Spike has lived his whole life at Twilight's side, be it in moments of joyous happiness or frigid despair, never straying from his place as her assistant. So close were they that any fool with eyes would see the familiarity they found with one another, and if it weren't for their difference in species one might even come to believe they were brother and sister. It's everything Spike could ever want, but there have always existed desires and emotions in his mind he refused to acknowledge out of his ultimate shame towards them, making his life nothing but a lie he had been keeping alive to shield himself from feelings he was too afraid to face. It was the perfect deception, burying his shunned wishes whilst creating a faux crush he tricked himself into. However, shields are just shields, not cures. What would happen to Spike if his only defense were to crumble before him, unleashing a lifetime of repressed emotions and desires he never knew he had? Will he see something more in the lavender unicorn he had called his best friend his entire life, or will continue to deceive himself, remaining bitterly content with his familiar embrace?