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Set in Morning After & Other Fairytales
S1
Pro: (Buffy smiled) Hello? Handsome!
Con: (Nineteen ninety-six minus seventeen something equals…) Old much?
Pro: He won't freak at the Slayer thing.
Con: (Buffy sighed. Willow had insisted that honesty was necessary.) She was still getting over freaking out at the vampire thing.
Pro: Good kisser. Oh yessssss… (Blushing, she scratched that last part.)
Con: No kisses under the sunlight. Ever.
(But on the other side….) Pro: Patrolling dates!
(She frowned.)
Con: Patrolling dates???
Pro: …
Con: Liquid diet.
Pro: …
Con: Nobody would approve.
Pro: …
Cons won.
(Buffy stared at the list.
Ripped it in two.
She'd handled worse odds before.)
S2
Buffy blinked. Then she turned to Willow, pointed at their best friend and circled her temple with a finger.
With a soundless sniff, the redhead nodded.
"Stop the miming," Xander complained, snapping his fingers. "No guy can win an argument when you're doing that."
In tandem, both girls gave him a mighty eyeroll before they whirled around and left the library.
"Great." Xander groaned. He walked back to the table where Angel and Oz were researching Spike's latest guest. "I bet you guys don't think that being friends with Cordy is so crazy."
Both vampire and werewolf chuckled at that.
S3
Willow raised her hand. "Surprise party?"
Buffy shuddered, snuggled into her boyfriend. "Veto."
"You already used up your veto right, Buff," Xander reminded her. "No bronzed stakes, remember?"
Buffy thought it for a second, then elbowed Angel. The couple shared a look and finally it was Angel who sighed, "Veto?"
"Sorry, Will. Your idea's no-win thanks to…" Xander made a whipping sound. "…Angel."
In response, Angel gave a pointed look at the boy's wardrobe and smirked.
Xander tugged at the polo shirt collar. "Next?"
"Shopping day!" Cordelia brightened. "After that," - she pointed at her boyfriend - "how hard can Kendra be?"
S4
Buffy knotted a sheet around her. "Please don't be another demon," she murmured, "Please, please, don't be a demon." She crossed Angel's foyer. "Not a demon, not a demon, not a -" She opened the door. Smiled at the familiar face. "Half-demons are good, though."
"Good to know." Doyle chuckled. "Is your broody half around?" He kept his eyes glued to her face. "In a more clothed state, I mean. After yesterday's battle, I thought I could take the winner out for a few drinks."
"Ah…." Buffy blushed. "He's… indisposed?"
"I bet." He laughed. "Celebrating hard, huh?"
Buffy blushed brighter.
S5
"Aw, poor little Angelus," Spike snickered as he evaded another punch. "Stopped winning unlife's lottery? Got too hard? Too difficult? Too damn complicated?" He made a grab for the other vampire's wrist, twisted it with all his strength. Angel howled in pain. "Welcome to the club."
"So you still got a hang of those synonyms. Nice," Angel gritted out. "Wrote some poems while Buffy faced hellgods?"
"What if I did?" Spike shrugged, jumped away from the renewed attack. "At least I was here, not playing fuckin' hero in another fuckin' dimension."
"I DIDN'T MEAN TO!"
Spike growled. "Do you ever?"
S6
"Now you'll never win him over," Darla purred as she sat next to Buffy. "Not completely." She patted her swollen belly. "Not like I did."
As all answer, Buffy flipped another page of the study guide Willow had left in her last visit.
"How does it feel, girl? To know he'll never father your children?"
"My Watcher has a theory." The guide tautened in Buffy's hands. "Wes says that you're a vampire, but the baby isn't. Who says he'll dust along with you?"
"You wouldn't dare test it," Darla hissed.
"Nope. But when that baby comes…." Buffy's eyes darkened. "Run."
S7
"Happy birthday to me," Buffy breathed out as she settled her body over his. "Isn't tradition the best?"
Angel reached for a sheet. "So we should do this only once a year?" He covered her up to her hips, deciding to keep her back warm by running his hands across it.
"It would make the sex better," Buffy mused in a serious tone. But she was grinning when Angel tipped her chin up. "Wouldn't it?" she still asked.
"No," he ground out. "See if I can't teach you 'better' right now."
She laughed. "Call it win-win for the birthday girl."
S1
Pro: (Buffy smiled) Hello? Handsome!
Con: (Nineteen ninety-six minus seventeen something equals…) Old much?
Pro: He won't freak at the Slayer thing.
Con: (Buffy sighed. Willow had insisted that honesty was necessary.) She was still getting over freaking out at the vampire thing.
Pro: Good kisser. Oh yessssss… (Blushing, she scratched that last part.)
Con: No kisses under the sunlight. Ever.
(But on the other side….) Pro: Patrolling dates!
(She frowned.)
Con: Patrolling dates???
Pro: …
Con: Liquid diet.
Pro: …
Con: Nobody would approve.
Pro: …
Cons won.
(Buffy stared at the list.
Ripped it in two.
She'd handled worse odds before.)
S2
Buffy blinked. Then she turned to Willow, pointed at their best friend and circled her temple with a finger.
With a soundless sniff, the redhead nodded.
"Stop the miming," Xander complained, snapping his fingers. "No guy can win an argument when you're doing that."
In tandem, both girls gave him a mighty eyeroll before they whirled around and left the library.
"Great." Xander groaned. He walked back to the table where Angel and Oz were researching Spike's latest guest. "I bet you guys don't think that being friends with Cordy is so crazy."
Both vampire and werewolf chuckled at that.
S3
Willow raised her hand. "Surprise party?"
Buffy shuddered, snuggled into her boyfriend. "Veto."
"You already used up your veto right, Buff," Xander reminded her. "No bronzed stakes, remember?"
Buffy thought it for a second, then elbowed Angel. The couple shared a look and finally it was Angel who sighed, "Veto?"
"Sorry, Will. Your idea's no-win thanks to…" Xander made a whipping sound. "…Angel."
In response, Angel gave a pointed look at the boy's wardrobe and smirked.
Xander tugged at the polo shirt collar. "Next?"
"Shopping day!" Cordelia brightened. "After that," - she pointed at her boyfriend - "how hard can Kendra be?"
S4
Buffy knotted a sheet around her. "Please don't be another demon," she murmured, "Please, please, don't be a demon." She crossed Angel's foyer. "Not a demon, not a demon, not a -" She opened the door. Smiled at the familiar face. "Half-demons are good, though."
"Good to know." Doyle chuckled. "Is your broody half around?" He kept his eyes glued to her face. "In a more clothed state, I mean. After yesterday's battle, I thought I could take the winner out for a few drinks."
"Ah…." Buffy blushed. "He's… indisposed?"
"I bet." He laughed. "Celebrating hard, huh?"
Buffy blushed brighter.
S5
"Aw, poor little Angelus," Spike snickered as he evaded another punch. "Stopped winning unlife's lottery? Got too hard? Too difficult? Too damn complicated?" He made a grab for the other vampire's wrist, twisted it with all his strength. Angel howled in pain. "Welcome to the club."
"So you still got a hang of those synonyms. Nice," Angel gritted out. "Wrote some poems while Buffy faced hellgods?"
"What if I did?" Spike shrugged, jumped away from the renewed attack. "At least I was here, not playing fuckin' hero in another fuckin' dimension."
"I DIDN'T MEAN TO!"
Spike growled. "Do you ever?"
S6
"Now you'll never win him over," Darla purred as she sat next to Buffy. "Not completely." She patted her swollen belly. "Not like I did."
As all answer, Buffy flipped another page of the study guide Willow had left in her last visit.
"How does it feel, girl? To know he'll never father your children?"
"My Watcher has a theory." The guide tautened in Buffy's hands. "Wes says that you're a vampire, but the baby isn't. Who says he'll dust along with you?"
"You wouldn't dare test it," Darla hissed.
"Nope. But when that baby comes…." Buffy's eyes darkened. "Run."
S7
"Happy birthday to me," Buffy breathed out as she settled her body over his. "Isn't tradition the best?"
Angel reached for a sheet. "So we should do this only once a year?" He covered her up to her hips, deciding to keep her back warm by running his hands across it.
"It would make the sex better," Buffy mused in a serious tone. But she was grinning when Angel tipped her chin up. "Wouldn't it?" she still asked.
"No," he ground out. "See if I can't teach you 'better' right now."
She laughed. "Call it win-win for the birthday girl."