Sometimes, people who love each other very much and seem as though they should fit very well simply cannot live together/be with each other. And sometimes, people who seem like they should be tearing each other apart do just fine, in their own way. I would never say there wouldn't be problems with B/A, but I like to think they could work it out. I guess it's the hope that's there for them that really attracts me to the ship.

No one in their right mind would willingly get in a car with Buffy, even if a car crash is unlikely to kill them.

Buffy is a bad driver in canon, and I like to think that she remains that way. But the truth is I was a terrible driver when I started out, and I have much less coordination and commone sense than Buffy. For this fic I wanted to suggest that this was an issue of control, not life threatening terror, because of course who "drives" is a metaphor for sex. Having never been in a long term relationship, I don't know how this works out, but I would think both Buffy and Angel would want to top a lot. There's probably a lot of fighting in their sex.

You pick your battles and a lot of the small stuff you ignore.

This is what I've seen with my parents. That stuff never gets resolved. It also never is cause for deciding they can't live with each other.

It makes me sad to think that she can't even talk to him, at least Buffy used to be able to do that.

I like to think that eventually, she would open up to him again. But I do think it would take a lot of work, and that there would be a lot of resistance, and a lot of frustration on Angel's part.

I'm so glad you enjoyed this, because I always respect your views on B/A tremendously.