And yes, there’s the trifling matter that it’s not until ‘Pangs’ 4.8 that they’re shown talking to each other (yes, really) and fine, Giles connives with Wood to get Spike killed in season seven, but, in all seriousness, show me a major pairing where that hasn’t happened.
And anyway, Giles keeps Spike tied to a chair or chained in his bathtub, feeding him blood from a mug bearing the hint, request, plea, command slogan, ‘Kiss the Librarian’, and goes from asking Spike sarcastically if he’s going to ‘lick me to death?’ to, in the same breath, telling Willow’s answer phone, rather plaintively that, ‘I’d like to shower sometime today. Alone.’ (‘Something Blue’ 4.9). We get some planks.
Bwahaha! I never thought of Spike and Giles as that slashy, and certainly not in the contexts you pulled out, but this works, and you really whetted my appetite for the fic. I was pretty shocked to realize you were right about season four; how can you go four whole seasons on a show without ever talking to one of the main characters? And I love the point you made about Angel outside the house. I never considered the timing, but you're right, it has to have some sort of impact.
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And anyway, Giles keeps Spike tied to a chair or chained in his bathtub, feeding him blood from a mug bearing the hint, request, plea, command slogan, ‘Kiss the Librarian’, and goes from asking Spike sarcastically if he’s going to ‘lick me to death?’ to, in the same breath, telling Willow’s answer phone, rather plaintively that, ‘I’d like to shower sometime today. Alone.’ (‘Something Blue’ 4.9). We get some planks.
Bwahaha! I never thought of Spike and Giles as that slashy, and certainly not in the contexts you pulled out, but this works, and you really whetted my appetite for the fic. I was pretty shocked to realize you were right about season four; how can you go four whole seasons on a show without ever talking to one of the main characters? And I love the point you made about Angel outside the house. I never considered the timing, but you're right, it has to have some sort of impact.