The Guardian Chapter 4

I think LA is trying to tell me something. My router just died, and because it's more than a year old, AT&T told me tough luck. But hey, I'm moving to Colorado in a little more than a week. Luckily it looks like someone in my building hasn't password protected their wireless station, so I have a very shaky single to get me through the next week.

But this is sort of working out for you because I wanted to make sure this chapter was posted for tomorrow because I recently joined tamingthemuse, so I'm posting it tonight while I'm sure I have a connection. This does mean I'll probably be a little slow responding to comments for the next two weeks, because I'm not counting on being able to get free internet on the road between California and Colorado.


Title: The Guardian
Pairing: Spike/Angel and flashbacks to Angel/Darla
Rating: NC-17 (please read the warnings)
Summary: All human AU. It was eight years ago that Liam promised to protect Darla and be her angel. It's a promise he's done his best to keep, even if these days she can barely stand to be around him. Then one night he finds a young prostitute, William, getting beat up in an alley. But will helping William destroy the delicate balance of Angel's life, or will it be William who saves Angel from his own dark past?
Warning: This is a dark and angsty fic, mostly concerning Angel's past with Darla. There's mention of non-con, a lot of this story is about prostitution, and there's a flashback to Angel and Darla when they are 17 that's very sexual in nature. And then of course there is some violence. I think that about covers it, but I'll add specific warnings for various chapters.
Disclaimer: The characters belong to all sorts of other people like Joss, ME, and Fox. I just do strange things to them for free.

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