Meeting The Friends
Immortal Love 2-Meeting The Friends
Author: Stephanie M
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Category: Btvs/Hl crossover
Pairing: Xander/Richie
Part 1
Xander looked around warily, his instincts telling him that he was not alone, in the apparently deserted graveyard. As he was listening for clues, the sound of a fight hit his ears and he ran to the source of the sound.
Xander realised that the others heard the fight as well when Willow, Tara, Buffy, and Spike appeared on the scene at the same time as him. He looked at the fight, wondering if he should help.
Xander found he looking at a hooded man in his early 20s standing in a circle of vampires, but was clearly winning due to efficient strokes with a sword. Xander couldn’t help but wonder at the identity of the stranger who was using the techniques that Xander had learned during his vacation.
As he thought this Xander winced as the man received a sharp cut to the chest and what appeared to be his heart. The hood dropped as the man quickly took out the remaining vampire and fell to the floor.
Xander was frozen on the spot at the identity of the man. It was Richie, pulling himself out of his trance Xander ran as fast as possible to the body on the floor. Sitting down next to the body, Xander moved Richie’s head so that it was resting on his lap, not noticing the reactions his behaviour was causing in his friends.
“Er..Xander. He’s dead, you can’t bring him back. Why don’t you come with me back to Giles and we’ll have some hot chocolate with marshmallows.” Willow said, softly her voice full of concern at the strange behaviour of her friend.
Buffy moved towards Xander, placing a hand on his shoulder. She thought that Xander had simply seen too many people getting killed and that was why he was acting strange. A wave of hurt crossed her face as Xander pushed her hand away.
Not caring about his friends, Xander stroked Richie’s face seeing that the cuts had almost completely healed. Within second, they were no more and Richie moved. This caused a grin to appear on Xander’s face even as his friends readied their weapons.
“I don’t know what’s worse the dying or coming back to life. Hey baby, I told you I’d come for you didn’t I?” Richie said as he stood up, his arm around Xander.
“I’d say the dying, personally. You did but I missed you so you’ll have to do a lot to make me forgive you. Like waiting on me hand and foot, basically being my slave.” Xander replied his voice full of happiness as he smiled.
“That has possibilities but right now I’m a little more concerned by the people aiming weapons at me.” Richie said a note of worry entering his voice; he really didn’t want to die again, not when he’d just come back to life.
“Hi guys. Its all right I promise that Rich won’t do anything. I’ll explain everything but we need to see Giles first.” Xander said, realising that his friends felt that Richie was trying to hurt him.
With that, Xander walked towards Giles house holding Richie’s hand, running through the deserted streets not caring about all the potential demons waiting to kill someone. Behind them, the rest of the Slayerettes followed, sharing concerned looks each one worried about Xander and the stranger.
Xander knocked on Giles’ door wanting to get this finished so he could take Rich home and ravish him. Giles opened the door, fussing when he saw the blood on Xander and Rich. Letting them in Giles disappeared, looking for the first aid kit.
*******
“Sit down Rich, G-man will come back in a couple of minutes.” Xander said as he took a seat on the sofa at the same time pulling Richie down with him.
“Seeing you made the decision for me, I might as well do as you say. I remember the last time I upset you.” Richie said with a smile as he looked at Xander, ignoring the questioning glares Xander from Xander’s shocked friends.
“I did warn you not to get on my bad side, who knew that the dye was permanent.” Xander replied as he remembered their practical joke war.
“I’m surprised Connor didn’t take both our heads after what we did to the apartment.” Richie said looking up, as the older man who he presumed was Giles according to what Xander had told him.
“Mr Giles, there is no need for that first aid kit. I assure you that no one is hurt.” Richie said sincerely not wanting to make a bad impression on the man who was practically Xander’s father.
“If you say so but why have you got all that blood on you.” Giles said as he sat down opposite the couple.
“Who cares about that, what I want to know is why you came back to life.” Buffy said her voice raised in anger.
“I’ll explain everything but why don’t you all sit down, it might take a while.” Richie said then waited as everyone took their seats, feeling everyone waiting he started the story.
“My name is Richard Ryan and I’m an Immortal. There are thousands of us, we don’t know of our immortality until we die our first death. No one knows just where the Immortals come from but we are all foundlings. When I was made an Immortal, I was taken in my Duncan Macleod who taught me how to fight. All Immortals fight to the death, one on one. Its believed that the fights control the destiny of humanity, if an evil immortal wins then the world will be plunged into darkness.” Richie said frowning when Giles interrupted him.
“This is very interesting but just how do you know Xander?” Giles said obviously wanting to get to the heart of the situation.
“This is where I really need to fill you in.” Xander said knowing that his friends needed to learn of his immortality from him.
“I was jumped on my way back from work, during my road trip I took a job as a bartender in San Francisco. When Richie found me, I was almost dead. He took me back to his motel and explained to me that I had died the night before but that I was an Immortal. I was a little unsure but after thinking a little, it explained everything that had happened. We then flew out to a New York where we met up with Connor Macleod who trained us for a couple of months until I had to come back home. During the time we spent together, we started to develop feelings for each other and eventually fell in love. We parted on the day that we revealed our feelings, Richie promised to come to me after he settled everything with his teacher.” Xander said, worried about how his friends would take the news.
“I can handle the fact that you’re gay. That doesn’t bother me but I want to know why you kept it all a secret.” Willow said feeling betrayed.
“I didn’t know quite how to explain everything and I didn’t want you to hate me.” Xander said remembering how afraid he had been about how his friends would take the news.
“So why are you here Rich, not that I don’t love having you here.” Xander said wondering if Richie had somehow got himself in trouble while at the same time wanting to know how long they would have together.
“Mac’s latest crisis involved trying to kill me once again so I decided to get the Hell out of Seacover and visit you. I seem to remember that I still haven’t taken you up on you’re offer. Is it still open?” Richie replied, smiling at the alarm on the teens faces at the mention of the plan to kill him. Xander just smiled through, his face making it clear that he understood.
“You know its open, don’t you remember what I said in the airport.” Xander replied a faint blush gracing his face as he remembered the way everyone had stared at them.
“How about we go back to my place? We can talk about everything tomorrow.” Xander said seeing everyone was still trying to absorb all the information.
“That’s fine but be careful on the way home.” Giles said as he ushered the group out of the door.
As soon as he was, alone Giles picked up the phone and dialled a number from memory. At the same time wondering why the fates were so cruel.
“Hello, its Rupert Giles is that Adam Pierson?” Giles said his voice tired.
“Hey Rupert its been a long time. Why are you calling?” Adam’s voice came through the connection, the curiosity clear in his voice.
“It looks like I have need of your expertise. A boy I think of as my son is an Immortal and I don’t have the skills to teach him.” Giles replied to the question.
“I’ll be there tomorrow morning, its good to hear from you.” Adam said as he put the phone down.
*******
Xander was a little worried about how his friends were going to treat him after learning the truth. Xander knew that they would accept his being gay as they had accepted Willow’s relationship with Tara what was worrying him was how they would treat him because of his immortality. Would his friends be able to accept that he would have to kill people to survive, not that he had taken a head yet but he knew that it was only a matter of time.
Taking hold of Richie’s hand he led the way to his apartment, he had finally managed to escape from his parents and had rented a small apartment just a couple of weeks ago.
Half an hour later, they arrived at the apartment, their journey would have been a lot faster if Richie hadn’t stopped every couple of minutes to kiss Xander. ‘Not that I really minded.’ Xander thought to himself as he opened the door and walked inside, Richie following seconds later.
“Do you want the tour now or later?” Xander asked as his feelings threatened to overwhelm him. Personally, he just wanted to get Richie naked and under him or above him, he wasn’t bothered as long as he got to feel Richie against him.
“Later.” Richie said as he pulled Xander to him, wanting to be gentle but knowing that the quickening he had just taken was too close to the surface.
“What’s happened?” Xander asked when he managed to removed himself from Richie’s grasp.
“Quickening.” Richie gasped out as he ran his hands across Xander’s body.
Xander remembered everything he had learnt about the after effects of a quickening and realised that Richie needed release as soon as possible. After taking a quickening an immortal was highly aroused due to all the energy absorbed into the body. If the arousal wasn’t abated, as soon as possible it was very painful for the immortal concerned.
Pulling Richie into the bedroom, Xander started undoing the other man’s clothes as Richie concentrated on getting Xander naked. Seconds later they were both naked, Xander roughly pushed Richie onto the bed and looked around for something to use as lube. Spotting a container of massage oil on the bedside table, he moved it over to the bed and liberally coated his fingers. He gently placed his fingers inside Richie, wanting to prepare the other man so that he wasn’t hurt. From their conversations, he knew that Richie had never been involved with a man before and didn’t want his lovers first time to hurt.
Richie moaned aloud with frustration, he needed more; he wanted to feel Xander inside him, completing him, owning him, loving him. He knew that Xander was just trying to make sure that Richie’s first time wasn’t painful but Richie knew that he wouldn’t be able to last much longer.
“Xander more please…..Xander…take..me!” Richie shouted as he gripped the sheets.
Seeing his lover’s desperation, Xander oiled his cock before placing himself at Richie’s entrance. As he sheathed himself in Richie’s tight heat, he groaned feeling complete for the first time in his life. He had never felt anything so intense before. He started to move, each thrust hitting the special spot inside Richie causing the other man to scream.
“Xander…..I’m coming…..I love you…!” Richie shouted before coming over the sheets. The muscles around Xander tightening as Richie came causing Xander to come seconds later with a loud shout of “Richie”.
The pair collapsed on the bed, Richie groaned in disappointment as he felt Xander gently pull out. He moved so that his back was against Xander’s front, sighing contentedly when the other man pulled him close. The couple surrendered to sleep each one feeling safe and truly loved for the first time in their lives.
*******
“Xander get up, now!” Richie shouted in Xander’s ear.
“I’m going to kill you, if you carry on waking me up that way.” Xander said as he glared at Richie.
“So you say, in case you’ve forgotten we’ve got to Giles’. I don’t really want to make a bad impression on the man who’s been like a father to you.” Richie said as he pulled Xander out of the bed.
“Don’t worry, he likes you. Why are you up at…10 am anyway?” Xander said as he walked into the bathroom.
“Giles called and said he wants us all at his place by eleven. Knowing you I felt I should wake you up and give, you time to eat breakfast. Go get your shower, I’ll make breakfast.” Richie said as he left the bedroom.
Xander quickly showered, wanting to spend as much time with Richie as possible, it had been so long since they had seen each other. As he walked into the lounge, he could smell the food cooking, causing his stomach to growl.
“It sounds like you’re hungry, sit down.” Richie said as he walked in carrying two plates of food. Silence fell as each one ate as if they had been starved, in reality they had simply burned off a lot of energy the night before.
“Any idea what G-man wants us for?” Xander asked as he carried the plates to the kitchen.
“No but he sounded happy. Is that a good thing?” Richie said as he sat down on the couch turning the television to the science fiction channel.
“It could be. Have I told you how much I’ve missed you?” Xander said as he sat down next to Richie, pulling the other man closer to him.
“Not today but you can’t have missed me half as much as I missed you.” Richie replied, kissing the other man gently.
“I love you, Richie. I was going to go to Seacover this weekend to find you.” Xander said, remembering how many nights he had spent dreaming about Richie.
“I love you too. We’ll have to go now if we don’t want to be late.” Richie said as he stood up still holding Xander’s hand.
“Sure, you know they probably just want to get to know you a little more.” Xander said as they walked outside.
The couple walked through the streets of Sunnydale holding hands, ignoring the looks it drew from the townspeople. As they walked, the couple told shared stories about what had happened since they had last seen each other. As they approached Giles’ house the Immortals froze as they felt the familiar buzz of a nearby immortal. Seeing, Xander’s look of fear, Richie rubbed the other man’s tense shoulders.
“Don’t worry, Xan. I know who it is you could say that he’s an old friend.” Richie said trying to reassure his boyfriend.
“What are you doing outside, come in. There’s someone you have to meet.” Willow said, her voice happy and bubbly.
Xander walked inside first, still holding Richie’s hand. He found himself looking at a man he had never seen before, from the way the man moved he could tell the stranger was a predator. The man moved in a way that reminded him of the way he had acted during the hyena possession.
“Hey Adam. What are you doing here?” Richie asked curiously, his voice drawing Xander out of his thoughts.
This stranger was Adam, he remembered everything Richie had told him about the man. What was foremost in his mind was the fact that Adam was looking at Richie. Xander didn’t like it or to be more exact hyena-Xander didn’t like it. This man was looking at his mate and no one was allowed to look at his mate.
Xander released a sub-vocal growl when Adam didn’t move his eyes from Richie. Didn’t this stranger realise that Richie was his mate? The hyena part of himself wondered. Everyone looked at Xander in confusion unsure over how to behave.
“Its alright, Xander. I’m right here, I’m yours and he understands that. He’s not going to try and take me from you, right Adam?” Richie said, moving so that Xander could take in his scent.
Xander lowered his face to Richie’s neck, breathing in the other man’s scent, reassuring himself that the only scent on his mate was his. Moving he looked Adam in the eyes, waiting for the other man to stop looking at his mate.
“I’m not going to try and take him away, he’s yours.” Adam said, wondering what was happening.
As soon as he said that, Xander felt himself go weak, as if all the energy in his body had been used in the confrontation. He fell to the floor, stopping when Richie picked him up and carried him towards the couch.
“Someone want to tell me what just happened?” Buffy said, looking around for an explanation.
“The hyena inside Xander felt that Adam was a threat. He was simply claiming his mate and making sure that Adam understood.” Giles said, while taking off his glasses and cleaning them.
*******
“My name is Methos but for reasons I can’t really go into I use the name Adam. I’m here because Rupert called and asked for my help with training Xander.” Methos said not going into any details, preferring to keep as much secret as possible.
“We could do with your help, Old Man. Xan’s had some training with Connor but that was a long time ago.” Richie answered from inside Xander’s tight grip.
Xander had regained conciouness as soon as Methos started speaking but remained quiet, enjoying the feel of Richie’s embrace. When Methos turned to him, Xander knew that the older Immortal wanted to know exactly what training he had.
“I’ve kept up my training routine and took a couple of martial arts classes but that’s it.” Xander said, while watching Methos carefully he knew about the older Immortal’s past but honestly believed that the man had changed, everyone deserved a second chance. If Methos did anything to threaten his pack Xander would move heaven and earth to kill the other man..
“I’ll train you then and Richie as well.” Methos replied, at the same time wondering just why he had agreed to help. Methos knew the answer-it was because he liked the kid, Xander had guts and he wanted to see the lovers live. Few people had ever stood up to him the way Xander had knowing his past. It was also because he wanted to get away from life in the Highlander, who had an attitude of viewing everything as black and white, whereas Methos felt that the world was simply shades of grey.
“Thanks.” Xander replied knowing that Methos rarely took on new students, at least not without there being something in it for him.
“How did you know we were here?” Richie asked , wondering if he had a Watcher on his tail, he didn’t really think it would be safe for any Watchers in Sunnydale.
“Ripper called me and said he had an immortal that needed help. I came to help, I didn’t know anything about your being here, so Mac won’t either.” Methos said, remembering the way Mac had interrogated him over where he was going.
“That’s good, apparently he’s got to kill me. He found out about Xan and he didn’t take it too well. You’d think after four hundred years you’d stop being so homophobic.” Richie said, not letting it show how much Mac’s reaction hurt him.
“That Scot is too bull headed. He lives in the past too much.” Methos said, he would have thought the Highlander would learn to be accepting after all this time.
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