I'm really enjoying this fic. I love Xander's moments where he re-thinks his opinion of Spike and the way the new impressions get momentarily swept away when Spike does something really 'annoyingly Spike' (like with the car). Xander's changing perception of Spike is gradual and slow and very realistic. And Spike's prickly, ultra-defensive attitiude is so in character with what is happening to him but sad at the same time - he's not happy or looking after himself. I look forward to seeing how the bois make things better for eachother - I want to see them happy of course (don't we all:-)

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