Title: Stitched Up
Author: bewildered
Era: BTVS s2
Rating: NC-17
Summary: Something goes horribly, horribly awry with Willow’s ensoulment spell, and Angel’s soul finds an unexpected home - in his dirty laundry. Read now the tale of a Sock with a Soul; it’s on a mission to help the helpless, and it’s starting with Spike and Buffy.
Departs canon forever during Becoming Part Two. Has about the nuanced characterization one should expect from an Ensouled Sock AU. As seems to be my preferred genre now, this is a shameless smutty Spuffy farce, once I get that pesky canon drama out of the way.
Warnings: By the laws of California, Buffy is still under the age of consent (18) at the beginning of this fic, and will be for many more months. Spike doesn’t care (he’s evil) and Buffy doesn’t care (she’s a teenager who wants to be treated like an adult) and since Spike has the emotional development of a teen (or even tween) himself, we’ll call it good. She’ll be 18 before they get TOO far, anyhow. There will be sexual situations, bad language, character death (or characters-sucked-into-a-demon-dimension, which is close enough), and plain old explicit sex. Also an ensouled sock. If you keep reading, don’t blame me.
Temporary Spike/Drusilla & Buffy/Angel - nothing explicit, but given where this fic veers off, some mooning is inevitable.
Thanks to
feliciacraft, who wrote a post on Tumblr that was the initial inspiration for this plot, and to restfield and
the_moonmoth, who kept making it worse, until we ended up with this fine and glorious adventure. Tumblr is a scary, scary place. More thanks to
the_moonmoth for her thorough beta-read, especially for coming through on very short notice for chapters 2 and 3
EDIT 11/29/15: Story is in its final form! 10 chapters, just over 50,000 words. Thank you all for reading!
Chapter 1: Becoming (a Sock) Chapter 2: A Sock with a Soul Chapter 3: A Sock with a Mission Chapter 4: A Sock with a Scheme Chapter 5: A Sock at a Loss Chapter 6: A Sock Changes Course Chapter 7: A Sock on a Rampage Chapter 8: A Sock’s Plans Unravel Chapter 9: A Sock Victorious Chapter 10: A Sock Moves On (finale)