Perceptions!verse - Spander Files

and it’s like the moment is just too much for him. I hold
him as the tremors ebb and flow and then the music
changes and his movement changes with it. Tom Waits is
growling about Whistling Past the Graveyard and after a
moment he’s shaking again. But as I push him back and
tilt his head up, there aren’t any tears and the emotions
of moments before have morphed into teenage giggles
and I just stare at him. I’m not sure which one of us has
lost the plot. After a moment, he calms down and runs a
hand through his hair and grins sheepishly.
“Sorry, I got a bit carried away with the whole baring the
soul thing, so the music took me a bit by surprise. I’d
forgotten I’d put that song in the mix. At the time, it
seemed kind of appropriate, with the whole Hellmouth
background, but I didn’t actually anticipate smooching
with a dead guy to it." He grins again. “I guess the word is
ironic.”
“I think the words are ‘cheeky git’”.
“You keep calling me that. I think you need to expand
your vocabulary a bit.” Oh he’s enjoying this and for a
moment I’m content to lighten the mood.
“Maybe I do, pet. Maybe I’ll borrow that thesaurus of