Fic: White Oleader, pt. 2

[saifai]

Oops. So I didn't get it out yesterday. *crosses arms* So what? *pouts* But I had a really good excuse: I was sick. I played Splinter Cell all day. *gr*

Previous Part here.

Title: White Oleander (temp)
Author: Saifai
Rating: PG-13 to R for now
Characters: Spike/Xander eventually, with mentions of B/S
Note: This is unbeta'd. I got a bad habit of doing that. I really just wanted to get it out in the open for now though, but I'll repost this once it's been revised. This is completely human AU. It is based on the idea that Spike and Buffy are married. Buffy has a daughter named Dawn, and a foster child named Janice. Xander is coming along soon, and will be another foster child. Other characters will be introduced as we go. Also, to keep the squick factor down for some folks, I'm making Xander 17 verging on 18. This part is from Xander's POV.

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It’s a new day, and another new life. It all feels the same to him anymore. He was being sent to another home. He hated it. He hated them. He was almost of age, so he didn’t understand why he was going through this again.

He closed his eyes and rest back against the seat. Why did she have to do this to him? Why did she have to leave him to this life? Why did she have to be so selfish? His lips curved into a bitter smile as he remembered where she was now. He hoped she was happy rotting away in her prison cell.

At the sudden movement from the car coming to a stop, he jerked his head back up. He shook his thoughts away as sat up and grabbed his bag from back of the car. Hopefully his new family wouldn’t be as whacked out as the last set.

With his head down, he stepped out of the car and met his social worker at the front of the car. They walked together up the sidewalk only to be stopped halfway to the front door when they heard a woman yelling from inside the house.

He looked at Tara with a raised eyebrow. She looked back at him with a sympathetic smile, and put her arm around his shoulders giving him one-armed hug, “Don’t be afraid, Xander. It’ll be alright. Just give them a chance, okay?” He nodded and shuffled his feet. He hated showing his fear like this, but damnit he didn’t want to subject himself to this if it was going to be just like the last time.

They both looked up when a small blonde woman stepped out of the house and shouted out a greeting to them. He eyed her warily. Her smile couldn’t hide the pinched expression around her eyes. He recognized the signs in her face. This one definitely had an attitude. He hated her instantly. She reminded him of his mother. With a sigh he resumed the long walk to the house, grateful to have Tara at his side for this.

As he neared the house, he could hear clomping and grumbling heading their way from around the side of the house. With an amused smile he turned to watch as a man with platinum hair bounced up the steps to stand with the woman on the porch. He eyed the compact, but well muscled form, his gaze lingering over the tight… pants. He looked back up as the man turned around, and froze to find intense blue eyes staring back at him.

Comments

[willshenilshe.livejournal.com]

Oh, very nice indeed - looking forward to more!

[saifai.livejournal.com]

*blushes* Thank you. I'm glad you're liking it. :)

[tabaqui]

Wait.
*shakes LJ*
That's it?
Ack!!
Want more!!
*bounce*
I'm liking it.

[amejisuto.livejournal.com]

Eep! Wow, that's a great start! Could it be lust at first site?

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Ooh, Tara as Xander's social worker, I like! And already he's ogling Spike's... pants. Hee! Great. More!

::pokes you gently to encourage you to post a link to this in bloodclaim:: It's all about sharing the Spander, sweetie! ;o)

[saifai.livejournal.com]

Her name just kinda popped in there. Out of all the scoobies, can't ya' just see her as one? Hee. He's gonna be an ogler. Will have some other characters pop in later on.

Sharing? Oops. Wasn't sure yet if it was gonna be a trash-bin fic or not... but I'll post links to both parts later on today. *sheepish smile*

[saifai.livejournal.com]

Mmm... Could be. Now as to how much of that smut you'll actually get to see is another question entirely. *gr*

[saifai.livejournal.com]

::giggles::

You're cute when you're desperate.

...and I'm glad you're liking it. Makes me all tingly.

[tabaqui]

And you're cute when you're....EVOL!!!
:)

[snowpuppies]

Oh!

I have both the book and the movie, and can I say that this is an excellent idea?

I'm *really* looking forward to following this!

*huggles*

[saifai.livejournal.com]

Thank you for your comments! It's good to hear things like this. Makes me feel maybe I'm not so weird thinking it up after all. ;)

[azure-k-mello.livejournal.com]

ok, wait. Please tell me that Spike and Buffy aren't going to be Ray and Starr? Because Ray wasn't nice to Astrid and I don't want Buffy to do to Xander what Star did to the girl? Are they just their own characters? ARggg!

Love this so bloody much. Can't wait for more.

[saifai.livejournal.com]

I don't want to ruin it for you, but I am changing a few things to suit my whims. Keep in mind I only saw the movie, so the relationship between Ray and Astrid seemed a bit odd, if not closer. I'm kinda going that route with a few changes. About Buffy's role, I don't plan of having the story turn out badly for Xander. I love him, I gotta angst him, but I can't hurt him like that.

Does that make sense?

[azure-k-mello.livejournal.com]

makes perfect snese, I mean if he isn't horribly hurt in some way he can't get Spike cuddles. OHHH!!! You could make it so that he shares a room with Angel, their other foster son, who Buffy didn't like enough to mention. That'd be cool!