Categories: Season 5, Season 6, Alternate Reality, Episode Rewrite
Characters: Buffy, Dawn, Spike, Tara, Willow
Summary:
When Buffy dies in "The Gift", Spike becomes so lost in grief that he turns feral. He wears his demon face, growls, etc.
Dawn prevents Xander and Giles from staking him. Spike ends up living in the basement while Dawn, Willow and Tara end up looking after him over the summer.
Spike comforts Dawn with affectionate nuzzles and hugs.
When Buffy is resurrected, it's Spike who finds her. She's in silent depression mode like she was during “Bargaining”, and feral Spike keeps her in the basement with him until she snaps out of it.
Would like it if Spike if overprotective of Buffy, which includes growling at anyone he deems a threat coming near her, like Xander, Angel, and maybe even Willow and Giles.
Both Buffy and Spike have to eventually come back to themselves, but Buffy is first and she realizes just how much Spike's demon loves her.
Please don't include any season 6 melodrama or any unhealthy Spuffy.
![Wild Thing](https://dark-solace.org/elysian/Library/25042/images/1685942418.jpeg)
Artists: cd85
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Giles, Willow, Xander, Anya, AtS Ensemble, Dawn, Tara
Genres: Angst, HEA/HFN, Hurt/Comfort
Warnings: Mental Health Issues, Violence
Challenges: Feral!Spike & Depressed!Buffy (Author's Choice of Name)
Completed: No Chapters: 3 Table of Contents
Word count: 14,259 Hit Count: 2,094 ePub Downloads: 17
Published: June 04, 2023 Updated: June 20, 2023
![To Survive I Forged You Like a Weapon](https://dark-solace.org/elysian/Library/25945/images/1713146363.png)
Artists: cawthraven
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Giles, Willow, Xander, Anya, Dawn, Tara
Genres: Angst, HEA/HFN, Hurt/Comfort
Warnings: Adult Language, Blood Play, Mental Health Issues, Sexual Situations
Challenges: Feral!Spike & Depressed!Buffy (Author's Choice of Name)
Event: April Challenge Month 2024
Completed: No Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 1,799 Hit Count: 396 ePub Downloads: 7
Published: April 14, 2024 Updated: April 14, 2024