the time that spike deliberately burns his tongue licking the cross-shaped earring stud in buffy's earlobe and buffy, when recounting this to faith in front of like five other people, calls it "kind of hot."
and the conversation just. screeches to a halt
#this is some nebulous post-canon au btw#willow: you think thats kind of hot???#buffy: yeah?#willow: are you serious????#buffy: come on like you dont think its kind of hot?#willow: which part are we supposed to find hot - the masochism or the religious perversion?????#buffy: i dont understand the question#xander: i Do Not Want to hear this conversation#faith: i kind of do. let buffy be a little kinky freak in public#buffy is very insistent that this is Not kinky little freak behavior she's being perfectly normal and everyone else is being weird about it#it's terribly simple#you know you want to dance