Spoilers: none
Content Rating: PG
Type: Romance
Characters: any male vampire you want (tho I had Angelus in mind when i wrote it)
Summary: My friend set me a challenge. she wrote the first bit, i wrote the second as my reply.

(PS, please forgive spelling mistakes)

The challenge (by Sue Angel)

Imagine you are standing on the rooftop of a high rise building looking out at the skyline before you. It is a beautiful clear evening and the stars are shining as brightly as you have ever seen them. Suddenly you sense you are not alone but you don't need to turn around to see who is there because you know exactly who it is. His wonderful warm smell overpowers your senses and makes you lightheaded for a single moment. You feel his arms slip gently around your waist pulling you back gently so you can feel his firm chest pressing against your back. He says nothing but simply begins to place featherlight kisses on your temple where he follows a trail down your neck. Your breath escapes you as you feel the occasional exquisite touch of his tongue tasting your skin. You reach behind you needing to feel his hair through your fingers but this only encourages him to move his lips to your shoulder where he continues to worship your body with his mouth. Slowly he takes your skin between his teeth and gently nips. The electricity rushes through your body as you turn to face him...........

What would you do now ???

The reply (by Cat)

I look into his eyes and seem to loose myself there. They go on forever and I stand there hypnotised by them.

He leans in and kisses me, gently at first, barely touching my lips, then gradually the kiss becomes more passionate. His hands go up to my hair and begin playing with a few stray strands. My hands wrap themselves around his waist and pull him closer to me.

He looks at me again, a small smile playing at the corner of his lips. His features change. The deep brown eyes are now shimmering gold.

I don't run, I don't scream. I've been expecting this. My heart does quicken though and he senses this. His smile grows and he resembles a wolfish predator.

But then, that's what he is. And I don't care.

He kissed me again, hard this time, passionate. His sharp teeth piercing my tongue and lips, he sucks on the small wounds.

My knees go weak and I grab onto him harder to stop myself from falling. I needn't have worried though, for he had me firmly in his grasp. He'll never let me go.

I wonder briefly if my knees went weak through fear or through attraction but before I can make any sense out of that thought his mouth is on the move again, distracting me from my wondering.

He trails a path of feather light kisses to my neck. I push my hair over my shoulder and lean my head to one side, inviting him.

He teases me for a few moments though, gently scraping the skin with his teeth and nibbling it. I grow impatient and a moan escapes my lips. I feel him chuckle slightly. He knows what this is doing to me and he's enjoying it.

I raise my leg up to rest on his hip as my hands begin to scratch at his back now. He takes the hint, or he's decided it's time anyway, I don't know which. I feel his jaws open and rest on my jugular briefly. then he does it, he bites me.

The pain is intense but brief, still I cant avoid crying out. a short, high pitched cry. It isn't the pain that made me cry though, it's the fact I've crossed a line now. I can never go back. Nor do I want to but I am scared by the life that awaits me.

The fear is brief though as I feel myself becoming tired. My hands fall from his back and rest limply at my side. My eyes fall closed. If he didn't have such a firm hold on me I would crumple to the floor. I feel a warm, rich, blackness surround me and I welcome it.

"Nu uh. You don't get off that easy."

I wonder who spoke those words. where am I? All I want now is the darkness but I feel him shake me, holding me off from the sleep I so desperately crave.

I feel something on my lips and lick them.

Blood.

"Drink." he commands as he presses his wrist onto my mouth. I try. I take as much as I can before the darkness overwhelms me.

Just before I slip away I feel him kiss my forehead and say. "Sleep Tight.Lover."