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Spike has time to deal with his guilt?

 
Author EddyxMarvoloxRiddle
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#1 | Posted: 8 Jul 2024 00:14 
I'm looking for stories where Spike has time to actually process and deal with the guilt of his soul. Be it AUs where he has a soul beforehand, be it during Season 7, before Season 7, post-NFA, or post-Series in general, or even Time Travel.

I've always felt that Spike never really had the time to really process everything. He had to «get back in the game» faster than Angel got into it.

I believe this to be the case because of the situations he found himself in at the time. The First Evil was a very serious and imminent threat and Buffy was under a lot of pressure. Therefore, Spike couldn't really take time to deal with his guilt completely. I feel like he HAD to block things out so he could be the warrior Buffy needed him to be.

Then he died.

But he soon found himself in Angel's presence soon after, and there was no way in hell that Spike would allow himself to show vulnerability in his presence. It also didn't help that serious events were happening in L.A. at the time, and he decided to help out, if only to spite Angel. So, again, I felt he had to ignore the guilt, and put up a front so be able to deal with the situation at hand.

I never read the comics, so I'm not sure if it was ever addressed. But this has been on my mind for a while now.

Author Hannora

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#2 | Posted: 8 Jul 2024 08:52 
Hey EddyxMarvoloxRiddle,

Unfortunately when Spike gets his soul as in canon, he weather comes back to Sunnydale right after and has to fight or we're on for a long separation between Spuffy like in Sang et Ivoire by Holly or Seven Years in the desert by Caro (WIP).

There's Victims of Fate by ya_lublyu_tebya. On EF and the BSV.

Summary: Goes AU during 'Becoming'. The soul restoration spell has further-reaching consequences than anyone could have predicted, changing Buffy's life forever. And when her life begins to fall apart around her, she finds understanding in the last place she would have looked. 

Anticipation by 2writers4spike On EF, the BSV and FF.net.

Summary: Having no idea how it happened, Spike finds himself back in 1977, reeling from a newly acquired soul and more guilt than most could handle. After dodging Drusilla, his main focus is getting back to his own time and back to Buffy in Sunnydale so that he can atone for all he's done. That is, until he sees the newly born slayer in 1981 and goes off in a new direction. Can he stop the events that brought misery to Buffy's life, or will he be forced to watch destiny destroy the woman he loves all over again? 2writers4spike is the penname used for collaborations between dawnofme and mabel marsters

A good series where Spike got his Soul early: The Avocation Series by Enigmaticblue. I give you the AO3 link 'cause it's the only archive where the series is complete.

Summary: Starts in S03 The gypsies curse the wrong vampire, and by the time they rectify their mistake, Spike has been fundamentally altered. Nearly a century later, the Slayer needs help, and there's only one person qualified for the job. Of course, he's not real interested in taking it.

There's also Si Primo Venit by KittenOfDoomage.

Summary: This fic is a response to a challenge on Elysian Fields from _G0tik4_ which I was intrigued by and then an onslaught of spare time between phone calls created the following. I'm thinking this one may be longer than my regular fic! I am warning now, there will be multiple pairings in this fic, as well as canonical ones. There will be Bangel, allusions to Spike/Darla, possibly some Spike/Dru,Angel/Darla, and eventually Spuffy. This is a SPUFFY CENTRIC story, the Bangel is required to get there. So please, don't flame me. If you don't want to see Bangel, don't read the fic. It won't be graphic Bangel. I'm not a fan. It's just required here. So yeah. Meh. Let me know what you think.

Inspired by the same challenge Hold My Hand Even Though I'm a Sinner! by CheekyKitten (WIP)

Summary: What would have happened if Spike was as old as — or even older than — Angelus/Angel? Spike was sired in 1680 and is now returning (yes, returning) to Sunnydale just as a young Buffy Summers has killed the Master, but died doing it (canon, she came back lol) and as his «brother» Angel is on the verge of finding some level of peace.

Completely AU but a very good read Scarlet Symphony by DauntlessGrace

Summary: The year is 2030, and the rules have changed. In a broken world corrupted by violence, the use of all magic has been banned. But when LAPD Detective William «Spike» Pratt is called in to investigate a recent crime that leaves a high profile body in its wake, he refuses to believe the darker practices have been thoroughly eradicated from existence. Not an All Human (AH).

More rec in this thread. I'll edit if I think of anything else.

Author Hannora

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#3 | Posted: 11 Jul 2024 16:27 
And The Reset Series by PSUbrat. On EF and on FF.net.
The epilogue of the third story is missing on EF.

Summary: After Tara's death, and Willow's subsequent rampage, a broken Willow says the one phrase that changes everything.

Author In Mortal
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#4 | Posted: 6 Aug 2024 03:47 
I wrote a fic that deals with Spike processing his guilt. It's post-Chosen.

A Darkened Night of the Soul
https://dark-solace.org/elysian/viewstory.php?sid=8474
Summary: When Spike is brought back a year and 19 days after the fall of Sunnydale, he goes to Glasgow to see Buffy. But he doesn't plan to stay. Spike goes on a soul-searching journey to find out who he is. Buffy waits for him.

Author flow
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#5 | Posted: 6 Aug 2024 17:25 
In Mortal
Awww, thank you! I bookmarked your story!

maybe i'm ready to love you by chasingfictions on AO3 has Spike coming back to Sunnydale via a different route and meeting Willow along the way. They form a sort of a friendship that has a lot to do with both of them feeling guilty and going through remorse.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/36365980/chapters/90665575

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