Bangel

Bangel is the het ship between Buffy Summers and Angel from the Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel fandoms.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Guided by Whistler, Angel is introduced to the new slayer, Buffy, and seemingly immediately falls in love with her. He follows her to Sunnydale and keeps in the shadows, aiming to protect and aide her however he can. Buffy soon realises he's following her and they meet for the first time. Buffy is instantly taken with Angel's mystique, but moreso his fighting abilities and willingness to help her do what's right.

She develops a crush on Angel, but when he returns her feelings, their relationship grows intense and Buffy discovers Angel's true identity and past. Though shocked, Buffy decides that she can trust Angel to help her with Slaying and that she can trust him, as Angel is ensouled. Angel is torn by his feelings for Buffy, mostly when he sees what his competition for her affections, Xander, is able to give her that he can't: A 'normal' life, growing old together and his breath, when Xander revives a Buffy murdered at the hands of The Master.

Fandom
AO3

Trivia

 * Sarah Michelle Gellar ships Bangel