New AU Spangel Story: The Guardian

I'm feeling drained and apathetic. My mood just refuses to improve, although I'm about to go out with a friend so hopefully that will make me feel better. The up side to my bad mood is that it's totally killed all my nervousness about my new AU Spangle fic. So even though it's not beta'd yet I figured I'd post it here, because yes, I'm a feedback whore. Actually, it's not so much the feedback (although I love that) it's just an insane need to be read. I'll stop babling now and go have a beer. And once I have this betad I'll add a note for those of you who get annoyed by all the mistakes I tend to make.

Title: The Guardian
Pairing: Spike/Angel and flashbacks to Angel/Darla
Rating: NC-17 (please read the warnings)
Summary: All human AU. It was eight years ago that Liam promised to protect Darla and be her angel. It's a promise he's done his best to keep, even if these days she can barely stand to be around him. Then one night he finds a young prostitute, William, getting beat up in an alley. But will helping William destroy the delicate balance of Angel's life, or will it be William who saves Angel from his own dark past?
Warning: This is a dark and angsty fic, mostly concerning Angel's past with Darla. There's mention of non-con, a lot of this story is about prostitution, and there's a flashback to Angel and Darla when they are 17 that's very sexual in nature. And then of course there is some violence. I think that about covers it, but I'll add specific warnings for various chapters.
Thanks to slackerace for the beta. I made a few other changes though, so any remaining mistakes are my own.

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