Title: Stranger, Take My Helping Hand

Stranger, Take My Helping Hand (584 words) by Hannah
Chapters: 1/22
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Spike/Buffy Summers
Characters: Buffy Summers, Spike (BtVS), Drusilla (BtVS)
Additional Tags: Established Relationship, Post-Canon, California, Dubious Morality
Series: Part 2 of Autumn's Advancing
Summary:

Buffy's lived a very long time, and it still hasn't been long enough for the world to stop surprising her, or to have forgotten some of the lessons she learned very early on: not every choice is a good one, and not every decision is nice. But it's having the choice that's important, and what's nice isn't always what's right.

Sequel to Autumn's Advancing.

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This is the most plot-heavy story I've written in a good long while, possibly ever - it's definitely a break from the Raymond Carver school of "characters have conversations in assorted indoor and outdoor settings and come to a greater understanding of themselves and the world around them" for the more Michael Chabon style of "external events force the protagonists to action which then propels them into self-discovery and reflection."

This is also the one where I described the Big Bad, such as it is, as "human morality." Which is so utterly and completely on brand for me that it's almost painful.