I'm glad to hear it wasn't just me. I was pretty new to fanfic at that point to, so I figured some people might think "eh, I've see tougher darkfic," for me it had the impact of a hammer. Yowch.

kind of makes me think once again about the relationship the Slayer has to have with her appointed enemies

db2305's Actions Past (http://home.planet.nl/~balde096/actions_past.htm) is another good one in that category, the whole relationship of Buffy the girl to Buffy the Slayer.