Well, like I said, I don't seek out other pairings (and I have my ewwww - squicks), but I don't refuse to read them. It just may take a bit more work on the part of the author to convince me it's real. lol

The comprehensive summary is just because it's the third fic set in an AU. The first two fics are quite long, and I don't feel like I can say "go read these two very long fics before you read this one" so I just summarized them as best I could to bring new readers up to speed on where Spike and Buffy are and why.