Title: The Cost of Butterfly Kisses
Chapter: We're up to 35
Pairing: Spike/Xander. Early chapters have reference to "off-screen" Spuffy
Rating: Adult... but it takes a while to get there.
Concrit: that's fine
Disclaimer: Yeah, yeah, not mine.
Warnings/Squicks: Season 6 and 7. Yep, I'm calling canon a squick. A huge one. Enormous even. Militant general Buffy and manipulative canon Willow make appearances, but sadly, the worst bashing comes straight out of canon.
Summary: When Xander summoned Sweet, Spike thought that was a little strange, but the boy's mates didn't seem to question it, so Spike goes along with that story... at least until a strange phone call reveals that Xander has more going on in his life than anyone knows. Spike always did know how to take advantage of a situation, and this one has blackmail written all over it.
Years ago, Xander made a mistake that led to some unexpected consequences, and maybe Xander would have let sleeping dogs lie, but with Spike's blackmail poking him into action, his life--and the lives of everyone around him--are going to change. It's like the old song goes....
There's two things I know for sure:
She was sent here from heaven and she's daddy's little girl.
As I drop to my knees by her bed at night
She talks to Jesus and I close my eyes and
I thank god for all the joy in my life
Oh, but most of all for butterfly kisses after bedtime prayer
(Chapter One... ) ( Chapter Two... ) ( Chapter Three... ) ( Chapter Four... ) ( Chapter Five ) ( Chapter Six ) ( Chapter 7 ) ( Chapter 8 ) ( Chapter Nine ) ( Chapter Ten ) ( Chapter Eleven ) ( Chapter Twelve ) ( Chapter Thirteen ) ( Chapter 14 . ) ( Chapter 15 ) ( Chapter 16 ) ( Chapter 17 ) ( Chapter 18 ) ( Chapter 19 ) ( Chapter 20 ) ( Chapter 21 ) ( Chapter 22 ) ( Chapter 23 ) ( Chapter 24 ) ( Chapter 25 ) ( Chapter 26 ) ( Chapter 27 ) ( Chapter 28 ) ( Chapter 29 ) ( Chapter 30 ) ( Chapter 31 ) ( Chapter 32 ) ( Chapter 33 ) ( Chapter 34 ) ( Chapter 35 )