A Little Gratitude (Buffy/Spike), PG-13

[coalitiongirl]

Look, it's pre-comics fic! I didn't know I could do that anymore! :D

Goes AU during/after Intervention. S5 fluffiness, Buffy deep in happy denial and Spike enjoying said denial very much.

Comments

[coalitiongirl]

I've seen several people hypothesize that this thought could have gone through her mind (or maybe I've just seen you say it multiple times), and I love that idea. It makes so much sense that it would occur to her, even if she would immediately dismiss it as foolishness and assume he would never change enough.

Heh, I was thinking about that mini-meta quite a bit while I wrote this. It's a way to get through Buffy's defenses without her having to actually admit to anything, just recognizing a potential without feeling as though she's acting on it.

S5 Dawn's attitude toward Spuffy in Crush always struck me as reluctant but accepting- and it's fun to build on that after Forever to play with her desires for some kind of cohesive family in her life. And Spike's still a badrude man here, and he takes advantage of Buffy's gratitude to push things further because he can't help himself. ;D

I bet Buffy would have had an easier time in S6 if this had happened...

I wrote a S5 rewrite with Spuffy years ago that I wanted to sequel to S6 eventually, for the same reasons. If Buffy doesn't pull away at the beginning of the season, it might have been easier for her to let people in throughout- particularly someone who knows her secret.

And thank you for such a lengthy review on such a short piece! :)