"Maybe." Was all Spike'd answer. Buffy wouldn't love him. But it was enough she treated him like a person. "Don't think she'd ever return it, so seems kind of pointless." A soft, slightly self-deprecating laugh.

"You up for a dance?" Asking again, Spike gently pulled their loosely joined hands down away from her hair. Just as gently taking her hand more fully, proper position without linked fingers.