Disclaimer: I wouldn't claim Riley if you gave me a million pounds. Well maybe I would, but it's just an expression. You know who owns it.
Rating: Not very bloody or violent. Just what you see on TV.
Spoilers: Nuffink.
Season: 4
Teaser: Some wonderful Riley bashing. Enjoy!
Author's note: I dedicate this to Rae, Serena and Rose for creating cool lists and letting me post this kinda stuff on it. Thank you! :)

Riley skipped merrily through the cemetery. He was going to see Buffy tonight. True, she had told him that she was unavailable and the next time he came near her she would let her boyfriend stake him but she was probably just playing hard to get. He rounded a headstone and stopped dead in his tracks.

Buffy was being pushed up against a tombstone and forced to passionately kiss some big guy with dark hair.

"Hey!" Riley yelled angrily, "Get off my girlfriend!" The guy pulled away from Buffy and spun around.

"Excuse me?" he asked the boy angrily. Buffy cringed when she realised who had called her 'his girlfriend'.

"Riley," she moaned. He walked to her and put his arm around her shoulders. She immediately pushed him away with such force that he went tumbling over a gravestone and landed in a painful heap on the other side. The bruised commando listened in on the couple's conversation as tears of physical pain rolled down his cheeks.

"Girlfriend?" the man spat. Buffy sighed.

"He thinks we're a thing. He's my psych TA and I can't stand him. I've told him I have a boyfriend, and I'm not planning on moving on from you and the kid is really ticking me off. He won't leave me alone."

"Well, let me see if I can remedy that." Buffy had been two-timing him? Riley couldn't believe this. He felt someone lift him off the ground by the back of his shirt. He came face to face with the guy who'd been kissing Buffy. "I'm Angel, Buffy's boyfriend. I don't like you. Leave her alone or I'm going to get you," he said simply. Direct and to the point, Buffy noted. Fear and anger crashed on Riley's face as Angel let him go. He fell to the floor with a thud before standing up.

"Buffy loves me! How dare you think anything else! We're gonna settle this right here, right now," the boy challenged. Angel looked over to Buffy to see if it was okay to beat the crap out of this kid. She shrugged and began checking her nails. Angel smiled evilly as he turned back to face Riley. The kid was bouncing up and down and all over the place with his fists right under his chin. Angel stood there waiting. When Riley stood up to his full height in an attempt to intimidate Angel further, Angel lashed out viciously with a right-hook to Riley's jaw. There was a satisfying crunch and Riley howled in pain. Angel glanced nervously back at Buffy to see if she was okay with this. She was busy tackling some newbie vampire. Angel took this as his cue to keep going with Riley. He kneed him in the stomach, making the kid double over. Then Angel brought his fists down on Riley's back and he fell to the floor moaning in agony. Buffy and Angel got beaten up worse nearly everyday. While rolling around on the floor, Buffy came up to stand beside Angel. She put a hand on his arm and said,

"Let me have a go." Angel stepped back and watched as Buffy gave the TA two sharp kicks to the chest, undoubtedly braking a few ribs. Then Angel stepped in again and with one heavy kick to the head, Riley was dead. Just then Spike turned up.

"Hey all," he greeted.

"Hey Spike. We got dinner for you," Buffy said. She pointed down at the motionless Riley.

"I killed him just now," Angel added. Spike licked his lips and swooped in for his first taste of warm human blood in a long time. It wasn't that tasty cos it was Riley, but it served its purpose. Buffy and Angel walked away arm in arm while Spike finished slurping down Fish-boy.

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