I really liked how you handled their moment of reunion and dealing with the anger, pain, and disappointment that Spike held deep within himself about her affair with The Immortal.  It has the quality of real life and real people having to deal with all that anger and pain before they can find peace and love.

I am enjoying this story again for a second time -

I like the way you had Buffy say it was a magic lamp, without realizing what she'd said. Cool!

What a wonderful chapter! Home at last! I'm just catching up on my reading; I've been away on vacation for the last week and promised myself no reading while away.

Not sure how genies are... but one I saw @ Charmed was mean. Like when you wished to have a new car your parents died and you got their car. Wish come true. But with consequences. It that's true who knows how Buffy's wish would go. ;)