Entry tags:
Ashes to Ashes, 17/30
Pairing: Spike/Xander
Rating: NC-17
Summary: Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. Grief and a kind of madness take Spike and Xander places they aren't sure they can bear to go.
A/N: Written for prompt #25-placebo effect-on my![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
psych_30 table. While the placebo effect is generally used in regards to medicine (i.e., the good old sugar pill), I've twisted it a bit to include mental sugar pills, something I think Spike takes on a regular basis. Thank you so much to everyone who keeps reading and leaving me such wonderful encouragement. I'm slower than molasses, but I hope it's always worth the wait!
Previous chapters can be found in reverse order in my tags or start from the beginning.
( Later, he doesn’t reach for the whiskey. He’s long past needing any panacea, intoxicating or otherwise. )
Rating: NC-17
Summary: Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. Grief and a kind of madness take Spike and Xander places they aren't sure they can bear to go.
A/N: Written for prompt #25-placebo effect-on my
psych_30 table. While the placebo effect is generally used in regards to medicine (i.e., the good old sugar pill), I've twisted it a bit to include mental sugar pills, something I think Spike takes on a regular basis. Thank you so much to everyone who keeps reading and leaving me such wonderful encouragement. I'm slower than molasses, but I hope it's always worth the wait!Previous chapters can be found in reverse order in my tags or start from the beginning.
( Later, he doesn’t reach for the whiskey. He’s long past needing any panacea, intoxicating or otherwise. )