Set in the summer after season 4, the scoobies have left for the summer leaving buffy, spike and giles (joyce comes and goes).

Spike comes groveling back, aloud back in on condiion he works for it, via patroling and working with buffy in training.

Must have:

spuffy friendship developing into relationship

supportive giles

giles/spike male bonding

buffy/giles/spike bonding - father figure for both

glies stating that as individual fighters both brilliant but as a team unbeatable

mini big bad

weekend dancing in la

angel + reiley bashing

optional:

spike introducing buffy to peaceful demon community so to work closer with them

angel having a claim on buffy that is broken with related fall out