Wesley's Office, Two Days Later

[wesleysgirl.livejournal.com]

Continued from here.

Wesley glanced at the clock -- the hours seemed to pass very slowly when one was waiting for information. He'd spoken with Giles the day before, in a rather lengthy phone conversation, and Giles had said that they had a lead on the Kroisos blade.

Making a mental note to check the availability of a few ingredients in the Wolfram and Hart supply vaults, Wesley turned back to his computer.

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[wesleysgirl.livejournal.com]

"Er... actually, no. Not that I wouldn't have." Wesley shrugged slightly. "But yes, I'm aware of her mental state."

[flaming-muse.livejournal.com]

"It'd be hard to miss," Spike said. "It doesn't get any easier to live with after a century, either."

[wesleysgirl.livejournal.com]

"I'm sure. It must have been very..." He searched around for the best word. "Challenging."

[flaming-muse.livejournal.com]

"Could be, especially when she wanted to go dancing outside at noon or got into one of her weeping fits. They could last for bloody days." Spike shrugged. "But I loved her, so I stayed with her."

[wesleysgirl.livejournal.com]

"You're very loyal." As someone else who could be, Wesley understood.

[flaming-muse.livejournal.com]

Spike walked to the windows and looked out over the street below. "One way of looking at it," he said.

[wesleysgirl.livejournal.com]

Wesley waited, then asked, "That's not the word you'd use?"

[flaming-muse.livejournal.com]

"Back then, I was... fixated. Once I got an idea in my head there was no going back."

[wesleysgirl.livejournal.com]

"So it wasn't loyalty, it was obsession?"

[flaming-muse.livejournal.com]

"What? No." Spike turned from the window. "It was more than loyalty; it was bloody well love. It was just a vampire's version."

[wesleysgirl.livejournal.com]

"I see." Wesley felt fairly well-versed in Spike and Drusilla's shared history, but hearing it spoken out loud was different. Made it more real, somehow. "I don't see why it wouldn't be the same," he said, not sure that was entirely true, but wanting to make it so. Wanting to understand. "Love."