"Dreams aren't all they're cracked up to be. Even when they're the happy stuff, you just wake up eventually anyway," Buffy replied, smiling at him as he laid down on the bed. "And sometimes it's just nice to cuddle." She curled up beside him, snuggling up against him in his arms.
"I do know that," she continued to insist stubbornly. "Maybe we'll never find out, but I'm just telling you right now. I'll never see you as a monster. No matter what."