffy struggled to speak as the onslaught of sensations from his suddenly fierce love-making nearly overwhelmed her. She rubbed her hand up and down his back. “Just love me.”

Later, when he’d finally emptied himself inside her again and had collapsed with his head resting just below her breasts, she finally found the words she needed. “I had a good life, you know? I—I”

He pushed himself up and looked at her with fear in his eyes. “Oh Buffy, please…I—”

She reached over and cupped his cheek. “Shh. Just listen. I was happy. My parents are good people and I had plenty of friends. Things came easy for me.” She laughed. “My friends used to tease me about it a little, call me the charmed one, but I never saw it. I never really took any time to be grateful for any of it. That’s done. I won’t take you for granted, William. I know what I am, now.”

He studied her with watery eyes. “Yeah? What’s that, love?”

She leaned in until their foreheads touched and cupped his face in her hands. “I am the luckiest girl in the whole world.”


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