Fic update: That Good Night (part 3 of ?)

Here we go, finally! It's been two and a half months since the last update—eeek. I'm terribly sorry, and I'll try very hard not to let that happen again!

I'd like to thank yourlibrarian for beta reading the chapter, and speakr2customrs for dialect-checking and one little pun. And also, I'd like to thank in advance everyone who hasn't given up on this story after I disappeared for two and a half months!

Okay, now the details:

Title: That Good Night (part 3 of ?)
Rating: Still not sure. Definitely R; may go to NC-17.
Continuity info: This is the sixth story in the Fragments 'verse, fitting in immediately after "Before the Time of Dawn." This story is set a couple years post-NFA.
Summary: Spike is human and he's having problems. Meanwhile, Willow has just given birth; Xander and Spike have traveled to Sao Paulo to see her, and so has Buffy.
Warnings: As you've no doubt noticed, I'm not writing this very quickly! If that's going to frustrate you hugely, you should probably wait until it's complete. Also, it's going to be dark. Possibly kinda depressing. Definitely angsty, h/c with lots of hurt. Character death will most definitely be threatened, I'd rather not say what comes of it (though if you're terribly worried, ask me privately).

This update is about 2400 words; the total length now stands at about 8400.

Previous parts are [here].

( Chapter Three )