I think it's assumed because the First insults her by stating, "Asleep in your Dead lover's arms" suggesting that in order for him to be her current lover, sex had to have happened. I don't think Joss put that comment in there to refer to over a year prior. It sounded too current to be past tense. So I tend to think we were to imagine what the kiss was described as. You described it perfectly. Amazing fic.
I feel Spike and Buffy got about as happy of an ending as anyone did on Joss's show. He killed everyone off and usually after breaking their hearts. Every relationship Joss did ended up heartbreak or death. Spike and Buffy left us with hope for the future. Spike returned and never told Buffy so therefore the reunion takes place in our stories rather than possibly corrupted in the show. I think it's a perfect ending to a relationship. As Spike puts it, he died for her. How the heck do you top that ending to a relationship?
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Date: 2010-02-07 07:12 am (UTC)I feel Spike and Buffy got about as happy of an ending as anyone did on Joss's show. He killed everyone off and usually after breaking their hearts. Every relationship Joss did ended up heartbreak or death. Spike and Buffy left us with hope for the future. Spike returned and never told Buffy so therefore the reunion takes place in our stories rather than possibly corrupted in the show. I think it's a perfect ending to a relationship. As Spike puts it, he died for her. How the heck do you top that ending to a relationship?