Drabble for amyxaphania

[alwaysjbj]

Title: Too Much
Author: Always_jbj
Rating: G
Character(s): Buffy and Spike
Word Count: 100


“Do you remember...anything?” she asked. “You know, from when you were...”

“Dead?” Spike offered.

Buffy nodded.

He shook his head. “Nothing.”

“Oh.” Buffy smiled sadly. “I’m sorry.”

“Don’t be,” Spike said, his unfocused eyes flicking rapidly around the dimly lit crypt. “Not sure that I would though, would I?” he asked, frowning. “ Remember, that is. If old William was the one to do the moving on, stands to reason I wouldn’t remember any of it.”

His head tilted slightly, his gaze narrowing as he asked, “What about you, love? How much do you remember?”

“Too much,” Buffy replied quietly.

Comments

[slaymesoftly.livejournal.com]

Oh, ouch. Prior to the big reveal, I guess?

[alwaysjbj.livejournal.com]

Yep, prior to the big reveal. Glad you liked it.

[amyxaphania.livejournal.com]

Poor Buffy :( Sweet moment, though. Wish there'd been more of their early S6 friendship in the show.

Thank you! :)

[alwaysjbj.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it. I really wish there had been more of their friendship too, they were getting on so well when she first came back... *sigh*

[rahirah]

Oooh. Nice parallelism there.

[alwaysjbj.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[selene2.livejournal.com]

Loved it. This makes me feel so sad for Buffy, but feels right for the two of them at this time in the season. I have to start to re-watch the whole series (again). It's been too long.

[alwaysjbj.livejournal.com]

Glad you liked it, sweetie.

Yeah, I was just thinking the other day that it's time for another re-watch.

[talesofsnape.livejournal.com]

It's amazing how you can keep coming up with new Spike/Buffy so long after canon has ended.

[alwaysjbj.livejournal.com]

Fortunately for me Joss left an awful lot of off-camera room to play (not to mention a tonne of things that need 'fixing').

[rebcake.livejournal.com]

Dang. There is a lot going on here, including Spike denying he's William. Buffy being sorry he doesn't remember, and sorry that she does...my heart hurts.

[alwaysjbj.livejournal.com]

my heart hurts.

Thank you!

I don't think Spike is denying that he is William as such, just acknowledging that the part of him that would have moved on when he died--his soul--belonged to William, not him.