A couple requests

You know, I feel like I haven't been a very good member of our fan community lately. I don't read my flist! I hardly read any fic! I have no idea what any of you are up to!

I know, in theory, that it's a bit silly to fret about this. My crazy job means that I simply don't have time to do any of that stuff, and of course RL has to take priority, and anyway it's not for much longer! (The semester ends in four weeks; after that I won't be teaching an overload of courses anymore, so my life should get much more sane.)

Still. I have guilt-feelings about neglecting you all.

All this is a preamble to me asking you all for a couple favours!

Firstly: Other people have snazzy story-specific icons they use when they're posting their fic. I don't. I am envious! But I also totally and utterly lack icon-making skillz (even with LJ's new super-handy icon-making tool). Is there anyone out there who feels inspired to make me a "That Good Night" icon?

Secondly: I'm looking for fic recs. I've been introducing a friend to BtVS, and I've finally managed to get her to read some fic, and she loved it! What she's interested in is Spike/Buffy. Here's the catch: she's only seen up through "Smashed." She hasn't even seen "Wrecked" yet. And she lives in another city, and we have a long-standing pact to watch all the episodes together (that is, her and me being together during the watching). So I want to sentd her links to good Spike/Buffy stories that won't spoil her for anything past "Smashed." Problem is, my own rec list is heavily biased towards S/X and towards the end of the series, and I don't have time right now to go sifting through all of fandom looking for stories for her!

So what I'm wondering is, do any of your favourite stories fit the criteria? Spuffy with no spoilers for anything post-"Smashed"?

I can't tell you her tastes more specifically, because even she doesn't know yet! So far I've given her one funny one by speakr2customrs and one PWP by poshcat, and she loved them both.