[ it's clear from the bewilderment in her expression that this isn't the response she was expecting. more lewd commentary, maybe. more wheedling. taunts about riley. but there's nothing. there's ... she stares at her hand as he squeezes it, and continues to stare even after he lets it go. ]
What are you doing? [ it answers a lot of things. why spike infuriates her the way he does. he's never fit nicely into the box that she has to put vampires in to kill as many as she does without flinching. they're evil. unconscionably, unquestionably. soul makes for potential not evil. makes for not with the slaying. spike's ... more complicated. he comes in and messes it all up. and he's not how a vampire is supposed to act at all and it makes her wildly uncomfortable and so far out of her comfort zone. ]
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What are you doing? [ it answers a lot of things. why spike infuriates her the way he does. he's never fit nicely into the box that she has to put vampires in to kill as many as she does without flinching. they're evil. unconscionably, unquestionably. soul makes for potential not evil. makes for not with the slaying. spike's ... more complicated. he comes in and messes it all up. and he's not how a vampire is supposed to act at all and it makes her wildly uncomfortable and so far out of her comfort zone. ]