Drabble: Home Sweet Home (School Hard )

[rebcake]

It's School Hard Week at fantas_magoria
The prompt was:  When Spike is introduced in this episode, it's clear he's been in Sunnydale before. What's the story?




Route 66 was a hoot. All those intrepid travelers, far from home and all, filled with the spirit of adventure. No sense of limitations. No sense, period.

Motor lodges. Drive-in movies. Car hops. Christ! Car hops were the living end. God bless America.

He mowed down the “Welcome” sign and followed his nose to the soda shop downtown. Darla held court in a booth, wearing a poodle skirt, surrounded by jocks.

She waved them off when she saw him, “William. Thank you for coming.”

“Don’t know why you think I’ll have any better luck than you, springing ol’ Bat Face.”

Comments

[clawofcat.livejournal.com]

Hee! What a light-hearted piece with an awesome punchline. Spike's plucky enthusiasm for the period draws you in on the first line. I can also certainly appreciate the thrill of the road and the southwest having just done a cross-country roadtip this summer. He's ever the adolescent, isn't he? Love his irreverance.

Darla rolling with the times as leader of the Sunnydale pack also brought a smile to my face.

What do you think Spike's hair looked like at the time?

[rebcake.livejournal.com]

Ohmigod! You are thinking exactly like I was! Hair would have been lightly greased back, left slightly wavy on top, but still short, no DA (too poncy!). I think his look at this time was Marlon Brando/Wild Ones. Don't you agree? Without the hat, though. But yeah, motorcycle boots, rolled up jeans, tee shirt, but maybe with an "Ike" jacket, instead of leather. (I think he got the jacket off a GI in post-war Europe.)

Clearly I have given this entirely too much thought. I must expand this into a fic or die trying.

Thank you for your very kind comments. I especially liked: "lighthearted w/awesome punchline" and "draws you in on the first line". You sure know how to make a girl feel special!