I think this story is a little too hard on buffy. I know what Spike live is horrible but he has live almost two hundred years with Drusciila and partly with Angelus, I think he knows a little too much about torture and I think is going to be more easy for him to be over this. Buffy is having a bad time too andI think is time that she start thinking about herself. I love the story but I have to say: Dawn is sooooooooooooo annoying (I never really like her). Keep going!

You've had me hooked from the very first chapter. I'm begging you to post soon.

I didn't become a Spuffy fan until Spike started trying to change (on the show). Here you have him still a killer - there has been no change in him that I've seen other than the effects of the claim/mating/dominace bite, none of which are positive. So no, in this story I do not see him on equal par with Buffy or any other human being, nor did I on the show until he sought to change. Here, he is still a killer and even admitted (in his thoughts) that he came back to kill Buffy so he could get over her. You have Joyce acting motherly to him, a vampire, a killer, but not to her daughter, her own living flesh and blood. Yeh, I have a problem with that. Granted I don't know what you have in store for future chapters, but with the way you've been writing this I don't trust that you intend to cast Buffy in a shiny light anytime soon. And that bothers me because you have established already that Buffy is not in control of herself.
Of course I have a problem with the way "Buffy" is treating Spike in this story, evil dead guy or not. It is horrible. But the way I am comprehending your writing is that Buffy isn't the one doing this. She is just the vehicle for the thing that is doing this, whether it is the Slayer or another entitiy. So yeh, I am having a hard time with your story because of this.
I am a Spuffy fan because I like the idea of someone (Spike) changing for the better because of the affect of another (Buffy). She affected him so greatly that he wanted to be a better man, to be what she deserved. She was the catalyst for his change and I think that says a lot about her character. When she did treat him badly on the show, it is because he usually deserved nothing else. Up until he got his soul, he was selfish in his so called love for her and was bringing her down. She was fighting to prevent that from happening. The only way that love would ever work was if Spike was brought up to Buffy's level. Yes, her level. Warrior of light and all that. And he WAS. And THAT is why I am a Spuffy fan.

Great start. I really want to know what Giles found out!

Oh, new story? Good :-D *reads on* Loved the banter between the two :) And now they are looking for another watcher for Spike... but Giles found something! Hopefully you'll sove the cliffhanger soon :)

I can't wait to see where you take me on this trip. I love all of your stories, your writing style. Your stories are full of complex written characters, humor, love, turmoil, and a great amount of angst. I love it.