Love that you've inserted Andrew into early canon.  Not as the evilDOER, but as the behind the scenes guy.  Makes perfect sense that he would've known about these events and manipulated them to his own advantage.

Good for Spike figuring it out in such a gentle way.

EEEP!  and now there's angst...which I should have known, from the rec, obviously - but I live in everlasting forlorn hope when my two faves are involved.  Wonderful use of Trek here (yes, Trekkie too!) and Kudos on the Shatner songs ;)

The mixed signals of doom! Buffy is making progress just as Spike is giving up. Nooooo! And that Andrew is certainly up to no good.

I loved how much it meant to Buffy when Dawn told her thanks.

"Far easier to kill this slayer than to love her. Angelus was a whole pisser of wrong about that one. She’d been killed twice. He wasn’t sure he’d ever seen her well-loved. She wouldn’t let him, wouldn’t let anyone." I think this is one of my all time favorite paragraphs in the Spuffy realm-- so much pain and love within that thought. I was glad to see you had updated the story, so I went back and re-read the first two chapters for old times' sake, and they really are great.

LOL re Buffy's cooking skills. Poor Spike, so smart about every body else. So clueless when it comes to Buffy.

Great chapter! Buffy is being wonderful with Dawn. I think we have a case of misunderstanding between what Buffy saw the empty list as and what Spike did. I hope they can get it right soon.

Fantastic chap! More as soon as you can please.

Just read these first two chapters and enjoyed them very much. I like the concept of Spike's list and Buffy's addition to it. I also like Spike's thoughts in this second chapter.

very nice reversal of positions. love the story. thanks

great update! your Andrew-voice was fantastic! Love it!

Spike the Big Bad is the wise man for the Summers. They're lucky to have him; just don't get it.

Ohh, I'm so wondering what Andrew is up to. Probably no good by the sounds of it. And now I'm all anxious over what Spike thinks has to change. Hope to see more soon!

hmmm...this is getting quite interesting...he's right, it's bad that she didn't care about dawnie that night...glad he made her do the right thing anyway...but he's wrong about how she meant the rest of it! She needs to go find him! Still loving this story by the way!

Eeep, what's he going to do?