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this…"Angel," he choked out.<br />
Then those wonderful teeth weren't dull any more and Xander felt a sharp fang<br />
pierce his skin exactly were he did not want a piercing. "Gah!"<br />
Spike stopped everything he was doing and held on to Xander's upper arms again,<br />
pushed him away slightly, and glared at the human in angry game face.<br />
"Told you once before, whelp, I'm not Angel and don't appreciate being called that."<br />
Xander shook his head. "No. Wasn't calling you Angel. I-I…" He knew that this<br />
next thing was going to sound kind of rude, but it had to be said. "I need Angel right<br />
now, Spike. I'm sorry."<br />
The expressions on Spike's face shifted from anger to hurt to confusion, then landed<br />
on clarity and smugness. Oh, isn't that a pretty combination, Xander's brain snarked<br />
at him.<br />
"I see." Spike ran that beautiful tongue along his teeth, scraping gently on the<br />
pointy ones, which caused Xander's achingly hard cock to twitch. Damnit. What the<br />
fuck does that mean?<br />
"Need Angel, do you?" Spike continued. "Well, what if I don't want to give you up?<br />
Then what, huh?"<br />
"You think I want this, Spike? You think I'm happy about being pulled across this<br />
crypt right now? About stopping you? Think I want that thing over there to touch<br />
me? It's all your fault, remember? You did this. All of it."<br />
Xander leaned forward into Spike and brought his mouth close to the vampire's ear<br />
to continue in quieter tones. "Could have been just you and me, Spike. Any time we<br />
wanted. But, no. You had to go and prove something to your sire. You had to share.<br />
That meant giving up a little bit of the power, didn't it? Giving up some of the<br />
control." Xander started to piece together what he could about the relationship<br />
between the two vampires. "Just like you used to."<br />
Spike pushed Xander back and lunged at his throat. It seemed sudden, but it took