the heavy weight of stone

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She wavers, initially, between approaching Spike and walking away as quietly as possible, hopefully unnoticed. But the pros are quick to outweigh the cons, even though Buffy remains beyond apprehensive about revisiting Halloween. She revisits it each night, despite every effort to the contrary, and not talking about it is slowly driving her crazier

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[nobler_things]

It was a testament to how soft he'd gone as of late, that he felt no embarrassment at being found with a book of nineteenth century poetry open in his lap.

Well, not much embarrassment.

Letting the book snap shut, he put it aside, lips curling faintly at the way she practically collapsed into her seat. "I suppose I have a free moment."

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Her eyes dart down to the book as he shuts it, and an eyebrow instantly rises as she asks, "Good read?" As if she could ever be expected to let that one slide.

But her mood isn't one which easily lends itself to dry humor (or wet humor, or any other humor, for that matter). She bites her lip, wondering how, exactly, to bring up the fact that the island buried her alive and sent Angelus to dig her out as a Halloween prank. She settles on a more general question: "How was your Halloween? You don't still stay in, do you?"

[nobler_things]

He ignored the first question, of course, raising an eyebrow in return.

"Uneventful. Shockingly, I wasn't feeling all that festive. You know I hate that bloody holiday," he muttered, rolling his eyes. He'd nicked a candy apple from the kitchens and watched The Great Pumpkin, but that wasn't information he was going to offer up without a bit more coercion.

"Yours wasn't quite so quiet, I take it."

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"I got stuck in one of those stupid Cloud O'Horror things one my way home," she allows, absently tapping her fingernails together while her eyes scan the bookshelf for potentially amusing titles. (It's all poetry, naturally.) She releases a short, shallow breath before adding, "And then Angel got stuck in it, too." Buffy has little doubt he'll be able to pick up on the implication.