So, it turns out that I like sub-textual frosting...

[elisi]

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The subject line (for those puzzled by it) is a reference to this post by the inimitable Barb, and basically means that I am a total sucker for Spuffiness.

(Shut up. I have ZERO expectations that it's going anywhere, but... *deep sigh* They're so good together.)

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[elisi]

I have this crazy desire now, next time I get to see James Marsters, to bake my virtually carb-free chocolate cupcakes and offer some to him in exchange for him reading out that line as Spike and letting me tape it so I can use it as my ringtone. :D
If you do this YOU MUST SHARE!!!

I'm with you on the not really expecting this to go anywhere at all, but I am just stupidly happy that they seem so comfortable and natural with each other. This is a partnership, not just a relationship.
*nods a lot* I'm always reminded of the_royal_anna superb essay:

Besides, I suspect Buffy/Angel shippers either have a different concept of love to mine, or a different concept of what they want from a fictional love story. I can't argue with that.

All I can say is when I think of some of the key scenes each of them share, I think of them this way.

When I think of Buffy and Angel, they are always standing opposite one another, face-to-face. They are looking only at each other, caught in the moment, still, timeless, static.

When I think of Buffy and Spike, most often they are side by side. I think of the back doorstep in Fool For Love, in Flooded, the moment he sits down beside her in Touched, the night he holds her while she lies awake in Chosen.

That says it all for me.