Summary: Spike and Buffy wonder if they’ve become too old to be effective slayers. Turns out they get a chance to find out...
Thanks: to gillo who offered to look this over for me before it went up, and as always, improved it greatly. Any mistakes left are due to my tinkering and/or ignoring her good advice. J
Always Knew I'd Go Down Fightin' by Slaymesoftly [PG-13]
Series: Things That Go Bump Series
Categories: Post-Series
Characters: Buffy, Dawn, Original Characters, Spike
Genres: Alternate Reality, Drama, Established Relationship
Warnings: (Click Here To Reveal) Chooses Not to Use Warnings
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1
Word count: 2,800 Hit Count: 850 ePub Downloads: 6
Published: 07/15/22 Updated: 07/15/22
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Categories: Post-Series
Characters: Buffy, Dawn, Original Characters, Spike
Genres: Alternate Reality, Drama, Established Relationship
Warnings: (Click Here To Reveal) Chooses Not to Use Warnings
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1
Word count: 2,800 Hit Count: 850 ePub Downloads: 6
Published: 07/15/22 Updated: 07/15/22
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Story Notes: Disclaimer: Not my characters and no money is being made off them.
This fic is set in the verse (series) I (unintentionally) started with Things That Go Bump in the Night. By now, in addition to the original long fic, there are lots of ficlets documenting Spike and Buffy’s early years together (thanks to Schmoop Bingo). All you really need to know about that verse, is that quite a few years after Chosen and NFA, and after the aforementioned long fic, Spike is now fully human but has the same slayer powers as Buffy. This ficlet is set many, many years in the future, when their family has grown and now includes grandchildren. The title is one of Spike’s lines from the show – probably Season Five.
*added warning - while there are no warnings selected, this ending is ambiguous, but implies that Spike and Buffy are going to die. They're quite old, have had long interesting lives, and will probably take a substantial number of evil beings with them if/when they go. So, I don't see that as an unhappy ending to a life well-lived, and I don't show them actually losing the fight, so....
This fic is set in the verse (series) I (unintentionally) started with Things That Go Bump in the Night. By now, in addition to the original long fic, there are lots of ficlets documenting Spike and Buffy’s early years together (thanks to Schmoop Bingo). All you really need to know about that verse, is that quite a few years after Chosen and NFA, and after the aforementioned long fic, Spike is now fully human but has the same slayer powers as Buffy. This ficlet is set many, many years in the future, when their family has grown and now includes grandchildren. The title is one of Spike’s lines from the show – probably Season Five.
*added warning - while there are no warnings selected, this ending is ambiguous, but implies that Spike and Buffy are going to die. They're quite old, have had long interesting lives, and will probably take a substantial number of evil beings with them if/when they go. So, I don't see that as an unhappy ending to a life well-lived, and I don't show them actually losing the fight, so....
1. Always Knew I'd Go Down Fightin' by Slaymesoftly - Likes: 4 
Comments: 2 Word Count: 2,800 Hit Count: 850 Published: 07/15/22
Just repeating the warning that the ending is semi-ambiguous, but strongly suggests character death(s)
Warning: Implied character death, but we don't know that for absolute sure and we don't see it, so.... If you don't want to even think about it, don't read this. If you can handle that death is a part of life, then enjoy the story.