That was an absolutely fascinating study of Spike's feelings. Very interesting.
"The thing was, a hero like Buffy deserved the other kind of love, the mawkish spiritual kind, with all the high morals and the rest of the bollocks that went with it. Her knight in shining armor, that was what he should be, what she deserved. But he was no Sir Galahad, pure of heart. He didn't give a rat's ass whether Harris lived or died, not really. He'd only saved the boy to get himself here, in her bed, between her legs.
Except when she looked at him the way she was looking right now, he felt like he had done it for something more."
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"The thing was, a hero like Buffy deserved the other kind of love, the mawkish spiritual kind, with all the high morals and the rest of the bollocks that went with it. Her knight in shining armor, that was what he should be, what she deserved. But he was no Sir Galahad, pure of heart. He didn't give a rat's ass whether Harris lived or died, not really. He'd only saved the boy to get himself here, in her bed, between her legs.
Except when she looked at him the way she was looking right now, he felt like he had done it for something more."
Excellent.