Tribute (Spike/Xander)

[baudown]

Title: Tribute
Author: baudown
Pairing: Spike/Xander
Disclaimer: Not mine
Warning: Character death
Written for: open_on_sunday
Word count: 100
Prompt: Florence and the Machine (Song title: The Girl With One Eye)

When it came to killing, Angelus had fancied himself an artiste.   Always left a signature behind -- a cross etched in flesh, a macabre tableau -- calling cards that read, Scourge of Europe.

Pretentious nonsense, Spike had thought, being more of a meat-and-potatoes kind of bloke, himself.  Fists and fangs, a bellyful of blood, and he was content.

But something's been stolen from him; something precious, and beloved.  It's Spike who'll be leaving a signature now, to remind them of the man whose life they've taken.

Spike steps over the girl with one eye, the first in a long line to come.

Comments

[dimestorefind.livejournal.com]

Yikes.

This is so excellent; it raised the hair on the back of my neck. For the record, I understood the nature of the one-eye calling card perfectly - that's exactly what made it so chilling. Excellent work and, as usual, love the use of prompt.

[baudown.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

I wasn't familiar with the song (which is fantastically creepy, if you've heard or read the lyrics), but once I saw the title, I really felt that, soul or not, Spike could be driven to doing this. I have to say, I kind of creeped myself out.