How The Light Gets In (16/16)

Sorry this update took so long in coming; life got busy for a while, and the last chapter was more difficult to write than I expected!

I started this thing back in November, with what was supposed to be a little plotless piece of h/c fluff (ha!) that I wrote when I was home sick from work one day. That story implied a bunch of history between Spike and Xander that I'd thought out only in the very fuzziest of ways. Then I decided to try to fill in the gap—to get them from where they were at the end of the series to where they were in "Human Frailty." It took me five months. Those were five pretty difficult months in my real life, and seriously, working on this story was one of the things that kept me sane. So at this point I want to say a gigantic THANK YOU! to everyone who ever commented on this thing and encouraged me to keep on going. I honestly couldn't have done it without you.

For this last chapter in particular, I'd like to thank estephia for helping me with the local details, and for trying to keep me within the realm of physical possibility.

And now, without further ado, the standard intro:

This is part of my Fragments series. It's a sequel to "Late Night Porn Store Blues," which is in turn a prequel to "Human Frailty."

Rating: 18+ for language and sexual content

Warnings: Spoilers for all of BtVS and AtS.

( Previously in the Fragments 'verse )

Previous parts can be found here.

( Chapter 16 )