Talking and cuddling in bed.

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Continued from here.

"It's not..." How I see myself. Spike shook his head, feeling foolish. He was a vampire, not a man. "There's no good reason."

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[wesleysgirl.livejournal.com]

"It isn't..." Wesley stopped, frustrated. "It's not necessary for things to go smoothly all the time. It's normal for there to be conflict, and I certainly won't decide that this relationship isn't worth it just because sometimes things don't go 'right.'"

[flaming-muse.livejournal.com]

You don't know how badly I can make things go wrong, Spike thought, but he reached out to run his hand down Wesley's arm. "All right," he said.

[wesleysgirl.livejournal.com]

After another long pause, Wesley admitted, very softly, "I wouldn't mind some reassurance that you feel the same way."

[flaming-muse.livejournal.com]

Spike looked up at Wesley, startled. "Of course I do," he said quickly, upset that he had been too focused on his conflict to notice what Wesley was feeling. "I'm sorry, pet. I thought you knew. Of course I feel the same way."

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Wesley tried to explain, choosing his words carefully. "It wouldn't be atypical for someone to leave when something about me proved... too difficult to deal with."

[flaming-muse.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, I've got some experience with that, myself," Spike said. "But I can't see there being anything about you that's too difficult for me."

[wesleysgirl.livejournal.com]

Wesley smiled, pleasantly surprised. "I suppose I get points for being relatively sane most of the time," he said, with a hint of teasing in his voice.

[flaming-muse.livejournal.com]

"Certainly doesn't count against you," Spike said, grinning. "And you're not using me to get over being dead, so that's also good."