I've just read the whole fic and I loved it. Great post NFA characterisation, I really like fics where Spike and Buffy have to deal with "normal", domestic stuff. This was so convincing:
Every once in a while, usually when she was in the middle of something completely mundane like taking out the trash, it would hit her: I'm with Spike. Spike and Buffy, sitting in a tree. We're together, and we haven't killed each other, and the world hasn't ended. And I love him. And then she would have to stop and pinch herself just to make sure
And this was gorgeous: You're in my heart, Spike. The Powers can't control my heart, and they can't mess with my free will. I'm with you, not because of some stupid prophecy, or to stop an apocalypse, but because I choose to. It's my choice, and that's more powerful than any prophecy in the world."
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Every once in a while, usually when she was in the middle of something completely mundane like taking out the trash, it would hit her: I'm with Spike. Spike and Buffy, sitting in a tree. We're together, and we haven't killed each other, and the world hasn't ended. And I love him. And then she would have to stop and pinch herself just to make sure
And this was gorgeous:
You're in my heart, Spike. The Powers can't control my heart, and they can't mess with my free will. I'm with you, not because of some stupid prophecy, or to stop an apocalypse, but because I choose to. It's my choice, and that's more powerful than any prophecy in the world."