great story although Spike seems a little hypocritical about Xander's attempted rape considering what he did in the show

Author's Response: Ah but Spike got his wish granted in season 4 and that situation with Buffy never happened. He never believed (until he did it in S6) that he would hurt Buffy that way. That was why he went for his soul in canon...so he wasn't a hypocrit at this point never having attacked Buffy that way in this story. Glad you liked it though . k