Yay, thank you so much for reading and leaving such an awesome comment! I'm very glad you enjoyed this - and yes, really glad I managed to contribute even a little something to SWX. You guys are fabulous, all the work you've done, and thanks again for that.

I'm not entirely sure which aspect of the Giles/Riley freaked Buffy out more, but I imagine the whole thing was pretty traumatic. *g*