Backfire - Spander Files

“Stop. Not for you to worry about and not important.”
Xander nodded, tilted his head and looked directly into her heavy green eyes. “For
what its worth…I’m glad that you moved to Sunnydale.”
The sobs in the room took over for a moment. Spike buried his face in the sheets so
no one could see him roll his eyes.
“Giles…,” Xander finally choked on his words. “Thanks, Giles. Just…thanks.”
Rupert was shaking. He gave up wiping his eyes. “Oh, son…”
Xander couldn’t bare it. He turned to Willow, and his heart broke.
“Wills,” he began, but never finished. Willow darted forward and kissed him hard.
Xander unwrapped himself from Spike and fully embraced his best friend. Their
lips stayed firm on each other far longer than was comfortable for anyone else in the
room.
When they pulled apart, Willow still couldn’t speak. Xander said it for her. “I love
you.”
Willow fell back into her chair next to the bed and gripped his hand again. If not for
her red swollen lips, which now matched her eyes, it looked like the entire event
never took place.
Xander looked around the room. For a moment, he searched desperately for
someone else to say goodbye to. There was no one left. Just Spike.
The vampire was entangled with him once again. Spike slid to lay on top of his boy.
Xander heard a noise of disgust come from Cordy, but he ignored it. He knew that
this last part would be all about Spike, except for his arm and hand which were
stretched out and gripped by Willow. She wouldn’t let go, and Xander was fine
with that.
Spike kissed Xander again, but this time Spike could feel a wrong kind of heat
coming from inside his boy’s mouth. Spike pulled away and wrapped his fingers