Oh Sue, this was worth the wait. Such a beautiful description of Spike and Xander together, I've read it three times already. I'm so glad that it was Xander who broke the urn, not the demon bikers. Whether or not the ritual is completed it will mean something to his and Spike's relationship that he did see the truth at the end.

You said something earlier about having one more chapter to go after this one -- wow, I'm having a hard time picturing only ONE dealing with the results after something so climactic as the chapter above!