Dogs of War by
tabaqui, which is a keen S/X AU that takes the Initiative to its most extreme possibility. And there's mute, hurt Spike! Happy sigh. This is a story that moves fast, in loose-limbed sprints, the author kicking it forward from point to point like a soccer ball toward its goal, without worrying about getting muddy along the way. And, uh, I've taken that analogy to its most extreme possibility. But this was very cool.