I liked this so much. You filled in the blanks so perfectly in part 1 (and I do love Clem in a story). I so wish your part 2 had been the way they had gone! I always hated thinking that Buffy just turned and left Spike on that cross. Your story makes her so much more likeable.

I, too, prefer the way you reintroduced Giles. His "reasoning" about why the soul made Spike more of a danger rather than less made sense as well.

Well done!

Kathleen