Venus
The first thing Spike does, once they've checked in to The Resort by the Lake, is set down their bags and take in the view: from Beth looking fierce and beautiful to the nicest damn hotel room he's ever seen to the hot tub on the deck overlooking the lake, it's all perfect.
The second thing he does is take off his jacket and shirt and tie: the bandages wrapping him like some kind of walking mummy need to breathe. Really, they need to be changed, and so does the one on his arm.
Tugging at the tape on his arm, he unwraps that one first. It's not really bleeding any more and the wound's been held together so tightly by Beth's wrapping that it doesn't even look bad. He drops the old gauze and pads into the wastebasket, then turns to Beth.
"Hey. Didn't you promise us a shower as soon as we got here?"
Reaching for her hand, he gives her one of those private little smiles. No broken ribs are going to get in the way of this vacation. Time's too precious.
The second thing he does is take off his jacket and shirt and tie: the bandages wrapping him like some kind of walking mummy need to breathe. Really, they need to be changed, and so does the one on his arm.
Tugging at the tape on his arm, he unwraps that one first. It's not really bleeding any more and the wound's been held together so tightly by Beth's wrapping that it doesn't even look bad. He drops the old gauze and pads into the wastebasket, then turns to Beth.
"Hey. Didn't you promise us a shower as soon as we got here?"
Reaching for her hand, he gives her one of those private little smiles. No broken ribs are going to get in the way of this vacation. Time's too precious.