84 - Suspension of Disbelief - Going Through the Motions - DawnOfMe - Original

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Title:  Going Through the Motions
Fandom:  Original, but the OC makes a brief appearance in my current BTVS fan fiction WIP.
Prompt:  Suspension of Disbelief
Warnings:  None
Summary:  A brief look into the life of a California Social Work when she's off the clock.

( For a few minutes, a brief slice of time in her busy life, Irma let herself go. )

84-suspension of disbelief-improvising atonement-sevendeadlyfun-BtVS

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Title: Improvising Atonement

Characters: Spike, Giles, Darla, OC

Fandom: BtVS

Prompt: 84-suspension of disbelief

Warnings: AU, implied violence and gore

Rating: R this chapter

Summary: A vampire with a soul comes to Sunnydale to help The Slayer. Can a demon ever atone?

A/N: Thanks to my betas noandwhere  and kidcyclone !

Previously:

“No place for innocence here,” Spike murmured, as he stared out at familiar amber eyes. “Evil remains and so long as it lurks in the secret places of the heart, utopia is only the shadow of a dream.”

Darla’s eyes caught him, held him fast for a moment. He could feel the stretch and swell inside him, a demon’s yearning for the simplicity of family, feeding and fucking. She smiled at him through the foggy tempered glass, face radiant with malicious glee.

“Hawthorne,” Giles finally responded. “Rather poetic, in a grim sort of…” He trailed off, gazing in bewilderment around the empty room.

( Let the bodies hit the floor... )