Title: Walk On The Wild Side
Creator: Double Dutchess
Medium: Wallpaper
Rating: worksafe
I really wanted to do something with the wonderful Spuffy Aesthetic Pack javajunkie247 contributed to the past round, and this wallpaper is the result:
Narrative poem: Haikus Illegal in Several States
Title: Haikus Illegal in Several States
Author: thenewbuzwuzz
Setting: Something Blue
Rating: rated R for language, smut-adjacent crack, and illegal activities
Word Count: around 500.
Notes:
I’ve wanted to write this concept since 2016.
It’s a Hidden Gems Secret Santa gift for stuffnonsense, who asked for a series of interconnected haiku.
I set my string of Spuffy haiku in Something Blue, because it’s not like that has been done before, in this very community, excellently.
Many thanks to the_wiggins for awesome beta help!
2nd Banner and an Icon
Title: Winter Solstice
Creator: teragramm
Rating: G
Before free for all day is over I thought I would post one more banner with a matching icon. Enjoy!
Fic: Closer to Heaven Chapter 1 of 3
Title: Closer to Heaven
Author: Passion4Spike
Season/Setting: Season 6, The day after ‘Once More with Feeling’
Rating: NC17 (NSFW applies to later chapters which are not done yet — check on EF later for them)
Inspired by: The wonderful banner done by pfeifferpack during the Road Trip SS round 25
Summary: Buffy had kissed him. All ‘Gone With The Wind’, with the rising music, and the rising … everything. And then she’d pulled away, the singing demon’s spell apparently broken. Spike had released her, not willingly, but he knew he couldn’t hold her. What had that meant? That kiss? He had to find out, but he had to be smart about this. Not just run in in a billow of smoke and demand answers. That wouldn’t do at all. He needed a plan. A good plan. This was too important to bugger up.
Pfeifferpack’s wonderful banner:
Fic: Secret Santa (part two)
Title: Secret Santa
Author: SpindleKitten
Era/season/setting: Season 6
Rating: G
Summary: Sequel to my November SS entry Miracle Bug. Spike tries to bring some Christmas cheer to the Summers household.
This is an entry for the Hidden Gems Holiday Event, for the prompt by Ellie Rose McKee:
“I would like a Spuffy one shot that’s just some nice seasonal fluff.”
A/N Thank you to my beta, Badwolfjedi.
Fic: Secret Santa (part one)
Title: Secret Santa
Author: SpindleKitten
Era/season/setting: Season 6
Rating: G
Summary: Sequel to my November SS entry Miracle Bug. Spike tries to bring some Christmas cheer to the Summers household.
This is an entry for the Hidden Gems Holiday Event, for the prompt by Ellie Rose McKee:
“I would like a Spuffy one shot that’s just some nice seasonal fluff.”
A/N Thank you to my beta, Badwolfjedi.
Banner
Title: ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas
Creator:
Rating: G
Since it’s very close to Christmas, I thought I would make a Christmas themed banner based on the poem “A Visit From St Nicholas” by Clement Clarke Moore. The banner is specifically based on the line… And mamma in her ‘kerchief, and I in my cap, Had just settled our brains for a long winter’s nap.
If you are unfamiliar with the poem, you can view it here.
Below the cut is the banner. Enjoy!
Fic: We Will Drive Through the Fire
Title: We Will Drive Through the Fire
Author: Rebcake
Rating: PG13
Word count: 3450
Genre: Domestic holiday doings
Summary: It’s Thanksgiving, so Buffy and Spike pack up the kids and head to Grandpa’s.
A/N: Although it’s not necessary to read the previous stories, this is the next installment in the Ring On It ‘Verse series. It began with a small wardrobe change on the morning of the final battle of the Hellmouth, and led to an un-sought-for transformation, namely that Spike has a heartbeat. AU from Chosen. The whole series can be found here on AO3. Previous seasonal_spuffy posts are With This Ring, Under My Skin Prologue, Under My Skin, and Anniversaries Aren’t For Quitters.
More A/N: This is more unbeta’d than usual, so let me know if you notice anything weird. Might meander a bit. Also: based on this year’s California Fire Trauma.
Icons | free-for-all
.| Title: Icons | free-for-all
.| Creator: sintonia
.| 20 icons
Hi everybody! Wow, I had to survive without internet for a week and I couldn’t respond to most of your comments and entries, I can’t tell you how sorry I am but I’m going to check out everything. Thanks to everyone and thanks to the mods for your hard work, I’m always late, sorry! but a pot of icons waits at the end of the rainbow, hope you enjoy. :)
Poem – She Rides With Him
Title: She Rides With Him
Author: the_wiggins
Era/season/setting: In between seasons 5 and 6. Shortly after The Gift.
Rating: T
Warnings: Suicidal ideation/sorta attempt, car crash. (No depictions of character death.)
Author’s Note: My first fanfic poem. Would never have thought to do it if it weren’t for thenewbuzwuzz‘s influence and all of her wonderful work promoting BTVS poetry. And thank you so much Buzwuzz for agreeing to beta on such short notice! You are a treasure. <3
This was initially intended to be one of those “X number of times this thing didn’t actually happen and one time it did” kinda things. Except that one of the sections just kinda took over and next thing I knew it was the whole poem and way longer than I’d entended the combined 5 sections to be in the first place. Of course it was also the most angsty by far. But despite the angst, I don’t think it’s entirely grim. I hope you all like it!
Conscrit is always welcome.
Fic: Route 666 (3 of ??? PARTIAL)
Title: Route 666
Author: bewildered
Era/season/setting: Post-series (immediately post-NFA)
Rating: R for language, sexual situations
Summary: Lorne needs to get out of LA. Spike has a car and no reason to stay. Can this Odd Couple survive the road trip from hell? And will Buffy ever catch up?
Takes place after Not Fade Away, comics do not exist. Rated R for foul language and sexual situations.
Fic: Driving Till Dawn (1/1)
Title: Driving Till Dawn
Author: PrettyPoppy
Era/season/setting: Season 6, between “All the Way” and “Once More, With Feeling”
Rating: G
Summary: When Dawn goes missing, Spike and Buffy take a road trip to find her.
Author’s Notes: This is not the spuffiest of Spuffy fics I’ve ever written, but I think there’s enough spuffiness in there to count. Dawn kind of got in the way a little, but then, doesn’t she always?
Free-for-all Road Trip banner
Title: Buckle Up
Creator: Double Dutchess
Form: banner
Here, have another Road Trip themed banner! To my surprise, so far no one has used the infamous RV from Spiral in their road trip artwork. This is my attempt at remedying that situation :-)
Free day entry – banners
I’m still new making graphics but I made 4 banners that you may have (with credit please). If you want one personalized let me know. Titles are just for my reference not intended to be a story title unless you want it to be.
The Couple that RoadTrips Together (7/7)
Part 7
At the first empty rest stop Buffy and Spike across outside of Baton Rouge, they’d parked and made love in the car this time. He’d pushed his seat all the way back, the air conditioning cradling them in a cool breeze, and she’d eagerly climbed atop to ride him, starting with slow, tender intensity and building speed until the car was moving with them and they were both satisfied.
The Couple that RoadTrips Together (6/7)
Part 6
With her face a mask of concentration, Buffy rummaged around in her suitcase, hunting for her gift for Spike. She should have put it somewhere easier to retrieve. Damn it.
The Couple that RoadTrips Together (5/7)
Part 5
Buffy happily hummed along with Mariah Carey’s, “All I Want for Christmas.” She had managed to finagle control of the radio again and also managed to find another Christmas station in Louisiana. It was her way of stopping herself from dwelling on the fact that Spike was driving almost ninety miles an hour. His excuse was that he was staying with the traffic and making up for time lost on her breaks.
The Couple that RoadTrips Together (4/7)
Part 4
Somewhere just past Houston the next night, they stopped at a Waffle House. Buffy had been seeing the signs at random rest stops, and with each one they passed, her stomach became a little more adamant. She’d had a burger from Whataburger when they got back on the road that evening, but now, it was lunchtime. (Was it really called lunch if it was the middle of the night and they were having breakfast-type food?)
The Couple that RoadTrips Together (3/7)
Part 3
“You’re gonna have to let me off the hook sometime, pet.” Spike was curled up around Buffy in the hotel room bed with its inviting pillow and comfy mattress, and she was already halfway to dreamland.
The Couple that RoadTrips Together (2/7)
Part 2
Buffy startled awake, lifting her head from its awkward position against the window. “W-what?”