Written for Psubrat's birthday, and fondly dedicated to her.




Spring


The rain soaking Buffy to the bones had at least one advantage. It hid the tears that had rolled down her cheeks, erasing them as if they had never existed. The weather, in the wet and dreary first hours of spring, suited her mood. By day, the town seemed caught between two seasons; cold gray buildings all around, burgeoning trees and flowerbeds in the park she was haunting. But now, in the dark, with only artificial lighting every dozen yards, everything was still caught in the stillness of winter.

She wasn’t even sure what town she was in anymore; there had been so many of them in the past months that everything was blurring together. She enjoyed her little trip around the world with her lover more than she could say, but she was also beginning to long for a place to call home, for a purpose to her days, for friends and family close enough to hug whenever she wanted. It was even worse at that moment, because she and Spike had had an argument.

It didn’t happen very often – far less often than it used too, at least – but it still did. A careless word, an exasperated look, an insignificant something would suddenly be blown out of proportion and become the start of a stupid argument. That was what had happened. She couldn’t even remember how it began this time. She only knew that she felt lonelier than ever. Colder than ever. As if these beautiful months in the heat of his arms had been nothing more than a dream.

A drop of water slid down her back and she shuddered. Before she had taken two more steps, a warm, heavy leather coat was eased onto her shoulders. She wasn’t really surprised when she turned to see Spike there. He may not be a vampire anymore, but his stalking habits had not changed. Accepting the duster as the peace offering it was, she slid her arms inside the sleeves. He smiled at her, and in that simple curve of his lips was etched uncertainty, apprehension, sorrow, love. As one, they reached toward each other, the embrace surprisingly warm despite their cold and wet clothes; the quarrel forgotten, forgiven now that they had found one another again.

Pushing wet strands of hair away from her cheek, he leaned down to her face, alternating brushes of his lips and sweet whispers against her skin.

“’M sorry… Can’t bear to be away from you… Missed you… Love you… Need you… So much…”

Her hands moved from the nape of his neck to his back, sliding under his increasingly sticky shirt and t-shirt to find his skin and pull his body closer to hers. A quiet gasp escaped her lips as she could feel his hardening length pressed against her, and he covered her mouth with his for a quick kiss.

“Want you,” he murmured raggedly. “Can’t lose you again.”

His eyes were darkened by desire, his voice pleading, but all she could see and hear was his fear. Walking away from their argument had seemed like the best thing to do at the time, but now she could see that she had involuntarily made things worse.

“You have me, love. I promise, all of me. You’re not going to get rid of me that easily.”

Pulling him away from the park alley and toward a cluster of trees, she initiated another kiss, deeper this time, with a sensual touch that had no other goal than to reassure him – and herself – that everything was alright. She practically mewled into his mouth when he palmed her breast through her wet shirt, flicking his thumb back and forth against her nipple, hardened by the cold.

She broke the kiss and rested her forehead against his shoulder, shivering in time to the sweet ministrations offered to both of her nipples now. His lips sought the sensitive spot just beneath her ear and she took a shaking breath as he began nibbling and licking a path down her throat. It occurred to her that it was utterly unfair that he had her gasping and trembling while he was himself apparently unaffected. She pressed her palm to his cock, which was clearly outlined by his jeans, and she was satisfied when he practically jumped under her touch.

A nagging little voice was saying quite loudly that they ought to take this back to the hotel, but she didn’t want to listen. They had done much more in much less secluded places back in Sunnydale, and right now they both needed this contact, these touches, each other, more than they needed privacy. And in any case, the park seemed deserted.

With a flick of her wrist, his button and zipper were undone, and he breathed her name as she carefully pulled his cock out. She wrapped her hand around him and began pumping, slowly at first, in time with his massaging hand on her breast. The too long sleeve of the duster was brushing against his length each time her hand moved down, and judging by his harsh breathing, it wasn’t unpleasant.

Concentrated as she was on giving him pleasure, she was startled when his right hand dropped from her breast to the apex of her legs. Sneaky fingers found their way inside her pants and panties, and were soon pushing inside her, thrusting in time to her own movements, with a thumb pressed rhythmically against her clit.

Soft moans and encouragements rose into the night as they gradually increased their tempo; warm and wet hands stroking flesh with the only goal of bringing relief to the other. She came with a strangled cry when he gently bit her shoulder, and her tightening hold on his cock brought him to his own climax. For a long while, after clothes had been straightened out, they remained huddled against the tree, simply holding each other and sharing the peace of the night.


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