Maybe Someday. Chapter 7.

[elisi]

The last two chapters were ridiculously awkward to write - this one (and the one following) practically wrote itself, which was a great relief. We're leaving Buffy to get some well-earned sleep and joining our two favourite souled vamps who also might have a few 'issues' to sort out (remember that this is a sequel to 'The Summer After

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[petzipellepingo]

Angel wanted to say something, but what? The woman you just described is someone I never knew? Had Buffy really changed that much? Was she so far from the girl he had fallen in love with?
Spike seemed to read his mind. “She might not have finished baking, but *I* know what flavour cookie she’ll be. Was there when most of the ingredients were mixed.” A wry smile. “Y’know for a girl as inarticulate as her, that is a very good analogy.”
A very good description of how Spike and Angel both view Buffy as she is now. Angel really doesn't recognize her as the young girl he fell in love with.
To be human again... he thought of Anya and her many plans, trying to cram all the living she could find into one life. Actual living, not pretending. Carrying again the burdens he had once so happily left behind. It was thrilling and terrifying at the same time, and he sighed deeply Nice to have Spike remember Anya and how she tried so hard to be a real girl.

[elisi]

A very good description of how Spike and Angel both view Buffy as she is now.
Thank you. There will be more on that topic later, is all I can say...

Nice to have Spike remember Anya
Anya and Spike identified with each other I think, and it seemed logical for him to think of her, although her 'shanshu' was not welcome at first. All in all I'm finding it very intriguing to work out where everyone's at.

Thanks for commenting! :)

[zanthinegirl]

Yes, Spike probably would be a Shrek fan, wouldn't he? Enjoyed the mental image of him watching that one!

Really love the conversation between Spike and Angel in this chapter. It's one of the things I like best about that last season of Angel; and I can believe the two of them reaching this point in their relationship under the circumstances you lay out.

Looking forward to Spike's date!

[elisi]

Enjoyed the mental image of him watching that one!
In my head he's watching it with Gunn, who keeps doing impressions of Donkey!

It's so much fun writing Angel and Spike - they're being very understanding etc at the moment, but there will be more snark later on!

Looking forward to Spike's date!
I hope it won't disappoint!

[lillianmorgan]

Such a great update - as everyone else was, I am in love with the bond you've created between the two of them. Makes me want to sit down with a cuppa and have a chat with them! :)
I love the little details - memories of Drusilla and Anya; the bit about the cookie was also priceless!
I'm ever so slightly wondering about Spike settling down, turning human and wanting children. He seems sometimes too childish himself to have to then turn around and look after more! But no doubt I'll wait to see where you take this.
And I love how you express how deeply Angel cares about Connor; in the end, everything is about him for Angel, right? And yay! Angel sees Spike as family :) :) Can't help feeling so bad for Angel here - poor bloke!
Very interesting lovely chapter :)

[elisi]

I am in love with the bond you've created between the two of them.
Squee. So glad it works.

Makes me want to sit down with a cuppa and have a chat with them! :)
Oh, don't we all...

I'm ever so slightly wondering about Spike settling down, turning human and wanting children.
Well, it's very much a glorious dream still... and having Angel suddenly confirm that the shanshu is his, it's suddenly beginning taking on more of a reality, and he's beginning to realise that it might be a two-edged sword. Not really taking it anywhere yet (in this story at least...).

how deeply Angel cares about Connor
Oh, yes, Connor is the magic word (doesn't mean Angel is all fine and dandy about Spike and Buffy though...). Poor Angel, will have to cheer him up somehow, he's a bit too quiet.

Thank you for the feedback! ::hugs::

[madam_rptr]

Just wanted to let you know I've started reading today and friended you to keep up. I decided to go all the way back to The Summer After, though, to cover all my bases ;)

[elisi]

Hello! *waves*

How nice to see you - I always get incredibly flattered when someone friends me for my fics! :) I hope you like. ::crosses fingers::

[adoxerella]

I was going to read this whole story through and then leave a comment, but after this chapter, I had to say something. You have a wonderful grasp on both Angel and Spike, and the way they relate to each other.

All that animosity is so twined with comraderie, and well you use the word family a lot, and that is the best description. We may not always like our relative, we'd still stick by them when the times got rough.

Also, thank you so much for not painting Angel as a lummox. One of the reasons I don't read a lot of Spuffy, is that even if I can believe how the author gets them together, often Angel if he shows up is an ass. Which he is, but that's not all that he is (which is why I love him so much). I could totally believe Angel could react to the situation you've put him in in the way you show him reacting. The complexity of the reaction fits the complexity of the character. So thanks for that.

[elisi]

but after this chapter, I had to say something.
::is very happy:: I love this chapter - and I just wrote itself (as opposed to Spike and Buffy's talk which was *impossible*).

You have a wonderful grasp on both Angel and Spike, and the way they relate to each other.
Thank you! *beams* I love them both to so many little pieces - the sequel to this (which I'm going to start writing as soon as I have a little more time) will be mostly Spike & Angel. I can't wait! ;)

All that animosity is so twined with comraderie, and well you use the word family a lot, and that is the best description.
I think Spike & Angel are just as - if not more - complex than Spike/Buffy. And I'm all about character exploration (in case you hadn't noticed *g*).

Also, thank you so much for not painting Angel as a lummox.
My plesaure! My threesome fic actually sort of grew out of this fic - because it would only take a little push to get them all together. (Which won't happen of course!)

I could totally believe Angel could react to the situation you've put him