Peace
A/N: This scene takes place at the end of Boogie Woogie Feng Shui. The theme: the sound of waves.
There are moments of peace between them. It's not exactly a cease fire, not just a détente.
The waves lap against the pier. Spike passes Faye his lighter; her face is haloed for just a moment. She passes it back, and there is silence.
It's a kind of communion, really. The smoke rises softly into the air, drifting quietly out to sea.
Later, the sea seems to whisper, much later. Later, there will be screaming and tears and kisses that burn. There is always time, it says, always, always time.
Faye's cigarette is finished first. She drops it and grinds it into the wood, singeing the scarred dock. Yet, she doesn't move, somehow transfixed.
Spike slides another cigarette out of his pocket and hands it to her. She lights it, and the sun slowly sets.