diff --git a/nix/lib/aspects/fx/resolve.nix b/nix/lib/aspects/fx/resolve.nix
index 0d5a4621..0421a6a6 100644
--- a/nix/lib/aspects/fx/resolve.nix
+++ b/nix/lib/aspects/fx/resolve.nix
@@ -621,6 +621,12 @@ let
                   bindings = {
                     ${ownKind} = ownRecord;
                   };
+                  # The requesting scope's OWN raw imports — spawnNode surfaces its
+                  # quirk emits DOWN into the projected consumer (dual of the
+                  # `quirkEmits` surfacing UP into importsForPipes below), so a
+                  # user's directly-included quirk reaches its host-aspects-projected
+                  # homeManager consumer.
+                  requestingImports = scopedClassImportsRaw.${scopeId} or { };
                 }
               );
             };
diff --git a/nix/lib/aspects/fx/spawn-node.nix b/nix/lib/aspects/fx/spawn-node.nix
index 4c532fc0..0983af37 100644
--- a/nix/lib/aspects/fx/spawn-node.nix
+++ b/nix/lib/aspects/fx/spawn-node.nix
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ in
       class,
       aspect,
       bindings ? { },
+      requestingImports ? { },
     }:
     let
       normalized = normalizeRoot aspect;
@@ -90,11 +91,33 @@ in
         _: scopeClasses: builtins.removeAttrs scopeClasses strippableNames
       ) (result.state.scopedClassImports null);
 
+      # The requesting (user) scope's OWN quirk emits — the DOWNWARD dual of the
+      # `quirkEmits` surfacing at the return below. The projected consumer sits
+      # under this spawn root, whose parent chain is `from` (the host), so it never
+      # traverses the requesting user scope; its collection of the user's own
+      # directly-included quirk emits (e.g. a user aspect's homeManager overlay)
+      # would otherwise read []. Merge them into the spawn root's imports for
+      # assembly ONLY — never into `spawnedClassImports`, which feeds the upward
+      # `quirkEmits` return (folding them there double-counts the emit back at the
+      # requesting scope). Host-bound quirks are excluded: they inherit the host's
+      # policy-assembled value, matching the strip above.
+      requestingQuirkEmits = lib.filterAttrs (
+        k: v: (pipeNamesSet ? ${k}) && v != [ ] && !(builtins.elem k strippableNames)
+      ) requestingImports;
+      spawnRootImports = spawnedClassImports.${spawnRoot} or { };
+      spawnRootWithRequesting =
+        spawnRootImports // lib.mapAttrs (k: v: (spawnRootImports.${k} or [ ]) ++ v) requestingQuirkEmits;
+
       # 2. Merge parent state (host + siblings) under the spawned subtree, linking
       #    the spawn root up to `from` so scopeParent walks reach the host's
       #    policy-bound pipes and collectAll scans the fleet siblings.
       mergedScopeContexts = parentState.scopeContexts // (result.state.scopeContexts null);
-      mergedClassImports = parentState.scopedClassImports // spawnedClassImports;
+      mergedClassImports =
+        parentState.scopedClassImports
+        // spawnedClassImports
+        // {
+          ${spawnRoot} = spawnRootWithRequesting;
+        };
       mergedScopeParent =
         parentState.scopeParent
         // (result.state.scopeParent null)
diff --git a/templates/ci/modules/public-api/user-class-quirk-exposure.nix b/templates/ci/modules/public-api/user-class-quirk-exposure.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d4a23b11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/ci/modules/public-api/user-class-quirk-exposure.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+# A quirk produced within a user's class context must reach that user's
+# homeManager consumer — including when the consumer arrives via the
+# host-aspects projection (den.batteries.host-aspects), symmetric with how a
+# host's nixos-aspect quirk reaches the host's nixos consumer.
+#
+# Repro for: a user-scope homeManager quirk emit does not reach a homeManager
+# consumer that was projected onto the user via host-aspects. The consumer sees
+# only host-scope emits (re-emitted host -> home), never the user's own.
+{ denTest, lib, ... }:
+{
+  flake.tests.user-class-quirk-exposure = {
+
+    # Baseline: host aspect emits a quirk, host's nixos consumer reads it
+    # locally — no pipe policy. host <-> nixos works.
+    test-host-quirk-local-nixos = denTest (
+      { den, igloo, ... }:
+      {
+        den.hosts.x86_64-linux.igloo.users.tux = { };
+        den.quirks.hostvals.description = "host values";
+
+        den.aspects.igloo.includes = [
+          den.aspects.host-emitter
+          den.aspects.host-consumer
+        ];
+        den.aspects.host-emitter.hostvals = [ "h" ];
+        den.aspects.host-consumer.nixos =
+          {
+            hostvals ? [ ],
+            ...
+          }:
+          {
+            networking.hostName = lib.concatStringsSep "-" hostvals;
+          };
+
+        expr = igloo.networking.hostName;
+        expected = "h";
+      }
+    );
+
+    # Baseline: user aspect emits a quirk, user's OWN homeManager consumer reads
+    # it locally — no pipe policy. user <-> homeManager works when both are in
+    # the same directly-included user scope.
+    test-user-quirk-local-home = denTest (
+      { den, tuxHm, ... }:
+      {
+        den.hosts.x86_64-linux.igloo.users.tux = { };
+        den.default.homeManager.home.stateVersion = "25.11";
+        den.quirks.hmvals.description = "hm values";
+
+        den.aspects.tux.includes = [
+          den.aspects.hm-emitter
+          den.aspects.hm-consumer
+        ];
+        den.aspects.hm-emitter.hmvals = [ "u" ];
+        den.aspects.hm-consumer.homeManager =
+          {
+            hmvals ? [ ],
+            ...
+          }:
+          {
+            home.sessionVariables.HMVALS = lib.concatStringsSep "-" hmvals;
+          };
+
+        expr = tuxHm.home.sessionVariables.HMVALS or "MISSING";
+        expected = "u";
+      }
+    );
+
+    # THE BUG (minimal nix-config repro). The homeManager consumer reaches the
+    # user via den.batteries.host-aspects (users/sini.nix includes it), i.e. the
+    # consumer is host-aspects-PROJECTED. A user-scope quirk emit (fenix) must
+    # reach that projected consumer. It does not: the consumer reads an empty
+    # collection.
+    test-user-quirk-into-host-aspects-projected-consumer = denTest (
+      { den, tuxHm, ... }:
+      {
+        den.hosts.x86_64-linux.igloo.users.tux = { };
+        den.default.homeManager.home.stateVersion = "25.11";
+        den.quirks.hmvals.description = "hm values";
+
+        # Host aspect's homeManager body IS the consumer, projected to opted-in
+        # users via host-aspects (the core.nix.nixpkgs analog).
+        den.aspects.igloo.homeManager =
+          {
+            hmvals ? [ ],
+            ...
+          }:
+          {
+            home.sessionVariables.HMVALS = lib.concatStringsSep "-" hmvals;
+          };
+
+        # tux opts into the host-aspects projection AND emits a user-scope quirk.
+        den.aspects.tux.includes = [
+          den.batteries.host-aspects
+          den.aspects.user-emitter
+        ];
+        den.aspects.user-emitter.hmvals = [ "user" ];
+
+        expr = tuxHm.home.sessionVariables.HMVALS or "MISSING";
+        expected = "user";
+      }
+    );
+
+  };
+}