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After his final fight with vicious Spike felt like a weight had been lifted off his shoulders. This is the pain he had been living with for years and finally subsided. As if the weight of Julia running had finally gone away.
He found himself laughing more and smoking less. It was a surreal headspace and he wasn't quite sure what to do with himself. The healing process was down right bitch, but he got stronger everyday.
For once he had a future to look forward to. Something bright and beautiful that he didn't think he'd ever get. The fact Jet and Faye had come for him told him more about them than it had him.
It was as if he'd been reborn; a new man with an actual future in front of them.
It left him floundering; but he knew eventually he'd find this footing. He always did.