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All human fic. Spike was Joyce's assistant at the art gallery. After Joyce's death, he and Buffy, who are a couple, run the gallery. Dru, Spike's ex and a drug addict, comes to Sunnydale after she gets out of rehab. She sets up a scenario to make it look as if Spike is cheating on Buffy with her. Buffy breaks it off with Spike without giving him a chance to explain. She also refuses to listen to Dawn, who continues to be Spike's friend. Buffy finally finds out that Spike never cheated when she runs into Dru at the opera while on a date with someone else. |