Blood's A Rover

[dragonyphoenix]

Title: Blood's a Rover
Characters: Spike from BtVS. Blood from Harlan Ellison's story A Boy and His Dog.
Notes: Prompt from open_on_sunday: Rover(s)
Notes: The quote “blood's a rover” come from the poem Reveille by A. E. Housman. Harlan Ellison once wrote that the sequel to A Boy and His Dog would be called Blood's a Rover. 
Notes: Written for a prompt at open_on_sunday: Rover(s)

“You don't mind, do you?” Spike looked up from his meal. Nearby, a dog wagged its tail.

Spike stood. The voice had been in his head. “Who’s there?”

The dog smiled. “Blood.”

“You then, what do you want?”

“Dinner.”

Spike gestured to the corpse. The dog started eating. Spike started walking away.

“Wait. We could work together,” Blood said. “Watch each other’s back.”

Spike hadn't had anyone since Dru had left him. Shrugging his acceptance, he asked, “Why me? Why not some nice family?”

“Blood's a rover.”

“Great,” Spike said. “Not only do you talk, you spout poetry as well.”
 

Comments

[spazlady2002.livejournal.com]

lol. thats cute. nice job.

[dragonyphoenix.livejournal.com]

Aww. Thank you so much. :-)

[whichclothes.livejournal.com]

I always loved that story. :-)

[dragonyphoenix.livejournal.com]

It's a good one but then most anything by Ellison is.

[whichclothes.livejournal.com]

I agree! I remember seeing the movie of that story, too, a very long time ago. It had an extremely young Don Johnson in it, as I recall.

[dragonyphoenix.livejournal.com]

I remember that movie as well but don't recall the actor well enough to say who it was. I believe I liked it the first time I saw it but, when I looked at it again, years later, it was OK but nothing more than that. I definitely think the story is better but that's usually the way with books and movies.

[whichclothes.livejournal.com]

I haven't seen the movie since I was in college, and I don't remember it very well. But you're right--the book's almost always better than the movie.

[dragonyphoenix.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I love hearing that. ;-)