#30 Day Shipping Challenge: Day 2: What was your first ship?

Over the years, I have been fans of many ships. But, no ship has got me in my feelings as much as Buffy and Angel from Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Angel). Buffy and Angel was my first ever ship. From the moment that they meet outside the Bronze to the moment after the fight with the mayor, Angel and Buff stare at each other from a distance as he turns to leave (Angel goes off to L.A. to have his spin-off series.) The ‘Bangel’ ship was the first tv couple that I had ever written fanfiction on. I don’t know, at 16 years old, they were thee ‘it’ couple...despite the fact that he was a 200 something year old vampire and she was a teenage girl groomed to be the Slayer (on paper this pairing is sooo not legal). But their relationship made for such interesting drama. Especially, after Angel turns into Angelus (Angel without a soul) after he and Buffy consummate their relationship. Things are never the same with these two, especially when Angelus begins to torture Buffy and the Scooby Gang, which leads to Buffy killing Angel(us) in the end of season 2. However, they manage to get past all of that and remain on good terms, despite some reservations from Xander and Giles. I think what made Buffy and Angel work was that the chemistry they had felt genuine. Even though, she was the Slayer who hunted vampires, demons and the like...she fell in love with a vampire. They both knew that they shouldn’t and it went against everything that Slayer was told not to do, but as proven time and time again, that nothing can stop true love. It is that true love that makes me wonder that maybe if Angel hadn’t smashed the gem of Amara, would he and Buffy be together now? Hmm.