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— delivery 🎁

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( what to get your nemesis/sometimes boyfriend/usual fucktoy/unfortunately-understands-you-better-than-your-own-friends/least favorite person/sometimes favorite person/occasional roommate/dirty little not so secret/general pain in the ass situationship? luckily, buffy has just the thing — a delivery left on spike's bed in the basement once the rooms all reset themselves to their usual configurations, wrapped in a kind of sparkly pink paper that leaves a glitter shadow behind once he picks it up. inside: a full set of wooden knitting needles, and a knitting pattern for a hat. there's an attached letter: )

get a hobby or kill yourself

love, buffy

(merry christmas, spike 🖤)

( and inside the envelope: one ring, amazingly well sized to spike's finger. did you notice one of the ones you always wear has gone missing, lately? don't look in your room — you won't find it there. )

text @SPIKE

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[ Lots of things to feel and say about all this, but first thing’s first— ]

D’you manage to nick one of my rings, Slayer?

[ More awe than accusation, there, which probably doesn’t translate over text. ]

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( usually? outright denial. but buffy is still trying this whole “treat spike decently” thing. )

so? you steal my underwear all the time

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Not all the time.

[ Hold on, not the point. ]

Anyway, not mad about it. Just impressed you managed to right under my nose.

You can keep it. Bet it suits you.

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this might surprise you but sometimes
you’re very distracted

( she is twiddling said ring around her thumb. too big on any other finger, just right on that one. )

thanks
did you like the one i got you? it felt very spike
well spikey at least

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Am I? Can’t imagine why.

[ Incoming: a photo of Spike’s right hand, the ring on his ring finger. Not presumptuous enough to put it on the left, but romantic enough that he thought about it. ]

Might be my new favorite. Don’t tell the others.

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( slutty hand pic save me slutty hand pic … )

well. i know the feeling.
don’t tell the others

( see: matching picture ostensibly of buffy’s cleavage, but really just showing off the necklace he got her. tit for tat. )

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Wow.

[ Believe it or not, that’s for the necklace, first. The implication that it’s also a new favorite. Gets his undead heart a-fluttering.

But, you know. Also the tits. ]

You like it, then?

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i like that it bit you going in the box 🥰

yes, i like it