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// The Three Cs: Conversation, Compromise, Cuddling 
// Story: Let's Give Us A Try 
// by ProjectZerro 
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The late afternoon calm of a Wednesday welcomed many students and passersby; they'd never guess a storm was brewing in the magically sealed off living room of the Sparkle residence.
“I CANNOT believe you right now!”
Spike threw his hands in the air while walking away from Rainbow Dash, rage planted squarely on his face, a lick of fire shooting from his mouth scaring the other girls that watched him just a little.
His tail whipped back and forth as he crossed the living room, stopping to point his fury at the rainbow haired woman.
“Not like you’re much better scales-for-brains.” Rainbow scowled in return and caught up with him. “Like you have any right being pissy about this.”
“Right!? Oh I have a right, I know I do. It's YOU who has no right saying that to me!” Spike shouted back and Rainbow growled in return.
“I’m just telling it like it is, what’s wrong? Can’t handle it, little man?”
“Don’t you fucking say that again.”
“Make me. Little. Man.”
Spike stepped up and Applejack had to stand up, obviously threatening to get between them. He looked at her and turned away from them all.
“That’s what I thought. You can talk a big game but you’ve got no spine where it counts.”
“It's called patience and integrity, but I guess one of us just doesn’t understand the word, especially with your GPA.”
“You got something to say!?” Rainbow bit back and Spike smirked with a mocking glare.
“Your barely passing scores speak for themselves, or should I slowly explain it to you?”
Rainbow’s wings spread out from her back and she took a step closer to the dravyernian male. “Watch it Scaly.”
“Or what? Violence? Another bite at being short? A one trick pony is difficult to educate after all.”
Rainbow grabbed his shirt and pulled him in close but Applejack pulled them apart.
“That’s enough y’all!”
Rainbow and Spike glared at her and she jumped a bit, taking a step back on instinct alone before turning and glaring at Rarity. “Fix it.”
“I-I had no idea they’d go this far…”
Fluttershy shakingly held onto an equally as scared Pinkie Pie, both staring in fear of Rainbow and Spike as they glared at each other.
“Stiff winged bitch!”
“Molting shortstack!”
“Hot head dike!”
“Pissant pushover fuckboy!”
“I’m hearing you LOUD AND CLEAR CRASH AND BURN!”
“Well open your ears YOU DIRTNECK BITCHBOY!”
They were very much in each other’s air space, both of them panting harshly.
Everything was quiet for a while before they turned to their friends.
“That good enough?” Spike rubbed his throat a bit. “Cause my lungs are killing me.”
“I feel that.” Rainbow walked over to Spike and Twilight’s kitchen and grabbed a bottle of water. “Never doing that again.”
“Fer all our sakes I hope not, y’all had me goin’ somethin’ fierce.” Applejack took off her stetson and waved it in her face.
Rarity stood up and bowed over and over. “I’m so sorry for my foolish request! I had no idea a simple request would get so out of hand!”
Spike chuckled and waved his hand in the air. “It’s cool, I didn’t mean any of it, just thought about all the shit I could think of if I got mad.”
“I meant a little of it.”
“You wanna take this outside Crashie?” Spike walked to the kitchen and the girls heard Rainbow yelp and watched Spike carrying Rainbow under an arm back to the room.
She didn’t look uncomfortable at all.
“What? Me? Never. I’m completely against violence Shorty.”
Spike’s tail whacked her rear and she yelled in ‘pain’?
Fluttershy was blushing now.
“Lying Rainbow? Really?”
“I love you.”
Spike rolled his eyes and set her down on his couch. “I love you too.”
Pinkie, slowly recovering from the scene from just before, took to asking the obvious. “Can we promise no more play fights?”
Rarity nodded immediately. “Yes, absolutely. I had no idea you two could get so…”
“Harsh?” Spike handed out the word and Rarity took it with a nod. “I think we’re just the type to cut deep when push comes to shove.”
“If you’re gonna say something, make it leave a wound, knowwhatimean?” Rainbow pointed out as Spike sat next to her.
“I git it, I don’ like it but I get it.” Applejack flopped down on the couch near Rarity again and looked at Spike as he was being wrapped up in a Rainbow Dash shaped blanket. “Y’all just made it all seem so real is all.”
“Drama club and theater spoke for me I guess.” Spike shrugged as Rainbow nuzzled into his neck.
“I just followed his lead, though I imagined him as a shorter Jet.”
There was a room wide groan at the name.
“On that note I should make food.” Spike tried to pry himself free but Rainbow tightened his hold. “Dash, I need to get up dear.”
“Don’t wanna.” She shook her head and buried her face deeper into his neck.
Spike just looked at her for a moment and reached out to her back, and unceremoniously pinched her.
“Youch!” Rainbow jumped away and rubbed at her lower back as Spike stepped away, Pinkie Pie giggling and following along with Fluttershy being pulled as they all walked to the kitchen The Skyborn grumbled and sat back down and watched Spike walk away. However, she did notice Applejack was staring at her, she didn’t meet her farmer friend’s gaze though.
“...y’all are bothered by it ain’t ya?”
“...I mean…play fight or not I didn’t like saying things like that to him…” She curled in on herself and sighed.
Rarity stepped over and sat next to Rainbow, placing a hand on her shoulder. “And I must apologize again darling, I didn’t mean to stir up such things, it was silly of me to ask the two of you to humor me.”
“It’s not like we haven’t like, pretend fought before. I remember when we got Fluttershy to stand up to Applejack, we all laughed at that, like it was nothing. But this time I just...it's staying with me.” Rainbow sighed and leaned onto Rarity, the fashionista smiling and patting Rainbow’s shoulder.
“I know dear, it's also simple to move on. You just need to speak with Spike.”
“I know…”
Applejack sat up and flicked her hat up higher on her head. “Ya really love that guy dontcha?” She met Rainbow’s gaze with a warm smile.
She just nodded, it was the truth, five days, just five days and she couldn’t imagine being anywhere else then in Spike’s arms. Something about him just connected with her and she felt that Spike saw the same in her. Just the other day they spent two hours just sitting together watching food shows, she didn’t recall a thing that was said before they fell asleep with each other again. It was all amazing and ridiculously scary. It all felt so fragile, like it balanced unsteadily, supported on a set of glass beams. Any slight pressure made it seem like a crack would appear, one that couldn’t be healed. But the dravyernian was strangely strong, a powerful back that she could place things on.
But it was still a small back.
He shouldn’t have to shoulder every burden of their relationship, not that he was. They both talked quite openly about everything, nothing was left unsaid, that’s just how Rainbow was. But this felt like another thing she needed to talk to Spike about, he had to know that she was feeling this way.
Spike, Pinkie and Fluttershy returned with trays of food for the small group and they took a while to eat and chat, catching up with things and talking about how they planned to celebrate Twilight coming back.
Which led to the important question from Spike.
“How do we tell Twilight?”
Rainbow thought she’d choke, she was starting to understand how Spike felt with her sudden questions. After a hard drink of water she looked to her boyfriend and he also seemed to be as unsure as she was.
Fluttershy cleared her throat, drawing attention that startled her, but she fidgeted for a moment before speaking. “You could…try showing her when she gets back?”
“Twilight is about as stubborn as a mule, and if we didn’ react proper, ya know she won’t.” Applejack seemed to wince at readmiting the way she reacted just the other day. “If ya told her over the phone she’s likely ta teleport down here.”
“And end up in a hospital from Manadrain.” Spike flopped back and groaned. “My sister is a fuckin moron.”
Rarity flinched at the word but agreed. “Not in such words but quite, I believe showing her proof in a clear way she can see and being prepared to answer any questions.”
Pinkie nodded and bounced in place next to Fluttershy. “Maybe you could do it at a ‘Welcome home Twilight’ party! It’ll be just us, a private thing for us to welcome Twilight and the new couple!”
“Maybe…” Spike laid across Rainbow’s lap and the Skyborn started playing with Spike’s hair. “At least that way she won’t be able to claim it's a prank or an alternate universe.”
The woman playing with his hair laughed and quietly enjoyed her boyfriend’s warmth. “The egghead is not that bad.” She looked down at Spike and blinked at his flat face. “...no way.”
“You should have seen her when Ms. Tia announced her engagement to Mr. Sombra. She claimed that this was an alternate timeline she created by breaking up with Flash.” Spike’s tail curled and flexed as Rainbow’s fingers ran through his short spiky hair, drawing a low rumble from his throat. “I managed to calm her down after a while though.”
“That girl is stranger than a dry heat in winter.” Applejack’s eyes were locked onto the affectionate display of Rainbow and Spike as the Skyborn touched the Dravyernian’s hair and face. “I’m not sure I’ll ever get used ta this.”
Rarity blinked and turned to look at the two as well. “Indeed, they do make for quite the pair but it's still quite a unique pair.” She watched Rainbow get lost in her motions of caressing Spike’s head. “Nothing is more strange I feel than a Rainbow who’s lost in love.”
“I hear that.” Applejack quipped and finally seemed to get Rainbow’s attention.
“And I hear you. I can like things, like my boyfriend and his warm, soft, comfy, rough…”
“You’re drooling hun.” Spike stared up at her and Rainbow flushed deeply. “Thanks though, your hands are comfortable too. Deft fingers and all that.”
Rainbow simply smiled and leaned down, attempting to give him a soft and tender kiss.
And then Spike’s phone went off.
“Gods dammit!!!” Rainbow groaned but kissed Spike anyway, she was not about to let his phone be three for three. “I will kiss you on the phone if that’s Twilight.”
“You will not.” Spike pushed her face away while she attempted to kiss him, laughing and picking up. “Hello?”
“Hi Spikey!”
“MOM!? I-I mean hi mom, how’s the trip going?” Spike shoved Rainbow away and the Skyborn growled at him, raring to pounce when given the chance, only to get snatched up by Applejack.
“Oh I’m fine dear, your father was a little under the weather so we decided to make the early trip back.” Twilight Velvet, his adoptive mother, sighed slightly. Spike had always been the more ‘homely’ between his two other siblings, ending up being responsible for many chores, against his will quite a few times. But due to this his mother always called him when she was curious about something or needed questions answered.
“Is he doing alright?”
There was a bit of shuffling when he heard his father on the line. “Doing fine son, just got caught off guard by a meal. Your old man’s been beat by cheese yet again.”
“Lactose intolerance isn’t a challenge.”
“It is and I’ll win!”
Spike laughed as the phone was seemingly stolen by his mother again. “Twilight is out on that trip right?”
“Yeah that’s right.”
“Oh you must be so lonely dear.”
Spike turned to the group of girls behind him, Pinkie and Applejack roughhousing with Rainbow as she tried to find a way to Spike’s lips, a teasing smile plastered on her face.
“I’m getting by…”
“Well since you’re on your own for a while-”
Spike tensed up. “Please no.”
The doorbell rang.
He should have seen this coming, honestly he should have.
All activity died as Spike quickly moved to the front door, the five girls all cleaning up as fast as they could, they weren’t in trouble but something about parents coming over just seemed to make them panic just a little.
Spike took a breath at the door and cracked it open, a pair of arms greeting him as he was pulled into a loving parental hug.
“Surprise Spike!” Twilight Velvet happily called out as she hugged her son. Spike hugged back, but his face was a mix of panic and exhaustion, the former his father seemed to mirror.
“It’s a surprise alright.” Spike took himself back and smiled at his adoptive parents. They were everything an adopted child would need, attentive, concerned, embarrassing and all too ready to throw down with anyone who gave him trouble for being adopted. They weren’t allowed back at a few ‘family’ restaurants anymore. Night Light and Twilight Velvet were his parents, there was no doubt in his mind.
And now his parents were in the same house as his girlfriend.
He was panicking again.
“R-real good to see you two. Just dropping by… unannounced…”
The deeper meaning seemed to pass through his mother straight to his father as Velvet pushed her way inside. “We knew you’d appreciate the company dear! It’s been so long since we’ve been by after all.”
Night Light just patted Spike on the shoulder. “Give up son.”
Spike deflated and accepted today was going to be one of those days.
His mother gasped aloud and Spike remembered he had company.
“Pinkie!”
“Mrs. Velvet!”
The bubbly pair latched onto each other as Spike rounded the corner, the girls had cleaned up a bit and he mentally thanked them all.
“Looks like he’s not hurtin’ for company.” Night Light chuckled and walked over to his wife.
Velvet and Pinkie finally let each other go and she turned to Night with a nod. “I guess so, I mean just look at him, surrounded by his friends, my little man really is all grown up.” She sniffled a little and Spike considered how far down the street he could get on foot before Velvet turned to him. “So? What’s my scaly boy been getting up to?”
“I haven’t been ‘getting up to’ much, just relaxing since Twi isn’t here is all and…” His eyes met Rainbow’s and something happened.
He wanted to ease into somehow, word it so things wouldn’t be awkward or tense for Rainbow, this was the type of thing that stressed her out.
But the words just came out.
“I’m in love with your son!!!”
Every head turned to Rainbow Dash, the Skyborn stood straight upright with her hands to her sides. Rigid and prepared for whatever might come next, even if she was sweating like a sinner in church.
Velvet blinked and just opened and closed her mouth. “Shining is married, you know?”
There was an audible silence that followed.
“Not that Cadance seems to mind, Night do you remember those photos of their-”
“Honey.” Night Light took his lovely wife’s hands. “I think she means Spike.”
It all seemed to take a moment before she looked at Spike who was at least ten shades darker now, barely keeping his hands down at his sides. He didn’t break eye contact with Rainbow and she held onto his gaze for dear life, lest she faint here and now.
“Oh…OH! …oh…” Twilight Velvet hummed and looked at Rainbow Dash again. “Does…Spike know?”
Spike coughed and dropped onto his knees, finally letting it all out as his mother fumbled the ball again. “HAHAHAHAHA!!!!! F-fuck! HAHAHA!!!!”
“Spike! Language!” Velvet chidded her laughing son, which caused Night Light to also let out an uncontrollable laugh, followed by Pinkie and Applejack. Rarity attempted to hold hers in which Fluttershy just giggled.
Rainbow however was on the floor as well, rolling on her back. “HAHAHA! DOES HE KNOW!? HAHAHAHA!!!”
Velvet’s cheeks flared a bit as she pouted. “It was just a question.”



Night Light blinked at the list Twilight had left for Spike and looked up at his son, he only nodded as his father’s eyes shot back to the phone. “...that girl is something strange.”
Velvet swatted his arm. “Our daughter is not strange, she’s just high maintenance. Now Spike, obviously this is ridiculous, you’re more than mature enough not to set the house on fire while left on your own…not that you’d like to be alone at the moment.” Her eyes shot to Rainbow Dash, having stolen a spot next to Spike.
Rainbow flinched at her gaze and squeezed Spike’s hand a little tighter.
The dravyernian cleared his throat and nodded. “You’re right, if I can spend this time with Rainbow I will. These two weeks were a gift that I won’t dismiss.” He looked at Rainbow and she looked at him. “I couldn’t imagine being anywhere else.”
Rainbow blushed and smiled brightly at her beau, seemingly fighting every urge to kiss him.
“Is that time spent clothed?”
“MOM!?”
“I’m your mother, I have to know these things.”
“Respectfully, no you do not.”
Twilight Velvet looked like she was about to start the ‘mom talk’ before Night Light reached up and took her hands. “Dear, please.”
Velvet stared at her husband for a bit and slowly relented, growing sadder with every second.
“Your mother is just shocked, I am too. Not that I’m not happy for you son, but I have my money on Ms. Fluttershy.”
Fluttershy blushed, Spike blushed, Rainbow snickered and Pinkie looked inquisitively devilish.
“But you look happy, you look like you know what you’re doing and you’re with someone I know will take care of you.” Night smiled and nodded and looked at his wife who was sniffling now.
“I-I just…Shining is off, Twilight’s doing science and things, I thought Spike would be my little man for a while longer…” The tears that teased her eyes slowly rolled down her cheeks as she looked up at Spike. He met her eyes with one of concern for her, then her eyes moved to his hand still tightly gripping Rainbow’s. She slowly looked at the Skyborn and she looked just as worried for the older woman. A smile slowly graced her lips. “You two…look perfect for each other…”
The two looked at one another and shared a smile.
“So are you two going to be exclusive or-”
“MOM!”
“It’s a fair question these days! I read on the news that group couples were the new ‘thing’, Night I read that article on the flight back, do you remember?”
“I remember dear.” He felt back for his son, but this was one of the reasons he loved this woman.
“Mom, please stop.” Spike had taken his hand and had buried his face behind both of them. He could hear the other girls giggling and it only made his blush worse.
“Fine, fine.” Velvet finally relented. “Another question, you love him, yes?”
Rainbow jumped a bit and blinked before nodding. “Y-yeah, I do.”
“Can you tell me why?”
“Why? Well…I don’t know. I just…it feels right, you know? Like before we started going out things were fine, every day was good. But now? I look at Spike, talk to him, touch him- his hand or cheek I mean!” She blubbered out and Velvet gave her a knowing smile. “B-but when I do…the day is just…perfect. Like he was something missing in my day to day. And when I imagine not being here I feel…”
“Hollow…” Spike mumbled out, not seeming to realize he’d done so. “Like everything before was just barely passable, your world changed because of them. You change. You see things differently as well. You see beauty where you didn’t see it before. You feel peace where you least expect it. You even find things out about yourself you would never have known without knowing them.” He finally seemed to get that he was talking and just turned to look at Rainbow, stunned into silence by his words. “I love Rainbow because she’s a little piece of me I didn’t know I was missing. Not because she’s the most beautiful, the smartest, the fastest or whatever. But because she’s…just right. For me. She holds me up and I support her, it's just enough for us.”
Rainbow’s eyes began to well up as she gave him a shaky smile before nodding. “I love you because you’ll be there and support me. I’m not good at putting it all into words, but you’re perfect to me. I can’t imagine loving anyone else…”
Velvet’s hand had been held over her mouth for a few minutes now, clearly underestimating how deeply they felt for each other despite it only being a few days. She looked to Night and he was just smiling at Spike, a distinctly proud gleam in his eye.
The two made eye contact and they both nodded. “Then I don’t need to worry about Spike anymore.” Velvet stood up and Spike and Rainbow’s eyes shot to her. “Rainbow…please take care of my son.”
“I’ll try…but I feel like he’ll be taking care of me…” She looked at Spike and leaned in to kiss him on his cheek. Getting a furious blush from Spike and an adoring ‘Aww!’ from the rest of the room.
Night stood up as well and put an arm around his wife. “I don’t have to tell you to be responsible, Spike, because I trust you. You’ll make the right choices, even if you flub it the first time.”
Spike smiled and nodded to his father. “I swear I will.”
“Come on dear, let’s get out of their hair.” Night pulled Velvet away as she began to cry again. “I’ll text you when we get home Spike.”
Spike stood up and hugged his mother and father, both of them hugging him as well. “I’ll talk to you guys later, promise.”
Velvet held onto Spike for a bit before letting go and leaving the house with Night.
Feeling it had gotten late Applejack and Rarity excused themselves, seeing as the farmgirl was the fashionista’s ride, Pinkie and Fluttershy seemed to be taking the loving mood with them, both saying their goodnites before leaving as well. Once again, Spike and Rainbow were alone in the house, the world open to them and the possibilities of their feelings seeming endless.
“I’ll make something to eat, got anything in particular you want?”
“...nah…surprise me.”
Spike smiled as Rainbow happily laid down on the couch, watching him go. “One surprise, coming up.”



Night was always a time Spike had come to appreciate, the muffled ambience of a cricket in the distance, the cold comfort that blessed his room even with the window closed, the dim light of the moon and street lights making their way into his room. It's why he always tried to stay up a few extra hours, he’d gotten good about listening for the magically quiet Twilight trying to creep in to see if he was awake or not, she never did know that she breathed heavier when she tried to be sneaky. He loved the night, especially because it was when he could work the best.
His room was lit by the lights from his window, a single lamp and his computer screen. The only sound that came through clearly was the clacking of keys and his own mumblings as he read through the five chapters he’d been sent. It was another long week of this, reading through each chapter, checking for errors and spelling mistakes, then rereading it and doing the whole thing again at least four or five times. It helped that his boss was a famous author who didn’t drop the ball fairly often, at least most of the time. It was clear when she’d been out drinking or been up all night when he found words that didn’t exist in the early drafts.
His eyes smoothly went from one line to the next as he neared the end of the chapter, he hadn’t needed to clean up much just yet so he’d take a small break and take another look at it, with only two chapters left to proofread he was going to be early, just like Yearling liked.
He moved away from his chair and stretched, a light pop coming from his back before he let out a breath and raised his hand to his face, adjusting his-
Knock knock.
His attention was drawn to his door and for a moment his fight or flight activated until he remembered that Rainbow had probably come back. She went out to her place to pick something up so Spike had taken the last few hours to focus on work.
He moved to his bedroom door and slowly opened it, coming face to face with his suddenly shy girlfriend. She wasn’t looking at him and had her hands behind her back at the moment. He blinked but when her eyes finally opened she seemed to jump back in shock.
“Uh…”
“Y-you wear glasses?”
Spike blinked again and put his hand on the bifocals on his face, they were more stylish than Twilight’s, a set of grayish red under-rim glasses with little bits of gold rings on the temples that hooked atop his ears.
“Yeah, but only for work. It helps my eyes from getting strained.”
Rainbow continued to stare at him, a faint blush growing more and more as her eyes stayed locked onto him.
“You like this look?”
Rainbow nodded dumbly.
Spike just smiled and pushed his glasses up his face a bit to readjust them. “Noted. So, what’s up?”
She shook her head a bit to reorganize her thoughts before speaking. “C-can I come in? I didn’t want to just barge in like the last time I was in here.”
“Sure.” He stepped back and paused, finally taking a full look at his girlfriend, only noticing now the distinct lack of pants, luckily for decency sake she was sporting a pair of shorts, tiny shorts, but shorts nonetheless..
“Thanks.” She smiled and walked into his room, closing the door behind her with her foot before moving over to his bed and sitting down. She looked about Spike’s room, really taking it in for the first time. A band poster on the wall, some model cars on bookshelf with comics and novels strewn about, a basket that likely had dirty clothes in it, his computer station with notebooks and pens in a cup, it was like staring into Spike’s heart in a strangely mushy way she thought. She looked down at his bed, a faded brown blanket on a few other covers, four pillows and a balled up cover against the wall near the window.
All her observations were a distraction from what she came here for, but it helped her relax a bit before getting to the point. Though it didn’t help that Spike's huge bed was really soft.
She wrapped her arms around herself, she had tossed on some shirt with tiny sleeves and had gotten comfortable before getting here. She did realize how she was dressed in her boyfriend’s room, but they’d gone over this, neither of them minded as long as it was between them. Something about that thought made her look at Spike at long last, taking in his wandering gaze, watching him slowly make his way up her bare legs made something in her soul shudder in delight. When his eyes fell on her face and he realized she’d been watching him the dravyernian coughed and moved to his chair to finally sit down.
“So uh, to what do I owe this visually pleasing visit?” He tried to sound like it wasn’t a big deal but the blush on his face was still apparent.
“You know me, I just wanted to ask you some things.” Rainbow shifted on his bed and her legs slowly raised to better accommodate her on his large bed, Spike eyes flicked to them for a moment and Rainbow giggled, causing him to flinch just a bit.
“S-sure! I-I mean shoot, I’m all legs- ears! I’m all ears!” Spike put his face in his hands, carefully taking his glasses off while Rainbow laughed at him.
Her chittering only lasted a bit long before she stopped and looked down at her hands, her fingers lightly teasing the blanket underneath her. “...I’m sorry about the stuff I said…”
“Huh?” Spike looked back up at her, unconsciously putting the glasses back on his face  as he examined her. “...you mean the play fight?”
“Yeah…”
“Dash you know I-”
“But I love you,” she cut him off and looked at him. “I have to be sure you know I’d never mean any of the stuff I said…”
“I already know that Dash, and I’m sorry too. Humoring Rarity wasn’t a big deal and she apologized enough for both of us.”
Rainbow smiled but it faltered before her eyes dropped again.
“...Dash talk to me.” She bawled her fists up and tried to but couldn’t raise her head up. She heard footsteps and watched a pair of dark brown hands come up to her cheeks and raise her head up, her eyes locked onto his brilliantly glowing emerald eyes. “Rain, what’s wrong?”
“...I just…started feeling like since everything was going right, somethin’ was going to go wrong. Like you’d get resentful because of the fight, or you were upset that I just blabbed to your parents, or that I wasn’t giving you enough respect and pushing your comfort zone and-”
Cozy, warm and spicy.
These senses filled her mouth as her favorite pair of lips met hers, the athlete’s eyes fluttered for a bit before they slowly closed, leaning up and into the reassuring kiss. Her hand slowly came up and lightly held onto Spike’s neck, the other moving to his chest, the pulsing of his heart felt through the thin fabric of his shirt. He pushed deeper, his tongue slowly parting her lips until she felt the intruder curl around her own, her voice escaped her as she let out a sound she was unsure about and felt a sense of loss as Spike took his lips and tongue back. She looked at him, dizzy and unsteady before seeing the look in his eyes, the same one she’d had when she looked in the mirror just a short time ago when she decided to come talk to him.
“...we’re a mess ain’t we?”
“Yeah…I thought that I’d talk to you when the mood was different, you know? I just kinda hole myself in here when I’m trying to focus on something else.” Spike’s hands lingered on Rainbow’s cheeks, his thumb lightly brushing her skin and getting a shivering sigh from his girlfriend. “I meant it all you know, the stuff I said to my parents.”
“...I meant it too.”
“I love you Rainbow Dash.”
“I love you too Spike.”
They shared a small peck before Spike let go, but Rainbow’s hand caught his and everything stopped.
His eyes caught hers in this moment, the look behind them and her breathing were louder than anything happening outside. Her chest slowly rose and fell as her thumb slowly brushed against the back of his hand. Her hair fell away from her face and something about the way her eyes flicked to different parts of his face was so loud that his mind found their own meaning behind everything she wasn’t saying.
“...I…”
“You don’t have to…”
“...I just…”
“I’m okay waiting for you Spike.” She pulled his hand back to her face and lightly kissed his knuckle, making his body burn up immediately as a bit of smoke escaped his mouth. “You don’t have to rush…we don’t have to rush.”
Things were quiet after that, there were so many things happening between them before Spike slowly took his hand back. He didn’t say anything as he moved to his computer, a few clicks here and there and he put it in rest mode. He moved to the window and closed to curtains, all the while Rainbow’s eyes never left him. He moved back to her and she slowly scooted further up the bed as he crawled onto it with her.
Nothing needed to be said, not really. He kissed her again and she slowly wrapped her hands around his back as she pulled him closer. Little things started happening between them, a dance of feelings and heat began to wave off of them as the second stretched onto minutes. This was where they wanted to be, with each other, feeling this deeply for one another.
Rainbow’s fingers crossed up his body and she took in everything about the loving man before her, the way his eyes glowed and sharpened at her as he laid atop her, his rough breathing as she continued to draw out more breathless moments from him.
There was a joke here, somewhere, well there was always later.
Spike’s focus was difficult to pinpoint, between her smooth form and electrifying touch he was certain that if he died here he would come back from the need of more alone. He was the only thing in her eyes, even their names seemed to have lost meaning here as they tossed out a reason to speak at all.
Then he remembered his glasses.
He paused to reach up and remove them, but the first words that had been said in the last few minutes escaped between them.


“C-can you…leave them on?”