A very cozy scene!  And I found out a new way of making tea. Thanks! 

OK, since you were so kind to explain tea to me when you commented on my review of Business as Usual, I had to come read this.  Excuse me while I run off to finish it now.

because there was the shoulder she knew would always be there, and she was safe and loved and fast asleep, curled up against a vampire in her kitchen.....

I think that may be one of my favorite lines ever in fanfic; bravo!

"He might be chipped, but she still reckoned he’d try and kill her the second her eyes shut."

What did she think he was schlepping that shot gun around for if not to kill her. You have to wonder about Buffy sometimes.

awww...how sweet...she really has to trust him to be able to fall asleep in front of him...that's a psychological fact!! ;) lol... i love this fic!!

Ooo ... did Buffy fall asleep on Spike's shoulder? That would be great. I can just see him bundling her up and carrying her up the stairs to put her to bed. Good chapter. Loved the making tea scene.