[ that is not the image that alternative conjures to mind. buffy nods -- agreeing with what she's not sure she agrees with because what else should one do in this situation? it isn't as though she has been in this exact spot too many times before. angel had been a whirlwind of let's be friends failure but that was because both of them had so sorely wanted more. so he had left. she had denied riley more and he had left, too -- more cruelly than angel had.
no, this exact spot was much more like parker abrams. the boy whom she had been so thoroughly charmed by only to be told, days later, that they had just been two people passing in the night. convenient. has she just walked back into that trap? ]
Right. Because neither of us would want the alternative. [ buffy's own expression of disappointment is so close to her usual look during any kind of uncomfortable discussion. ]
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no, this exact spot was much more like parker abrams. the boy whom she had been so thoroughly charmed by only to be told, days later, that they had just been two people passing in the night. convenient. has she just walked back into that trap? ]
Right. Because neither of us would want the alternative. [ buffy's own expression of disappointment is so close to her usual look during any kind of uncomfortable discussion. ]