Title: What Brought Us Here

Author: Spikedluv

Fandom: BtVS

Rating: NC17/Slash

Pairing: Spike/Xander

Spoilers: Through end of season 5.

Summary: Spike reflects on the changes time has wrought in his life.

Notes: Written for the Summer_of_Spike. ** indicate emphasis.

Warning: Character death.

Feedback: It’s ALL about the feedback (and naked Spike)! Don’t make me beg, it’s not pretty.

E-mail: spikedluv@usadatanet.net

Website: Spikedluv's Scribblin', www.spikedluv.net

Live Journal: Sweet Seduction, http://www.livejournal.com/~spikedluv/

Distribution: Spikedluv's Scribblin', Soulmates, Shades of Gray, I Need A Parrot, Ditch the Logical, SlashFanfiction.com, Beyond Canon, Moist & Delicious, Tales from the Attic, and Unconventional Shippers List. If anyone else wants it, please ask.

Disclaimer: I don’t own these characters, just borrowing them for awhile. Everything belongs to Joss Whedon, Mutant Enemy, Kuzui Enterprises, Grr Argh, the WB, UPN and whomever else they really belong to, although I wouldn’t mind having a Spike of my own. Who would? The story is mine, though.

Thanks: To Tammy, for the most excellent beta! You are a gem among—uh—other shiny stuff.