Summary: Enraged by Buffy's treatment of Spike in mid-season six, the goddess of love swoops in to offer succor to a vampire who has always loved too much and a lesson to a Slayer who scorned that love.
For a challenge by pfeifferpack: I'd like a story where a goddess of love (pick your pantheon) watches Buffy turn her anger and violence upon Spike over and over and she becomes angered that Buffy doesn't value what is in front of her. Unconditional love is rare and Buffy did more than simply reject that love offered to her by Spike... The goddess decided to have Buffy learn how rare a gift she is trashing in some way up to the writers imagination. You can have the goddess make herself and her intention known or just have Buffy experience whatever lesson will show her the value of Spike's love. [Full challenge here.]
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Don't treat a gift like trash by pfeifferpack +39
Responses: 2
Categories: Season 6
Characters: Buffy, Original Characters, Spike
Summary:
Categories: Season 6
Characters: Buffy, Original Characters, Spike
Summary:
Story title up to writer.
It came to me as I reviewed a story that Buffy's biggest "wrong" in S6 was that she didn't value love offered to her freely.
I'd like a story where a goddess of love (pick your pantheon) watches Buffy turn her anger and violence upon Spike over and over and she becomes angered that Buffy doesn't value what is in front of her. Unconditional love is rare and Buffy did more than simply reject that love offered to her by Spike.
Ideally the story should start after one of the more explicit times when Buffy threw his love in his face. Maybe Dead Things with the beat down or when she helped destroy his home and broke up with him. Perhaps during Entropy, maybe when Buffy is infected in Normal Again...some time before Seeing Red at any rate.
The goddess decided to have Buffy learn how rare a gift she is trashing in some way up to the writers imagination. You can have the goddess make herself and her intention known or just have Buffy experience whatever lesson will show her the value of Spike's love.
Should end in happy and healthy Spuffy love.
Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None Artists: JustWriter, mmckinnon
Categories: Season 6
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Giles, Willow, Xander, Anya, Dawn, Halfrek, Other, Tara
Genres: Angst, Drama
Warnings: Adult Language, Blood Play, Depictions of Bigotry, Gun Violence, Sexual Situations, Spike/Other (Temp), Violence, Voyeurism
Challenges: Don't treat a gift like trash
Event: 2019 Challenge Month
Completed: No Chapters: 31 Table of Contents
Word count: 158,894 Hit Count: 60,698 ePub Downloads: 452
Published: April 29, 2019 Updated: May 30, 2022
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Giles, Willow, Xander, Anya, Dawn, Halfrek, Other, Tara
Genres: Angst, Drama
Warnings: Adult Language, Blood Play, Depictions of Bigotry, Gun Violence, Sexual Situations, Spike/Other (Temp), Violence, Voyeurism
Challenges: Don't treat a gift like trash
Event: 2019 Challenge Month
Completed: No Chapters: 31 Table of Contents
Word count: 158,894 Hit Count: 60,698 ePub Downloads: 452
Published: April 29, 2019 Updated: May 30, 2022
Summary: As a response to a challenge by pfeifferpack in which Buffy is called out for treating Spike like trash when he's trying to show her he loves her in the best way he knows how.
Takes place at the beginning of Dead Things as AU flashbacks.
She is visited by God(s) who try, with various scenarios, to open her eyes and see what is right in front of her. They try to get Buffy to see that her and Spike are better together.
There will be some VERY dark moments along the way, but we will end up HEA Spuffy because I can't abide anything else. It will take some time to get there, but it will be worth it.
AMAZING banner by nmcil - who was so patient waiting for me to finally put it up Check it out. It's literally PERFECT for this story.
Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None Takes place at the beginning of Dead Things as AU flashbacks.
She is visited by God(s) who try, with various scenarios, to open her eyes and see what is right in front of her. They try to get Buffy to see that her and Spike are better together.
There will be some VERY dark moments along the way, but we will end up HEA Spuffy because I can't abide anything else. It will take some time to get there, but it will be worth it.
AMAZING banner by nmcil - who was so patient waiting for me to finally put it up Check it out. It's literally PERFECT for this story.
Artists: None
Categories: Season 6, Alternate Reality, Challenge Response, Claim
Characters: Adam, Angel, Angelus, Billy Fordham, Buffy, Clem, Faith Lehane, Forrest Gates, Giles, Graham Miller, Jenny Calendar, Joyce, Kendra, Maggie Walsh, Other, Riley Finn, Spike, Tara, Willow, Xander
Genres: Action/Adventure, Angst, Dark, Drama, Fighting, Horror, Hurt/Comfort
Warnings: Adult Language, Blood Play, Buffy/Other (Temp), Character Death, Rape (Actual), Rape (Implied), Sexual Situations, Spike/Other (Temp), Suicide, Torture (Physical), Violence
Challenges: Don't treat a gift like trash
Event: 2020 Challenge Month
Completed: Yes Chapters: 15 Table of Contents
Word count: 61,375 Hit Count: 14,972 ePub Downloads: 227
Published: April 13, 2020 Updated: July 02, 2020
Characters: Adam, Angel, Angelus, Billy Fordham, Buffy, Clem, Faith Lehane, Forrest Gates, Giles, Graham Miller, Jenny Calendar, Joyce, Kendra, Maggie Walsh, Other, Riley Finn, Spike, Tara, Willow, Xander
Genres: Action/Adventure, Angst, Dark, Drama, Fighting, Horror, Hurt/Comfort
Warnings: Adult Language, Blood Play, Buffy/Other (Temp), Character Death, Rape (Actual), Rape (Implied), Sexual Situations, Spike/Other (Temp), Suicide, Torture (Physical), Violence
Challenges: Don't treat a gift like trash
Event: 2020 Challenge Month
Completed: Yes Chapters: 15 Table of Contents
Word count: 61,375 Hit Count: 14,972 ePub Downloads: 227
Published: April 13, 2020 Updated: July 02, 2020