Ladies and gentlemen... well okay, probably just ladies, we have SNUGGLING.

[wesleysgirl.livejournal.com]

Continued from here.

"Wouldn't ask for more," Wesley observed. "That doesn't mean I wouldn't like to give it to you. Like hours in bed every day, for example, until you're well-rested and happy." He continued to run his fingers through Spike's hair.

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[flaming-muse.livejournal.com]

"I am happy," Spike said. "And what about you? You need the rest more than I do."

[wesleysgirl.livejournal.com]

At that moment, Wesley actually felt somewhat rested, although he thought it was probably because he was so content. "When we've moved, we'll spend the first week catching up on sleep," he promised. "Half of each day unpacking, the other half in bed."

[flaming-muse.livejournal.com]

"If you want to sleep you'd better not have me in bed with you," Spike said with a grin fueled by happy memories. "We seem to tire each other out more before we fall asleep. Not that I'm complaining. I haven't felt this relaxed in years."

[wesleysgirl.livejournal.com]

"But it's a good sort of tired out," Wesley said, rubbing the back of Spike's neck gently. "Eventually we'd end up getting enough sleep, I'd imagine."

[flaming-muse.livejournal.com]

Spike nodded and closed his eyes again, feeling dangerously close to melting under Wesley's touch. He couldn't hear more than the faint buzz of reality; instead he was wrapped up in Wesley's arms and his love, and the amount of attention Wesley was showing him was helping to mend his battered self-image at least a little. "You sound happy, love," he said, struck by the fact that the constant undertone of worry seemed to be missing from Wesley's voice. "Are you?"

[wesleysgirl.livejournal.com]

"Yes." Wesley hugged Spike a bit more closely. "I have everything I want right here. Why wouldn't I be happy?"

[flaming-muse.livejournal.com]

It seemed inconceivable to Spike that he could be everything Wesley wanted, but he was too comfortable even to think of arguing. Besides, he didn't want to do anything to drain the contented tone from Wesley's voice. "We should get you everything you want more often," he said. "Though I don't fancy sharing the bed with heaps of books and a new gun or two."

[wesleysgirl.livejournal.com]

"We'll get another bed just for the books," Wesley said teasingly. "The guns will have to sleep on the floor."

[flaming-muse.livejournal.com]

"Should've known you'd have a solution," Spike said, rubbing his cheek against Wesley's shoulder.

[wesleysgirl.livejournal.com]

Wesley stroked his hand over Spike's skin. "None of it means anything, you know," he said softly. "You're what matters. I think I could get through anything as long as I had you. It makes me wonder how I... managed, before." Badly, for the most part.

[flaming-muse.livejournal.com]

If he had been able to record Wesley's words so that he could hear them over and over again, Spike would have done so, even if it had required moving. Wesley had a knack for saying what Spike had always wanted to hear, despite the fact that he sometimes had trouble accepting it. "You managed because you're strong," he said. "Strong and focused on what's right. All you were missing was someone who believed in you and wasn't quiet about it."

[wesleysgirl.livejournal.com]

While Wesley appreciated Spike's confidence in him, he still couldn't see it as the truth. "I'm very glad to have you now," he said.

[flaming-muse.livejournal.com]

"And I'm happy I can give you something you need," Spike replied. "That's what I want. It's what I've always wanted."

[wesleysgirl.livejournal.com]

"Well, you can stop worrying about that. You do. You give me things no one else ever has." Wesley sighed, the sound a happy sort of hum in the relative quiet of the room.

[flaming-muse.livejournal.com]

Spike's heart was in his throat at the thought that finally he was with someone who not only needed something that he could give but also was willing to accept it and not so mad that he couldn't appreciate it. "I'll keep doing my best," he promised. He knew that Wesley was tough enough to withstand anything on his own, but in moments like that one Spike wanted to wrap him up in cotton wool and make everything around him soft and safe.

[wesleysgirl.livejournal.com]

"I know you will," Wesley said. He closed his eyes and concentrated on the feel of Spike's body pressed against his own. "We both will."

[flaming-muse.livejournal.com]

"It's hard to believe you being so drunk and miserable you came onto me turned out so well for both of us," Spike said, trailing his fingers slowly down Wesley's side to feel each individual rib.

[wesleysgirl.livejournal.com]

Wesley couldn't help but flush a bit at the memory, even as he smiled at his own discomfort. "I wasn't so drunk and miserable that I couldn't see how wonderful you are," he said.

[flaming-muse.livejournal.com]

Spike chuckled softly. "I don't think that's what you saw, but I didn't mind a bit. We both needed the comfort."

[wesleysgirl.livejournal.com]

Shrugging gently out from underneath Spike, Wesley slid down on the bed until they were face to face, looking at each other. "I did see it," he said seriously. "I might not have been able to put it into words, but I saw. I saw you."

[flaming-muse.livejournal.com]

As much as Spike would have liked to have kept the yearning for that to be true from his face, he was in no state to school his expression. "Here I thought you were just interested in my pretty face," he said, but the joke was faint compared with his continued surprise that Wesley had not only seen past his carefully crafted exterior but liked what was behind it.

[wesleysgirl.livejournal.com]

"The fact that you're gorgeous certainly doesn't hurt," Wesley said, tracing Spike's cheekbone with one slightly trembling fingertip. "But it's not why I love you."

[flaming-muse.livejournal.com]

"I know." Spike spoke with quiet confidence before turning his head so that he could ghost his lips over Wesley's wrist. He met Wesley's eyes again, comforted and humbled by the depth of emotion in them, and said, "I feel the same way about you."

[wesleysgirl.livejournal.com]

"We're very lucky," Wesley said, meaning it.

[flaming-muse.livejournal.com]

"We are." Spike edged closer, bringing up a hand to slide through Wesley's tousled hair. "When I came back, I didn't have anything, not even a body, but then I got you." He couldn't stop an absurdly happy smile from spreading across his face.

[wesleysgirl.livejournal.com]

Spike's smile made Wesley's stomach clench, but not in a bad way. "I never want to be without you again. I want to know that when you walk out the door, you're always coming back to me."

[flaming-muse.livejournal.com]

"I always will," Spike said. Given how close he had been to leaving because of the danger of his own actions earlier that morning, the promise was perhaps a bit rash, but he knew that he could never go without Wesley's agreement. He was neither strong enough nor selfless enough. "I want to be with you."

[wesleysgirl.livejournal.com]

"And I want you to believe that I'll always come back too." Wesley searched Spike's eyes. "That I'll never leave you."

[flaming-muse.livejournal.com]

Wishing that he could give Wesley the answer he wanted, Spike said quietly, "I want to believe that, too. I'm trying. I know you won't now."

[wesleysgirl.livejournal.com]

"I won't ever," Wesley corrected, but he knew that in time Spike would believe him. "I'll prove it to you, if you've got fifty years or so."

[flaming-muse.livejournal.com]

Spike smiled and said, "It won't take me that long to catch on. But you can take as many years as you like to make sure I understand. Better safe than sorry."

[wesleysgirl.livejournal.com]

Having thought about the fact that Spike was going to remain as gorgeous as the day he'd been turned, whereas Wesley would age normally, was more than a bit disturbing. "I'll never stop wanting you," he said, running a hand down along Spike's perfect body.

[flaming-muse.livejournal.com]

"Take as long as you like to prove that, too," Spike said, leaning in to brush a soft kiss over Wesley's lips. "It'll always be mutual."

[wesleysgirl.livejournal.com]

Wesley tilted his head for another kiss immediately, not satisfied with the brevity of the one they'd just shared. Spike's lips were cool and gentle against his own. "God, I love you."

[flaming-muse.livejournal.com]

"I'm never going to get tired of hearing you say that," Spike said, taking advantage of the opportunity to steal another kiss.

[wesleysgirl.livejournal.com]

"I'll certainly never get tired of saying it," Wesley told him, pulling the vampire closer.

[flaming-muse.livejournal.com]

"Which is part of the reason I love you so much." Spike adjusted easily to the new position and wrapped his arm more tightly around Wesley's waist.

[wesleysgirl.livejournal.com]

Out of things to say, Wesley just looked into Spike's eyes, drinking him in, running his hand up and down along the curve at the small of Spike's back.

[flaming-muse.livejournal.com]

Wesley looked content, his eyes warm and soft, and Spike smiled at him. "I like seeing you like this. Happy."

[wesleysgirl.livejournal.com]

"I am happy." It seemed incredible that it was true, but it was.

[flaming-muse.livejournal.com]

"Then I am, too," Spike said. "It suits you."

[wesleysgirl.livejournal.com]

"Being happy suits me?" Wesley repeated, with a confused smile.

[flaming-muse.livejournal.com]

"Yeah. It looks good on you." Spike gave a small grin and added, "Makes you even more gorgeous."

[wesleysgirl.livejournal.com]

"I'm not," Wesley said, although of course it was flattering that Spike seemed to think so. "But I do like it when you look at me as though I am."

[flaming-muse.livejournal.com]

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