"I know you're scared. Let's face it... love hasn't been kind to either of us. I'm scared, too but I will never lie to you."
Buffy’s standing at the foot of the bed, glancing down at Major who’s sat upon freshly made sheets with no evidence of last night’s heavy foreplay session on them. She’s both watching and listening to him intently, their eyes locked in shared understanding.
She appreciates the way he goes out of his way to emphasize with her. Any woman entering her fourth decade with Buffy’s stellar dating history to boot would share her same level of apprehension and uncertainty, but the way this man consistently tries to ease, comfort, reassure her? Total turn on.
She smiles tenderly and moves one baby step closer towards him. This whole turning forty deal and living to tell the tale was kind of unheard of and record breaking in the world of Slayers, but having a pair of hands and arms like Major’s to wrap around her at night - ones that knew how to push all the right buttons to encourage and get her to go for this. Well, that was just an extra Buffy Summers bonus.
So in the spirit of celebration she’s trying out this new thing whereby she throws caution to the wind in exchange for a little life living (the kind without constraints or punishing really great guys due to her own lousy track record). She’s earned it.
Buffy makes room and wedges herself between Major’s legs. She reaches for his hands and tangles their fingers together, her lips playful and pouty, “Pinky swear?”