Pairing: Spike and Xander, pre-slash
Rating: R for language
Word Count: 1,500+
Disclaimer: Not mine
Warnings: Spike's a little grumpy.
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Summary: The end of 2002 wasn’t the best time for Spike. He was crazy in the basement, Dawn threatened to burn him in his sleep, he killed a bunch of people, and then he was kidnapped by the First and tortured by the Turok-Han in an underground cave over Christmas. When Buffy finally rescues him and brings him home to a house full of Scoobies and Potentials, people have some things to say to him.
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