Oh my god, YES. Like, I just wrote a Faith fic where she's getting herself off while fantasizing about Angel. I was so not uncomfortable at all. And I don't really talk about that in real life--not my comfort zone for me personally. But I didn't even realize it had gotten a bit smutty until I was ready to post and went "huh, oh yeah that got sexy, well duh, Faith." I mean, I see Faith as a character who channels her sexual energy into all that she does, no shame. So when I was channeling her, it felt like a perfectly natural progression.

But with Buffy and Buffy/Spike, it's private. And I guess I'm always so aware that Buffy wants it to be private.

*thinky thoughts*

Your Angel/Illyria hatesex fic is so awesome. But you know I love that. And of course Illyria dominates those encounters and she recognizes no shyness. I love Illyria as a character but it's so rare for her to be written well in fic; I think it requires a poetic styling which you and Quinara do very well.