The Invitation: Chapter Two

I have two new stories on the go at the moment and couldn’t decide which to share with you, so I decided to post two chapters of each.  Subsequent chapters will be posted on my lj so I don’t interfere with posting days here.  I hope I hook you in. :-)

Title:  The Invitation
Author:  mabel_marsters
Rating: PG13 (may progress to NC17)
Pairing:  Spike/Buffy
Warnings:  Mention of Buffy/other – not graphic, foul language.
Betas: seapealsh and dawnofme
Banner:  dawnofme
Summary:
  Years after Sunnydale’s demise, Spike is surprised when an envelope is pushed under his door.  He didn’t think any one knew he’d survived the fight in the alley, but the invitation to Buffy’s upcoming wedding tells him otherwise.  He knows he should stay away…

Days before her wedding, Buffy spots a familiar face on the street outside her home, but when she starts to go after him, she’s halted by her fiancé.  She can’t get Spike out of her mind, and together with Willow, she vows to track him down and find out why he stayed away so long.  She knows she should stay away…

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The Invitation: Chapter One

I have two new stories on the go at the moment and couldn’t decide which to share with you, so I decided to post two chapters of each.  Subsequent chapters will be posted on my lj so I don’t interfere with posting days here.  I hope I hook you in. :-)

Title:  The Invitation
Author:  mabel_marsters
Rating: PG13 (may progress to NC17)
Pairing:  Spike/Buffy
Warnings:  Mention of Buffy/other – not graphic, foul language.
Betas: seapealsh and dawnofme
Banner:  dawnofme
Summary:
  Years after Sunnydale’s demise, Spike is surprised when an envelope is pushed under his door.  He didn’t think any one knew he’d survived the fight in the alley, but the invitation to Buffy’s upcoming wedding tells him otherwise.  He knows he should stay away…

Days before her wedding, Buffy spots a familiar face on the street outside her home, but when she starts to go after him, she’s halted by her fiancé.  She can’t get Spike out of her mind, and together with Willow, she vows to track him down and find out why he stayed away so long.  She knows she should stay away…

Disclaimer: I own no part of BTVS. I write for pleasure and not financial gain.  No infringement of copyright intended.

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Poem and an Icon: Summers

Here’s the 2nd of 3 morsels for the day…

Title: Summers
Author: readerjane
Rating: G
Timeline: early S6
Word count: 103
Disclaimer: Still not mine, alas.
Author’s Note: I wish I was a better icon artist. I played with this quite a bit and couldn’t get the wheel-of-seasons effect I wanted. Still, if anyone wants to snag it, feel free!

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Ficlet: Not Quite So Wrecked

Good morning! This is my first time to participate in seasonal_spuffy. Thanks so much to enigmaticblues for hosting this wonderful group. I’ve enjoyed the stories and I’m glad to have a chance to contribute.

I have three small morsels to offer. I’ll space them out over the course of the day.

Title: Not Quite So Wrecked
Author: readerjane

Rating: PG-13 for implied nekkid
Timeline: scene re-write during Wrecked
Word count: 200
Disclaimer: Still not mine, alas.
Author’s Note: What if Spike had responded to the first thing Buffy said instead of the second?

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Fic – “The Heat Death of the Universe”

Title: The Heat Death of the Universe
Author: Maia
Rating: PG for this chapter, later chapters R
Status: Work-in-Progress
Word count for this chapter: 1,838
Disclaimer: I own nothing
Warnings: Bleak and dark, though not completely hopeless…
Summary: 13-year-old Eleanor decides to try to fix her parents’ marriage by doing a spell to turn her father temporarily back into the vampire he was.

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Fic: Defenseless (3 of 3)

This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series Defenseless

Title: Defenseless
Author: Rebcake
Word Count: 4000
Rating: PG13
Characters: Spike, Buffy, Joyce, Giles, with guest appearances by some other familiar faces
Summary: After escaping from the Initiative, Spike weighs his options and seeks help from the Slayer’s Watcher mother.
Warning: Compresses some events in the Season Four timeline. Contains non-canon character death.
A/N: Spike POV. Fill-in-the-blank, though somewhat AU. Contains bits of dialogue from the show, but I do not own any of these characters, alas. enigmaticblues  rocks my world. Beta’d by MiAmor, who isn’t nearly tough enough, but who also rocks my world.

Act One here.   Act Two here.

ANGST ALERT FOR THIS CHAPTER!

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Fic: Defenseless (2 of 3)

This entry is part 2 of 3 in the series Defenseless

Title: Defenseless
Author: Rebcake
Word Count: 2800
Rating: PG13
Characters: Spike, Buffy, Joyce, Giles, with guest appearances by some other familiar faces
Summary: After escaping from the Initiative, Spike weighs his options and seeks help from the Slayer’s Watcher mother.
Warning: Compresses some events in the Season Four timeline. Contains non-canon character death.
A/N: Spike POV. Fill-in-the-blank, though somewhat AU. Contains bits of dialogue from the show, but I do not own any of these characters, alas. enigmaticblues  rocks my world. Beta’d by MiAmor, who isn’t nearly tough enough.

Act One here.

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Fic: Defenseless (1 of 3)

This entry is part 1 of 3 in the series Defenseless

Fic: Defenseless (1 of 3)

It’s still my day, right? Right! This became something of an epic for me, so the polishing continues, but it should all be up before midnight. *fingers crossed*Title: Defenseless
Author: Rebcake
Word Count: 3400
Rating: PG13
Characters: Spike, Buffy, Joyce, Giles, with guest appearances by some other familiar faces
Summary: After escaping from the Initiative, Spike weighs his options and seeks help from the Slayer’s Watcher mother.
Warning: Compresses some events in the Season Four timeline. Contains non-canon character death.
A/N: Spike POV. Fill-in-the-blank, though somewhat AU. Contains bits of dialogue from the show, but I do not own any of these characters, alas. enigmaticblues rocks my world. Beta’d by MiAmor, who isn’t nearly tough enough.

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Spuffy Video and Icons

YAY! Today is my day! *g*
First of all I wanna say how awesome this whole thing is. I’ve loved everything you’ve posted, I love getting a bit Spuffy every day SO much. Thank you and a huge THANK YOU to the mods for making this possible.
Now, what I’ve done. I’ve made a vid! A short one but a good one, I hope. Also a few icons came out of the vid’s banner. Dunno how that happened. *g*

Title: Lay Me To Sleep
Characters/Pairing: Spike/Buffy
Summary: Say Goodbye. Lay him to sleep.
Song/Atrist: Prelude 12/21 / AFI

Watch HERE! Download HERE! Comment WHEREVER you want! :D

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Fic: The Dawn Before (1/1)

Title: The Dawn Before
Author: coalitiongirl
Rating: R
Warning(s): Buffy and Spike both have significant others when this fic begins. Not much mention of them beyond… well, mention of them.
Timeline: Begins at the very end of 5×04 Out of My Mind.
Summary: Spike kisses Buffy at the end of Out of My Mind and wakes up panting and in horror at the revelation that follows… but not in this reality, when it wasn’t a dream at all. This is season five as it could have been, as Buffy struggles with her attraction to Spike and the feelings that inevitably follow.
Notes: Thanks to moll-e-mollz and somethingtosingabout for their advice and assistance on this one.
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