Sheesh, talk about a downer of a chapter. lol. Where's the Spike healing proccess, the dealing with his trauma,..this just seems rather anti-climactic after everything. She brings him home and then nada. They're just going to ignore each other and be all weird now? Very frustrating.

Her heart burned. . . . mine too     I can feel her pain.
Buffy never has been very good with words, and you have captured the essence of Buffy perfectly.  I hope she can find a way to get through to Spike (he seems to be so broken).  I want more sexy Spuffy, bitey, moments.

oof.  this chapter was like a punch in the gut.  Exceelent way to bring us down ofter the last one.  (I"m serious!)  Can't wait to see what's next.

oh dear lord, as Giles would say, how well written and how full of angst for our heroes, looking forward to how the talk will go.

Maybe he's just depressed. He's been through a lot after all.

Love the snark about the sloppy Slayers. Buffy really isn't a good long term leader. The Scoobies were the most she could handle and she wasn't trying to teach them . Look how quickly she gave up on teaching Dawn to fight.

Yes, sounds as if Buffy can't put off The Talk any longer. Sounds as if it's overdue!