anythingdrabble | [Challenge #320] BtVS / Spike, Dawn

Title: Unclear Future
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Characters: Spike, Dawn
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: some coarse language; mention of illness
Word count: 200 (Google Docs)
Notes: Missing scene; Set in S5 after ep. 5x08 “Shadow” with a brief mention of events from ep. 5x07 “Fool For Love”
Summary: Spike goes back to Revello Drive in search of his firearm.
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction created for fun and no profit has been made. All rights belong to the respective owners.

Challenge: #320 - Rifle
Crossposted: My journal

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Hearing noises from outside, Dawn went out the back door and found Spike searching the area around the porch steps, cursing to himself.
“Looking for your rifle?” she asked, startling him.
“What? No,” he said, frozen like a deer in the headlights. “I—I… lost my cigarettes. Yeah. They’re expensive, you know?”
“Buffy snapped your rifle in half and threw it away.”
“Bollocks,” he groaned. “And it was a shotgun.”
Dawn shrugged. “Whatever. Why did you even bring it?”
“Well, it’s um… the wolves. Yeah,” he muttered, scratching his head. “There’s a pack of wolves in town. You should stay inside.”

Dawn smirked half-heartedly. “Having Buffy as a big sister, I plot her murder twice a day. She must be much more annoying as the Slayer, so I can’t blame you for wanting to off her.”
“A soddin’ pain in my arse is what she is,” grumbled Spike, joining Dawn on the porch. “How… how’s your mum?” he asked hesitatingly.
“They found a shadow in her head,” she mumbled, hugging herself. “I’m scared, Spike.”
He watched her tears fall and he gulped. “I know, pidge. But she needs you to be strong now. You must stick together, the three of you.”