I totally got my Angelus/Xander story out with "Cost Benefit" and then I skipped the actual sex and relationship parts because it wasn't pretty... not at all. And I don't want to go there again because Xander deserves better.

I really don't understand why people feel the need to kill Spike so often. I mean, he's not part of the pairing here, but I still don't feel a need to bash him. Heck, I don't even think I bash Willow any more than canon did.