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1. The Price of a Soul by tm_writes

   Fandoms: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)  

   • Explicit
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   29 Aug 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Major Character Death
   • Spike/Buffy Summers
   • Spike
   • Buffy Summers
   • Dawn Summers
   • Tara Maclay
   • Anya Jenkins
   • Xander Harris
   • Willow Rosenberg
   • Daniel "Oz" Osbourne
   • Riley Finn (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
   • Angel (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
   • Cordelia Chase
   • Rupert Giles
   • Time Travel Fix-It
   • Canon Rewrite
   • Fluff and Smut
   • Post-Canon Fix-It
   • Writing what I want
   • Don't Like Don't Read
   • Fixing what I want
   • OTP Feels
   • not angel friendly
   • Not Scoobie Friendly
   • The plot armour is thick and I don't care
   • Meant for readers 18+
   • not brit-picked
   • Writing Spike is the hardest thing I've ever had to do
   • Taking what I want from the comics
   • but they are more a warning of what 'might be' and not what happens
   • Angel: the Series Season 5
   • Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV) Season 4
   • Claiming Bites

   Summary

   Spike dies at the end of Not Fade Away, just as Buffy and her Slayers arrive. He's given a chance to do things over - to ensure that balance is restored in the world.

   The only catch?

   The price is his soul.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   15,118

   Chapters:

   4/?

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