Author: ghostyouknow27
Rating: R, mostly for swearing and violence
Summary: Begins at the start of Season 7, but immediately goes AU. Buffy gets pregnant with Spike’s baby, and it fixes everything that’s wrong in their relationship. Don’t try to figure out any timelines, because they won’t fit.
Disclaimer: Characters and settings belong to Joss Whedon. The prose and plot are my own.
Word Count: Around the 37,450 mark
WARNING(S): There’s not much violence in this fic, but what’s there involves a baby. That’s right, a baby. Also, don’t expect too much happy mushiness. This is Pregnancy-With-Minimal-Plot and does involve consensual non-sex, naughty words and the author’s rather sick sense of humor. Uh, enjoy? Oh, and none of this is beta’d. So reedz at you’re own wrist.
era: btvs s7
This Be the Verse 1/9
Author: ghostyouknow27
Rating: R, mostly for swearing and violence
Summary: Begins at the start of Season 7, but immediately goes AU. Buffy gets pregnant with Spike’s baby, and it fixes everything that’s wrong in their relationship. Don’t try to figure out any timelines, because they won’t fit.
Disclaimer: Characters and settings belong to Joss Whedon. The prose and plot are my own.
Word Count: Around the 37,450 mark
WARNING(S): There’s not much violence in this fic, but what’s there involves a baby. That’s right, a baby. Also, don’t expect too much happy mushiness. This is Pregnancy-With-Minimal-Plot and does involve consensual non-sex, naughty words and the author’s rather sick sense of humor. Uh, enjoy? Oh, and none of this is beta’d. So reedz at you’re own wrist.
Fic: ‘To Apprehend Air’ (3/3) by Quinara [PG-13]
To Apprehend Air
Two days after LMPTM, Spike’s soul is stolen. But that’s OK; they can get it back, right? Simple. How hard is it to hop dimensions, anyway? Or storm a castle…
Author: Quinara
Rating: PG-13 for a little swearing and some fairly graphic violence.
Length: ~18,800 words (in three chapters of approx. 8000/8000/3000)
Other Pairings: Anya/Xander is around as well.
Warnings: Discussion of canonical attempted rape, otherwise none in particular.
Fic: ‘To Apprehend Air’ (2/3) by Quinara [PG-13]
To Apprehend Air
Two days after LMPTM, Spike’s soul is stolen. But that’s OK; they can get it back, right? Simple. How hard is it to hop dimensions, anyway? Or storm a castle…
Author: Quinara
Rating: PG-13 for a little swearing and some fairly graphic violence.
Length: ~18,800 words (in three chapters of approx. 8000/8000/3000)
Other Pairings: Anya/Xander is around as well.
Warnings: Discussion of canonical attempted rape, otherwise none in particular.
Extra Note: Thanks to pj_krystofer for checking and fixing my French.
Fic: ‘To Apprehend Air’ (1/3) by Quinara [PG-13]
Hello, seasonal_spuffy!! It’s so great to be here for another round! Thank you, enigmaticblues, for setting us all up again – I can’t wait to see everyone else’s stuff.
I’ve got one (reasonably) long fic for everyone today, with possibly something extra later if I can wrangle it into shape in time… So here goes!
To Apprehend Air
Two days after LMPTM, Spike’s soul is stolen. But that’s OK; they can get it back, right? Simple. How hard is it to hop dimensions, anyway? Or storm a castle…
Author: Quinara
Rating: PG-13 for a little swearing and some fairly graphic violence.
Length: ~18,800 words (in three chapters of approx. 8000/8000/3000)
Other Pairings: Anya/Xander is around as well.
Warnings: Discussion of canonical attempted rape, otherwise none in particular.
FIC : Feels Like Heaven (1/1)
Hello all. It’s my day at seasonal_spuffy, and I’m proud to be participating again. Thanks to enigmaticblues for organising this event and for ensuring the Spuffy!love continues. I had hoped to have more for you, but alas, it wasn’t to be – so, a one-shot that I hope you enjoy.
Title: Feels Like Heaven
Rating: PG
Warnings: None
Disclaimer: Sadly, the characters nor their motivations belong to me. I bow to Joss and his genius, and thank him for letting us play with his toys.
Summary: Set Season 7; Buffy is well aware of her likely lack of longevity and decides that life is too short to let something good get away. My take on what might have happened during the lead up to the apocalypse and what might have happened between Buffy and Spike that led to them being wrapped in each other’s arms the night before the final battle.
Thanks: to seductivembrace for taking a chunk out of her precious free time to beta on the fly and for understanding my hopeless Spuffy love despite all of her efforts to tempt me into other playgrounds :)
Word count: 2315 Continue Reading
Ficlet – Convergence
The fic that I’ve been working on for this round is still in development, but I didn’t want to leave you all hanging without content, so here’s a small offering. I hope to have my other fic finished for the Free For All.
Title: Convergence
Author: ClawofCat
Timing: S7
Rating: PG-13
Words: 603
Summary: Set during “Lessons,” we learn more about Spike, the soul, and his perceptions about Buffy when sanity was slippery at best.
A/N: Thanks to only_passenger for being my last minute sounding board on this ficlet. You’re my hero.
Once by Garnigal
My first time doing Seasonal Spuffy. What a fun event, and mucho gracias to enigmaticblues for being a wonderful hostess.
Title: Once
Word Count: 346
Rating: PG
Medium: Fanfiction
Summary: It only took one glance, but there was so much more to it than that. (S6/7) Continue Reading
Fic: Though I Walk Through the Valley… (4/5)
So… probably not going to make the last chapter tonight. (Dangit.) A huge thank you to enigmaticblues for organizing another round of Spuffy goodness!
For summary, rating, etc., please see Chapter One.
Title: Though I Walk Through the Valley…
Previous chapters: One, Two, Three
Disclaimer: Joss Whedon and Mutant Enemy own it all, but they said I could play. Not mine, no money, etc.
Fic: Though I Walk Through the Valley… (3/5)
For this fall’s round of seasonal_spuffy… a continuation of the fic I started posting for last fall’s round of seasonal_spuffy. One chapter now, one chapter after I get some dinner, and, if I’m very lucky, one chapter just before midnight. (Sooo… close…)
Title: Though I Walk Through the Valley…
Author: randi (randi2204)
Rating: PG-13 to R for some disturbing images and content
Notes/Warnings: Angst, angst, character death and angst.
Summary: The unthinkable happens, but when Spike is gone, Buffy realizes she needs him back. No matter what.
Fic: Prism
Title: Prism
Author: Lirazel (penny_lane_42)
Genre: Angst, comedy, drama, romance
Rating: PG-13
Timeline: Season 7, episodes “Bring on the Night” through “Chosen”
Disclaimer: Joss is boss.
Note: This is a companion piece of sorts to Kaleidoscope. If the ending leaves you wanting, head over and check out “Kaleidoscope” as the sequel.
Thanks to: angearia for invaluable insight into what makes each of the Potentials tick, for advice on how to make their voices distinct, for ideas on how to write a character who doesn’t speak English, and for various other priceless thinky thoughts that no doubt saved me from total meltdown; enisy for finding me an appropriate anime character; snickfic for coming through at the last minute and saving me from some potentially (heh) embarrassing mistakes; and hazyflights for being the greatest person ever and for reactions. Any errors or weaknesses are mine alone.
Summary: Sometimes it takes an outsider’s perspective to really see the truth of things. Other times… well, people do say that context is everything, right?
Five Poems Spike Wrote about Buffy (and One that She Wrote about Him).
I posted some fic earlier today, and now I’m back with poetry! Slightly moody poetry…
Title: Five Poems Spike Wrote about Buffy (and One that She Wrote about Him)
Author: Quinara
Rating: PG-13? Sex references and swearing.
Summary: Two sonnets, two lumps of free verse and 17 lines of hendecasyllablics; one from S5, two from S7, one from AtS S5 and one post-NFA. Plus something Buffy wrote in some sort of domestic futureverse!
Author’s Notes: Any bloody awfulness is intentional. Because I say so. :P
Warnings: None in particular.
Fic ~ Hearts Distant (PG-13)
Author: Abelina (Abby)
Title: Hearts Distant
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Exactly one bad word.
Summary: Turbulence and hate, tenderness, love and loss…and maybe something more. A look inside Buffy and Spike’s heads as they ponder the ever-changing nature of them.
Disclaimer: I don’t own ‘em. I’m just borrowing them for a while. Not for profit and no copyright infringement intended.
Beta: alwaysjbj – thanks bunches!
Banner: Also alwaysjbj ! Thanks, darling. It’s beautiful!
Ficlet: Four Sonnets
This is my second and final offering for the day. My first fic, Elegy, was more than a little depressing, so I thought I’d try writing something else; something where Buffy and Spike actually get to interact with each other.
Many thanks to enigmaticblues for all her hard work in organizing this round. Until two days ago, I hadn’t completed a new Spuffy fic in about five years. So many, many thanks. ^_^
Title: Four Sonnets
Summary: Spike and Buffy confront their issues through a selection of Shakespeare sonnets. Post “Storyteller”
Rated: G
Author’s Notes: The sonnets used are 65, 129, 145 and 35, respectively. Continue Reading
Fic: Ars Poetica (6/6)
I juuust finished this, so my apologies for any typos I might have missed, though I don’t think there should be many. I hope you enjoyed my offering!
Title: Ars Poetica
Medium: Fiction
Author: Lirazel (penny_lane_42)
Timeline: “Becoming Part II” – post-“Not Fade Away.” Canon all through BtVS; ignores the comics and “The Girl in Question.”
Rating: R
Installment: Part six of six.
Disclaimer: The world and characters of the Buffyverse do not belong to me. Neither do any of the poems.
Poetry: The poems featured in this chapter are “Elegy XX: To His Mistress Going to Bed” by John Donne (my favorite poet), a few lines of “may i feel said he” by e.e. cummings (you should look up the rest of it; it’s pretty fun), and “Fate slew Him but He did not drop” by Emily Dickinson.
A/N: This first section is the closest I’ve ever really come to writing a sex scene. It’s still not terribly explicit, but I pushed myself further than I’ve gone before. I’m kind of nervous, so let me know what you think.
Summary: The story of her life with Spike, Buffy realizes, is written in poetry, not prose.
Fic: Ars Poetica (5/6)
Title: Ars Poetica
Medium: Fiction
Author: Lirazel (penny_lane_42)
Timeline: “Becoming Part II” – post-“Not Fade Away.” Canon all through BtVS; ignores the comics and “The Girl in Question.”
Rating: PG-13 here, R overall
Installment: Part five of six.
Disclaimer: The world and characters of the Buffyverse do not belong to me. Neither do any of the poems.
Poetry: The poems featured in this chapter are Sonnet III from A Few Figs from Thistles by Edna St. Vincent Millay and “Fletcher McGee” by Edgar Lee Masters.
A/N: Thanks so much to the brilliant and talented mere_ubu for finding “Fletcher McGee” for me. You’re right–it’s just too perfect not to use.
Summary: The story of her life with Spike, Buffy realizes, is written in poetry, not prose.
Fic: Ars Poetica (4/6)
Title: Ars Poetica
Medium: Fiction
Author: Lirazel (penny_lane_42)
Timeline: “Becoming Part II” – post-“Not Fade Away.” Canon all through BtVS; ignores the comics and “The Girl in Question.”
Rating: PG-13 here, R overall
Installment: Part four of six.
Disclaimer: The world and characters of the Buffyverse do not belong to me. Neither do any of the poems.
Poetry: The poems featured in this chapter are “The Kill” by Carl Phillips and Sonnet XXXIX by Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
A/N: The poetry book I mention in the first section is Helen Vendler’s Poems Poets Poetry. Most books about poetry either suck all of the joy and beauty out of the whole experience or don’t actually tell you anything useful. This is by far the best book of its kind I’ve ever seen, and I heartily recommend it for anyone who wants to further their own poetic education. Vendler, a Harvard professor, released the book in 1997, so I don’t feel like it’s a stretch that Buffy might have used it in her poetry class in college; it’s one of the most revered text for such classes.
Summary: The story of her life with Spike, Buffy realizes, is written in poetry, not prose.
Fic: Ars Poetica (3/6)
Title: Ars Poetica
Medium: Fiction
Author: Lirazel (penny_lane_42)
Timeline: “Becoming Part II” – post-“Not Fade Away.” Canon all through BtVS; ignores the comics and “The Girl in Question.”
Rating: PG-13 here, R overall
Installment: Part three of six. More to come this afternoon/evening.
Disclaimer: The world and characters of the Buffyverse do not belong to me. Neither do any of the poems.
Poetry: The poems featured in this chapter are “Resume” by Dorothy Parker, “Up” by Margaret Atwood, and “i like my body when it is with your” by e.e. cummings.
Summary: The story of her life with Spike, Buffy realizes, is written in poetry, not prose.
Fic: Ars Poetica (2/6)
Title: Ars Poetica
Medium: Fiction
Author: Lirazel (penny_lane_42)
Timeline: “Becoming Part II” – post-“Not Fade Away.” Canon all through BtVS; ignores the comics and “The Girl in Question.”
Rating: PG-13 here, R overall
Installment: Part two of six.
Disclaimer: The world and characters of the Buffyverse do not belong to me. Neither do any of the poems.
Poetry: The poems featured in this chapter are Portia’s speech from The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare and “Death is a dialogue between” by Emily Dickinson.
Summary: The story of her life with Spike, Buffy realizes, is written in poetry, not prose.
Fic: Ars Poetica (1/6)
I’m extremely excited to be participating in this community for the first time. I’ll add my thanks to enigmaticblues for organizing it!
Title: Ars Poetica
Medium: Fiction
Author: Lirazel (penny_lane_42)
Timeline: “Becoming Part II” – post-“Not Fade Away.” Canon all through BtVS; ignores the comics and “The Girl in Question.”
Rating: PG-13 here, R overall
Installment: Part one of six.
Warning: Little bit of completely necessary Buffy/Angel this chapter, but it won’t happen again.
Disclaimer: The world and characters of the Buffyverse do not belong to me. Neither do any of the poems.
Poetry: The poems featured in this chapter are “Fire and Ice” by Robert Frost and “The Truth of a Woman” by Sir Walter Scott.
Summary: The story of her life with Spike, Buffy realizes, is written in poetry, not prose.