#chcos

from the fear-based ask meme

Spike would literally rather be staked in the heart than have anyone find out he used to be a poet and that his family was very upper class, prim & proper Victorian. He keeps that human part of his past extremely tampered down (crossed out, erased, locked in a box and thrown in the sea). In terms of personality, he’s also a lot more sensitive to criticism or insult than he would have people believe. He takes everything so personally, it’s ridiculous-- but he always tries to portray himself as being nonchalant.