su_herald | Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Doyle: Let me tell you a little bedtime story.

Angel: But I’m not sleepy.

Doyle: Once upon a time there was a vampire. And he was the meanest vampire in all the land. All the other vampires were afraid of him, he was such a bastard. Then one day he’s cursed by gypsies. They restore his human soul. And all of a sudden he's mad with guilt. You know: ‘What have I done?’ You know, he’s freaked.

Angel: Okay. Now I’m sleepy.

Doyle: Yeah, well, it’s a fairly dull tale. It needs a little sex, is my feeling. So sure enough: enter the girl. Pretty little blonde thing, vampire slayer by trade. And our vampire falls madly in love with her. Eventually the two of them...well, they get fleshy with one another. Well, I guess the technical term is perfect happiness. But when our boy gets there, he goes bad again. He kills again. It’s ugly.

So when he gets his soul back for the second time, he figures hey, he can’t be any where near Miss young puppy eyes without endangering them both. So what does he do? He takes off. Goes to LA. To fight evil and atone for his crimes. He’s a shadow, a faceless champion of the hapless human race.....

Say, you wouldn’t have a beer of any kind in here, would you?

From the episode "City Of".

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velvetwhip, Spike/Willow, R.
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hello_spikey, Spike/Drusilla, R.
x.My Interview With Rupert Giles by

ladyforash, Giles, FRT.
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seraphcelene, Btvs/Ats, Ensemble, PG.

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x.Exiles Chapter 32 by

nwhepcat, BtVS/SPN, Oz, Sam, R.
x.The End Of The Beginning Part 14 by

off_suit, Xander/Spike, NC-17.
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velvetwhip, Willow/Angel, FRAO.
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