Winner at the Fang Fetish Round 9 Awards for best angst, and best episode rewrite and runner up for best conventional pairing at the Sunnydale Memorial Awards. Starts at "Into the Woods," then veers drastically off canon. Riley is more than just pissed off at the messenger.

The numbness is officially over...

Buffy's reaction...

Dawn and Joyce both learn a few things...

Plans of vengeance abound...

Spike needs a smoke break.

Fight or flight?

Spike has a party...

Buffy's at a loss...

Denial is a good way to quell that awful confusion...

Sometimes, you just have to let it all go...

Truths come out.

Does time heal all wounds?

Two for one special. There were really two chapters left, but I figured, why wait? This story is finally at it's end, and we see Drusilla's plans unfold...