Summary: Buffy Summers jumped from the tower to close Glory's portal in 2001, and Spike only survived her death because Dawn needed him. But Buffy's sacrifice didn't work. In 2023, the world is about to end and Faith starts travelling back in time, trying to fix it. Facing down her own death, Dawn has a plan to send Spike somewhere he won't have to lose everything: a dimension where Buffy is still alive. The only problem is, so is her husband: Spike.
Like all of the Further Tales, this can be read as a stand-alone what-if. But you may appreciate it more after reading Ripples.
The Impermanence of Being by stuffandnonsense
Summary: In Ripples on a Hellmouth, Buffy went back in time seven times to fix her past and stop the world from ending. Each trip back showed her a different ‘present’, until by the end she barely recognised it. But she still ended up with almost everything she’d ever hoped for in a happily ever after.
rnAt least part of that was because of Spike. Just … not the same Spike she found herself married to in 2023. It was a different version of Spike – one who Buffy met in passing in one of her intermediate futures – who made just the one time jump, back seven years in time-travelling-Buffy’s timeline, to save Buffy’s husband.
rnThis is his story.
rnAt least part of that was because of Spike. Just … not the same Spike she found herself married to in 2023. It was a different version of Spike – one who Buffy met in passing in one of her intermediate futures – who made just the one time jump, back seven years in time-travelling-Buffy’s timeline, to save Buffy’s husband.
rnThis is his story.
Categories: Post-Series, Seasonal Spuffy Entries
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Ensemble - BtVS
Genres: Alternate Reality, Angst, Drama, Tragedy
Warnings: None
Challenges: None
Parent Series: None
Stories: 1
Series Type: Closed
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Ensemble - BtVS
Genres: Alternate Reality, Angst, Drama, Tragedy
Warnings: None
Challenges: None
Parent Series: None
Stories: 1
Series Type: Closed
Series: Ripples on a Hellmouth: Further Tales
, Series: The Impermanence of Being
Categories: Post-Series, Seasonal Spuffy Entries
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Ensemble - BtVS
Genres: Alternate Reality, Angst, Drama, Established Relationship, Fighting, Plot-driven, Time Travel
Warnings: None
Completed: Yes Chapters: 5 Table of Contents
Word count: 16,159 Hit Count: 267 ePub Downloads: 5
Published: 07/31/22 Updated: 07/31/22
, Series: The Impermanence of Being
Categories: Post-Series, Seasonal Spuffy Entries
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Ensemble - BtVS
Genres: Alternate Reality, Angst, Drama, Established Relationship, Fighting, Plot-driven, Time Travel
Warnings: None
Completed: Yes Chapters: 5 Table of Contents
Word count: 16,159 Hit Count: 267 ePub Downloads: 5
Published: 07/31/22 Updated: 07/31/22