starlit_desires | Ficlet: Accidentally in Love 1/1, PG-13, Angel/Wesley (Reply)

Okay I don't think that this is my greatest piece of writing but I had a hard time writing Angel/Wesley and trying to keep it fluffy since it's a late Christmas piece. I think that I will just stick with Wesley/Spike.

Title: Accidentally in Love

Author: Sweetness (aaronlisa@gmail.com)
Pairing: Angel/Wesley

Rating: PG-13

Disclaimer: The Buffyverse belongs to Joss Whedon and company.

Notes: Written for erin_giles . Set during the first half of ATS Season Five.

            Angel watched as the others were decorating the tree for Christmas. It had been Cordy’s idea to decorate the Hyperion every year for Christmas, and Lorne had suggested that they continue that tradition at Wolfram and Hart. They had decided to decorate Angel’s apartment since the offices were already decorated. And it had been Fred who had suggested that decorating his apartment would allow them to use the old decorations from the Hyperion. Convincing Angel had been a challenge, but eventually he had given into Wesley’s arguments for why they should be allowed to decorate his apartment. And Spike and Gunn had gone to the hotel and found their old decorations. Everything had been going smoothly until it was time to put the final decoration on top of the tree.
“Star or Angel?” Wesley asked absent-mindedly as he made his way to the ornament box.
“Wesley, I don’t think that he’ll fit on the tree,” Fred exclaimed before giggling.
“What?” Wesley asked her.
“I know it’s a large tree and all, but Angel won’t fit on it,” Fred patiently explained.
‘What are you talking about?” Wesley asked her again, confused at what Angel had to do with the decorations.
“I think that what Fred is trying to say is that we only have a star for the top of the tree,” Lorne replied.
“However, it would be funny to see Peaches with a tree stuck up his arse,” Spike said.
“What?” Wesley asked, this time more from embarrassment than a need to clarify what they were talking about.
“That’s enough,” Angel said as he glared at Spike, “I’m sure that we had an angel for the tree that first Christmas before we moved to the Hyperion. It just got destroyed when our offices got blown up.”
”Of course,” Lorne replied as he gave Angel a knowing wink.
            During this conversation, Gunn had gotten the star out of the box and had placed it on top of the tree. He looked over at Fred who then nodded at him.
“As fun as it is to make fun of English, I still have some work to do, Lorne do you mind coming with me, I need to discuss a contract with you.”
“And I still have some tests to run on you Spike, do you mind coming to the lab to get those finished?”
            The four left quickly leaving Angel and Wesley alone in the apartment. Angel didn’t know what to say and Wesley ‘s embarrassment only grew in the silence that dragged on between them.
“We only started doing Christmas decorations at the Hyperion,” Wesley finally said quietly.
“I know but the others don’t.”
”Why did you lie?”
”Because I am tired of the distance between us.”
”What distance?”
“Wes…” Angel started to say before stopping.
‘What Angel?”
            Angel didn’t say anything in reply; instead he pulled Wesley to him gently and kissed him. The kiss was hard, as if Angel was trying to tell him everything that he was incapable of putting into words. Angel put his frustration, pent up desire and anger from the last year into the kiss and was surprised at Wesley’s response to it. When Angel finally pulled away from Wesley’s lips, the former Watcher panted for breath.
“Angel?” Wesley asked confused at what had just happened.
‘I shouldn’t have done that” Angel said guiltily as he started to turn away.
“No you should have done that a long time ago,” Wesley replied as he pulled the vampire back for another kiss.

**END**