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    spike is now a butch lesbian.

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  2. Public Bookmark 17

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    “Should we do some sort of thankfulness thing around the table?” Tara asked, once the pie had disappeared. She was sounding a little more sober — at least not slurring anymore.

    “I think that’s a before-dinner thing,” Buffy said quickly.

    Willow was smiling at her girlfriend. “We could do it after. No rules.”

    “Hallie, you can sub yours out with the apology you owe Anya,” Dawn chirped.

    “Sorry I told you you have no other friends, Anya,” Halfrek said, sounding bored and rehearsed, like Willow had drilled this into her on the porch outside, which was more than possible. “I am actually your friend and I think you have many tolerable qualities.”

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  3. Public Bookmark 27

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    “Demon?” Buffy asked, turning to Spike, and saw her gaping.

    “Not yet,” she said.

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    20 Feb 2025

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    The first time they crossed paths Willow stared at Spike like she had grown a second head, although, Buffy reminded herself, it was possible she was just looking at the fangs. Or maybe the breasts. And, on one hand, you know, girl power, but on the other hand, ugh. What kind of monster went shirtless under a leather jacket?

    “Is she — ” Will said, with a look on her face that was something like mesmerized.

    “Is the Pope catholic, Will?” Xander asked.

    “Way different reactions to crosses, though,” Buffy pointed out. “And probably also to girl on girl action.”

    Willow choked.

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  5. Public Bookmark 17

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    Spike hadn’t felt it the first time she had died, too high on the joy of Dru’s fangs, the dizziness of exsanguination. She had fallen asleep in Dru’s arms, and had woken up in them, too. All around, the experience was less horror than bliss.

    But getting her soul back felt like how she imagined dying should have. It slammed into her body, burning so brightly she couldn’t hold back a cry as it seared through her, settling inside her bones in a way it hadn’t in over a hundred years, making a too-big space for itself within her. She didn’t recall falling, but she was aware of the ground under her hands and knees as she shuddered through the aftershocks of its return, nearly choking on the sensation of all the lives inside her body.

    When the physical pain stopped, the screaming began. A hundred thousand screams over the years, people she’d killed, people she’d tortured, blood she’d bathed in. It was paralyzing, horrifying, to feel it all like a bruise being pressed on, when before she had only cared about it in the abstract.

    The mouth of the cave was right there, and it was bright outside. God, the light. The light could help.

    She dragged herself towards it, and went mad before she touched the sun.

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    20 Feb 2025