An anthology of Echoesverse one shots set in the Decembers of 2040, 2033, 2030, 2024, 2017, and 2015.
It's been two years since Spike helped Buffy make sure The Master wouldn't be resurrected, and his unlife has gone from bad to worse. Now that he's fed up with both Dru and Angelus, he comes back to Sunnydale, to the source of all his misery for a new beginning, revenge, and a bit of fun.
What he finds, though, is slightly different than what he planned
What if Spike were the one to find Buffy in the water in the episode 'Prophecy'?
Buffy knows her romantic entanglements have been missing something, but hasn't yet put that knowledge into practice. Following an accidental engagement, she takes the first step, by secretly making friends with an enemy.
A Scooby Christmas party is interrupted by the arrival of a surprise guest: the vampire who left town with the Judge's arm in a box three years ago.
A spell gone wrong during Lover's Walk brings Spike's mom back to life. How will being given this second chance change his actions?
According to the Eye of Beljoxa, Buffy's resurrection triggered the rise of the First Evil, a revelation which would have presented an alternate means of winning the war, if anyone had thought of it. What if someone did?
With the right witches to make it happen, time travel should be simple: Go back. Change only what needs to change. Act normal. But Buffy doesn't travel light. The weight of her loves, losses, hopes, and regrets goes wherever she does. And so does her vampire.
If you close your eyes, does it almost feel like nothing changed at all?
In the fresh rubble of downtown LA, Buffy and Spike can only see the old rubble of Sunnydale.
Buffy comes to some realizations about herself, the nature of her love, and her feelings for Spike on the eve of the biggest fight of her life, but will it be too little, too late? Spoiler Alert: No, it won’t.
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 on a Hellmouth.
When Buffy brings her mom and sister to Spike to protect from the hell god, Glory, he sees a chink in her armor—she needs him, she trusts him... maybe, just maybe, she doesn’t hate him as much as she claims. Will that boatload of manly responsibility the Slayer’s dropped into his lap save Spike from a life of lonely desperation?
Buffy is trying unsuccessfully to ignore the events of the Will Be Done spell, but the consequences of that day are not done with her. We all have truths we would rather ignore, but unfortunately for Buffy and Spike, that is just not an option.
2021 SS gift done on EF.
The rescue comes too late in All the Way with disastrous results for Dawn and those who love her. Spike tries to salvage what he can of the girl they knew while struggling with his own crumbling mental state. Buffy sinks even further into depression. Willow tries desperately to pile spell after spell in an attempt to fix everything. And as it all falls apart, Giles realizes that he’s truly needed to help pull them all together again.
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Healing is a process. It doesn't just happen one day. It happens in steps and phases. Spike goes through those steps and phases, trying to put his life back together after he's injured in season two.
Spike burned up in the Hellmouth, his soul and self pulled into the amulet in a moment of noble sacrifice. Nineteen days later, he comes back out in Angel's office. Nothing but an immaterial ghost and trapped with Angel.... You'd almost think it was his very own personal hell.
It was the best of times... No, it was the bloody pits. Spike had neve had a worst summer in his entire life and unlife, combined.
Not until next year, at least.
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