Spike gets beat up by humans left to die tara finds him

Ok there is this fic where spike gets beat up by humans and cant defend himself cause of the chip and tara finds him it takes place during season 4

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I do believe you are looking for Something Gray by Pfiefferpack which can be found here on SR. I think that is how you spell the authors name, if not switch the i and e directly after the first f.

Something Gray by pfeifferpack
Summary: Buffy and the Scoobies enter the world of college and work and begin to see that nothing is quite black and white and much of what we are taught has flaws.

I cannot keep these threads open forever guys, so since the original poster hasn't denied that this fic provided is not the one they were seeking. I will assume it is, and moving this to found.