really good fic alert
So twoladiesofquality's BtVS AU, Career Change, is quite possibly the best BtVS AU I've ever read. The characterizations, writing, plot, everything -- all brilliant, and her Spike is a thing of genius -- as is her Giles. While you're there, go and read Nessuno -- hell, read all the fic on her site. There's a BtVS/Sesame Street crossover that is warped and hilarious and just -- yeah. So stop looking at me like that. Go read the fic.