Bed's A Bit Broken (Spike, Buffy, Riley)

[baudown]

Title:  Bed's A Bit Broken

Author:  baudown

Characters: Spike, Buffy, Riley

Disclaimer:  Don't own them

Written for:  open_on_sunday

Prompt:  Bed

Word count:  100
Note:  Set at the end of As You Were, and the title is taken from the script.  Also, not Spander.

Spike stares helplessly at the wreckage.  Where to begin?  Haul out the rubble, he reckons.  Try to salvage what's left.

Riley bloody Finn, poking his nose in, interfering.  They'd been doing just fine, until he showed up.  Better than fine, because right before it all went to hell, Buffy had asked him -- had maybe believed him --

That rotten job was killing her, by inches.  He'd done it for her.

She comes to him, such kindness in her face that he's afraid.

She hasn't come to punish him.  She's come for something worse.

She's come to say she'll never come again.

Comments

[chasingdemons.livejournal.com]

NO!!!! Spike was doing so well, and then Riley had to ruin it.

[baudown.livejournal.com]

It's never a good day when Riley shows up.

[velvetwhip.livejournal.com]

This is heartbreaking. Brilliant.


Gabrielle

[baudown.livejournal.com]

That scene always kills me.

Thanks you.

[rbfvid.livejournal.com]

You pictured it perfectly.

[baudown.livejournal.com]

Thanks much!

[kikimay]

Very spot on for that moment.

[baudown.livejournal.com]

And it's not a fun moment.

Thx!

[sparrow2000.livejournal.com]

"She comes to him, such kindness in her face that he's afraid." It says so much about their relationship that this is the line that kills me.

As always, beautifully done.

[baudown.livejournal.com]

That episode has a lot of flaws, but there are some truly heartbreaking moments as well.

Thank you, hon, and I hope things aren't too crazy with the move.

[(Anonymous)]

"Try to salvage what's left." ouch

[baudown.livejournal.com]

I know! I'm sorry!

[dimestorefind.livejournal.com]

Ugh, that anon comment was me! LJ is giving me the business for some reason.

[baudown.livejournal.com]

*waves*

Now that I know it's you: thank you!

[singedbylife.livejournal.com]

:( God, I came to dislike Buffy in this episode. A lot.

[baudown.livejournal.com]

You know, I really love Buffy, but on my first viewing of season 6, I was just furious with her. I'm a bit more sympathetic now, -- I mean, she's traumatized and angry and suffering from crippling depression -- but a lot of her behavior is still extremely upsetting to me, as in this episode and Dead Things in particular.

[singedbylife.livejournal.com]

Me too. I don't hate any of the characters, really. They are all suffering from time to time. They are all very, well, human. :) But this episode and Dead Things in particular are quite tough to watch at times.