I'm not a wealth of ideas lately, but this one is close to my heart, so please keep plugging away at it. And thank you.

I loved the update! Ohh Buffy and her temper. Can't wait to read more :))

I'm so, so glad that you've updated this amazing story. I'm very sorry that I haven't reviewed before this chapter; I'm really bad about reviewing, and I frequently don't review at all. Actually, I might have reviewed once before, probably under the name SSS if I wasn't signed in, I don't remember. But anyway, this story deserves some serious praise. I've read a few of your stories (not that you'd know: like I said, I'm a bad reviewer), and this one is probably my favorite. Buffy and Spike are so sweet together. And your plot is fantastic. I feel so bad for Spike, but some of the things you've come up with are ingenious. I can't wait to find out what happens when Finn moves in. And I feel bad for Buffy, but I also think that it could actually be really good for Spike to see that "punishment" in the Giles/Summers household doesn't mean pain. Also, your original concept for this story is wonderful. I adore hurt/comfort stories, and the things Spike has gone through make his relationship with Buffy even sweeter. It's also a wonderful way to combine the sensitivity of William and the 'Big Bad' persona of Spike in one character. In stories where Spike is human, that can be quite hard to do, because he hasn't had around 200 years of character development and changes. But this situation handles that brilliantly. Anyway, kudos on an amazing fic, and I really, really hope to see another chapter soon. Keep up the good work!

Fetching shade of plum was funny as hell! It was good to see Spike being able to look past what Riley had done to him and see that the boy was in the same or worse situation as he had been. I think it says a lot about how Spike is healing. Buffy does tend to go nuclear when she gets angry. There really isn't much warning either!

Yay! New update! Glad your still doing this story. I absolutely love it! Can't wait for more! :)

Loved it! Hope you get words traveling from your brain to the keyboard soon.

Honestly I love this story quite alot :) when I see that a new chapter has been posted my heart practically leaps for joy :) please continue I'd like maybe a little more focus on buffy and spikes relationship:) maybe a romantic night out and dinner, a picnic maybe the movies or ice skating? Lol you're the genius so please keep updating :)

Please please please update soon. I spent all day reading every bit of this story and now *I'm* jonesing for my fix. You are amazing.

Ooh, exciting twist! I'm intrigued. Wonder what's gonna happen with Riley in the house...

This story is great :D

I'm so glad that your other readers gave you good ideas and that you'll hopefully be updating frequently. I absolutely adore this story. I read the entire thing in one day (I'm home sick from school) and it's brilliant. The plot twist of Riley moving in was great, and I can't wait to see how that plays out. Maybe they'll become friends? Anyway, fantastic job, and I'm eagerly awaiting another update.

Please tell me that Dawnie will stomp on Riley's foot or something before her parents get the chance to tell her to play nice. There should also be a Spike vs. Riley throwdown in the back yard at some point, possibly even using the best Riley line ever, but coming from Spike this time. "In case you haven't noticed, Finn, I left reasonable about three exits back." I've never been a fan of Riley (we're of like minds on that score) but I've always loved that one line. Maybe have Spike kicking him in the chest or something while saying it, to kinda sorta re-enact the beat-down Riley gave Spike in canon when delivering that line in the s5 ep8 "Shadow" would work. Ok, so Riley is an ass because his dad is twisted, but for this 'verse and this version of Riley, he's gonna have to really work to earn our sympathy and it shouldn't be a quick process. I wanna see the jackass beg the Scoobies for forgiveness, and since you've established that Dawn as the canary in the mine for judging people's character, he should have to play tea-party with her as penance. My two cents.

Great twist! Can't wait for more.

Amazing update

Faboo chapter, as always. Now, idea time: Spike beating the crap out of Riley, Prof. Walsh as the biology teacher or bring back Dr. Gregory from season one, and have Andrew and Graham be all coupl-y. That's it for ideas, for now, anyway. If I come up with more I'll PM them to you.