Wow. As ever I am just... awed. Jealous. REALLY Jealous.
You write with such clean, precise language and a... I hate to say distance because that's so often used pejoratively, but I'm going to use it anyway, distance and reflection that I really enjoy. "He tells himself, relieved, that the thing with Spike was an anomaly, a purely biological response, a mercifully brief betrayal by his body." This kind of thing - "he tells himself" feels so indicative of lying to himself, and "mercifully brief betrayal" it's just... pretty. Very elegantly done.
Re: The Sex. ... I know, I hate it too. Somehow I always manage to descend into sloppy metaphor...
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You write with such clean, precise language and a... I hate to say distance because that's so often used pejoratively, but I'm going to use it anyway, distance and reflection that I really enjoy. "He tells himself, relieved, that the thing with Spike was an anomaly, a purely biological response, a mercifully brief betrayal by his body." This kind of thing - "he tells himself" feels so indicative of lying to himself, and "mercifully brief betrayal" it's just... pretty. Very elegantly done.
Re: The Sex. ... I know, I hate it too. Somehow I always manage to descend into sloppy metaphor...