Buffy the Vampire Slayer / Spuffy — Spark

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Title: Spark
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Characters/Pairing: Spuffy
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: none
Word count: 100 (Google Docs)
Notes: Set in S7, after ep. 7x13 “The Killer in Me” (where he had brain surgery to remove the chip)
Summary: Spike’s troubled sleep alarms Buffy
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction created for fun and no profit has been made. All rights belong to the respective owners.

Prompt: #374 - Fire
Crossposted: My journal, Sunnydale After Dark

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When his eyes stirred open, Spike saw Buffy sitting on the cot next to him. He frowned, confused. “Buffy?”
“You were screaming in your sleep,” she explained, calmly. “I came down before someone decided to storm the basement with stakes and holy water. Is your head still hurting?”
“No.”
“Nightmare?”
Spike sat up, tiredly. “I was… back in that godforsaken cave in Africa.”
“When were you in Africa?”
“Last summer,” he whispered.
Buffy’s eyes widened in realization. “Your soul.”
He nodded. “Felt like liquid fire cursing through my veins, burning me up from inside. Consuming me. Almost did me in.”