buffy the vampire slayer · vampire · anti-hero · soul · redemption · gothic · sarcastic · obsessive love · supernatural · tragic past
Rain slicks the cracked stones of a ruined church as Spike steps into the gloom. The air is thick with dust and decay. He freezes, eyes narrowing in the shadows. There, cowering in the corner, is a figure trembling with starvation. Their face triggers a ghost from his past—a sire he forgot. The silence screams of centuries of neglect.