I loved it! Thanks for sharing. I think the only thing I didn't understand at the end was the talk about him removing the chip, since he didn't remove it but electrified/fried it before the battle against the Initiative began. But overall, brava!

"Buffy picked up her spoon and finished her cocoa while Spike stared at her as if she was as hypnotizing as the fire."

Elegant. Thank you for bringing this into my life.

Hi, I've begun your story and I find it great :) I love the slow built (eventhough I'm kinda angry at Buffy's stupid prejudices -_-, but I guess I understand them.

Just to let you know (maybe you already know though), I'm French and "the exotic body" in French would be "le corps exotique" or "l'exotique corps" if you wanna be poetic, organisme is organism (so l'organisme exotique doesn't really make any sense in French )

I love the grit ball reference. I agree with your husband, Madea has quite a few pearls of wisdom that translate well into many situations.

Wow. This story made me hate Buffy more than season 6 did.

She's such a doormat. Funny how your Joyce recognizes how many issues Buffy is but doesn't try to help her or have an actual conversation.

OMG I don't know if I can stand this bitchy Buffy any longer to continue with this story. However this is close to the Buffy from the show so good job there.

Absolutely gripping!
But that ending
...
Just heartbreaking

This ending destroyed me. So disappointing because I loved every second of this story. But that last chapter? How could you?

R u sick in the head? Completely fucked up? Spike was perfect there and u make buffy a selfish bitch?

Should have done Anne Marie

Holy cow, I think I've never been as emotionally involved in a story before! This is not only good, it's excellent, and, wow, I can barely contain myself.
I hope you're going to continue (or even finish) the sequel soon, because there'll be some serious withdrawal symptoms here!

Awww, baby listening.

Hello!
First things first: thank you for all those outstanding stories you're knitting.

Regarding your above author's note, and as a very French reader, I allow myself to advise you NOT to trust automatic translators... I wouldn't say because they are "soulless" creatures (reading in the Spuffy fandom teach us that's very OK) but because they are "mindless" :-D
"L'organisme exotique" is an awkward failed translation screaming "done by a dumb bot". I know, ignorance is blissful.

"Organisme" is not used for "body". NATO is an "organisme". A bacteria is an "organisme"... There's a level where the body is an "organisme", but not connected to a world of sexiness in any way.
The trick is the nearest translation for "body" is "corps" and would be : "Le corps exotique".

But I'm quite sure nobody would find this appealing for a suggestive trademark name because "corps" has mostly a quite "clinical/medical/forensic" meaning that is not "dreamy" enough for the part... (unless you're very twisted with a kink on dead and cold bodies... uhhh wait... isn't Spike just like this ?... aw... sorry :-D).

So, I'm afraid there's not a good litteral translation for this - at least one radiating all the underlaying hot promises English generously provides. :-)

Sorry to have to admit that French would make sound all love scenes written in English dirty. There's a reason why.
The local feminine audiences taste in romantic litterature were more used (and turned on) by quite poetic and let's say "blury" descriptions, at least few decades ago when I was young and curious. :-D
I guess however, nowadays, it's really no big deal for younger ones! ;-)

Yay! Yay! Oh, I did like this. I am going to start on the next one immediately. The only thing constructive I can think of to say is All that lost time they wasted instead of having sex. Tsk, tsk.