Shelter for the Broken Heart

[spikestress]

This is my first time posting a story I wrote on line. I am pretty nervous about it.
Thanks to Jan for the encouragement and to my room mate and beta Cindy.

Here it is. Set after the end of Angel. Spike goes searching for Shelter, Part One.
It is Nc -17, Incase anyone wants to know

Comments

[beanbeans]

Wonderful first part, spikestress!

You've managed to create so much symapthy in me for our dear boy. Losing Buffy to shanshued Angel- how heartbreaking. And then having to deal with the mundane of life- getting fed and paid. And finally, how to heal his poor brken heart?I especially liked that he would use giving himself to his female clients to soothe his heartache.

I love your Spike, so heart sick and sad, agonizing over his soul.I wanna cuddle him!

Look forward to more!
-beanbeans

[spikestress]

Thanks so much for reading it Beansbeans.

I am DYING for more of your Solice series.
And Dr. Green!

[beanbeans]

You're welcome. It's the least I could do; I mean, you did the hard part! :)

Don't be DYING- I'm writing more of both this week. :D
Thanks for letting me know.
*hugs*

[jans_intentions]

Heart breaking and hot. I like how your Spike does men. OF COURSE he does. But I have read some versions where he does not and it always struck me as "wishful" thinking.

jan

[myfeetshowit]

Beautifully done. I like Spike's vulnerability, the ambivalence he feels toward what he is doing and the pleasure he finds in having friends.

I love that you show he gets pleasure from giving pleasure--to women anyway. That's our Spike.

I've hope you don't mind. I've friended you. I want to be sure I don't miss the next part of your story.

[nessaelerrina]

Oh god, this is so good I'm actually shaking! You've created a very realistic look into a direction Spike could have chosen after AtS. It's so heartbreakingly real. *wipes eyes* Ok, yeah, there were tears with the shaking. What can I say? I'm a big 'ol softie when it comes to broken/lost Spike.

Your characterization of souled Spike is just flawless. Absolutely amazing. The perfect blend of tough bravado, sexuality, and vulnerability. Love, love, love it!

And he could pour all his painful, unwanted love into it. It didn’t stop the ache in his heart...just dulled it for a while.

...he would get a chance to patch the gaping hole in his heart for a little while. Give a woman who needed the attention all the love in his heart for one night. Spike knew he was a whore. But then, wasn’t that what he had always been? Get it hard, service the.... Well, whatever.I adore this part in the end most of all. This is so moving, so very achingly lovely. It just makes me want to save him from his misery and self-loathing. And the last two

[nessaelerrina]

Btw, would you mind if I friended you? I obviously fell in love with the first part of this story and would love to be able to follow it as it progresses. Thanks so much!