Even when a person didn’t matter to the one person who mattered the most, there was still someone out there who cared. Somewhere. Somehow.

Aww. And you know, it is true for Spike, even if he goes on to say it's a lie.

He knew that feeling, the desperation to believe something too good to be true and the wrenching pain when forced to admit that the shine was masking dross as gold.

Double aww. Really nice, evocative writing in this chapter, and this heart wishing business has got me intrigued.