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Summary: A month ago, Buffy interrupted a ritual in which Spike tried to restore Drusilla to her previous strength. But Spike’s translation of the ritual was a little off. Now, Buffy has some kind of mysterious connection to Spike, and she just wants it to end. Killing Spike should break the connection, but how do you kill someone when every touch shares a memory?
Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None
Artists: None
Categories: Season 2
Characters: Buffy, Giles, Spike
Genres: Angst, Drama, Dramedy, Fighting, HEA/HFN, Romance, Slow-Burn
Warnings: Adult Language, Violence
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1
Word count: 7,758 Hit Count: 1,304 ePub Downloads: 40
Published: January 15, 2022 Updated: January 15, 2022


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Story Notes: 1/17/21 -- Now thoroughly revised with feedback from my beta, the generous and insightful thenewbuzwuzz! Any remaining errors are my own (and don't hesitate to point them out in the comments.)
Written for the Secret Santa Fic Exchange, but the holidays were hectic and my writing process on this one wound up being as long and windy as the Amazon River.
This is for Dirtyaim, who requested S2 or All Human and at least one of: Angst, HEA/HFN, and Porn w/ Plot. (I did the first two of the three.) Their prompt was, "Touching skin causes psychic/telepathic flashes."
Thanks, Dirtyaim, for the fun prompt and for being so understanding about this story's lateness! A million thanks to the newbuzwuzz for their always insightful comments and suggestions. And yet further praise and thanks to lylinde for keeping me from having Spike say basically the same thing twice. Any remaining errors are, as always, my own, and please feel free to let me know if you spot them.

1. Chapter 1 by thewiggins - Likes: 41 Comments: 13 Word Count: 7,758 Hit Count: 1,304 Published: January 15, 2022

“your hand
touching mine.
this is how
galaxies
collide.”
--  Sanober Khan

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Content warning: Canon typical but potentially somewhat disturbing violence (brief and not against either main character) and some brief ableist and misogynistic language by minor characters. And if anyone notices a tag or warning I missed, please let me know.