#whathehellwritesfic

Idk how it happens, maybe they decide to have Ilya move to Ottawa earlier on and he and Shane buy a house together “for the bromance” and actively live together when they’re not travelling.

But whatever, it happens cuz this is Canada. Gay marriage was legalized in 2005 in Canada and you could be common law partners and get your partner’s work benefits as early as 2003 in Ontario (common law meaning no ceremony but you’re legally recognized as a couple and have the benefits of a couple).

Personally I think she’d try to nurture and protect them but as a result of being a vampire she sometimes ends up hurting them without realizing.

Also in this AU, Spike doesn’t meet Buffy until she’s dating angel (bcs it takes time to find the slayers) and she’s like, Angels not a good guy Buffy, he tortured Drusilla, he killed me, etc…, Buffy and Spike don’t date until way later, and Buffy has a whole moment of “but willow is gay, I’m not gay, how can I like a not man?” And then has a trial date with a woman, and it doesn’t go terribly but she’s not spike so she’s like, there’s something missing here.

Bonus points if spike is genderqueer somehow, like I envision her wearing the same leather duster, painting her nails black and bleaching her short cut hair blonde.

Also spike dated Giles in his younger days and brings it up to embarrass him of his younger rebellious days. .

I think Ilya likes it that others know Shane’s hot shit. He loves that other people know Shane is hot shit and that they’re together. That Shane chose him and loves him.

Ilya is a smug smug man all because he knows that he bagged the baddest baddie in the league. His man is the best hockey player, the hottest man in the NHL.

He loves that others salivate over Shane because yeah, how else are you supposed to react to the sight of Shane? How dare someone not want to sleep with Shane?

Someone not finding Shane attractive is incomprehensible to him. Like, he is the most gorgeous person alive. He would have been the reference for marble statues of the Ancient Greek gods.

Why, might you ask, because when they got engaged they were still not public about their relationship, and rings are kinda obvious as far as relationship symbols go. Bracelets are a visible sign of dedication while not being obvious to those that don’t know.

And when they get married they do have rings they wear but they still keep their bracelets.

The ontario schooling system has a bunch of types of public schools. Catholic and “regular” (aka non religious) and both types of schools are offered in English, French or French immersion.

There are also private schools too but those are expensive.

There are different ways to split up the grades depending on the language of the schools and the size, but generally, the most popular splits are

Elementary : pre k - gr 5

Middle school : gr 6 - gr 8

High school : gr 9 - gr 12

And

Elementary : pre k - gr 6 (or pre k - gr 8)

Highschool : gr 7 - gr 12 (or gr 9 - gr 12)

In smaller towns there are some pre k - gr 12 schools.

After school you can either go into the job market or college or university.

College is like American trades school (people go there to become mechanics, electricians, plumbers, etc…) and university is for things like biology, political science, English, comp sci, etc…

We don’t use terms like “junior, sophomore, senior, and, freshman”

Quebec has its own unique system as well

Primaire : Maternelle (kindergarten) - 6e année

Secondaire : secondaire 1 - secondaire 5

After highschool it’s either job, cégep or uni

Cégep : différent programme length depending on the program but pre-uni programs are usually around 2 years. There are also the equivalent of college programs as well.

Uni : depends on program length but a standard 4 year program is usually 3 in Quebec

As a side note, I recently learned that some people don’t know this, aside from Montreal where a significant amount of the population is bilingual, Quebec is mainly a French speaking province. The more rural you go the more French only speaking people there are.