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Tweak says, "What if god was one of us?"

Spike (i_wannadance) wrote in we_coexist,
@ 2008-05-07 22:36:00

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jesse custer, spike, zz:status complete

Over your shoulder you have to watch heaven fall into hell (Jesse)
Jack Napier made Spike think.

And yes, the vampire was totally aware that that was really, really wrong. But he was built for something, wasn't he? This body was like this for a goddamn reason--literally a God damned reason. Spike wasn't a nice guy. And all the peace he'd found since getting his soul back, all of the grip he'd gotten on remembering every single face of every single victim, started to evaporate.

There were things he could do, here. Things he could do without that soul. Things the sodding Joker was making him think about. That was the Joker's job, wasn't it? Being the villain?

Spike smiled slightly to himself as he walked. No. No. That was his job.

...with the occasional moonlighting as a knight in shining armor or a babysitter for Dawn Summers, or a protector because she...

She.

Was it all still about the Slayer?
Was he keeping the bloody soul for her, in the hope that he'd be...

What? Be good enough?

Spike scowled, pushing the glass door in front of him open. This place was pretty posh. Gargoyles outside made it feel a bit like home. He scanned the directory on the wall in the lobby and hopped into an elevator, going up.

When he got out of the lift, he rounded a corner, stopped in front of Jesse Custer's door, lowered his head, and knocked.

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cowboy_god
2008-05-21 10:13 pm UTC (link)

"Nah." Jesse waved a hand toward the door. "It's okay. I know yer hungry."

He looked at Spike for a second, and then spoke again. "I'm not askin ya not to be bad, Spike. Just stay away best ya can from slaughtering schoolgirls. I don't want t'change you none. I just have to keep some kind of balance. And I don't want to have to do any smiting on people who are my friends."

Again, he motioned to the door. "Go get your dinner."

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i_wannadance
2008-05-21 10:28 pm UTC (link)

Spike hesitated, just for a split second. Was he waiting for an invitation? No.

And if Buffy got hold of him, or Fray... Spike could always explain that God said it was okay... Ohhhhhhh, this was gonna be good....

I'm not askin ya not to be bad, Spike.

"Good man," Spike said. He nodded once, already half to the door. And everything else Jesse said registered, processed, and beared response. "I don't go after the school girls. The school girls come after me."

It was true. It'd been true for years now.

Go get your dinner.

He could've kissed Jesse. But that would be strange.

With eyes that were utterly devoid of the light that'd been inside them when he walked into the apartment, Spike looked a smile at Jesse. He wondered if Jesse could feel the difference, because he was what he was. If he could feel the change, register it somewhere like he knew other demons and vampires could. He'd known right away what happened to Angelus.

So had Darla. And Dru had, for damn sure, before either of them had even laid eyes on him.

He raised and lowered both eyebrows and raised his left hand as a wave, and left.

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