Spike did the right thing considering all he put up with.  It's time for Buffy to step up to the plate and deal with her actions.  Sequel?  

Lovely. So angsty my soul needs a band-aid. And my heart feels...hole-y. Beautifully done, but I am so curious about what happens next. Can I be reader #1,365,274 who begs for a sequel? Yes, it's that addictive :)

Painful. But I loved it!!!   This needs a sequel, it's just to good to stop where it did.  Please???

What i was trying to say below, was that there are so many Authors who build fantastic realities, landscapes with amazing plot and creatures out of the darkest corners of the subconscious.

But you, now You have this 'stillness' , this way of capturing the realizm. The stillness within Spike, the way he speaks and im not talking about accents or translating that to paper, but the pace of his speach.. and you seem to know, to capture, just how he would present himself, the words he would use. Id only be able to describe it as, it sometimes feels as if youve done a deeper study in to just how big his word count is, and in what type of situation (lol)
Its very rare! whilst enormous Plot Monsters have more then its fair share of ambassadors.
You do this with buffy too, and what i love about your relationship to buffy and the way it translates to me (ure fan now ;) ) is that you seem to let her 'show' or say just a very very precious few more words then we would have got out of her in the show. Not so much as so it takes away from who they 'Really are', as so many authors do.. they go so far that its suddenly unrealistic, and they try to 'fix everything' to a fault, and the outcome is very flawed , not in a good way. You dont try to 'fix it' or 'patch it up'.. but you find those 'extra few words'.

I hope i made sense at all.. this is not my first language xD
Jo.

Wow..wow i love this, i really do. Ah man, i hope if you didnt make a follow up to this already.. that you would considre doing so in the future.

I really do love your writing, it stands out because you dont let the Plot Monster take over, you let ure stories play out in the 'moments'.

Bless you for this!

Jo.

NO!
He can't leave me - Buffy. He can't leave Buffy.

That was too sad.  Hope you will make Buffy do something smart for a change and run after him. 

beautifully written, sad read. thank you.

Beautifully written but so sad.  Spike's struggle w/ his feelings is captured so well, and I can picture his expressions as he fights to hold back.  Stupid Buffy!

Hey!, you made me cry!!. Not very nice!, great fic though...

Wow that hurt!  It was beautiful, sad, and painful all at once.  There were even tears!  Love how Buffy pleaded for him to stay but couldn't go that final step to make it happen.  And Spike's pain, strength, and resignation about leaving because it was right for them both was heart-wrenching.  Loved it!

How very sad...sorry Buffy couldn't say what he needed to hear. Thanks for sharing!

god thats realy sad!!
i shed a tear!  its so sad !!

Oh, sadness.  :(  Nicely done.

A great look at both of them, and heart-breaking. I'm sure Buffy isn't numb at the end, but she doesn't seem to realize what that means. So sad to end it in a one-shot, a clean break.

Silly Buffy.