Story Notes: Response to Sigyn's challenge, asking how Spike might have fared if Drusilla and Dawn didn't mess up his little secret wooing Buffy thing he had going on! I think that's such an adorable idea, because of the way Spike was really trying for several episodes there. 
 
This is beta read by trevino the absolutely seriously magnificent, who makes me feel better about everything with her notes and edits and additions to my stuff! Banner is by the extremely generous honeygirl51885, who offered to make this for me in spite of her busy schedule.