Re: Fic: Seeing Red (part 1/?) W/B C/X NC17

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> Title: Seeing Red
> 
> Author: The Bear
> 
> Rating: NC-17 overall (Individual Chapters may vary)
> 
> Pairing: Buffy/Willow Cordelia/Xander (eventually we'll get to 
the
> Giles/Other too)
> 
> Spoilers: up to Season Two: Passions, and a very AU Killed by 
Death.
> 
> Disclaimer: Obviously, I don't own them. You can tell by the fact 
that
> I let them have some small measure of happiness. Also, you can 
tell its
> miles away from Cannon by the characters ability to mature, to learn
> from their mistakes and actually communicate with each other in a
> productive rather than destructive manner.
> 
> Summary: Buffy and Willow begin a relationship, Xander and 
Cordelia do
> a little growing up, Giles learns to move on.
> 
> Author's note: Sequel to Red Skies at Morning. You don't have to 
have
> read that in order to enjoy this, but you really should. Otherwise 
you
> may find some things confusing, plus, its really good! :-)
> 
> Warning: There will be BDSM and Assorted Kinkiness in this story.
> Maybe not in the first few chapters but eventually.
> 
> ***
> 
> Part 1
> 
> Buffy and Willow were walking hand in hand through one of 
Sunnydale's
> many cemeteries, talking, laughing, and generally having a good 
time.
> It had taken a week after Jenny Calendar's funeral before they could
> just laugh without feeling guilty.
> 
> It had been a busy week.
> 
> ***
> 
> After spending that first afternoon making out for the first time, 
Buffy
> and Willow had gone to Giles, and Buffy had to explain how she had
> slipped and told her mom about being the slayer. Giles didn't 
comment
> on the two girls holding hands the entire time they were there. For
> their part, Buffy and Willow didn't bring up the subject of their
> relationship- neither feeling comfortable talking about such things 
with
> Giles when he had essentially just lost his girlfriend- or at least
> potential girlfriend.
> 
> Giles had resignedly agreed to speak with Buffy's mother after the
> funeral, to explain about vampires and slayers. In the end they 
had to
> take the elder Summers on an abbreviated patrol in order to convince
> her. Buffy had been adamantly against it at first, and when it was
> about to turn into a shouting match between mother and daughter, 
Willow
> had stepped in and salvaged the situation.  
> 
> She had been sitting quietly, afraid to draw attention to herself 
as it
> was the first instance where she was spending any significant 
amount of
> time in the presence of Mrs. Summers since she and Buffy had begun 
their
> relationship. Willow had been extremely nervous- certain that 
Buffy's
> mom would have negative feelings for her. In her nightmares 
Buffy's mom
> reviled her, accusing her of corrupting and perverting her daughter-
> forbidding her from ever seeing Buffy again. Finally, she couldn't
> stand the thought of Buffy and her mom ending up in a screaming 
match,
> and she had grabbed the slayer's hand and dragged her out of the 
room.
> After trying reason, she ended up putting on her resolve face and
> telling Buffy that she *would* be bringing her mother with them that
> night- they would have the whole Scooby gang there, and they would 
camp
> out at the gravesite and wait for Jess Wheldon, a vamp victim buried
> that afternoon , to rise. They would stake him and then take Mrs.
> Summers home.
> 
> Buffy, surprised by her girlfriend's commanding tone, had meekly
> acquiesced. It was even money who was more surprised when she 
walked
> back in to the living room and quietly announced the decision- her 
mom
> or her watcher.
> 
> Events had progressed as expected, Wheldon had risen, been staked, 
and
> reduced to dust. They had led a bewildered Joyce Summers back to 
the
> house where she and Giles had a long talk over a fairly tall glass 
of
> whiskey while Buffy and Willow had retired to the back porch for 
some
> quiet cuddling, 
> 
> The week had settled into a routine after that night- Willow would 
meet
> Buffy at her house so they could walk to school together, then it 
was
> classes, research in the library, then some heavy patrolling- mixed 
with
> a little light petting. So far, they hadn't made any effort to 
rush the
> physical stuff. There was lots of kissing- both the long languid 
gentle
> kind and the deep, hot, breath-taking kind. There was groping, but
> over-clothes only; neither was quite ready to cross that line? yet  
Both
> of them knew that it wouldn't be long.
> 
> ***
> 
> Buffy laughed out loud as Willow- barely restraining her giggles- 
said,
> "And then? <snicker> Giles face? when your mom <snort> when your mom
> said, `So Buffy fights these vampires and demons?'" she trailed off,
> unable to contain her laughter.
> 
> Buffy continued the thought, "?and <giggle> and you?"
> 
> "?Read Books?" they both shouted, dissolving into insane laughter as
> they remembered the flustered look on Giles face and his stuttering
> attempt to explain the importance of research.
> 
> They held each other in their arms to keep from collapsing 
completely.
> After a moment, their laughter died down and they gazed into each
> other's eyes for several moments. Smiles faded from hilarity and 
took
> on a new look as desire began to build. Their arms tightened 
around one
> another, bodies pressing firmly together as their breathing sped up 
and
> their eyes dilated in arousal.  
> 
> Just as they were about to kiss, a rude voice rang out from several
> meters away, "Ooo lookie here, Marty! We got us a couple of 
Lezzies!"
> 
> A second voice responded from near the first, "I do believe you're
> right, Nixon."
> 
> Buffy closed her eyes and growled in frustration. Not even turning 
her
> head, she loudly said, "Hey! We're having a moment here. Why 
don't you
> two piss off?!"
> 
> Marty turned to Nixon and said, "These two want to have a moment of
> happiness?"
> 
> Marty paused as Nixon answered, "I don't think we can allow that, 
can
> we?"
> 
> Marty shook his head, agreeing with Nixon, "I'm pretty sure that's
> against the rules." Coming up with an idea, he said, "I know- lets 
kill
> the blonde and take turns showing that redhead what a man can do!"
> 
> Nixon was about to say something when he found a stake suddenly
> protruding from his chest.  
> 
> Marty watched in horror as Nixon turned to dust.
> 
> Buffy was shouting as she attacked the stunned vamp, "Why can't you
> people ever let us have a single freaking moment of joy?" she 
paused as
> she dislocated the vampire's jaw with a powerful roundhouse 
punch. "?or
> love without ruining it?!" she finished as she followed up the punch
> with a spinning backfist, again striking the damaged jaw and 
knocking
> the vamp to its knees as he cradled his ruined face in his hands.
> 
> Willow, having recovered Buffy's stake, took that moment to exclaim 
her
> own frustration as she drove the wood home, "All we wanted to do was
> have a little moment of contentment, but NO, you had to ruin it!"
> 
> Buffy smiled at her girlfriend as they watched the vamp collapse 
into
> ash, "I get really tired of those jerks messing up our fun!"
> 
> Willow smiled back, "I know what you mean!" Moving to take Buffy 
in her
> arms, she added, "Now, where were we?"
> 
> Buffy was at that moment struck with a dizzy spell and almost 
collapsed
> in Willow's arms, "Whoa!"
> 
> Willow, instantly concerned, asked, "Are you ok Buffy?"
> 
> Buffy recovered after a moment and said, "Yeah, I think so? That 
was
> weird!"
> 
> Willow put her hand on Buffy's cheek and felt the heat. Moving it 
to
> her forehead she let out a low moan of frustration, "Buffy, you're
> burning up!"
> 
> "Wadaya mean?" she demanded.
> 
> Willow was torn between concern for her apparently sick girlfriend, 
and
> frustration at the unresolved tension. "Buffy, I think you've got 
the
> flu."
> 
> Buffy closed her eyes and groaned, "Dammit! I wanted to?"
> 
> Willow began to lead the sick slayer back to her house, "I know, 
baby.
> Me too?"
> 
> Buffy whined as they walked, "Stupid Flu!"
> 
> ***
> 
> Xander shook his head at Cordelia's complaining. She wanted to 
know why
> they had to patrol before they went to the bronze. "Of course," he
> thought, "She complains, but she still does it."  
> 
> "I *told* you," Willow said, her patience strained by Cordy's 
incessant
> complaints. "Buffy's sick. The least we can do is take over 
patrolling
> for a few nights," she said with a sigh. "Xander isn't helping any
> either!" she thought, uncharitably. She knew that Xander had a
> conflicting obligation between his best friend and his girlfriend, 
and
> was wisely keeping his mouth shut, but she still wished he would 
just
> shut her up.
> 
> Switching conversational gears without a clutch was another annoying
> habit Cordelia had. "I don't understand. How come you're not 
sick?"
> 
> Puzzled by the abruptly changed subject, Willow said, "Huh?"
> 
> Cordelia rolled her eyes, explaining, "Well, the way you guys are
> sucking face all the time?"
> 
> Willow's eyes narrowed in anger, "Hey! Do I bring up you and 
Xander's
> supply-closet shenanigans? No! I think not!"
> 
> As Cordelia was about to say something else, Xander jumped in, 
waving
> his hand up and down between them and whistling. "Ok! Time Out! In 
case
> you haven't noticed, we are in a grave yard. If you guys don't 
keep it
> down you're going to scare away all the vampires!"
> 
> Cordelia just rolled her eyes again, saying, "Whatever. Let's just 
get
> this done. You owe me a night of dancing at the bronze- although
> describing what you do out on the floor as `dancing' might be too
> generous?"
> 
> Willow's eyes bugged out as she looked at Xander smiling at 
Cordelia's
> words, even as he gave a half-hearted "Hey!" She couldn't for the 
life
> of her understand why Xander would put up with the constant insults.
> 
> ***
> 
> Willow didn't see what Xander saw when he looked at Cordy. The way 
her
> eyes would sparkle, and the corners of her mouth would twitch up 
when
> she and he traded insults. It was like a weird kind of foreplay 
between
> them, and they both got excited when it happened. They couldn't 
argue
> for more than a couple minutes before they were locked together at 
the
> mouth, kissing and groping. Maybe no one else could understand it, 
but
> they always knew when the barbs were the fun, sexy kind, and when 
they
> weren't.
> 
> Not that such exchanges had led to actual sex yet. The closest 
they had
> come had- not surprisingly- come in one of the supply closets at 
school.
> They had ended up having a heated exchange in the lunch room, where 
they
> couldn't immediately act on it, and had continued the argument for
> several minutes before they walked away from one another in a huff.
> Everybody that witnessed it probably thought they were incredibly 
pissed
> off at one another- really, they were just taking separate routes 
to one
> of their favorite closets. There had been no need to arrange it 
ahead
> of time, they just both knew right where to go.
> 
> Within seconds of the door closing they were clawing at each other's
> tops, nearly tearing the fabric in the process. Cordy was so 
worked up
> that she didn't even comment when her $250 angora sweater ended up
> crumpled in a ball on the floor. Xander had stroked and kneaded her
> breasts, toying with her nipples, while she ran her hands over his 
back,
> marking the skin with her nails. They ended up dry-humping for 
several
> minutes before breaking off in frustration. Desperate as he was, 
Xander
> would never force the issue, and they both knew there was no way
> Cordelia Chase was getting fully naked, let alone horizontal, in a
> closet at school.
> 
> Anyone who knew Cordelia stayed the hell out of her way that 
afternoon.
> Frustration had put her into Über-Bitch mode for the rest of the 
day.
> She actually had one sophomore football player in tears after she 
caught
> him staring at her ass as she got in her locker between classes.  
Xander
> had just skipped the rest of his classes that day. He went home and
> jerked off three times before he was able to once again face 
civilized
> society without sporting a raging hard-on. He didn't even need a 
dirty
> mag to fantasize to- the memory of Cordy's flaring nostrils and 
flashing
> eyes as they ripped into one another verbally was more than enough 
to
> work with.
> 
> ***
> 
> Back to the present, Xander had managed to establish quiet, if not 
peace
> between the girls, and they were prowling the cemetery looking for a
> vamp to stake.
> 
> Willow was trying to put Cordy's comment out of her head. Not 
because
> she was embarrassed that the tactless wonder knew about, or even
> commented on, Willow and Buffy's not infrequent make out sessions- 
but
> rather because she was feeling withdrawal pangs from missing just 
such
> activities.
> 
> Yesterday, they had both been too busy and preoccupied to have 
any `face
> time' as Buffy had jokingly referred to it. There had been tacit 
plans
> for a serious make-up session during patrol; had been until Marty 
and
> Nixon had ruined things. Then the flu bug struck, and even though
> Willow was quite willing to have the flu in exchange for some 
quality
> Buffy kissage- Buffy wouldn't hear of it.
> 
> "Buffy! I'll probably get it anyway- half the school is down with 
it.
> I might as well take advantage of the opportunity to have a little 
fun
> getting it, rather than by way of someone in my general vicinity
> coughing in my direction," she had reasoned
> 
> Buffy had remained firm in her denial of Willow's advances. She 
had,
> however, promised to make up for it when she was over the flu.
> 
> "How?" Willow had pouted. I don't want to wait for kisses later, I 
want
> them now *and* later! Whatever kissage I miss tonight is gone for 
good-
> never to be recovered." She has said in a mock-forlorn voice.
> 
> Buffy just gave her a seductive smile, and said, "Who said kisses 
were
> the only thing I had in mind?"
> 
> Willow had shut up at that, her mind busy on just how Buffy might 
make
> up for missed kissage.
> 
> ***
> 
> Buffy was making her way across the graveyard, trying to ignore the
> fatigue and lightheadedness she was feeling. She sensed something 
as
> she approached the Heckinsack's mausoleum. She jumped around the 
corner,
> swinging her stake at whatever was there. 
> 
> Xander screamed and jumped back, holding on to his own stake 
tightly. 
> 
> Cordelia let out a shriek from where she stood behind Xander. She 
and
> Willow instinctively held up their crosses at Buffy.
> 
> Buffy was slightly taken aback- looking at Xander she said,
> "Non-vampire." Her eyes swiveling to Cordy and Willow, she 
added, "Plus
> two."
> 
> Willow was annoyed with her girlfriend, and it showed in the 
confusion
> on her face- happiness to see her new love, combined with annoyance 
at
> the fact that Buffy was out of bed and in a graveyard when she was
> supposed to be resting from the flu! "Dang it, Buffy!" she said as 
she
> put her cross away.
> 
> Xander said, "Man, Buffy! My whole life just flashed before my 
eyes!"
> He glanced over at Willow and added, "I gotta get me a life!"
> 
> Buffy bewilderedly asked, "What are you doing here?"
> 
> Willow put her hands on her hips and countered, "What are *you* 
doing
> here?"
> 
> Buffy looked at her girlfriend blankly and said, "Well, I'm 
patrolling!"
> as if the answer were obvious.
> 
> Willow's eyes showed her concern as she walked over to her 
girlfriend
> and put her hands loosely on her hips, "Baby? you're sick! You're
> supposed to be in bed."
> 
> Buffy attempted to defend herself, not meeting Willow's eyes she 
looked
> over at the others and pouted, "No, I feel fine. I mean, I'm... the
> world's spinning a little bit, but I like it, it's kinda like a 
ride."
> 
> Cordelia, in her waspish way mixed concern with unthinking insult 
as she
> said, "Half the school's out with this flu. It's a serious deal."
> Putting her hands on her hips, she added sternly, "Buffy. We're all
> concerned about how gross you look."
> 
> Buffy's voice dripped with sarcasm as she answered, "I'm touched.
> Really. But I have work to do."
> 
> Willow pulled her into a halfway hug and said, "Buffy, come on, one
> night of rest is not gonna kill you."
> 
> Buffy pulled away slightly and said, "No, but it might kill somebody
> else."
> 
> Xander pointed at her with his stake and said, "You mean Angel 
might."
> As Buffy turned away from the group, he added, "Buffy, this is not 
the
> time to challenge Angel for the ultimate fighting championship." He
> Gestured with his stake, explaining, "He's at full strength? you're 
only
> half a Slayer."
> 
> Buffy turned and looked Xander in the eyes. "Yeah, but I'm still 
the
> Slayer. And, as long as I am, Angelus's not gonna kill anybody 
else."
> 
> Angelus popped up behind her and said, "Aw, c'mon. Just one more."
> 
> He attacked, as Willow and Cordelia screamed. He ran right past 
Buffy
> and straight for Cordelia tackling her to the ground. 
> 
> Buffy grabbed him by the back of his coat and pulled him off of the
> whimpering Cheerleader. She turned him around, took him by the coat
> collar and swung at him with her stake- aiming for his foul heart. 
> 
> He blocked her with his arm, grabbed hers and twisted, making her 
drop
> her stake. He taunted, "Not feeling well, lover?"
> 
> Buffy looked up at him and punched him in the jaw, not saying a 
word.
> 
> He glared back at her and tried to kick her, but she grabbed his 
foot
> and shoved his leg up, making him fall hard onto his back.
> 
> Buffy smirked and taunted back, "That helps."
> 
> Angelus scrambled to hands and feet while Buffy came at him from 
behind
> and tried to kick him. He countered, kicking up and out, driving 
his
> foot into her chest. She staggered back a bit until she could 
regain
> her balance. He got up and advanced toward her. She took a couple 
of
> swings at him, but he avoided them easily. He blocked a third 
attempt,
> grabbing her arm and gripping her by the throat.
> 
> "You know, you being off your game's kinda takin' the fun out of all
> this," he sneered, punching her in the face and causing her to 
stumble
> backwards again.
> 
> "Nope, still fun!" he goaded.
> 
> Angelus punched her in the gut, then grabbed her by the neck and 
shoved
> her around and into a corner column of the small mausoleum. 
> 
> Buffy was dazed and tried to regain her balance, but didn't get a 
chance
> because he again punched her in the face, knocking her flat on her 
back.
> He leapt on top of her and pinned her arms down.
> 
> Angelus took another moment to mock the fallen slayer, "Uh-oh. This 
does
> *not* look good for our heroine!" he said as he bent down to bite 
her. 
> 
> Willow took that opportunity to throw Xander's jacket over Angelus'
> head. She backed away and Xander grabbed Angelus' head under the
> jacket, punching him and kneeing him twice in the face.  
> 
> Angelus fell over onto his back while Willow and Cordelia whipped 
out
> their crosses and held them out at him as he got up- forcing him to 
back
> off.
> 
> Xander quipped, "Take a walk, overbite," while Buffy got to her 
feet. 
> 
> Angelus slowly backed away. "We'll have to do this again 
sometime," his
> taunt falling somewhat flat as he had clearly lost this round,
> 
> He turned and walked off. Buffy just watched him go.
> 
> Willow was instantly at her girlfriend's side, "Baby, are you 
okay?" she
> asked, concerned.
> 
> Buffy put her hand to her forehead and plaintively said, "I told you
> guys to leave, I..." She started to feel dizzy, whispering "I... 
Oh..."
> and fall to the ground unconscious.
> 
> Willow shouted, "Buffy!"
> 
> Xander and Cordelia turned to look, "Buffy?" Xander asked.
> 
> Willow helped Xander pick up the fallen slayer and they rushed to 
the
> hospital.
> 
> ***
> 
> End Part 1
> 
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