Choco_cherries: Moonlight and Ash

[lirazel]

I can't even tell you how glad I am to be writing forchoco_cherries again.

This one's for May, because she got all excited about the idea of Spike/Veronica.  I hope they're as good as you imagined!

Title: Moonlight and Ash
Author: Lirazel (penny_lane_42)

Fandoms: Veronica Mars/Buffyverse
Characters/Pairing:  Spike/Veronica
Wordcount: 300
Prompt: hum
Summary: He thought he'd had his fill of tiny blondes with Messiah complexes. 

 

He thought he’d had his fill of tiny blondes with Messiah complexes.  True, this isn’t anything like it was with Buffy.  It can’t be, not with the Slayer (there may be thousands now, but to him there will only ever be one—two—three: the one who gave him his scar, the one who gave him his coat, the one who gave him his soul) still providing the heartbeat he doesn’t have, the air he doesn’t breathe, a dozen other clichés his human self would have spun into pathetic poetry (the poetry’s still there; he just doesn’t write it down).

But it’s something.  She doesn’t own his soul like his Slayer did (always will), but she hums in his blood, and her body curled up beside his is as warm as Buffy’s ever was, and she’s the only woman he’s ever met who can best him with her tongue (without being cruel because she’s strong but not afraid to be broken, too).  She takes his sarcasm with a quirked brow and returns it a hundredfold.  He marvels. 

She uncovers the truth, faces it unflinchingly where he always hid his face.  She has so many demons of her own that she isn’t frightened of his.

He has to be gentle with her—he had a century with Dru and an momenteternity with Buffy, but he’s never spent a night with a normal girl before, one whose body is fragile even if her mind is the sharpest he’s ever encountered and her spirit fierce as a warrior’s. 

If he were still William-the-Bloody-Awful-Poet, he would probably whisper something about her giving him sunshine as he holds her close (but not too close).  But he isn’t, and she doesn’t really—and maybe it doesn’t matter:

Moonlight doesn’t burn, and he’s burnt enough now (always).

 

Comments

[shamoogity.livejournal.com]

That's really lovely. Very in character. I really loved the bit about the one-two-three slayers.

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much. I had a lot of fun writing it, and in character is definitely what I was going for. The Slayers part was my favorite, too.

And I adore your icon.

[hide-r.livejournal.com]

Wow, that was amazing. I truly loved it.

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

Thank you so very much! I'm so glad you enjoyed it!

[ava-leigh-fitz.livejournal.com]

Gah, I shall read when I've got more of the essay done. I'm so looking forward to it!

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

Take your time and good luck with the essay!

[ineffort.livejournal.com]

OMG LAUREN. OMG.

This is fabulous! And achy! And perfect and I am so so glad that you remembered this idea. SO GLAD.

there may be thousands now, but to him there will only ever be one—two—three: the one who gave him his scar, the one who gave him his coat, the one who gave him his soul I don't even know what to say. That is too perfect, hun, and true and omg, Spike/Buffy were the tragic, weren't they?

I love the way you incoporated the prompt especially because I didn't notice at first and then I read it again and realized because it was seamless and didn't stand out, but was just part of the story and that right there is why I love your writing.

takes his sarcasm with a quirked brow and returns it a hundredfold. He marvels. !!! I love those lines. Because that's Veronica and he hasn't met a Veronica before. You should be dazzled, Spike (and not in an Edward Cullen sort of way.)

Moonlight doesn’t burn, and he’s burnt enough now (always). Yeah, you? Are amazing. Your parentheses are always so perfectly placed and I will never get over how lovely this ending is. Because lovely.

I heart you, miss. And it smashed any expectations I might've had.

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

OMG, MAY. I am SO GLAD you liked it!

For real. I'm really, really thrilled.

That is too perfect, hun, and true and omg, Spike/Buffy were the tragic, weren't they? That's the line I was definitely most proud of, so I'm glad it stood out to you. And yes, Spike/Buffy (especially Spike and his all-consuming mostly-unrequited love) just absolutely rip my heart out. I thought it might be a little much with all the Spike/Buffy going on here, too, when it's supposed to be him and Veronica, but I just don't see him ever not being in love with her, and I think that would affect anything else that happened in his life. Like, ever.

And I'm pleased you could say that about the prompt. I didn't really know how to work it in and I didn't think I did it very well, so I'm terribly pleased it didn't stick out (also? I just wrote "stink out" instead of stick out, which amuses me for some reason).

You're exactly right about him not having met a Veronica. She's a new kind of girl for him, and I think there's no way he wouldn't be attracted to her.

You should be dazzled, Spike (and not in an Edward Cullen sort of way.) HAHA! You made my day with that right there.

Thank you so much! I heart you, too!

[snickfic]

I think I would love to see more Spike/Veronica. I can see them having a lot of fun together and maybe mending each other's hurts in a different way than he and Buffy would.

She takes his sarcasm with a quirked brow and returns it a hundredfold. He marvels.

Oh yeah. She so would. It'd be the best part!