[The cigarette was halfway to his mouth, pausing to let the smoke drift up past his eyes, up far enough to disappear into the night as he's standing there staring at her. It was one thing for her to say the l word as if it meant something. It was another to have her talk about them actually having sex. Being intimate. As if that was ever a possibility. As if he could ever have what Angel couldn't. The idea was laughable, yet he found himself unable to make a sound when she followed up with that last bit.
He stood there, quiet. Just looking at her. Watching the way she held herself, how she still talked to him. How she wasn't avoiding him, but she was definitely not enjoying the conversation. He didn't care there were other people around. People weren't really anything he minded unless he had to. They were nothing to him but snacks on legs. But this conversation was...
Well. It was a thing, wasn't it.
And because he was soulless and hadn't flipped that switch towards her yet, even with that quiet pause, he said the first thing that came to mind.]
I tried to rape you and you let me live? You're still letting me live? What the bloody hell is happening in Sunnydale?
[Because to him, if he'd done what she said he had, if he'd tried that, touched her like that, he definitely expected to be dust at the moment. Twice over, if she could manage it.]
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He stood there, quiet. Just looking at her. Watching the way she held herself, how she still talked to him. How she wasn't avoiding him, but she was definitely not enjoying the conversation. He didn't care there were other people around. People weren't really anything he minded unless he had to. They were nothing to him but snacks on legs. But this conversation was...
Well. It was a thing, wasn't it.
And because he was soulless and hadn't flipped that switch towards her yet, even with that quiet pause, he said the first thing that came to mind.]
I tried to rape you and you let me live? You're still letting me live? What the bloody hell is happening in Sunnydale?
[Because to him, if he'd done what she said he had, if he'd tried that, touched her like that, he definitely expected to be dust at the moment. Twice over, if she could manage it.]