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

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

[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."

[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.

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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."

[flaming-muse.livejournal.com]

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