Very smooth! And, as I said, it is chilling to think what Spike without love would be like. I like the final line as well. The nice thing about this ficlet is it opens up so many delicious possibilities in the mind of the reader. It allows us to reimagine the character of Spike in a canon setting. And that's a lovely gift. Thanks for putting your mind to this, Caia. I am happy to beta you any time.

Rae