TITLE: How it all began. SERIES: Sex and the City (of Angels) AUTHOR: Patricia R.D. E-MAIL: patricia_romero_1@ucab.edu.ve RATING: R. PAIRING: A/L/W, A/?, L/?, W/?. (Yes, I know) DATE: 05/30/2000. ARCHIVE: Angel Elders, AngelSlash, SpikeNAngekFic, UCSL, Wolfram And Hart. Everyone else just ask first please. I never say no (to this I mean). DISCLAIMER: They're not my characters. I don't treat them as bad as Joss does. FEEDBACK: ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) WARNINGS: I'm nuts. SUMMARY: Shortly after the events on Blind Date, Angel, Wesley and Lindsey meet at bar. AUTHOR'S NOTES: Blind Date happened, but Lee didn't die because I need him right now. (Not what you're thinking, guys! I mean in the fic). Just imagine they kill some anonymous lawyer that we didn't like. DEDICATED TO: My sister Helena. Happy Birthday, luv! (When it's your birthday anyway?) Let the wackiness begins. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Angel," Wesley said as he and his undead boss entered the Darkling . "This is not necessary. Really." "Come on, Wesley. It's your birthday. The least we can do is buy you a beer." "But..." "Cordelia will call us if she has a vision. And we'll be in contact. And it's not like we're too far from the office." Wesley had to agree. The Darkling was only three blocks away from the building housing Angel Investigations. And it seemed like a nice place, with its clean appearance, quiet un-bar like environment and... "Is that Mr.. McDonald waving at us from that table?" the former Watcher asked. Angel nodded. "That's Lindsey. I asked him to join us. I hope you don't mind." Before Wesley could say anything about it, Angel was dragging him towards the table, the vampire's chocolate eyes mentally undressing the handsome lawyer. "Hello, guys," Lindsey said. "I hope you don't mind but I already had a couple of beers." "Then we'll have to catch up with you," Angel said taking a seat. Wesley sat down nervously beside the vampire. "I'm not... good at drinking," the former watcher had to admit. Angel looked at him. "It's okay. Only a few drinks then we'll head home, all right?" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THREE BEERS, FIVE SCOTCH'S, ONE KAHLUA AND THREE TEQUILA SHOTS LATER... "And den I shai sho shue me!" Lindsey finished his story, followed by a round of applause from the vampire and the Englishman. "Way go, Lindshey," they said to him. "tank u, me friensh, I'm a goo' lawya, ya know. Alwaysh win cashes, dive a goo' car, 'mani cloths..." "An' pretty darn cloths!" said Angel, his right hand running up and down Lindsey's sleeve. The lawyer leered at him and smiled. "Shank u," he said. wesley slammed his fist against the table, wincing a pain a second or so later. "Me birdday boy! Look a me." Both guys looked at Wesley. "Sexhy," Lindsey blurred. "Tat's de ba thin. No time for sexchy men outta work." "Same 'ere," Angel and Wesley said. "Ah, cam on," Lindsey shook his head. "Two hotties as yourshelves?" Angel nodded so hard, he almost hit the table with his forehead. "Then let's mek a deal: Tomorrah we meet. I bring two buddies and you get me a hot buddy of yoursh. Wha u tink?" Wesley and angel looked at each other. In normal circunstances they wouldn't even think about getting involved with two friends of Lindsey. They dealt with demons, monstares, vampires and all sorts of dark scary things that lurked in the darkness. But Lindsey's people, they were... lawyers. That was something else. In normal circunstances they would have said no. In normal circunstances they wouldn't have been drunk and desperate. So they say yes. "Perfesh," Lindsey said leaving a few bills on the table. "See ya tomarra at eightish 'ere." "See ya Lindshey," Angel said standing to help Wesley. The lawyer stood at the same time, shook hands with both of them and walked away, knocking down a couple of tables in the process. "We don't know any sexchy men," Wesley said once Lindsey was out of earshot. angel looked at him. "We'll find shomone." "And if we don't?" Angel shrugged. "We'll grab the firsh demon we met on the shtreet and bring 'im along! He won't be worsh than two lawya." "You haf a poin' 'ere." "Don't I alwaysh?" "No." Angel hit Wesley in the arm. "Shut up. Didn't ash u." And so angel and Wesley left the bar, thinking where the Hell could they find a 'sexchy man' for Lindsey. Wesley looked at his watch and shifted nervously in the chair. Angel looked at him. "Relax, man. They're only ten minutes late." "Angel, I think we should have called Mr. McDonald and tell him this was a bad idea." "I couldn't do that, Wesley," the dark-haired vampire said. "I would have been an offense to Lindsey." "We were drunk!" "A drunken offense. Now sit back, relax and let's wait for them." Wesley looked at the third... man on the table. He looked cool and calm, uncaring of the situation. Sensing the former watcher wanted to talk with angel alone, the third man stood and went to check out the jukebox. Once he was away, Wesley leaned forward to look at Angel. "Of every man and demon you know on the face of the earth, did you have to bring *him?" "First name that came to my mind," Angel shrugged. "Called him on the spot and next thing I know he was already knocking at a my door. I couldn't tell him no." "Why can't you say no?" "Look, there they are," Angel said standing up, glad to scape this conversation, Lindsey came to their table followed by two men in suits. One of them was thin and almost reptil-like, with fine features and elusive eyes. The other was tall dark and hadsome, Angel remembered as the guy that had mistaked him for some other lawyer. *I want that one,* the vampire thought. "Hello, guys," Lindsey said. "Allow me to inroduce you. Wesley, this is my partner Lee Mercer," Lindey waved to the thin man. "And the is Lewis Miller," He nodded towards the good-looking man at his right. The man looked at Lindsey. "My name's Brett..." "Hey! Let's keep the LM tradiction here," Lindsey warned Brett/Lewis. "Now, Angel. I believe there's someone you want to introduce me to." Before Angel could answer, a hand pushed him away and a slender blond took his place. "Nice to meet you Peaches," the blond said shaking Lindsey's hand. "My name's Spike." "So," Lindsey said half an hour later, after the six *men* ordered beers and stared at each other for a while. "So," Angel repeated, every once in a while looking at Brett/Lewis. "So," Lee said too. Spike decided to say aloud what everybody else was thinking. "Let's pay the check and go somewhere else, mate," his words were for Lindsey, but the message was obvious for everybody on the table: "It's shag time." "Good idea," Angel said, leaving a few bills on the table. "We could meet again tomorrow night to... compare notes." "Right," said Lindsey standing up. The rest of the guys soon followed. Spike passed an arm around Lindsey's shoulder and gave him a wicked grin. "Let's go, mate. Bye, poof. Don't wait up... and I'm guesssing you won't." With those words the bleached vampire and the lawyer left. If vampires could blushed, Angel would have been a deeper shade of scarlet right then. "Shall we go too?" Brett/Lewis asked. One look at his perfectly sculpted face and Angel was smiling again. "Sure, call you tomorrow, Wesley?" Before waiting for an answer, Angel and Brett/Lewis walked side to side toward the door, with Angel ignoring Wesley's silent "Get me out of here!" beg. With a sigh, Wesley looked at his companion for the night. Maybe if he had a few drinks before hand he could find Lee mildly attractive... "I heard Faith kicked your ass too," the lawyer said suddenly. Only then Wesley realized the mild bruises on the lawyer's face. "I see she... hit you too." Lee nodded. "Damn right. Slayers are really strong, and smart too. ASt least for what I've read so far about them." "You've read about slayers?" Wesley was suddenlly intrigued. "A little. I like to read about demons a lot too, I represent them, after all." "Well, me being a former watcher myself I can brag of possessing a vast knowledge of almost every demon known to man..." "Ever read about the Dramius?" "You have the Dramius Books? Those texts were lost a few centuries ago." "Wolfram and Hart found them not too long ago. They gave them to me as a Christmas bonus. Damn senior partners. I wanted a paid vacation to Rio." "Perhaps you could... show them to me." Lee smiled. "Why not? I may show you a few other things in the process." But Wesley was already thinking about the Dramius books, too excited about them to get Lee's hidden intentions. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "This is your place?" Spike said taking off his duster and walking around the penthouse. "Man I used to live in a brick factory not as big as this... until the damn watcher burned it to the ground. Angelus' fault." "Yeah, I heard Angelus was one hell of a Vamp," Lindsey said from the bar. "Yep. Killing, maiming, and torturing. He used to tie me up to the bed and let hot candle wax fall on my chest... Bloody Hell I miss badass Angel sometimes!" "I can tell." Lindsey sat on the couch and Spike did the same, accepting the whiskey the lawyer had prepared for him. "So, law-boy," Spike asked with a cocky smile. "Think you can take me?" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SEVEN ORGASM LATER... ;) "Bloody Hell!" Spike said coming out of the covers for some metaphrical air. "I can't do this." "Ah, come on, Spike. I'm just warming up!" Spike stared at the sweaty, good-looking man in front of him. He was good, the vampire had to admit. Really good sex. But couldn't just the fucking bastard take a break? Was he even human at least? "So, spike," Lindsey said running a hand up and down the vamp's tigh. "Ready for round eight?" Spike thought about it for a few seconds, then shrugged and pulled the covers overe their naked bodies again. It wasn't like he could die or anything, even though the idea of dying like this sounded pretty interesting... "Nice place," Wesley said nervously. Lee's appartment gave him the impression of a really expensive fridge. The furniture was either leather or metal, black and white being the predominant colours. And cold, so cold... "Thanks. Would like me to turn the air conditioner?" Wesley looked at Lee. "Uh, no thanks. I think I could see those books now." "Oh, right. The books of Dramius. They're in the bookshelf, suit yourself. I'll be back in a few minutes." Once he was alone, Wesley grabbed one oof the valuable books and sat on the big leather couch, the cushions sinking under his weight. The former watcher tried to get up and ended up sliding down to the floor. When Lee came back, he found Wesley struggling to stand up. "Here, let me help you," he offered, helping Wesley sit on the couch again. "Thanks. How do you manage to sit still?" Lee shrugged. "Habit, and the fact that I only spend ten minutes a week here." He was sitting dangerously close to Wesley. The Englishman looked nervously around and almost let out a squeal of delight when he discovered the bar. "How about a cherry?" He suggested to Lee. "Why not? I think we could both use a drink right now." Wesley's date said standing up. Wesley watched him prepare their drinks, wondering what to do now. It's not like it wasn't his first time. It wasn't even Lee's apparent coldness that seemed to turned him out so much. Angel was as cold as any vampire could be and yet Wesley had always felt attracted to his boss. Then again, Angel was a vampire. And this man was *supposed* to be human. Wesley wondered how even kiss this man would feel like... "Sweet or dry?" Lee's voice brought him back to reality. "Excuse me?" Lee lifted the glass. "Sweet or dry?" "Oh," Wesley chuckled. "Dry, please." Lee sat beside him a minute later, handling Wesley his glass. The former watcher finished it on the spot. "Another one?" Lee asked. Wesley nodded, making mental plans of killing Angel the next morning if things didn't work out. Old Spice. So cliché and yet so arousing in Brett's case. He and angel were on a small coffeehouse, sipping espresso and talking about each other. Brett had been recruited by Wolfram and Hart while he was still a student on Columbia, which made angel wonder if the law firm recruited every single one of his lawyers by they were still students. Young an innocent they were when Wolfram and Hart approached them. Then again, law students. Not so young and innocent at any age. "Are you listening?" Brett/Lewis said suddenly. Angel winced. "Uh?" "Were you even listening to me?" Brett asked. The vampire looked down. "I got distracted a little. But I remember Columbia, Wolfram and Hart recruiting and..." "Actually, I was about to ask you if you wanted to go someplace more private to... not talk." "Oh," Angel said calmly. *Yessssssssssss!* "Well?" Brett said, his deep sexy eyes mentally undressing Angel..., and the vampire didn't mind at all. "Sure. Why not? I mean, tonight's seems destined to be a quiet night." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Finally they stopped. Spike didn't say anything, macho vampire man pride and all that, but he was thankful to Lindsey. And very, very attracted. "Cigarette?" The bleached vampire asked offering Lindsey one. The young lawyer shook his head. "They're bad for my health," he said. Spike shrugged and lit one, letting the poison fill his dead lungs before talking again. "So, law-boy, do you always have this... stamina?" "Only with hot guys like you. I was famous in college for that you know?" "I can only imagine." "Tell me about you," Lindsey asked, sitting on the bed and assuming a lotus position. Spike had to concentrate to look at his face only and not at the sculpted tanned body that the blond vampire had just enjoyed a few minutes ago. "Me? Not much to say. It all started..." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *This isn't so bad, actually,* Wesley had to admit. A couple of Cherries later the former watcher and the lawyer were already making out on the black leather couch, the cherry glasses empty on the glass coffee table, both men being extra careful with each other's cuts and bruises. "Has anyone ever told you how hot you are?" Lee said, plating a cold kiss on Wesley's neck. It felt really good. "No one like you," Wesley said, and he wasn't lying. First cold-as-a-vamp-yet-human man that had ever said that to him. Feeling a little more daring now, Wesley pushed Lee's body gently against the soft leather, Wesley's fingers already getting rid of the lawyer's shirt... THUMP! For a few seconds, Wesley didn't realized what had happened. Then he smelled the blood and looked around, feeling dizzy. His eyes soon felt on Lee's body underneath him. "Sweet Mother of God," was all Wesley could say. "I killed him!" "Wesley," Angel's voice made the young man look up and smile weakly. "Thank God you're here, Angel," he said standing up. "I'm sorry I had to call you in the middle of..." *You had no idea how sorry you'll be,* the vampire thought, but didn't say aloud. "It's okay. Tell me what happened." "We went to his apartment and had a couple of sherries. After that we started... you know." Angel nodded. "Then we were leaning into the couch when we slipped to the floor and Lee hit his head with the glass table!" He looked around nervously, fearing that someone might had been hearing them. "I gave the doctor an entirely different version. It was kinda embarrassing, you know?" Angel nodded again, trying to contain the big smile that threatened to appear on his face. "How's Lee?" "He'll be all right. He only needed a few stitches and the doctors want to keep him overnight, but they say everything will be fine." "Good." "What's good?" Lindsey asked walking toward them, followed by Spike. "Lee's going to be fine," Angel announced. "That's good," Lindsey said. "I should call the senior partners to let them know that." He looked at spike and smiled. "See you tomorrow?" "Sure, mate. You know where I'm staying." "Yes. Good night, Angel. Wesley." "Night," the vampire and the former watcher said, watching the lawyer opening his cell phone and walking away. Then they looked at spike. "So?" Angel asked. "So what?" His childe replied. "How was it?" "Good. We're meeting again tonight." The bleached blond arched an eyebrow and looked at Angel. "Why don't we go get a cup of coffee, mate? I'm sure your boy here wants to go see how his new boyfriend is doing." Angel looked at Wesley. "Go," Wes said. "He's right. I'll go check on Lee before heading home." "Sure you don't need a ride?" Wesley show him a pair of keys. "I drove his car here. A BMW." Angel laughed. "Then I guess I'll see you tomorrow at work." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "You didn't get any did you?" Spike as he and Angel took a seat in the hospital cafeteria. Angel looked around, thanking the PTB that nobody was paying attention to them. "That's not of your business," he said. "Yes it is," Spike replied. "You're my sire. I worry about you." Angel sighted. "We were about to get into the elevator when Wesley called. I had to ask Brett to leave and promise to call him tomorrow. So we have a future." "What about tonight?" "Spike, I don't need to have sex tonight to be okay. I have control over my actions, I can wait." "What if you had the chance?" "Huh?" "What you just heard, mate." Angel shrugged. "I don't know. It depends of the person... Oh no, Spike. Don't look at me with that 'I have an dirty idea' look!" But Angel's childe was not listening at all. Instead he stood, making a face that angel couldn't quite understand and headed for the exit. A worried, yet curious _and a little horny_ Angel followed. "Where are we going?" The dark-haired vampire asked after ten minutes of wandering. "People is looking at us." "I know," Spike replied. "I'm looking for..." The smile returned to his lips when they found themselves in a desert hall. Angel's childe started to look at the doors, up and down, until he found one that seemed to pleased him. A closer look allowed Angel to see a small gray square in one corner of the white door, a white bucket and mop inside the square. "What the..." Before Angel could finish, Spike opened the door, pushed his sire inside and jumped behind him, closing the door after them. Angel looked around. Not the most romantic place _a closet full of mops, buckets and soap_, but that wasn't going to stop Spike. Unless... "I thought things were going great with Lindsey," the older vampire said. His childe smiled as he pinned Angel's shoulders against the wall. "Perfect," he said. "We shag until neither one of us could open his legs," his lips were cool and soothing against Angel's cheek. Slim fingers slid under the dark-haired vampire's shirt, gently caressing the smooth chest. "Don't you think your new boyfriend might get jealous?" Angel asked suddenly. Spike hands were going lower as the younger vampire knelt in front of his sire. "We have an open relationship. You'd be surprised of the things I learned with him." The hands were now running up and down Angel's tights. The older vampire had to admit this was... relaxing, to say the least. With a soft sigh, Angel closed his eyes, drop his head back and let Spike do whatever he wanted to do down there. Angel could already feel his knees weaker and other parts of him already stronger, begin for his childe's attention... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "How are you feeling?" Wesley asked taking a seat beside Lee's bed. The young lawyer smiled weakly, wincing at the pain that simple action brought. "Like hell," he said. "It hurts." "I can only imagine... I'm sorry." "It's okay, Wesley. Really. To be honest with you... It's not the first time it happens." Wesley looked at him. "Really?" Lee sighed. "That coach it's pretty slippery. A lot of... acquaintances of mine had fallen to the floor. Lots of them. First time someone has to be rushed to the hospital though. The former watcher nodded. *Way to go, Wesley,* he thought. *Your date's in the hospital. Five stitches in his forehead and it's all your fault.* "I should go," he finally said. "The doctor said you could go home tomorrow and..." "Will you come to pick me up?" "I beg your pardon?" "I believe those my car keys you're holding," Lee said, pointing to the keys in Wesley's hand. "If you're using my BMW, the least you can do is take me home tomorrow." "You do have a point." Wesley's heart started beating faster. "And maybe we could plan another date. This time in a safer environment. I may even let you read the Dramius this time." "A safer environment," Wesley repeated. "That would be lovely." "Then I'll see you tomorrow," Lee said. "I'll be at noon," Wesley said. "Good night, Lee." "Good night, Wesley." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Once outside Lee's room, Wesley was really close of doing a crazy dance on the hall. Things had worked out great considering the events of the night. A smile on his lips, he left the hospital whistling a happy tune, too busy making future plans for him and Lee to see the two vampires walking side by side, the taller one a little disheveled. "I can't believe I let you do that!" Angel whispered to Spike in the hospital store, just a few minutes after their closet encounter. "Yeah, poof," the younger man said picking up a package of bubble gum. "I clearly remember you complaining and whining like a little kid while a did wonders between your..." "Will you keep it down! We are in a public place." Angel's voice was barely a whisper, but Spike's sensitive ears caught it all. "All right. If that's what makes you happy. I won't tell the world you're a soddin' poof." Angel sighed and picked another package of gum for himself. "Maybe we should pick a card or something," the older man said. "For Lee." "I don't think they have a 'Sorry your date ended up with you being in the hospital with stitches in your head just a few days after a rogue slayer gave you the beating of your life.' card." "Ah, Spike. The eternal romantic." "I am a romantic, Angel," Spike said as they walked towards the cash register. "I want to wake up at night and feel a soft body lying beside me. I love to spend the time wondering when I'll shag or be shagged. I think knowing that someone will be there for you when you're alone, or sad, or simply horny, it's a wonderful feeling." "And that's romantic for you?" "You know me." Angel had to agree with that one. "Look, the thing is, Angel, you don't have that. You need romance in your unlife. And after talking to Lindsey, I even discovered you don't have an unlife at all! And that's the main reason I'm moving to Los Angeles. "You're what?" "Moving to LA. You need a handsome, sexy, young vamp beside you. and I know that will be hard, but I'm willing to do it for you out of the evilness of my heart." "That's sweet." "I'm like that," Spike passed an arm around Angel's shoulder and looked into the older man's chocolate eyes. "I want you to know that you're not alone, mate. You'll have me, and the four-eyes and the hottie lawyers, and as God is my witness, you'll never be shaggeless again!" Neither one of them knew how long they were staring into each other's eyes. All they knew was that the old lady behind the cash register was still looking at them when they finally came back to reality. A wide grin in his face, Spike kissed Angel's cheek while looking at the sweet old lady with the rimmed glasses. "Hi," the blond said. "That will be a dollar twenty six," little old lady said. "Pay, boyfriend," Spike said to Angel. *Bloody hell. This is the nighties. That woman must have seen something like this before.* Little old lady took angel's money and quickly gave him his change. Angel smiled as he received his change and the little paper bag containing the bubble gum. "Here you go, sir," Little old lady said. "And may I just say what a cute little couple you make. You remind me of my oldest grandson and his boyfriend. They just celebrated his second annyversary together. Would you like to see their pictures?" Both guys looked at each other, then at little old lady. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Sure Nick's a good looking fellow," Spike told Angel three hours later, once they were at the older man's apartment. What had started with a few pictures of Mrs. Lowell's _little old lady_ grandson and boyfriend, had tuned out to be almost two hours of coffee and discussion over how hard relationships were. And Angel thought he had seen everything... "Yeah. He was good looking..., if you like platinum-blond, Sex Pistols fan kind of guys," the older man finally said. "I think the old lady's grandson looked a lot like you, minus the brooding part, of course." "A little, maybe. I don't... what are you doing?" "I'm hanging my clothes," Spike said showing angel a pair of old black jeans. "In my closet," Angel said. "Yep." "Why?" "Because I'm moving in with you." "What about Lindsey?" "I told you he's not jealous. As long as he and I 'get together' every once in a while, we'll be okay. He's good, a little nympho but that's fine with me." "Why don't you move in with him?" Angel asked. Spike looked at his sire like the old man had gone insane. "I barely know him! I wouldn't trade the security of my lovely poof of a sire for anything in the world." "Except a good lay," angel couldn't help it. "If that's how you want to call it. Now, let's see. We could just flip a coin for the bed, or share it, whatever moves your floor. And then we have the blood issue. I can't bite humans, but since you get your blood from butchers I don't think we'll have to worry about that, except now you'll have to ask for more blood. and there's also the issue of... Angel?" Spike stared at the figure in the bed. He had been talking alone for five minutes, while his sire took off his shoes and duster and lay on the bed, falling asleep almost inmediatly. With a smile, Spike finish hanging his clothes _trying not to wrinkle too much Angel's clothes in the process_ let his own duster on a chair, kicked off his Docs and lay beside Angel, carefully so the older vampire wouldn't wake up. "Rest now, luv," Spike. "Rest while you can, because everyone favorite blond is back... and he wants to party." THE END