Flip a coin, this one could go either way.

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Wesley nodded. "It does. You're saying that there's always time -- or at least, that's one of the things you're saying."

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[flaming-muse.livejournal.com]

"Yeah. There is." Spike was starting to believe that it was true.

[wesleysgirl.livejournal.com]

"I'll be here for you," Wesley said very seriously. "And not just for the ravishing. Whatever you need."

[flaming-muse.livejournal.com]

Spike's initial urge was to say that he didn't need anything and that he could take care of himself and Wesley as well, but he knew deep down that he was happier when he wasn't doing everything on his own. So he cupped Wesley's cheek and said, equally seriously, "Thank you. I'll be here for you, too." It felt oddly formal and important to say it.

[wesleysgirl.livejournal.com]

"Including for the ravishing?" Wesley asked hopefully, grinning. "Because that's one of the parts I'm particularly looking forward to." Still, he mirrored Spike's touch, his hand on Spike's cheek, and added, "I know you will. Thank you."

[flaming-muse.livejournal.com]

Spike moved his hand from Wesley's cheek into his hair and gently pulled him down for a kiss. "Don't worry. There'll be plenty of ravishing," he said, striving to return to a lighter conversation.

[wesleysgirl.livejournal.com]

"Oh good," Wesley said, with his lips barely separated from Spike's.

[flaming-muse.livejournal.com]

During the next kiss, which was longer and more thorough, Spike's hand slid down to caress Wesley's throat, the side of his thumb brushing back and forth over the mark his mouth had made. He wanted to keep kissing and touching, getting lost in the simple pleasure of being close, but he was compelled to ask, "What else do you want, since we've obviously got the shagging part covered?"

[wesleysgirl.livejournal.com]

Wesley tried to go into more detail. "Just... to love you, and know that you love me. To feel as though I'm meeting your expectations."

[flaming-muse.livejournal.com]

"I don't have expectations, pet," Spike said, "so you can't not meet them."

[wesleysgirl.livejournal.com]

As appealing a thought as that was, Wesley had a difficult time truly understanding it. "You must have expectations." He thought about it for a moment, then suggested, "Loyalty, for example."

[flaming-muse.livejournal.com]

"Just because I want something doesn't mean I expect it. I've been around long enough to know better," Spike said, his hand drifting to Wesley's shoulder. "And, before you take that the wrong way, I know you're a loyal person." Ultimately loyal to whom was still somewhat up in the air.

[wesleysgirl.livejournal.com]

Wesley was still thinking about the larger concept. "All right then, let's not call them expectations. Let's call them... dreams. Desires."

[flaming-muse.livejournal.com]

"Everybody has those," Spike said.

[wesleysgirl.livejournal.com]

"Tell me yours."

[flaming-muse.livejournal.com]

Spike was suddenly uncomfortable under Wesley's gaze. "You know, the usual," Spike said lightly. "House in the 'burbs, dog named Rover, hot and cold running blood."

[wesleysgirl.livejournal.com]

"You don't want to talk about it," Wesley said, rather matter of factly.

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And sound like the biggest git on the planet? Not a bleeding chance. "I'm a here-and-now kind of fellow," Spike said, running his hands down Wesley's back.

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Wesley sighed internally and smiled, bending to kiss Spike. "Hmm. Then what would you like here and now?"

[flaming-muse.livejournal.com]

"Let's start with another kiss," Spike said, surprised but pleased that Wesley was dropping the subject.

[wesleysgirl.livejournal.com]

"That," Wesley said, "I can definitely do." He pressed his lips to Spike's slowly, taking his time.

[flaming-muse.livejournal.com]

"No question about that," Spike murmured when the kiss finally ended. It took him a moment to focus his eyes again.

[wesleysgirl.livejournal.com]

If Spike didn't want to share what he wanted in the long term, Wesley reasoned, then it would just be necessary to give him what he wanted in the now. "What else would you like?"

[flaming-muse.livejournal.com]

Spike's attention was caught again by the bruise he had left on Wesley's throat. "You could tell me you liked being shagged on the kitchen table," he suggested, hating that he wanted the reassurance about what he had done, especially at the end, and trying to play down his need by giving Wesley a slightly wolfish grin.

[wesleysgirl.livejournal.com]

"I loved it," Wesley said honestly, although if he were being wholly honest he'd also admit that he was rather sore as a result of it. "Every moment. You have my full permission to ravish me there -- or anywhere else -- whenever you like."

[flaming-muse.livejournal.com]

"If you say that you may never get dressed again," Spike said, skimming his hands over Wesley's back and buttocks. "Maybe now and then, just so I can have the fun of taking your clothes off you."

[wesleysgirl.livejournal.com]

"I promise to cooperate in every way possible," Wesley said.

[flaming-muse.livejournal.com]

"You're eager to please, aren't you?" Spike said, his tone mild enough though he certainly meant it.

[wesleysgirl.livejournal.com]

"You," Wesley agreed, brushing his lips over Spike's in what was more the promise of a kiss than an actual one. "I'm eager to please you."

[flaming-muse.livejournal.com]

Spike smiled up at Wesley and wrapped his arms more securely around him. "I like that about you. And, like I said, you do an excellent job of it."

[wesleysgirl.livejournal.com]

"Would you like me to get up and put some clothes on now so that you can take them off of me?" Wesley started to push himself upright.

[flaming-muse.livejournal.com]

"No." Spike rolled them over, trapping Wesley's body beneath his. "I'd rather you stay here with me." He gave Wesley a long, slow kiss to forestall any argument.

[wesleysgirl.livejournal.com]

Wesley groaned in a pleased sort of way and kissed Spike back, running his hands along Spike's sides with a very light touch that just might possibly have been an attempt to find out if Spike were ticklish.

[flaming-muse.livejournal.com]

"Are you trying to tickle me?" Spike asked against Wesley's lips, finding the touch of Wesley's hands unsatisfying but not unpleasant.

[wesleysgirl.livejournal.com]

"No?" Wesley responded, gliding his fingers up along Spike's ribs.

[flaming-muse.livejournal.com]

Grinning, Spike didn't squirm under Wesley's teasing fingers. "That's not very convincing, pet."

[wesleysgirl.livejournal.com]

"Maybe I wasn't trying to convince you," Wesley said mildly, concentrating his attention on the tender skin between two ribs.

[flaming-muse.livejournal.com]

Since Spike had long ago discarded the weakness of being ticklish, he was more amused than bothered by Wesley's attempts. "Are you having fun?" he asked.

[wesleysgirl.livejournal.com]

"I'd be having more if you'd cooperate," Wesley said, stopping his attempts and lifting his head to catch Spike's lips again instead.

[flaming-muse.livejournal.com]

"Would you rather I had done this, then?" In the blink of an eye, Spike had grabbed Wesley's wrists and pinned them to the mattress by his head. "Or were you looking for some other reaction?"

[wesleysgirl.livejournal.com]

Wesley flexed his arms, not trying to free himself, just testing Spike's grip. "I was hoping to make you laugh," he said. "But this is good too."

[flaming-muse.livejournal.com]

"I haven't been ticklish for more than a hundred years, so if you want me to laugh, you'll have to try another way," Spike said, not letting go of Wesley's wrists. "Know any good jokes?"

[wesleysgirl.livejournal.com]

"Not as such, no." Wesley shifted his weight slightly, experimenting with the sensation of being restrained.

[flaming-muse.livejournal.com]

Wesley didn't seem to be upset with being held down, so Spike simply raised his eyebrow as Wesley moved and asked, "Is there somewhere you're trying to go?"

[wesleysgirl.livejournal.com]

Wesley grinned a bit and repeated what he'd just said, as the situation seemed to call for it. "Not as such, no."

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Continues here (http://www.livejournal.com/community/reality_bends/32969.html).