Addiction Drabbles

[cornerofmadness]

Just moved across three states and almost missed this. Haven't had time to read yet, wonder who's muse I might be sharing in. All are PG-13 though the last one is a bit spicy (and I swear it was supposed to be a sweet little Fang Gang/Scooby interaction and turned into...this) and two are of characters I rarely write so this was fun.

 

Riley –  S 5 Retaliation
 
He didn’t even know how it got started. Maybe it was Buffy’s thing with Dracula or his growing awareness of Spike sniffing around like the dog he was. More likely it was the remembrance of him, that ghost that was between them even when there was nothing between their bodies but a thin layer or sweat. No, that’s when Angel’s memory was most pronounced.
 
However it got started, he was addicted now. The feel of fangs on flesh, the painful pulling of his blood, he desired it, needed it. Riley caressed Buffy’s shoulder then left to find his vampire whore.
 

 

Lorne – S 5  AA
 
It’s not an addiction. Things like that didn’t happen to his people. Then again, they don’t have Sea-Breezes on Pylea. Alcohol didn’t affect him like a human but there was something about the tartness of cranberries and grapefruits. It couldn’t be about the bite of vodka, could it?
 
It was situational. He didn’t drink this much when he ran a club. It was all the stress of helping Angel and his friends. That was the reason he was rarely seen on the home-front without drink in hand. Maybe he was lying to himself. He poured himself another drink to think.

 

Spike  AtS S5  The Fairer Sex
 
Women were his addiction, no not just his. Angel, too, maybe it had something to do with the Aurelius line. It was so easy to obsess about them. His dark rose, his body still trembled with desire whenever he pictured her sweet heart-shaped face. Buffy, all golden and hard, she’ll be the death of him yet. Dawn, her sweet innocence making him willing to lie down his life to protect her. Joyce, the one person to make him feel like a normal man, a friend. Fred, he didn’t understand it but she had gotten to him. Addicted and loving it.

 

Connor/Faith – Post NFA - Playing with your Food
 
It was sweet addiction but he didn’t mind sharing. Sunny had turned him onto it. Now a few years later, Connor was content to share the bounty in this rare time of relaxation. Soon enough, he and Faith had to patrol.
 
He pressed the still-warm chocolate covered strawberry to Faith’s lips, watching them part, wrapping sensually around the fruit, her eyes fluttering shut. She dipped her fingers into the fondue pot and rouged his nipples with the hot, sweet, treat of the gods. Her tongue removed every trace. Who knew he could have so much fun with his chocolate addiction?

 

 

As always x-posted to open_on_sunday

Comments

[bashipforever.livejournal.com]

Nice set of there. My favorite is of course the Riley one. He never really did get Angel and Buffy.

THe Lorne one is a surprise but you did a great job with it.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

thanks both Riley and Lorne came as shocks to me

[druinsanity.livejournal.com]

Very good jobn. I like them all. I agree with Kristi. Never thought about Lorne's drinking that way but it was still very good. The Riley one is so true. Faith and Connor... cute cute cute. Its funny how Spike had some kind of connection with all of the Summer's women. Hmmmmmmmm Now Im all thinking and stuff... HA!

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

I always thought Lorne was an alcoholic actually. The Connor/Faith, I swaer it wasn't supposed to be that way. And yes, Spike had a connection to the whole Summers set of women. my fellow geekgirl Chris does great explorations of that

[makd.livejournal.com]

God, I don't know where you find the time, what with the unpacking and the pumpkin in the garden, and ....well....you know....

These are interesting bits on addiction, and I like them. ME used addiction to alcohol, but never said anything overt about it, for Lorne and Spike. They really fouled up on Willow's addiction, didn't they? In making it magic, instead of power and control, they misunderstood Willow's character, which the fans understood.

I don't think a lot of the fans saw S/B as addiction - two people who were co-dependent. They just saw it as a hot love affair - which it was a hot affair. And it was a relationship. But it wasn't love - not on her side, at least. But addicted to each other? most definitely.

Spike was also addicted to cigarettes, until he became ensouled; and the deeper he got into the affair with Buffy, the more he drank. We never saw him drinking before the chip... and we never saw him with a bottle/drink in his hand until season 6. I wonder how much it started to assuage the head-pain and the pain of losing his way ('cause he couldn't kill humans, nor could he defend himself against them) and the loss of status in the demon world.

And Riley? He never had a chance. He never "got" A/B, but Buffy never really "got" him, either. And he just moved on from the steroids/chemical mix from Dr. Walsh to the vampire sucker.

[rahirah]

Actually I think JM's continuing efforts to kick the cigs had more to do with Spike giving them up than the soul did. Since he's complaining about not being able to smoke while ghostified even on AtS, I prefer to think he's still indulging offstage. *g*

Spike also got plastered in S3 when Dru dumped him, so it seems to be his standard response to woman troubles.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

Yeah Spike does tend to go for chemical assistance when he's having woman troubles

[rahirah]

Nice variations on a theme. Poor Lorne. His association with the good guys really did ruin him...

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

thanks. Yes, it did. Originally Lorne didn't much care who came thru his door and by the end...

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

thanks. I'm glad you liked it. I think with alcoholics in the family, i was more sensitive to how much Lorne drank.