Fic update: That Good Night (4/?)

Just two weeks between chapters this time (as opposed to two and a half months, last time!)—I think I'm back on track. Yay!

I'd like to thank yourlibrarian for her thoughtful, helpful, and very prompt beta reading, and speakr2customrs for helping me again with fine-tuning Spike's voice.

The standard details:

Title: That Good Night (part 4 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, there's some excitement and distress about Willow giving birth; Xander and Spike have travelled to Sao Paulo to see her, and so has Buffy. In this chapter, Spike and Buffy go on patrol together.
Warnings: As I said before, this thing is going to be posted very slowly! 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 2200 words; the total length now stands at about 10,700.

Previous parts are [here].

( Chapter Four )