Fic - All That You Break, Spike, R

[septembergrrl]

Title: All That You Break
Author: Lyra Jane
Rating: R (Angst level: 4.)
Summary: Spike and Dana in the basement during "Damage," if Angel hadn't gotten there. Written for doylesb4 for the angstathon.
A/N: Thanks to serasempre for the fast, thorough beta. Another beta may be edited in over the weekend, but I wanted to post this before I went offline.

Comments

[doyle_sb4]

Ooh! It's exactly what I wanted. Deliciously dark, and I love it, especially Spike's memory of the little girl in Berlin.

[septembergrrl]

I am so glad you liked it! It was a freaky assignment, but a very good one.

[raskazzptitsa]

Gah, that's not a happy story! That's not a happy story at all!
Seriously, though, fabulous job. Great imagery all around.

[septembergrrl]

Yeah, this is decidingly unfluffy. I am so glad you enjoyed it.

[proudduckling]

This story made me very sad. And it left me with a macabre question. Spike's hands had been cut off. Would they dust when the rest of him did? I mean, their clothes do, but... okay, shutting up.

[septembergrrl]

His tongue was cut out, too. I assume they would dust with the rest of him, but .. interesting question! I'm gonna have to think about that now :-).

[proudduckling]

There's part of me that wants to say that logically, any part of a vampire that was cut off would turn to dust before the rest of the vampire, since it would be separated from the demon keeping the body alive. But then, strictly following the logic of the demon keeping the body alive, only really old vampires should turn to dust. I mean, the whole dust thing started because the body is reverting to what it ought to be, but they had to change that for Buffy because rotting corpses would make the whole slaying thing incredibly icky.
If their clothes didn't dust, I'd say the hands and tongue would stick around. Since they do, I guess everything would, though I still wonder if there would be a delay or anything. Isn't it wonderful what I ponder when I should be sleeping?

[soundingsea]

Ooh - dark and horrible. I liked it quit a bit.

[septembergrrl]

Thank you! It's a dark scenario.

[resmin]

Geeyah! That was delightfully completely fucked up. The entire passage with the tongue had me watching through my fingers, pausing only to scroll down to the next bit.

Thanks for sharing.

[septembergrrl]

On this fic, reading through your fingers is the highest praise. Thanks for reading it!