Older And Far Away kinda fell flat for me on a first watch, but on a second I found it incredibly charming. Spuffy thoughts is no particular order:
— Buffy is generally less hostile towards Spike this episode (by their fucked up standards) even though he crashed her party. I'm convinced it's Tara's good influence, cause once Buffy is no longer completely alone with her feelings it's almost like she gossiping about her actual boyfriend with her good friend. And Buffy lets herself enjoying his company, bts justifies his presence and even if protests never actually looks terrified of the idea having a quickie under her friends noses. She wants to, just doesn't see a safe enough opportunity.
— Speaking of quickies, I'm headcanoning they eventually did it somewhere between cake and morning cards. While demon is not yet released from the sword and the curse isn't discovered, but their friends are already distracted due to lack of sleep. Probably in a basement, so throughout s7 Spike would have a full horny jail experience with flashbacks every night.
— Speaking of their friends: Spike clearly brought Clem as a moral support for himself. But I would argue that Clem is his actual present to Buffy. She needed friends outside her codependent circle, and having a demon friend could also have a good impact on her and Spike's relationship. Which it kind of is, as we'll see in by the end of s6 and in s7.
— Finally, Halfrek being Cecily means Spike has never been in love with a woman who's not a demonic creature of some sort, with severe daddy issues and emotional unavailability, yet somewhat sympathetic towards his swagless persona. Certified monsterfucker, ladies and gentlemen.