Just what I was looking for! Thank you!!!
Oh my pleasure! And I did worry that it might be too melancholy...

Beautiful, sad but somehow hopeful. They will get through it and come out stronger in the long run.
*nods* This is it, exactly.

I like to think of him having a "family" that far in the future.
That's one of the things I like the most about the Spike comics - they give him friends - a makeshift family - people who might be around for a long time, because I think he needs that.

“Grief needs loneliness.” So sad and yet true.
Thank you - reading this back, then I still love how well this little ficlet works.

Beautifully put. Yes, you have moments like this where what you do next means either hello or goodbye in a final way. Love that she turned it into hello, stopped the unravel.
I think I needed that, because they'd been apart for long, and connections like that are very fragile.

Anyway, I'm glad this worked for you, and thank you for the lovely feedback. :)