Perceptions!verse - Spander Files

“Stop being rational. Stop being reasonable. Please.
Annoying, exasperating, belligerent, I can take, but
please, don’t be sensible.”
“One of us has to be, love. I don’t want to do this, believe
me. I’ve been putting it off for days. But I need to give
you the choice. Think about it – of the two places you
visited, I tried to talk you out of both of them, didn’t I?”
He’s shaking his head in denial. “It didn’t work in the end,
but I did try, didn’t I?” He’s breathing hard, but he can’t
tell me I’m wrong. “And in Roswell, you wouldn’t have
gone to the museum if I’d asked you to stay. I was so
close to telling you to stay. Hear that – ‘telling’ not
‘asking’. I’m selfish, Xander. I’m greedy. I’m a demon.
You’ve got too comfortable. I think even if I stopped
bagging it now and went back to drinking from the tap,
you’d let me. I’m not some fluffy teddy bear that you can
collect along with your comics and your action figures.
You can’t put me in a box under your bed when you’ve
finished playing. I’m possessive and obsessive and I want
you. Make no mistake about that. I want you for keeps.
But I need to be sure that you want that too, and you’re
not ready for that kind of commitment. Not yet.” He
opens his mouth to disagree, but I keep on going. “I’m
not patronising you. I’m not saying that you’re too young