disclaimer: if any of it were mine, then spike wouldn't have died and he and buffy wouldn've gotten married b/c in my world spike is human and all things are spuffy and should stay that way, DAMMIT!!! but sadly, i own nothing.

She climbs upstairs tiredly, dropping the smile they all wanted to see. Crawling into bed, she sighs and lays on her side. Waiting to feel the familiar cold arms around her waist.

His arms.

She twists in her bed to reach over and pull her love to her...

...only he's not there.

The only thing left to hold for comfort is a pillow. No Spike. Ever.

Her compassionate, caring, loving warrior is gone. Not temporarily...forever.

And he's not going to wrap his arms around her again. Or whisper in her ear that he loves her. She'll never feel his touch again. His kiss...his love...

Because he's really gone...

And now...she can cry.

For the man she lost.

And the man she loves.

She can cry.

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END