~ Faith ~

Tiana and I have started a series of short Spike POV drabbles in attempt to hone our skills at writing Spike POV...

Here's my first one:
Title: Faith
Author: Sandy S.
Disclaimer: I own nothing. Joss owns all.
Rating: PG
Summary: Set at the end of “Showtime.” Spike POV.

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Faith is a process, and something that moves us to action. Faith without actions is dead. This is because true faith affects our actions.
-Greg McKone

Faith.

I’ve never had much reason to put faith in anyone, myself included . . . not in my humanity and certainly not in the inner demon.

My trust has been torn to shreds so many times by Dru and Angelus. . . even my own mother. . . that it’s a wonder there’s anything left of. . .

And yet. . . despite the betrayals from every single creature that mattered in my life and my own betrayal of the human spirit, I find myself believing. . .

. . . believing that the world. . . my world. . . is worth saving because she believes in me.

She says nothing as she cuts me down and as I mumble incoherent syllables to stave off the constant push and pull of the First’s parlor tricks.

I grasp her shoulder, and she smiles.

And even though I was almost broken by evil, I realize that the fact remains that I didn’t give in to the torture. . .

. . . not because she believes in me. . .but because her faith gave me the freedom to believe in myself.

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