And Mondays (Spike/Xander)

[baudown]

Title:  And Mondays

Author:  baudown

Pairing:  Spike/Xander

Disclaimer:  Don't own them

Written for:  open_on_sunday

Prompt:  "Very occasionally, if you pay really close attention, life doesn't suck."

Word count:  100

The rent was due.  He was sixty-eight dollars short.

Willow didn't show up for coffee.  He called, worried.  "That was definite?" she asked.

Karl, the day manager, informed him that HotdogHaven no longer required his services.

They'd planned on meeting for patrol, but Buffy decided she felt like going solo.

In the basement, Spike stepped out of the bathroom, hair curling damply from the shower.  He was wearing nothing but a pair of clinging, cut-off sweatpants, smiling up at Xander, face beautiful and bright.

"There you are," Spike said.

Very occasionally, if you paid really close attention, life didn't suck.

Comments

[sparrow2000.livejournal.com]

Love can make so much other stuff bearable. This was a wonderful example of that.

[baudown.livejournal.com]

Yes -- just looking at someone's face and knowing that he/she is happy to see you makes all the difference. Um, particularly if that face belongs to Spike.

Thank you!