Title: My Spuffy Valentine
Author: Pattyanne
snapkik@yahoo.com
Disclaimer: None of the BtVS characters belong to me.
Feedback: Very much needed.
Rating: NC-17
Part one...
"So...what did you do last night?" Buffy placed a cup of coffee on the table in
front of Anya and took a seat across from her. "It being Valentine's Day and
all."
Anya reached for the sugar bowl and dumped three spoonfuls into her cup. "He
brought me roses and champagne and THIS!" She lifted the gold chain from around
her neck and showed Buffy the heart shaped pendant hanging from it.
"Pretty," Buffy dutifully admired.
"Yes," Anya agreed. "And valuable as well...the gold standard being what it is
these days. Always a good investment."
Buffy looked at her. "Right. I suppose it is." She hesitated a moment. "Um,
Anya...I don't mean to sound critical...but do you could be concentrating too
much on the value, instead of the meaning?"
Anya took a sip of her coffee, looking slightly perplexed.
"I'm just saying," Buffy plowed ahead, "that when you look at it from
that...perspective...it kinda takes away from the romance."
"But there WAS romance," the other girl insisted. "Romance and jewelry."
Buffy sighed. "Then tell me about the romance instead of the re-sale value."
Anya frowned, thinking hard. "Oh! I know! He took me out for dinner...and
dancing, too. Better?"
The slayer smiled. "Much."
"Then we went home and had..."
"I know," Buffy said, cutting her friend off. "Very romantic there, I'm sure,"
she said wistfully.
Anya continued to prattle, completely unaware that Buffy wasn't really
listening, but was searching her memory, trying to call up the last romantic
thing her man had done for her.
"All right," Anya said briskly. "Since this is our girl-friendly bonding ritual,
you have to tell me what you did last night. Then, we compare notes."
Buffy shrugged. "Nothing special."
"No roses? No champagne?"
"Nope."
"No sex?!" Anya was aghast.
"Oh, yeah," Buffy assured her. "There was sex." Her eyes became soft and dreamy.
"Incredible sex." Shaking her head to clear it, she added, "It's just
that...Spike's not big on the romance...you know, the hearts and flowers stuff."
"Ohh...that's not good."
"Don't get me wrong," Buffy said quickly. "He loves me...but a hundred and some
odd years of being a vamp doesn't really make for the romance."
"But the sex was good?" Anya asked about the subject second dearest to her
heart.
"Oh, sure. Extremely good. Wild, in fact."
Anya leaned closer. "Tell."
Buffy shook her head. "I couldn't."
"But you have to," Anya insisted. "That's what girlfriends do...share all their
juicy secrets."
"Yeah?"
"I told YOU about Xander...do you want to hear more?"
"There's more?" Buffy laughed. "You've already been pretty descriptive."
"That's what I mean. Now, it's your turn to descript."
"Describe."
"Yes. Do that."
It was a tempting idea, letting Anya know just how spectacular her sex life was.
Buffy knew that, no matter how terrific Anya might consider Xander to be in the
bedroom, Spike could outdo him without even trying.
Just thinking about the things he was able to do to her body made her squirm in
her chair.
Sexually, Spike was a strong and demanding partner. There was nothing tentative
about him.
Impetuous and wild of heart, he thought nothing of approaching her at any time
of the day or night, slinging her over his shoulder and carrying her off to the
nearest bed.
He had unbelievable stamina, and a practically non-existent recovery time...he
was often ready to go again while she was still coming down from her climax.
Spike knew what she wanted before she even knew it herself, and he always gave
it to her, making sure that her pleasure came before his...or at the very same
time.
** Lucky slayer...Very lucky slayer..**
"Well," she began, leaning over in a conspiratorial way, "he's a demon, you
know. In bed and out. Just a wild man...if you know what I mean." She settled
into her chair and smiled. "You think you and Xander get it on in a lot of
different places? You wouldn't believe some of the places we do it."
Anya's eyes grew round with amazement, inspiring Buffy to go on.
"In our bed." She began a list. "On the kitchen counter...in an elevator...in
the shower...the bathtub...various cemeteries...the restroom at the Bronze...the
basement of the Magic Box...the
last row in the movie theater...women's fitting room in Macy's...the men's
fitting room in Macy's...on the slide in the playground...top row of the
bleachers at the high school, DURING
a football game..."
Buffy was lying now, but she just couldn't help it. "Shall I go on?"
"No. No," Anya frowned, jumping to her feet. "I have to go home now."
"Oh...well, goodbye," Buffy called to Anya's back as she ran out the back door.
**Better brace yourself, Xander. You got NO idea what's heading your way.**
Smiling a little, Buffy collected the dishes and stacked them in the sink.
******************************
Spike stood in the hallway outside the kitchen, listening to Buffy and Anya's
conversation.
He hadn't planned on eavesdropping, but the slayer's words had captured his
attention and kept him from joining them.
**No romance? Christ...I've been falling down on the job.**
He'd had to bite his tongue to keep from laughing as Buffy recited her list of
their supposed trysting places, half of which were blatant falsehoods.
**You want romance, baby? I'll show you romance. I'm gonna make sure we check
off every location on that list of yours.**
Clearing his throat to alert her to his presence, he walked into the kitchen.
Without a word, he pulled her close, slipping one arm around her waist and
tilting her back over it, then kissing her until she was breathless.
When he finally straightened her back up, she gave him a dazed look. "Wow," she
said, her eyes a little glassy. "That's some 'Good Morning' you've got there."
Spike shrugged. "Want to start the day off right."
Buffy twined her arms around his neck. "Who needs vitamins when you're around?"
she laughed. "Do that again."
He obliged her, keeping the embrace gentle. Pulling back after a placing a
series of light kisses all over her pretty face, he smiled down into a pair of
green eyes that were big with surprise.
**Romantic!** He struggled to keep a tight grip on his rampaging sex drive.
**Keep it romantic, stupid!**
"Boy, you must have had some good dream last night," Buffy said, sliding her
arms around his waist.
"Well sure," he replied. "I always dream about you."
She gave him a knowing smile. "So...what were we doing and where were we doing
it?"
Spike cast around in his mind for a lie. "We were...dancing."
Buffy opened her mouth to make a suggestive comment, then stopped when his words
registered. "Dancing? Just dancing?"
"Uh, yeah," he nodded, leaning back against the kitchen counter. "Just dancing.
Kind of romantic, it was."
Her eyes sparkled beautifully. "Romantic? Really? Well...tell me about it."
Oh, great. Tell her about it? There was nothing to tell.
Still...he hadn't survived for over a hundred years without being able to think
fast on his feet.
"Tell you about it? Right...uh...we were dressed real posh. You looked
sensational in a long red dress...cut kinda low in the front."
"Yeah?" she encouraged him.
**Think...think...think...** "You had your hair all put up with...with hair
things." As he warmed to the subject, he became more expansive. "We were in this
big ballroom...the only ones there. And, um...there was music playing...but we
were alone. I danced you out on to a terrace. The moonlight was shining in your
hair...and I kissed you...and told you how much I love you."
Stepping back, he took both her hands in his and looked at her seriously. "You
DO know how much I love you...don't you, baby? Even if I don't say it all the
time?"
"Of course I do," she said, smiling up at him. "I love you, too."
He leaned down and kissed her sweetly. "Listen, luv...I know I forgot about
Valentine's day. Let me make it up to you tonight. I'll take you out somewhere
and romance you a little."
Buffy nodded eagerly. "Oh, I would love that."
"It's a date, then?"
"It's a date!"
TBC.....
Part two....
The doorbell rang at a quarter to five, just as she was finishing painting her
toe nails a deep crimson.
Buffy hobbled to the front door and opened it to find a boy of about seventeen
or so standing on her porch. He looked tired, and when she saw the long white
box in his hands, she knew why.
"Buffy Summers?"
"That's me."
He handed her the box, then whipped out his pad and pen. "Sign here."
As she was signing her name, she smiled sympathetically.
"Working hard?" she asked.
The boy sighed. "I still haven't recovered from yesterday," he said. "I was
delivering flowers until almost midnight."
Returning his pad to him, she grabbed her purse off the telephone table and
fished out a five dollar bill. "Well, at least you must have gotten paid
overtime, right?"
The boy yawned, showing a frightening amount of silver fillings. "Yeah. Scored
big on tips, too. But I'm too tired to spend any of it."
Sending him on his way, she pulled off the ribbon that was holding the box
closed and lifted the lid.
Roses. A dozen of them. Long stemmed and plump, they were creamy white, with a
blush of pale pink tinting the soft petals. Buffy removed them from their tissue
paper bed and raised them to her face, inhaling the scent.
Romance wise, Spike was off to a splendid start!
After placing the delicate blooms carefully on the coffee table, she opened the
small card.
'Take your love and embrace it with your
heart, giving as only you can;
It will renew in it's beauty,
As when love first began.
Growing in the warmth of your heart
As graciously as God has chose,
Showing it's tenderness to the world,
As does the beauty of the rose.' *
"I was so wrong," Buffy murmured, scooping up the flowers and cradling them
against her chest. "He CAN do romance."
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The doorbell went off again, just as she climbed out of the bathtub. Wrapping
her terry cloth
robe snugly around her damp body, she headed downstairs.
"Buffy...Summers?"
"The one and only."
Standing before her was 'David', and according to the logo on the van in her
driveway, he worked for a high end liquor store with an extensive wine cellar.
He handed her a bottle, then requested her signature.
She closed the door, examining the label: 'Veuve Clicquot...1996...Brut Rose'.
There was a frothy red ribbon around the neck of the bottle, with another small
card attached.
"Seductive, fluid movement
Dancing close as one
Soft touches,
Your fingers brushing against my skin
Small hands cupping my back
Legs intertwined
Lost in the rhythm
Anticipating the promises of this night
Like champagne bubbles in my blood." **
"Where has THIS Spike been hiding all these years?"
Buffy felt a little sorry for Anya. She had gotten the roses and champagne, but
there was no way Xander was romancing her with this kind of poetry, his
preferences tending to lie in the "There was a young girl from Nantucket" form
of verse.
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She studied her reflection in the mirror, and was pleased with her results.
Her make up was perfect. Two different shades of shadow blended together
deepened the green in her eyes. She'd used a dark brown liner to enhance their
size, followed by several strokes of her mascara brush.
Still carrying the remains of her summer tan, she put nothing on her face but a
slight dusting of rose blush. Her lips were a glossy scarlet red.
After washing and drying her hair, she'd curled it into soft waves that framed
her face, then pulled it back on one side with a sparkly slide comb.
She stepped into her red silk dress, then fished around in her jewelry box for
her garnet earrings.
The doorbell rang.
Buffy felt an excited shiver chase up and down her spine at the sound.
When she threw open the door, she was surprised when there was no one on the
porch.
But...there was a box sitting on the welcome mat.
Small...black velvet...card attached.
She read the card first.
"My heart is bound to yours by golden chains forever forged to last in love's
hot fire.." ***
Buffy flipped back the lid of the small box and gasped out loud. Nestled in
velvet, there was a delicate gold chain bearing a heart shaped locket.
As she fastened the clasp, she smiled at the memory of something she'd said to
Anya about Spike not being big on romance.
**Stupid slayer,** she chided herself.
When it came to the subject of romance, he could give lessons on it!
**Lucky slayer! Very lucky slayer!**
TBC.....
* Quotation by Sonji Rush
** Quotation by Windsong
*** Quotation by Michelle Chapman
Part three....
Spike didn't bother ringing the doorbell when he showed up. He would have felt
silly standing outside a house he practically lived in himself, knocking for
admittance.
Besides, he loved surprising Buffy.
Flinging the door open with a flourish worthy of Don Juan himself, he spotted
the girl of his dreams standing in front of the hall mirror, admiring the gold
necklace dangling between her breasts.
"Well, look at you," he murmured approvingly. "God...I'm the luckiest man in
Sunnydale tonight."
She favored him with her prettiest smile, spinning in front of him to show off
her dress. "You like?"
"I definitely like," he agreed. From where he had it hidden behind his back, he
produced a large, heart shaped box of chocolates. "Almost forgot the sweets for
my sweetheart."
Buffy's eyes grew huge. The box was deep red velvet, with a border of red lace
running around it, and a red satin bow on top. It had to be at least ten pounds
worth of candy!
Taking it from him, she placed it on the coffee table. "Thank you," she said
happily. "For the candy, and the flowers, and the champagne....and for this."
She lifted the gold locket, cradling it in her fingers. "It's just beautiful.
The most romantic gift I've ever been given...and I love it. I love YOU!"
"I love you, too," he said, sliding one arm around her waist and pulling her
close. "I hate to ruin your make up, darling, but...I can't help it."
He kissed her passionately, not waiting for an assent or a denial.
When he finally released her lips, she looked up at him with starry eyes. "I can
always redo my make up."
"Oh, well...in that case..." Swooping in again, he kissed her even more
thoroughly.
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"You look nice," she said, as he led her down the porch steps to his car.
He really did, too. That suit he was wearing looked like Armani. Black silk.
Seriously expensive.
His shirt was crisply white and tailored for him. Gold cuff links set with
stones of jet black onyx held the french cuffs together, and his tie was a heavy
silk splash of deep pewter against his shirt.
He seated her in the passenger side of his black Jaguar, and as she sank into
the plush upholstery, Buffy couldn't help but compare it with the car he'd
driven into Sunnydale years ago.
Although he had cleaned it up considerably, Buffy had never liked riding in his
De Soto. It just reminded her too much of Drusilla. So, when his first book hit
the New York Times bestseller list, he had taken her out and had her choose a
proper car for him.
A year later, when his publisher had paid him a fortune for the sequel, he
bought a townhouse close to the ocean. The rest of the money was put into a high
interest bearing account, and that interest produced more than enough money to
live well on.
With his third book in the series very close to completion, the money he'd be
expecting would send his account through the ceiling.
Their massive popularity with both critics and readers made them a mother lode
of cash, far outselling anything Anne Rice had ever even dreamed of. Actually
being a vampire allowed him to include details in his stories that had never
been heard of before.
Literary critics applauded his "breathtaking imagination", never having a clue
that imagination had almost nothing to do with it.
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"Where are we going?"
"Out to dinner...then, maybe some dancing..."
"And then?"
He grinned at her. "Home for champagne and chocolates."
Spike deliberately kept silent about any other possibilities. The evening was
about romance, not about sex. Although, with her looking the way she did, that
would be a hard thing to go through with.
Pulling the car into the parking lot of the Chart House, he gave it over to the
valet and walked Buffy inside. He'd greased his last minute reservation with the
the promise of a heavy tip, and they were seated immediately at a corner table
overlooking the harbor.
The candlelight danced in the waves of Buffy's hair, and he mentally kicked his
own arse for not doing this sooner. Just look at what he'd been missing!
Champagne was ordered and poured, and appetizers were chosen. After the waiter
headed to the kitchen with their dinner order, Spike re-filled the champagne
flutes and handed one to Buffy.
"You know, luv...I don't think I say it as often as I should, but...I do love
you. You're my whole world. You always will be."
Buffy tilted her head and smiled. "You may not say it often...but you sure do
say it well."
After their glasses touched lightly, they threw back the wine in one swallow and
then laughed.
"Having fun, kitten?"
"Oh, god yes! It's all so...so...."
"Romantic?" he ventured.
Buffy nodded. The champagne was making her a little fuzzy and warm. Slipping her
shoe off, she trailed her toes up the front of Spike's leg. "Romantic....and
sexy."
Spike just looked at her calmly. Buffy so rarely had anything alcoholic to
drink, that he sometimes forgot how cute she could be when she got a little buzz
going.
"Where you going with those little toes, Slayer?"
"Ohhh...just slliiiding 'em up the front of your pants. Does it tickle?" she
asked hopefully.
"Terribly," he affirmed. "Go higher."
She placed her foot on the chair between his thighs, then inched up a little
further. "My," she said, locating the bulge behind his zipper. "Someone wants to
come out and say hello."
Thankful for the long tablecloth, Spike leaned back in his chair and allowed the
foot job she was giving him.
The waiter suddenly reappeared, carrying a tray. As he began placing plates in
front of them, Buffy started to retract her foot.
Spike had other ideas. Grabbing hold of it, he rubbed her sensitive instep
against his erection, refusing to release her.
Buffy yelped out a high pitched giggle, then turned bright red when the waiter
looked at her. "What?" she asked, hoping to forestall any comments. "I'm okay."
Well accustomed to patrons being slightly intoxicated, the young man didn't
reply beyond a murmur of he "hoped they enjoyed their meals" and to "please let
him know if they required anything else."
"We're fine," Buffy said, fanning one hand at him and peering owlishly at his
name tag, "...Scott. Oh, wait," she added, giving Spike an appealing look. "Can
we have more champagne?"
He nodded. "Anything you want, luv. S'all for you tonight."
Right at that moment, he was finding her so completely adorable that had she
requested he go to France and harvest the grapes himself, he'd have given it
serious consideration.
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"How's your dinner, kitten?"
"Oh," Buffy nearly groaned. "So good. I haven't had lobster in ages." She dipped
a forkful into the drawn butter, then offered it across the table. "Taste."
Spike leaned over obediently and ate the morsel, staring straight into her eyes
as he let the fork slide slowly out of his mouth. "Hmm. You're right."
He looked down at the prime rib on his own plate, then cut off a bite that
wasn't quite as blood rare as the rest of it.
Buffy opened her mouth and his fork slipped in. When it came back out empty, she
licked the juices off her lips and let her eyes drift shut. "Mmmm...yummy."
"All right, you win hands down in the sexy eating portion of the evening," Spike
observed, tugging at the knot of his tie.
Opening her eyes, she tossed him a sassy grin. "I wouldn't say that just yet.
The evening's still young."
Her comment fanned the flames of the lingering arousal he'd been maintaining
ever since her little foot had crept up between his legs. "You almost finished?"
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"Aren't we having dessert?" Buffy asked, trotting behind him as he dragged her
into the area of the restaurant set aside for dancing.
Since it was the day after Valentine's day, they were nearly alone on the dance
floor.
"Sure, we are," Spike said, stopping in the middle of the floor and pulling her
close. "After I dance with you."
The music was soft and sexy, and the lights were turned down low. The romance
factor soared to a new high.
He took Buffy's hands and kissed each one, then slipped her arms up and around
his neck. His own hands traced lingeringly down her sides before coming to rest
on her hips.
This was something he absolutely loved doing; dancing with Buffy. The first time
he'd seen her had been on a dance floor, an image that was burned indelibly into
his memory.
Even then, on that long ago first night, he'd wanted her. And not just to kill.
He remembered circling the dance floor, his eyes glued to every movement of her
supple body. The sway of her hips had fascinated him, and every time she'd
shaken back that thick mane of honey brown hair he had wanted to plunge his
hands into it and hold her still as he devoured her tasty looking mouth.
How a sixteen year old girl could have such natural sensuality, he hadn't been
able to comprehend. But she had it in spades and he'd wanted it...wanted
her...with a fierce craving he'd barely been able to control, and he'd come very
close to asking her to dance with him.
Now, holding her slender body as it moved seductively against his, he wanted her
with that same urgency. They swayed to the mellow beat of the music, hardly
moving their feet at all.
She moved her arms up behind her neck, lifting her hair and then letting it
tumble down, knowing well how much he enjoyed the sight. When she heard a soft
growl issue from his throat, she turned in his embrace and pressed her back to
his front.
Purposely rubbing her bottom against him, she pulled his arms tighter around her
waist and let her head lean back against his chest.
Spike lowered his head, nuzzling the silky column of her throat and whispering
in her ear. "You're making me hard."
"I know," she replied, cupping the side of his face with her hand. "What are we
gonna do about it?"
Despite what he wanted to do about it, he clamped down firmly on the urge. This
was supposed to be about romance, and dragging her outside in order to screw her
up against a back alley wall didn't really qualify.
"Let's..." His voice cracked, and he cleared his throat. "Let's go and have
dessert."
After a long moment, she sighed. "And then can we go home?"
"You can count on it."
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Back at the table, they ordered chocolate cake and an Irish coffee drink that
came in glass mugs rimmed with a crust of heated sugar.
Buffy drove Spike nuts by licking the edges of the mug and staring right at him
while she did.
Since he was rapidly reaching his own personal meltdown point, he reached over
and grabbed her hand. On their way to the door he caught hold of their waiter
and shoved three one hundred dollar bills into his hand, and a fourth one into
his shirt pocket, not even hearing the boy's babbled thank you.
Following up by over tipping the valet as well, he drove back to Buffy's house
in half the time it had taken to get to the restaurant.
Romance was all well and good, but he wanted sex...and he wanted it soon.
TBC......