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BUFFY SUMMERS
@BUFFY — if the apocalypse comes, beep me!

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[chipped]

Buffy. Swear on everything it wasn’t me.

[bronze]

( it takes a long time for her to answer — long enough that it seems like she might just Not. but eventually, )

how are you sure

[chipped]

Chip came along for the ride when I died. Giles is very human and was very not-dead, before this

[bronze]

( ultimately, it's just not enough evidence for her. not for spike, whose behavior has been — strange, lately. not for giles, dead, seemingly by a vampire.

in the end for buffy, who can occasionally be vengeful, who always makes people suffer when they hurt her friends — there's something even more important than the who dun it. it's the simple fact of the matter. )

giles is dead

[chipped]

[ Spike’s not so sure he believes it himself. Losing time, waking up with glass shards in his skin from smashing a window, every minute he’s conscious dedicated to watching Buffy. Doesn’t need the bond to keep him near her.

But he’s failed in that, too. ]

I know.

I’m sorry.

Rupert and I may not get on, but I wouldn’t—

I know how much it hurts you. I wouldn’t.

[bronze]

i know you wouldn't mean to

( which is not the same as i know you wouldn't do it, and is in fact worlds different from it. a dark moment of silence passes — tense with everything they're telling each other. i wouldn't do that to you, and i know you did it anyway.

after a minute, )

but i'm worried you did. i'm not
i'm not throwing you in a cage. i wouldn't do that
just
let me restrain you at night. so we know
will you let me?

[chipped]

[ Only the briefest pause before he replies. ]

Yeah.

Can’t do the handcuffs from Claire’s on me. Go with chains, heavy. Should hold even if my vamp strength comes back.