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

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( Later, he doesn’t reach for the whiskey. He’s long past needing any panacea... )