Spuffy 7x20 Touched PicSpam
Couldn't resist pic-spamming one of my top 10 favorite Spuffy scenes. ♥
ACT III:
21 INT. STRANGER'S HOUSE - NIGHT
Buffy is sitting on the edge of the bed. Spike: is standing up in front of her.
Spike: No?
Buffy: No.
Spike: You mean no as in eventually?
Buffy: You really have problems with that word, don't you?
Spike: You can get them back.
Buffy: Can, maybe. Should? (sighs, holds her head in her hands) I'm just so tired.
Spike: They need you.
Buffy: Well, I...
Spike: It's bloody chaos over there without you.
Buffy: It is?
Spike: Yeah! Yeah, it's, uh... There's junk... You know? Food cartons, sleeping bags not rolled up, everyone's very scared and, uh, unkempt.
Buffy: (smirks) Sounds dire.
Spike: I didn't see a lot. (sits on the edge of the bed beside her) I came, hit Faith a bunch of times, and left.
Buffy: Really? I mean, not that I'm glad, but-
Spike: Oh, you say the word, and she's a footnote in history. I'll make it look like a painful accident.
Buffy: That's my problem. I say the word, some girl dies...every time.
Spike: There's always casualties in war.
Buffy: Casualties. It just sounds so...casual. These are girls that I got killed. I cut myself off from them...all of them. I knew I was gonna lose some of them and I didn't- (shakes her head, stands up) You know what? I'm still making excuses. I've always cut myself off. I've always- (sighs) Being the slayer made me different. But it's my fault I stayed that way. People are always trying to connect to me, and I just slip away. (chuckles) You should know.
Spike: I seem to recall a certain amount of connecting.
Buffy: (shakes her head) Oh, please! We were never close. You just wanted me because I was...unattainable.
Spike: (stands, angrily) You think that's all that was?
Buffy: Please, let's not go over the past. (sits)
Spike: Oh, no, no. Let's hold on here. I'm hummed along to your pity-ditty, and I think I should have the mic for a bit.
Buffy: Fine. The stage is yours. Cheer me up.
Spike: You're insufferable.
Buffy: Thank you. That really helped.
Spike: I'm not trying to cheer you up.
Buffy: What are you trying to say?
Spike: I don't know. I'll know when I'm done saying it. Something pissed me off, and I just- "Unattainable." That's it.
Buffy: Fine. I'm attainable. I'm an attain-a-thon. May I please just go to sleep?
Spike: You listen to me. (kneels in front of her) I've been alive a bit longer than you, and dead a lot longer than that. I've seen things you couldn't imagine, and done things I prefer you didn't. I don't exactly have a reputation for being a thinker. I follow my blood, which doesn't exactly rush in the direction of my brain. So I make a lot of mistakes, a lot of wrong bloody calls. (looks into her eyes) A 100+ years, and there's only one thing I've ever been sure of: you. (Buffy looks away; he reaches toward her face) Hey, look at me. I'm not asking you for anything. When I say, "I love you," it's not because I want you or because I can't have you. It has nothing to do with me. (a tear rolls down Buffy's cheek) I love what you are, what you do, how you try. I've seen your kindness and your strength. I've seen the best and the worst of you. And I understand with perfect clarity exactly what you are. You're a hell of a woman. You're the one, Buffy.
Buffy: (quietly) I don't wanna be the one.
Spike: I don't wanna be this good looking and athletic. We all have crosses to bear. (Buffy chuckles) You get some rest now. I'll check in before first light. You can decide how you want... (walks toward the door)
Buffy: Spike? (he turns to face her) Could you...stay here?
Spike: Sure. (looks at a chair) That diabolical old torture device, the comfy chair. (takes off his coat) It'll do me fine.
Buffy: No, I mean...here. (touches the bed beside her) Will you just hold me?
Spike sits on the bed beside Buffy and puts his arm around her. She curls up on him, cuddling up to his chest as he puts his arm around her shoulder, holding her head with his hand.
♫ It's only love
But love, should make us strong
It's only love
But love, has been hurting so long
And it's all, a part of me
It tears at my heart
Only love
And it's all, eternity
Hoping to learn
Only love
Only love, only love
Only love, only love, only love, only
Love, only love ♫