Title: Dreams
Author: Marcia M
Email Address: marciamk936@hotmail.com
Feedback: Yes, please!
Rating: NC-17
Spoilers: Season 6 just to be safe
Pairing: Willow/Tara, Buffy/Other
Disclaimer: I don’t own these characters, Joss Whedon, ME, etc, etc. Blah, blah, blah. I don’t make any money, blah, blah.
Notes: Thanks to my betas, you know who you are ;-)
If you haven’t read Friends, Buffy and Evie are a couple. Karen is Dawn’s friend and she’s also Evie’s younger sister. Xander asked Anya to marry him but they never told anyone, and they didn’t attempt a wedding. Willow didn’t kill anyone.
Prologue:
Evie hadn’t officially moved in but she spent almost every night with Buffy. With Tara and Willow also back together, Dawn had Buffy if part of basement could be converted into a bedroom “so she could get some uninterrupted sleep.” They were waiting for Xander to get back from England. He had gone there hoping to find Anya but Giles had said she had never went there and he hadn’t heard from her. Everyone had pitched in, looking after the Magic Box until one day she just showed up, very secretive about where she’d been. Xander had decided to stay in England for a few weeks, since he didn’t have another construction job he had to get back for.
Willow and Tara had spent several weeks at a coven in California that Giles and the coven in England had recommended. Tara’s power began to grow exponentially with the help she received as they helped her unlock her potential. Willow spent most of the time learning to control the power she had. She learned how to use the magic and not let the magic use her. The coven then showed them how to work together again, helping Willow open herself so that she and Tara could combine their strengths. Willow had asked that she not do any magic on her own yet, saying she would know when the time was right. Tara had been very proud of her and the coven agreed.
Part 1
Buffy had a huge smile on her face as she moved around the kitchen, humming as she made pancakes. She had cleaned and chopped up strawberries and had set some whipped cream on the counter. She giggled as she thought of a much tastier place to put the whipped cream, and briefly wondered if she should go wake Evie. Remembering last night she decided to let her girlfriend rest.
Willow ran her tongue over Tara’s breast, purposefully avoiding the nipple. She gently blew warm breath on it and smiled as it hardened. Tara began to moan in her semi-conscious state. Willow leaned over and paid the same attention to Tara’s other breast. She watched her lover’s face waiting for the moment when those blue eyes would open.
Tara’s mouth moved into a half smile as she arched her back into her lover’s ministrations. She opened her eyes, locking them with the green ones she loved. “Good morning, vixeny Willow.”
Willow smiled “Oh, I’ll show you vixeny Willow.” She kept her eyes locked on Tara’s as she flicked out her tongue to lick one nipple marveling as her lover’s eyes deepened with desire. “Mmmm” Willow murmured. “You taste… kind of like pancakes actually.”
Tara giggled. “I don’t think it’s me, ‘cause I can taste, or actually smell them too.”
“Yeah,” Willow answered confusedly, “but you’re here so who’s making pancakes – does Evie cook?”
Tara giggled. “Not unless it’s in the microwave or maybe the toaster – I guess it could be Eggo’s.” Tara grabbed Willow’s shoulders, pulling the slender woman up to kiss her passionately. As their hands began to wander, both girls’ stomachs started growling. They giggled as they pulled away slightly.
“Hmm, I guess maybe we should go get some breakfast first?” Willow giggled as she heard Tara’s stomach growl again.
“I’m going to grab a quick shower and then I’ll be down, okay?” Tara sat up, giving Willow another quick kiss as she started to climb out of the bed.
Willow rose too and walked backward toward the door, smiling as she watched Tara’s naked form head towards the bathroom. Tara stopped at the bathroom doorway and she grinned at Willow. “Oh, sweetie,” she called in a singsong voice, stopping Willow’s hand on the doorknob.
Willow smiled back “Yeah, baby?”
“I love your outfit, but I really would prefer that you wear something else down to breakfast.” Tara said as she let her eyes travel over her lover’s naked body.
Willow looked down, realizing she didn’t have any clothes on and blushed as she smiled. She crossed to her lover, rubbing their skin together. “Teasing me, huh?” She wrapped her arms around Tara and grabbed her butt, pulling their bodies together, grinding their centers against each other. Willow plunged her tongue into Tara’s mouth, kissing her roughly, before pulling away. She smacked Tara on the ass and moved to grab some clothes to put on before heading downstairs. She heard Tara giggle from the bathroom and smiled as she stepped into the hallway.
Willow heard humming interspersed with a few sung words from the kitchen. She laughed at the sight of Buffy making breakfast, twirling around the room. Everyone seemed to be happier lately, except for poor Xander. She hoped his trip would help him sort things out.
Buffy turned as she heard Willow’s laugh. The slayer rushed over as she continued to hum and grabbed Willow, twirling the taller girl around the kitchen in an exaggerated waltz.
Willow could only hang on as Buffy spun her, and continued to hum. “I love the good mood there, Buff. I guess Evie must be pretty amazing,” she teased her best friend.
Buffy dipped her best friend and placed a kiss right on her lips.
Willow laughed as Buffy let her stand up.
“I just want to thank you.” Buffy grabbed Willow’s hands and looked deep in her eyes, trying to convey her feelings.
“Thank me for what?” Willow asked a little confused.
“For bringing me back. I never sincerely thanked you for bringing me back. Evie gives me something to sing about and if it weren’t for you, I would have never known this feeling. Thank you.”
“I’m just glad that you’re happy,” Willow said sincerely. She sniffed back a tear that threatened to escape and smiled at her best friend.
Evie stretched on the bed, a smile on her lips as she smelled pancakes. “Tara must be up,” she said out loud. She opened her eyes looking for Buffy, giggling, “She must already be downstairs eating breakfast.” The slayer’s appetite for food, among other things, was infamous. She headed to the bathroom and laughed at her reflection in the mirror. Whenever she stayed with Buffy, she always woke up with the most interesting hairdo; it pretty much stuck out everywhere from the efforts of their lovemaking. She jumped in for a quick shower then put some clothes on.
Tara was smiling as she opened the door, at the same time, Evie came out of Buffy’s room.
Evie gave a small jump “Oh, hey, good morning.” Frowning slightly she continued, “if you’re here, who’s making pancakes?”
Tara smiled as she linked her arm with Evie’s and they headed towards the stairs. “Must be Buffy. Willow and I smelled them when we woke up.”
Tara and Evie walked into the kitchen, their girlfriends not having noticed them, they took a minute to watch, both smiling.
Willow had turned on the radio. She and Buffy continued to twirl around the kitchen individually and sometimes coming together. They danced and spun each other as they continued getting breakfast ready.
Tara and Evie started giggling. They soon escalated to full laughter as they watched their girlfriends dizzying performance around the kitchen. Buffy and Willow looked up to see their girlfriends in the doorway. They both rushed over. Willow grabbed Tara’s hand, pulling her into the kitchen for a twirl. She laughed as Tara dipped her before pulling her up for a long kiss.
Buffy grabbed Evie around the waist and lifted the shorter woman off the floor spinning her in a circle. Evie wrapped her arms around the slayer’s neck, pressing her lips to her lover’s. Buffy stopped spinning and pressed Evie against the wall; her feet still off the floor. Evie pulled her head back. “Mmmm. I don’t think I’ll ever get used to that.”
“What, my kisses?” Buffy asked, a little dazed.
“Oh, I can definitely get used to your kisses.” She punctuated her statement with another one before pulling back again. “I mean, you picking me up. It’s weird, I mean I could lift you but you’re smaller than me. I don’t know if I could hold you up this long.”
Willow and Tara had broken their kiss and were watching the exchange between Evie and Buffy with amusement.
“Hey, I’m taller than you,” Buffy exclaimed as she let Evie slide down her body until her feet touched the floor. Buffy straightened to her full height to prove her point.
Evie giggled. “I didn’t say you were shorter, just smaller.”
“Well, Slayer strength does have its advantages especially when...” she leaned over and whispered in Evie’s ear.
Willow and Tara laughed as a blush crept up Evie’s neck, her cheeks and even her scalp.
“Well, y-yes, it uh does certainly help with, with th-that,” Evie stammered.
Buffy placed a quick kiss on Evie’s nose, deciding to let the girl off the hook. She grabbed her hand and said, “Let’s eat, I made breakfast.”
“Dawn’s going to be upset she missed pancakes,” Tara observed as they all sat eating together.
“She wanted to stay with Karen,” Buffy stated.
“I can’t imagine why.” Evie winked at Buffy and both girls looked at Willow and Tara, eyebrows raised.
“Hey, we were quiet, like, like mice,” Willow defended, as Tara blushed.
“Only if they were giant mice with husky voices saying Oh-” Buffy began but Evie stuck a strawberry in the slayer’s mouth, saving her friends from further embarrassment.
Willow opened and closed her mouth a few times. “Well you… and when…” she tried to think of a good retort but came up with nothing. So she stuck out her tongue and mock glared at the slayer as Buffy chewed her strawberry.
“Well, she’ll be here tonight so w-we should try to keep it down,” Tara suggested.
“You know you could-” Buffy was cut off again as another strawberry entered her mouth. “Hey,” she said around the fruit that had come from Willow this time. With a gleam in her eye, she pulled it from her mouth and continued, “That’s a good idea for keeping quiet, Will. Maybe we should save some of these for tonight.” She wiggled her eyebrows at Evie.
Evie laughed at her girlfriend. “I hope Xander comes back soon so we can make Dawn more comfortable in the basement.”
“How are things going, what is he doing since Anya’s not there?” Buffy asked.
“Actually, Giles said they had some damage at the coven and Xander asked if he could help with the rebuilding,” Willow supplied.
“How are things going at the magic shop, is Anya still taking off without warning?” Evie asked Tara.
“Yes, but she won’t tell me where she goes and I haven’t pushed. She actually offered me a real job. She took off again for a few days but we’re going to set up a permanent schedule when she gets back.”
“Wow, now everyone has a job but me, maybe I should start looking,” Willow wondered aloud. She hadn’t really needed to worry about money. Her parents still gave her a monthly allowance that was more than enough to cover rent, household and tuition related expenses. She assumed they thought it would make up for the fact they were never around. Still even though she had money, maybe it was about time she looked towards the future and not relying on her parents.
“Have you checked out the programming projects?” Evie asked.
“What do you mean?” Tara asked.
“There are all kinds programming projects she can do.” Evie turned to Willow as she continued, “I mean a lot of them would be really simple for you but once you’ve done a few, they’ll start contacting you directly and give you more advanced projects.”
“Is that what you do?” Willow asked Evie.
“I do some small stuff, but I don’t have the skills you have. I mean I can use the technology but actually writing the code? Not so much my forte.”
“Then how do you know about all of it?” Buffy interjected.
“Sometimes they put stuff on the bulletin board at the lab and I know one or two people that are good at it; but still not as good as Willow, I don’t think. There’s a pretty popular website where a lot of the projects are posted. I can’t remember what it is but I’ll look when I go to the lab.”
“That sounds great, but why are you still working at the lab, with classes being over for the semester and all?” Willow asked.
“We’ll have groups coming in all summer, but I don’t just work in the lab during the summer, I work in the IT department and help them with the upgrades and stuff they tend to schedule when the students and faculty are out. I get to work more hours and it’s good experience. They’ve hinted at a possible permanent position for me after I graduate in December, probably at the helpdesk. Not great money, but I get to work with cranky people who blame computers for stuff they do wrong – what more could you ask for – except maybe a cute cow hat?” Evie grinned, winking at Buffy.
Buffy ignored the last part of Evie’s statement, knowing she was smiling like crazy. She had been trying to figure out for weeks how to ask Evie what her plans were after graduation. Worried that she’d be leaving the horrid life of Sunnydale in a cloud of dust in her haste to escape. Buffy couldn’t leave Sunnydale but the thought of not having Evie with her made her heart ache.
“Speaking of cranky people, I have to get to work.” Tara smiled and gave Willow a quick kiss as she stood.
“Yeah, me too,” Evie chimed in.
“I have the day off from the Doublemeat Palace. I’m going to pick up Dawn and see if we can do the bonding thing – you want to go, Will?” Buffy grinned.
“Actually, I’ll let you two bond, maybe I’ll go with Evie and check out some of the information from the lab. And I told Anya I’d help Tara out at the Magic Box this afternoon.” Willow thought for a second then mock-frowned. “You know, she hasn’t offered me a job.” She stood and pulled her girlfriend close and placed a trail of soft kisses along Tara’s neck. “Maybe I should sleep my way to the top, starting with the newest Magic Box employee.”
Tara moaned as her eyes began to flutter closed from the sensations caused by her lover’s expert lips.
Evie giggled as she watched her friends. She exaggeratingly tugged at her shirt and fanned herself with her other hand. “Whew – is it getting hot in here?”
Willow pulled back reluctantly. “I’ll see you this afternoon. Be careful.” Willow placed a quick kiss on Tara’s nose before heading out the door with Evie.
Buffy grabbed her things and left with Tara, dropping the blonde witch off at the Magic Box before heading out for her day with Dawn.
*****
The next morning, Evie and Buffy sat up in bed when they heard a scream. Both moved from the bed, grabbing clothes and pulling them on as they noticed the sun had just started coming up. Rushing out into the hall, they ran into Willow and Tara, both looking concerned. All four ran to Dawn’s room.
Buffy sat on the bed, pulling Dawn into her arms as the younger Summers began to gain her focus. Dawn looked around and as her dreams came back to her she started breathing heavily, rushing to explain what was happening.
Tara sat on the other side of Dawn, stroking her hand. “Calm down, sweetie. We’re here; it was just a nightmare. It’s okay.”
Dawn immediately began shaking her head “No, it, it’s not just a nightmare. It’s going to happen. I can feel it. I know.”
“Sshh,” Buffy whispered, “just tell us what’s wrong.”
Dawn took a few deep breaths, trying to calm herself as she began. “Have you ever dreamed in your dream?”
“Huh?” Buffy asked, confused.
Dawn tried to explain “I’ll be sleeping, dreaming and then I’ll wake up in my dream, usually to tell someone about it, but that part is just a dream, too, until I eventually wake up for real.”
“So what happened that has you so worried? Why don’t you explain your dream to us?” Willow asked as she too moved to sit on Dawn’s bed, adding herself in the effort to comfort the distraught teenager.
“Well I was dreaming that I was in the living room and you and Tara were on the couch, kissing.” Dawn gulped. She pulled her hands into her lap and started wringing them nervously. She forced herself to continue. “I said ‘Aww, you two lovebirds.’ I turned towards the kitchen but when I turned, I was facing the living room again and this time it was Evie and Buffy on the couch kissing. I thought to myself, ‘I wonder if I’ll ever find love?’ Then I heard the doorbell and opened the door. There was this gorgeous guy, with jet-black hair and the bluest eyes I’d ever seen standing there in a tux, holding a dozen long stemmed purple roses. He said, ‘You look beautiful. Are you ready?’ I looked down and I had this wonderful red dress on with spaghetti straps and a matching shawl. I took the roses and linked my arm through his. Then I woke up.” She finished up in a breathless rush.
“That doesn’t sound bad,” Buffy started but stopped as Dawn started shaking her head emphatically. She could feel the hairs on the back of her neck standing up as her sister continued.
Dawn could feel her heartbeat speeding up and the sweat forming on her brow. “But I didn’t really wake up, I only woke up in my dream. And we were all sitting eating breakfast and I told you about my dream. Then I said, I – you know that ‘w’ word that I’m not supposed to say anymore because of Buffy’s birthday party – that’s the word I said – our dreams would come true.” If her dream didn’t kill her, she was certain Buffy would even though she couldn’t control her dreams. She hugged her knees to her chest and began rocking back and forth with worry and fright.
“Well, we should be ok, r-right, I mean those aren’t bad dreams to have come true,” Tara supplied, but had a sinking feeling there was more.
“Yes, if I had really woken up then it would be ok, but I didn’t. I had another dream.” She gulped.
“What did you dream about?” Evie asked, her worry heightening as she recalled the story of Buffy’s birthday party.
“Well, you know the Texas Chainsaw Massacre?” Dawn began.
Buffy heard it first, the roar of a distant chainsaw and jumped up screaming, “Leatherface? You dreamt of Leatherface?”
Dawn swallowed and nodded sending all four girls rushing downstairs.
Buffy reached the bottom of the steps just as the blade of a chainsaw cut through the front door. Leatherface came through the gaping hole as if he had just stepped out of the movies. He brought the chainsaw above his head. His target was obviously the slayer. As he brought his weapon down, Buffy nimbly stepped to the side. She kicked him in the back and knocked him off balance. Leatherface stumbled into the living room. Unable to gain control of his chainsaw, the blade cut through the coffee table. He regained his balance and looked around for the slayer.
Evie circled around as Leatherface began stalking Buffy again. When he was standing with his back toward Evie, she kicked the side of his knee and it gave a sickening crack as it bent inwards, causing him to fall forward. She grimaced as she saw the chainsaw cut through the chair. It fell in two halves. She hoped they wouldn’t end up with the same fate as the furniture.
Leatherface regained his balance, seemingly unbothered by his dislocated knee and once again lifted the chainsaw above his head. He once again targeted the slayer, intent on slicing her into multiple pieces.
Tara turned to Willow, instinctively joining their hands together though she could have easily done the spell on her own. Willow relaxed, opening herself up so that Tara could use her strength and energy. “Excambiare!”
Buffy was startled but recovered quickly when she found the chainsaw in her grasp. Leatherface looked down at his now empty hands. Buffy took advantage of the opportunity and brought the chainsaw from the right and sliced his head off. She quickly brought it back from the left, cutting him in half at the waist.
“Looks like he had to split,” Buffy said cheesily, just before Leatherface disappeared.
Willow, Tara and Evie all groaned. Evie said, “That was just bad, sweetie, but nice work with the chainsaw.”
Dawn inched down the steps taking in the sight of the living room and front door.
“Any other dreams we should know about?” Buffy inquired, hoping that Jason and Freddy weren’t on the way next.
Dawn shook her head. “I…I think I woke up after that one.”
“Can vengeance demons really do that – take the – you know – from a dream?” Willow wondered aloud.
“Well, I think we know who to ask about that,” Buffy said. ‘Good thing Anya isn’t a demon anymore.’
“Um, g-guys. I hate to bring this up, but this may not be over. If this vengeance demon, or whatever it was, took her words literally, it might try to pull any one of our dreams.” Tara emphasized the phrase Dawn had used.
“Not the way I wanted to start the morning, but I think we need to do some research,” Willow said.
“I agree, but right now I think we need to clean up this mess,” Evie said, eyeing the battered and broken furniture littering the room. “I’m just glad that Leatherface disappeared. That would have been a real mess.” They all set about cleaning up the living room.
After they had most of the room cleaned up and the broken furniture cleared away, Evie spoke up. “I’ll go out and get a door. Too bad Xander isn’t back yet.”
“Ah, I see I’ve been missed, and have been missing out on the fun obviously.” Xander grinned as he stepped through the broken doorway.
“Xander!” He braced himself as five women threw themselves at him.
“Hey, I know I’m irresistible, but to use a Willow line – oxygen becoming an issue here,” Xander squeezed out.
The girls stepped back sheepishly. “It’s just so great to have you back,” Willow gushed.
“I can see that – I go away for a couple weeks and the whole place falls apart – literally.”
“So, you up for a trip to see a man about a door?” Evie asked.
“Exactly what I was hoping to do my first day back,” Xander grinned.
“Tara and I can go shopping for furniture tomorrow,” Willow said.
“Hey, we can stop and borrow my Mom’s truck, and you guys can borrow it tomorrow just in case you find something you want to bring home,” Evie suggested.
Evie turned to Xander “Are you ready, sir Xander?”
“Your carriage awaits.” Xander bowed deeply at the waist, and held out his hand to help Evie step through the door.
Everyone else continued to clean up the furniture until Evie and Xander returned. Evie was in a small pickup and Xander followed. It didn’t take long to remove what was left of the old door and put up the new one.
*****
Luckily that night went without mishap and the next day, Willow and Tara headed out to do some shopping.
A few hours later, they drove up to the house. Buffy and Evie walked out to see what they had purchased. “This is a little different looking,” Buffy commented as she looked over their acquisition.
Tara and Willow giggled then tried to act serious. “I think it’ll work out well. Let’s get it inside and see how it looks,” Tara suggested.
They unloaded the piece of furniture. Buffy’s Slayer strength made it quite easy to maneuver into the house. They sat it down, angling it so that its occupant could see the TV and the couch.
“So what is it?” Buffy asked, looking at the chair. Part of it looked like a typical cushioned chair with a stuffed back and two padded armrests. The different part was that the seat extended out several feet almost like an ottoman attached directly to it. Like an outdoor lounge chair crossed with a typical oversized living room chair.
“It’s a chaise lounge – technically a double arm chaise lounge,” Willow explained.
Evie giggled. “It’s a snuggle chair.”
Tara and Willow looked back and forth between each other. Tara tried to hide her smile. She should have known Evie would pick up on it right away.
Buffy said, “A what?” She was even more confused now.
“Well, we, uh would never purchase furniture based on snuggle factor alone. It – it’s really quite a practical purchase, we think.” Willow looked to Tara for support.
“It looks like a snuggle chair.” Evie smiled again. She knew her friends pretty well and she was pretty sure ‘snuggle chair’ was exactly the term they were thinking when they had picked it out.
“Can you explain, please?” Buffy asked all three of them, a little annoyed that she was the only one who didn’t seem to get it.
“May I?” Evie asked looking to Willow and Tara. Both nodded eagerly. Evie turned to Buffy instructing, “Go ahead and sit down.”
Buffy climbed onto the chair, she sat partially on her hip and curled her legs under her as she looked up. “Hey, this is a comfortable chair.”
“And see, there’s plenty of room for someone to sit on the end, like during Scooby meetings,” Willow interjected. She pointed to the end of the chair that was vacant since Buffy hadn’t stretched out.
“So what’s the snuggle part?” Buffy asked.
Evie moved over and motioned for Buffy to spread her legs. Buffy shifted, pressing firmly against the back of the chair and resting her forearms on the chair arms. She spread her legs slightly. Evie grinned and wiggled her eyebrows as she kneeled on the end of the lounge and crawled up between Buffy’s legs. She turned on her side slightly, resting her head on Buffy’s chest. The slayer’s arms instinctively reached around her girlfriend and she smiled. “Ah, it is a snuggle chair… or maybe more.” She said the last as Evie began placing kisses on the exposed skin along her clavicle.
Buffy’s eyes began to get heavy as Evie continued to taste her skin. She forced them open as she said, “You know, guys-”
Willow guessed what she was about to say, so she cut her off giggling. “The other one will be delivered next week”
“Mmm. Good,” Buffy replied. Willow and Tara looked at each other and wondered if she was referring to the additional chair or what Evie continued to do to her.
Cont'd...
Marcia
You've got me hooked with the dream demon, I'm looking forward to the next update! 
i hope there's more to come!!!! good job 
I love love it. 
she and Buffy WOO HOO!!!! The whole thing was so sweet. And and that scene between them at the end of Friends 
but it was all great! 
heehee hope Evie will be there and kiss it better. 
Love sammi xx 
bad faithy 
and you're right, the honey might fit better here, we'll have to wait and see though 
