Spike keeps his eyes on her for a moment more, assessing for visible injuries maybe, before his gaze drops to the floor. Did someone else help her? What the fuck was he doing? -- It scares him to think about, the way nothing ever scares him, and deep down he's unsettled to the point that he forgets himself. This is where he should apologize and ask if she's okay, but he doesn't speak.
At his core, he knows. As still and quiet as he is now, there's a change coming. He can't afford to be passive. That's why they get away with locking him up in rooms, why they think they can do whatever they want to the few people who matter to him. It happened because Spike let it happen. All there is too it.
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Spike keeps his eyes on her for a moment more, assessing for visible injuries maybe, before his gaze drops to the floor. Did someone else help her? What the fuck was he doing? -- It scares him to think about, the way nothing ever scares him, and deep down he's unsettled to the point that he forgets himself. This is where he should apologize and ask if she's okay, but he doesn't speak.
At his core, he knows. As still and quiet as he is now, there's a change coming. He can't afford to be passive. That's why they get away with locking him up in rooms, why they think they can do whatever they want to the few people who matter to him. It happened because Spike let it happen. All there is too it.
Eventually, something is going to boil over.]