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   Better Than Life by noripori

   Fandoms: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   03 Aug 2025

   Tags

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   • Spike/Buffy Summers
   • Spike (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
   • Buffy Summers
   • Magic
   • Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV) Season 5
   • Enemies to Lovers
   • Eventual Happy Ending
   • Angst
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Slow Burn
   • Poetry
   • Addiction
   • Alternate Reality
   • Character Study
   • Yearning
   • Unresolved Sexual Tension
   • Self-Hatred
   • Self-Discovery

   Summary

   Spike takes a deep breath, steadying himself, then leans in closer. “Some people said they had the ride of their lives on it,” he says lowly. “How’s it that happened to them, and not me?”

   The lady hesitates. “Some people, when they’re… taken under, they find the things they’re looking for right away. Others—” She swallows, eyeing him warily. “Well. Everyone’s psyche is… different. The ether… it can lead you places you might not realise you want to go.”

   ***

   Spike discovers a magical way to escape into his wildest fantasies.

   Turns out his “perfect life” isn’t quite what he pictured — and unfortunately for him, magic always has consequences.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   11,502

   Chapters:

   4/?

   Comments:

   48

   Kudos:

   46

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