Summary: Buffy has a revelation in therapy and has a next door neighbor named William whom she wants to avoid because reasons...even though he has a pretty neat cat.
Set during season 6 of BtVS after As You Were.
This chapter was written for the special round robin on Elysian Fields called Exquisite Corpse. Each author receives the one paragraph of the previous chapter and has to create a chapter based on that paragraph. The first paragraph of this story was written by the delightful kats_meow. This chapter can be seen as a standalone.
Disclaimer: I own nothing. Joss owns all.
Awake, Dear Heart, Awake by sandy_s [R]
Categories: Challenge Response, Season 6
Characters: Buffy, Original Characters, Spike, Willow
Genres: Alternate Reality, Dream, Mystery
Warnings: (Click Here To Reveal) Other Mental Health Issues, Suicidal Ideation/Thoughts
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1
Word count: 4,071 Hit Count: 1,484 ePub Downloads: 4
Published: 07/06/22 Updated: 07/06/22
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Characters: Buffy, Original Characters, Spike, Willow
Genres: Alternate Reality, Dream, Mystery
Warnings: (Click Here To Reveal) Other Mental Health Issues, Suicidal Ideation/Thoughts
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1
Word count: 4,071 Hit Count: 1,484 ePub Downloads: 4
Published: 07/06/22 Updated: 07/06/22
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Comments: 4 Word Count: 4,071 Hit Count: 1,484 Published: 07/06/22
Title comes from Shakespeare’s the Tempest. Thank you to the wonderful yellowb for organizing this! It’s such a huge undertaking with lots of moving parts so thank you thank you! And thank you to kats_meow for her lovely and inspirational starting paragraph (the italicized part).