Buffy the Vampire Slayer fic: All I Want for Christmas is You

This was supposed to be posted before Christmas, but I got really busy. I was working on a whole bunch of Christmas fics, but so far have only posted this one and an Angel fic: It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas. I have another Buffy one almost done, plus a couple others I haven't started yet. If you can't tell, I've been doing a Buffy/Angel rewatch.

All I Want for Christmas is You
by jennickels (aka Jen Connelly)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Buffy/Spike
1322 words
rating: PG
WARNINGS:

Set in season six. Buffy's back from the dead and still having a hard time dealing with life; Christmas is almost more than she can handle. While her friends take a break from the chaos that is their lives, Buffy sneaks out, only to find Spike doing his stalker routine. But things aren't always as bad as they seem, and neither is Spike.

don't own... wish I did, but I don't. No infringement intended.

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The door clicked softly behind Buffy. She pulled her sweater tighter around her as she sat on the back steps. Her breath hung in the cool December air. From inside, she could hear her friends singing carols, buzzed on too much spiked eggnog. She leaned her head into her hands; everything was so hard.

After a moment, she took a deep breath, letting it out slowly. "What do you want, Spike?"

Spike chuckled. "You always seem to know where I am, love."

"I could smell the smoke."

"Oh." He looked at his cigarette then dropped it, squashing it with his foot.

"Spike, I'm really not in the mood."

"Not up with the holiday cheer then?"

"Go home." Buffy ran her hands through her hair.

Spike came over to the porch. "No."

"Spike, please-"

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