Disclaimer: No Whedons or Mutant Enemies were left out of the credits of this fic. All recognisable characters/settings are the intellectual property of their respective owners and as such are only borrowed by me to play with.

Tortured one-shot that grew out of a cathartic stream-of-conscious excercise I'm trying to kickstart my muse with for Bleed Black. Buffy/Spike POVs throughout. Bonus points if you can guess who is who within the fic, as no names or accents are used. Slight elements of AU right at the start.

Spike has a Really Good Day. Consequences follow. This is NOT a happy fic nor is there much, if any, fluff, there are some dark times coming. You have been warned. However, due to this being a site that celebrates Spuffy, you WILL get what you are after, just a fair bit darker than most. Story starts somewhere between School Hard and Angelus getting his happy on. Dru is still sick, Spike never got crippled.