“Will you take the heat of anger and use it to temper the strength of this union?”

Alas, I can take no credit at all for this line, as it is taken directly from the standard "handfasting" vows. My only contribution here was to pick these vows from the available options. I thought they were pretty darn close to perfect for Spike and Buffy, though.

Heh. Yeah, that conversation with Angel turned out to have echoes in canon that took me by surprise. Thanks for pointing it out.

When I suggest Angel loves Spike, I of course mean in the "old friends and family" way. Best man type love. What else could it be? *evil grin*