TITLE: You only die twice
AUTHOR: Anne
RATING: NC-17. See the warning!
PAIRING: Giles/Ethan (slash m/m); Giles/Buffy/Ethan (het-slash f/m+m).
FEEDBACK: I live for!
E-MAIL: bookmangal@yahoo.fr
SUMMARY: Death. Tears. Love. Sex. Fun in bed for three. Death again. Tears again. Love and sex again.
DISTRIBUTION: VSS; m-m Slashaholics; USCL; Ucfic4BtVS; UCBTVSSMut; 3somes. Hard Rayne; The Wicked Ones. ODD; Giles Slash. Anyone else ask first please.
DISCLAIMER: The characters are the property of Joss Whedon, Mutant Enemy, Sandollar Productions, Kuzui Enterprises, 20th Century Fox Television and the UPN Television Network. The story is written for the pleasure of the author and readers, and has no lucrative purpose whatsoever. Please do not reproduce this story anywhere without the author's consent.
SPOILERS: "Passion"; "A New Man."
TIMELINE: Season 4.
WARNING: Graphic violence. Slash. Character death.
THANKS: thanks to Caz for her beta-reading.

Buffy came to help Spike to dust the last vampires, which infested Restfield cemetery. When the last ashes were scattered by the wind, she rushed to Giles sprawled on the grass, near a grave, wounded and unconscious. Spike copied her a bit further and nearly choked on the instinctive urge to drain the wounded man. He managed to control himself and wanted to remove the stake from the Watcher's stomach.

"No! Don't remove it, Giles would bleed out!"

Spike smiled. "Mmmm I love the bleeding." He unbuttoned Giles's shirt and dipped two fingers into the blood, which stained the white skin. He then licked them with pleasure. "Delicious!"

Buffy gave him a punch in his shoulder. "Don't taste Giles!"

"Sad end for a Watcher!" Spike said, gloomily. "To be killed by a vampire, with his own stake!"

"Giles will not die!" Buffy declared. Spike sighed. "He's dying Buffy. He will be dead in two minutes."

Buffy shivered. "No! No! Giles can't die!"

Spike shook his head. "Giles is not immortal, Buffy. You and your friends you all take him for a super-hero! For Super Watcher, but he is a man, just a man, weak and mortal!"

Giles regained consciousness and immediately cried out with pain. Buffy took off her jacket, rolled it into a ball then slid it slowly under his head. She then took his hand and pressed it.

"It's going to be all right Giles. I'm going to go call an ambulance. You'll be at the hospital soon."

Giles slowly shook his head. "It's too late I'm going to die."

Buffy shook her head energetically, tears in her eyes. "No! You can't die! You can't leave me alone Giles!"

Spike sadly shook his head. "Giles is almost dead, Buffy. Be realistic! GILES IS GOING TO DIE!"

Buffy glared at Spike. Giles began trembling, his teeth chattering. Spike took off his black leather coat and covered him with it, up to his shoulders.

"Spike… Spike is right." Giles managed to say. He added: "I'm sorry Buffy. I didn't see this vampire arriving on me … He hit my head, took my stake and… and plunged it in my stomach. I'm sorry. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaah! Aaah! It's hurts. Oh my God! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah…"

Spike growled out. "He would suffer less if we removed the stake from his stomach, you know Buffy?"

Spike did it. He then threw the stake behind him. Giles screamed and passed out again.

"Now I'm going to teach you something, Buffy. The saliva of a vampire stops bleeding. It's very useful when we cut ourselves to make our victims drink blood from us. A lick, and poof! The blood doesn't pour anymore. I'm going to stop Giles' bleeding by licking his wound. However, it won't prevent him from dying from any internal bleeding. It will avoid his blood emptying on the ground and stop him suffering more and more."

Buffy blinked. "You're going to lick… Giles?"

"His blood, not him! What do you take me for? A bloody poof? I' m not gay!" Spike began to lick the blood around the wound then dipped his tongue into it. He feasted, giving a groan of pleasure while Giles panted. When the vampire had licked all of Giles's blood, the wound closed gradually. Giles suddenly coughed and spat some blood. Spike was not able to resist to the temptation to lick his chin then his lips and plunged his tongue into his mouth to sucked up the blood in it.

"Spike! You're kissing Giles!" Buffy exclaimed, astonished.

Spike moved back. "No, I'm not! His mouth is full of blood and I am hungry! In addition, his blood is so good! So powerful! I had never tasted a Watcher before. And I regret it!"

Buffy touched Giles's forehead who stirred, moving his arms and legs spasmodically. He was ardent with fever.

"Ethan … " Giles murmured. " Ethan… Ethan… Ethan… Ethan."

Spike frowned. "Who is Ethan?"

Buffy sighed. "It's a sorcerer, Ethan Rayne. He's a friend of Giles or rather he was one a long time ago."

Giles suddenly caught Spike's arm and looked at it. "Ethan … " He raised his hand and caressed the vampire's jaw with a trembling hand. "Ethan forgive me for all that I did to you … forgive me please … " Tears ran down his cheeks and he gasped for breath. "I-I-I'm going to die… I wanted you to know that I still love you…"

Buffy exchanged a stunned glance with Spike. Ethan was apparently much more than a friend for Giles.

"Take my hand … "

Spike took Giles hand in his and stroked it. The dying Watcher thought he was Ethan.

"I'm here, Rupert. " He said.

Giles sobbed. "I always loved you …" He closed his eyes. "You were always my only real love."

Spike felt tears rising to his eyes. Buffy already cried for one minute.

"Hold me… tightly."

Spike gently pulled Giles to him and hugged him. He caressed the nape of his neck.

"Ethan I love you." "I love you too, Rupert." Spike.

"I-I shall always love you." "I too."

"Ethan… Ethan, kiss me a last time, before I die."

Spike bent towards Giles and kissed him; his heart was crushed by the sorrow. He loved Giles like a father. Tears blurred his sight, running down on his pale cheeks.

"Thank… you Ethan."

Giles' panting was transformed into chopped sobs. The cold gained bit by bit his chest, his ears were buzzing, then his body began to be heavy and he felt himself sliding into an abyss. He choked some seconds, had a last start, his breath stopped. A last sigh escaped from his lips and he slowly closed his eyes.

"He's dead." Spike said, lying Giles' corpse on the ground next to him. "Poor Rupert."

Bufffy stared at the lifeless body of her ex-Watcher for long minutes in a state of shock before she burst into tears against the now immobile chest. She wept uncontrollably.

* * *

A little before, thousands of miles away from there, in Ethan Rayne's apartment in London:

Ethan sat astride Claudia's legs and his hands moved over her breasts. He rubbed his thumbs against her nipples hardened in excitement. She then placed her lips on his stomach and covered it with small kisses. He caressed her inner thighs up and down. Claudia gave a start when he parted the lips of her sex with his finger. He began massaging her clitoris. Claudia began perspiring, stirring, was fighting for having no orgasm; she wanted to have one after he thrust into her. Ethan grinned and penetrated two fingers into her warm and wet opening. Claudia gave a brief shout and pushed Ethan away again. No orgasm at once. However, Ethan wanted to play a little more. He began to lick her breasts completely, nibbled her hard nipples then he buried his face between Claudia's thighs. He parted her pussy lips with the tip of his tongue, softly pushing it inside her. She groaned and had a violent orgasm. Ethan licked her juice, sucked her clitoris.

"Ethan you're killing me. I want you in me now! Or I swear I'll rape you otherwise!" He grinned. "Good idea!"

"NOW!"

Claudia parted her legs a little more. Ethan lay between them, slipping his massive penis inside her hot and wet sex filling her completely. He lay still to give Claudia a chance to become used to his size then he rocked her, with long and slow strokes. Claudia was purring, Ethan moaning.

Claudia began to move restlessly beneath Ethan and met Ethan thrust for thrust as he penetrated her. Ethan's movements become more urgent, his moans deeper. He increased his rhythm even more, pumping harder and faster. Claudia's breath came in tiny pants. Ethan thrust one last time and spilled into her.

"Ripper!" He yelled, bringing his hand towards his heart, which was hurting him. "Ripper!"

Ethan pushed a choked shout, moved back from Claudia who was frowning at him and collapsed on the floor.

"Who's Ripper Ethan?"

"Ripper!" Ethan breathed. "No. No."

Tears ran down his cheeks. He had just felt Giles's death during his climax.

Claudia angry grabbed his arm. "Who's Ripper? You made love to me thinking of another woman?"

Ethan got up, pale and trembling. "I have to go."

"What? Now? Where?"

"Heathrow."

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