Mmm, this was lovely. I shall wade carefully through the Buffyfic, because I daren't ruin its malleable awesome - but this is AU and hence safe and written by you and hence awesome.

I love the scenery, love the gradualness of Buffy's love. I love their flaws, intensified by the fact they're the only ones left (Buffy beating him up (very Fight Club, did you do that on purpose?) and Spike basically not desisting with the "sleep with me thing" are both disturbing things but very true for them both, I think). I love the kisses, the peroxyde, the guilt and the temporary reprieve.

Most of all, I love your brackets. And that'll never not sound dirty, I think.