A/N: Here's
another extremely
fanon-driven fic I played around with a couple years
back. The premise: there's some sort of prophecy (when isn't there?)
that puts Xander in danger because he has a "pure soul" or some such.
Giles comes up with the solution of putting a little tarnish on that
soul by binding Xander to a demon, namely, Spike. (Yeah, now I could
find plot holes big enough to drive a truck through in that, but back
then it sounded good to me.) Giles uses a binding spell, something like
a mating ritual (of course) and it has unforeseen side effects, like
the fact that Spike is now bound permanently to Xander and his demon
sees Xander as his mate, something Spike doesn't know how to deal with.
Xander doesn't understand the effects the way Spike does and just deals
with it by treating Spike as a friend.
Of course, I'd eventually
planned for Spike and Xander to fall madly in love and be so thrilled
that they were bound together for eternity (with immortality for
Xander), but I never did more than play around with a few scenes before
abandoning it. Which is fortunate, because the characterization is more
than a
little OOC, the fanon is just painful, and despite some interesting
concepts floating around in
there, it never would've made a good fic.
Pairing(s):
Anya/Xander, Spike/Xander
Warnings: None.
Disclaimers: no harm, no sue.
Archive: my site and
my
LJ.
Word count: 3990