This one took a lot of twists and turns.  Thank you for sharing your work with us.

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  I knew it was coming and it still made me sad.

  Awesome job.

  I knew it was coming and it still made me sad.

  Awesome job.

Love reading this again -  

One of the far better 'claim stories'  ive read. Other such stories seem many times to be entirely 'author indulgent' and very far from plausible, or some de-railed plot twist, turn our fav people in to mary-sues.

I feel you managed to keep yourself on the edge of the cliff without toppling over.

I usually stay well clear of 'Claim' stories because a cupple of chapters in or half way through, i have to stop reading because i can no longer 'believe' a line of it. But no i finished yours in one day and it was far from a chore, you gave without giving too much and you stay on the right side of that track.

Sweet---very sweet.  Bittersweet in places, sure.  I know I'd read this once already, but somehow, got into reading it again last night and had to hang on through the end---again!  I've come to recognize your writing as a guarantee of quality and entertainment, something that definitely will be enjoyed.  So,  as this was a somewhat minimalized (thank god, less Riley!, but also less Joyce, loss of her home, no Dawn, hey--no Drac, actually less seen of the Scoobs, unfortunately no Tara ?,  no Warren & Trio, no or extremely limited Angel, no Glory/Ben, no Byzantines, no crazies, no Doc, no death on a tower, no primeval energy raised to kill Adam  that upset the balances of good v. evil...ergo no req'd death...no resurrected/body snatching Faith tho that woulda been interesting in fhis sitch, essentially a LOT of "no's" ) S 4 & 5,  I think I would LOVE to see an adapted/"twisted" version of S6 &7 somehow, with some events just destined to happen anyway, a la' you!  I think I'd love to see your twist on things, how some thing might get woven into a story anyway, how some might never make it in or end up different.  Whaddya say? A Sequel? Oh, C'mon! Be a sport!  Oh, I was sad to see Joyce's house have to be sold--seems it might've made more sense had Willow actually RENTED or Giles done same rather than pay a stranger, when 95% of your time is going to end up being spent together anyway for slaying purposes...and as to Joyce's gallery---always in fic it  seems a shame to see it sold off when either Giles OR Spike have the knowledge and ability to handle such a venture---and in this respect, somebody would be needing to support his slayer or she'd need an income now that Mom was gone...ergo, Gallery. Even Anya, hey in 1100 yrs, ya learn a lot of art appreciation! LOL!.  Anyway, loved it, loving your current one too, and got started on this for the 2d time after reading to the most recent update in your current fic, and was looking to see if there was anything I hadn't read yet by you---started to read a little to determine whether or not I'd read this already, read a little more..and a little more....by this time knowing I'd read it previously, but not caring, and was totally drawn and sucked back into it soundly and until the last word!  Thanks, again!
~~Kara~~
~~fyreburned~~

oh my god! that was beautiful! loved the whole story! thanks for sharing it...

wow. Nearly broke down myself reading this. There was so much grief, even thought there was alot in the series somehow you expressed it more and the emotions were seriously overwhelming i still think i'm gonna start cryin'. awsome job
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xoxo

Just read the whole story and I really loved it, from the begining to the end. Thanks for sharing it!

 Lovely & heartbreaking.  Lots of angst and yet a great ending.  Thanks for writing.  I enjoy all your stories quite a lot and this is one of your best.

Oh my god!  The best story I've read in a VERY long time.  I just want to say that the interaction between Spike and Buffy in this fic was supurb.  I liked the friendship in the first few chapteres.  I love your romantic Spike...bless him.  This had it all dear.  I'm glad you left Dawn out, and I'm glad that there wasn't too much Scoobie interaction.  Joyce...I love and miss Joyce.  Her interactions with Spike were so adorable and tender.  Great work.  Loved this fic to pieces! 

really enjoyed this work - I like it's primarily quiet story telling style, very effecitive, made me feel connected to the couple and all the events of the story - NICE work -

Such a bittersweet final chapter. 

Another wonderful story.  :)  Thanks for sharing; I've enjoyed every bit of it!  Hope to see more from you soon. 

Brilliant story - love not majically conquering all, but making all more bearable.

Noooo, not another ending!  I think this time lapse ending was the right way to go for this fic. 

Buffy and Spike have already faced all of their relationship obstacles with each other so there wasn't much left to explore.  The death of Joyce made Spike's devotion clear to the Scoobies as well as making it very inappropriate for them to voice their concerns immediately upon discovering the relationship.  This ending allowed you to wrap up the events from the previous chapter and tie up any possible loose ends.  Well done! 

You should know by now that I thoroughly enjoyed this fic and absolutely love your writing!  I hope that whatever you have in the works won't be too long coming!

Sad to see Joyce had to die in order for the two of them to be together, but glad that it all worked out for them.

Another one's ended??? :'(

I loved this fic so very, very much. Your Spike intrigued me with his patience :)

This was a very good story thank you for all your hard work.