Hi Lilac - glad to see you've started work on this story again. And very cool that Spike realizes it's Billy they want! Looking forward to more chapters and hope you're feeling much better.
Just spent an enjoyable hour or so reading through the whole story as it is so far. I love the way you write the characters, making it possible to sympathise with each individually (yes, even Angel!), but also making them be such a dysfunctional collective! Honestly, I want to bang Buffy's, Spike's and Shanny's heads together!! Billy and Joyce are the real heros of the story of course, and they're so easy to warm to - great characterisation.
Please finish the story!
And... Buffy and Spike sneaking upstairs for an afternoon quickie while the kids are playing in the garden? Some things never change... they are so totally absorbed in each other!