Challenge response.
Prompt: How would things go for Buffy and Spike if their conversation / Spike's speech in "Touched" + Buffy's profession of love in "Chosen" had happened earlier? Give Spike and Buffy a happily ever after that doesn't end in a flamey death.
Set in early S7 and canon through episode 7x05 "Selfless," which is where this story picks up. It then steers into a different direction, turning into a complete rewrite of S7, though some lines and plot elements will be borrowed from random canon S7 episodes and thrown into the mix.
🎨 Check the Artwork Companion Story with visual edits for scenes starting from Chapter 10—["Artwork: Perfect Clarity"]
[A/N January 29th—Expected delay between chapters up to 3-4 weeks. Work be crazy]
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Written for the "Selflessly Yours" challenge by angelic_amy
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