Okay, 8 hours of reading has me like cross eyed... This story is so addicting though. And so glad I got some Spuffy goodness. Will finish this tomorrow....

 "Vampires shouldn't sparkle.  It's wrong." The last time I saw so much win in 5 little words it involved being out for a walk.  

"Vampires shouldn't sparkle. It's wrong," is completely delicious, but this:  There were human guys before, I remember that, vaguely. Is priceless. What a perfect way of conveying how far Buffy is from her old life and previous self at that moment.

SO, now we've gotten to the sex part.  I have to tell you, I didn't see the 63 chapters that came before this to be a chore to read AT ALL - I found them to be a fascinating tale, masterfully told.  It wasn't just something to slog through until we got to this, although this chapter was as well written as the rest.  Don't apologise for any of it, or think that it's all just lead-up to the "Spuffy action" - I know that's not why I am so enthralled with this story - just waiting for that.  I love it because it's darned GOOD.

Okay, seriously hot. So yay for the end of UST (not that I don't love it, but yeah, they deserve this). But, you know what my favorite part was?
<i>And it’s scary. Loving Spike... it’s not like loving Angel, which was easy because I loved him blindly. Or Riley, who... if I’m being honest, I only loved shallowly. I love Spike with my eyes wide open, for everything he is, the best and worst of him. I love him because he’s strong and weak and complicated and there are so many layers to him that I feel like I could keep peeling them back forever and never get to the bottom of him. I love him because he’s been so deep in the dark and he clawed his way out into ... well, not the light, but to the edges of it. What I feel for Spike, it’s so much deeper, stronger, harder and brighter than what I’ve felt before.

I have to tell him, and I’m scared. Scared because he could hurt me, and I could hurt him, and because there’s no guarantees, prophecy or not, that we’ll live happily ever after. Spike... Spike is real.

And ultimately, that’s why I need to tell him. Because he’s come so far, and he loves so deeply and he deserves to hear it. To know that someone loves him back. </i>

Oh yeah, and "Vampires don't sparkle."  LOL

Great chapter!