I'm a big fan of your work; love this story as well. You are so good with dialogue and making each character sound right. I'll confess I would have liked more discussion and confession between Spike & Buffy... seemed like they just progressed (in what, admittedly, was a natural and believably gradual way) without verbally working through their obvious hurdles, which I think is out of character for them. Overall, though, a great read, which I always can expect from you. Thanks for sharing!

Author's Response: Thank you for the kind words. An excellent call on the obvious hurdles, and one I thought about. I do feel they slid past the very things that sent him off to begin with, but once Glory was defeated, it seemed like I would have been dragging the story out too much to throw another obstacle in front of them. Which there should have been... definitely. Never got into what Spike was eating and/or what he was going to do for blood in the future. I suspect, if I did a sequel and didn't take the funny route (Spike and Buffy work retail... you do the math) with the gallery work, I'm sure there would have to be some relationship issues to work out. I'm sure there are going to be some testy conversations in their future. :)

“If he’s been flirting with Lisa, he’s about to be a lot less masculine,”

ROFL! Love jealous Buffy! The convo with her Mom and Dawn was wonderful. And Buffy falling face-first into Spike's dangly bits was toooo funny!

Wonderful ending to an excellent story. Hopefully his plans to extend her life will work out better than some of his ill-conceived plans, and they have plenty of time to get to know each other.

Thanks for the story! Looking forward to more from you! Bravo!

Author's Response: I'm glad you liked that line. I t was fun to write - Jealous Buffy is always a hoot. Thanks for reading. I'm glad you enjoyed it. :)

A great end to a great story. Thanks for sharing.

Author's Response: Thanks for reading!