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.