Really like how you handled the sex in this chapter - just enough to let the readers know that it was a wonderful experience for them without all the "over the board" fantastical sex descriptions that are so often part of the Spuffy fan fiction.  Often writers seem to get carried away with the sex between these two that it feels more like parody instead of a realistic sexual experience.

So far Spike has been able to clear away a lot of the dreadful things that happened to her - looking forward to see how you treat The Initiative arc and the Giles-Soike relationship.  I was always hoping that Spike and Giles would become, if not friends, at least develop a better relationship, find some way to respect each other instead of always having Giles show him so much disdain.