Backfire - Spander Files

Dru climbed off of him, curled her legs underneath herself, and settled next to Spike
on the bed She reached over to him and petted the ridges on his face. He adored
when she did that. Like she was appreciating every part of him.
“My poor Spike,” she cooed. “Little shepherd has lost his flock.”
Spike tried to focus his thoughts back to the real world so he could work out what
the crazy vampire was trying to say.
“So so lost. Looking in all the wrong places.”
“What are you on about, luv?”
Dru stretched out next to him and leaned in close to his ear. “Sheep is searching for
his shepherd. Needs to be herded. Needs a home.”
He wasn’t sure he knew what was going on in that rattled brain of hers, but he knew
he had to finish up his little project with the boy. He knew that for sure. Spike
morphed back into his human features, took Dru’s hand and kissed it. “I’m going to
be gone for a little while,” he told her.
She grinned at him, then the world disappeared from her eyes as she said, ”Yes…a
little while.“
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Spike creeped around the house, peering in windows until he found Xander’s
bedroom. Mini-blinds partially shielded the view, but they weren’t closed all the
way, and the vampire could see most of what was going on inside the room.
Xander was propped up on his bed in the exact position that Spike had been earlier
that night. And in the exact same state of dress. Doing the exact same thing. Spike
grinned. He knew what the boy was thinking, too.
He watched as the boy’s strokes became more fevered and his eyes rolled back. He