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• Something I Can Never Have by ChaosNina

  Fandoms: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)  

  • Mature
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • F/M
  • Work in Progress

  27 Oct 2025

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Spike/Buffy Summers
  • Spike (BtVS)
  • Buffy Summers
  • Rupert Giles
  • Jenny Calendar
  • Dawn Summers
  • Faith Lehane
  • Cordelia Chase
  • Harmony Kendall
  • Riley Finn (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
  • Angel (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
  • Anya Jenkins
  • Evil Author Day 2025
  • Evil Author Day
  • Silly angsty weirdos
  • Queer Faith
  • 1992
  • all human alternate universe high school
  • rated r
  • Until they’re not underage
  • Bi Buffy
  • Not exactly straight Spike
  • No Xander Harris at all
  • Cheerleader x weird kid
  • Homophobic slurs because realism
  • Shitty bullies
  • Attempted Suicide
  • Motorcycle riding without helmets
  • Motorcycle riding without proper protective clothing
  • Cancer Sucks
  • Oldest daughter syndrome
  • Big sister challenges
  • Bad Poetry
  • Gymnastics
  • Nine Inch Nails

  Summary

  It’s 1992. She’s a perky blonde cheerleader. He’s a British orphan with a penchant for poetry and bands you’ve never heard of.
  What could they possibly have in common?

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  36,414

  Chapters:

  14/?

  Comments:

  38

  Kudos:

  78

  Bookmarks:

  6

  Hits:

  1,068