Whew! This is a short chapter. I may have to change that R to a strong R or NC 17. I dunno. I’m losing my ability to know where to draw the line. There’s nothing kinky or terribly explicit… I guess I’ll stick with R, but emphasize it’s strong. Again, not beta’d yet, so…
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Eleven! Only one short chapter to go after this one. alwaysjbj has not had an opportunity to run her eagle eye over these last two chapters yet, so any mistakes shouldn’t be blamed on her. (Nor should any mistakes in the previous chapters which are more likely to be due to my incessant fiddling after the fact.)
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Nine
Chapter Eight – sorry for the spammage. I never intended to write such a long fic this time!
Chapter Eight
Another chapter – I wonder if I should try posting two chapters at a time in the interest of not taking up space on the comm? Or would that mess things up? Anyone?
Chapter Five
*sigh* As I was afraid I would, I totally screwed up this morning and posted chapter two twice and chapter three not at all. I don’t know how to fit it in where it belongs, but if I go back and link to it from chapter two, it should work for everyone. It’ll take me a few minutes to work that out though, so if you’re calling me names and wondering where it is, just be patient. Here is the missing Chapter Three, which I will link to from Chapter Two momentarily.
I’ll begin posting this rather lengthy fic this a.m. and try to finish it up this afternoon when I get home from work. And I’ll come back to fix the header as soon as I reread the guidelines and write them down so my lack of sort-term memory doesn’t cause me to mess them up.
Title: Out of the Blue
Author: Slaymesoftly
Season Four – AU post SB
Rating: Strong R
Genre: Fic
Ridiculously long AN: Very retro, very par-for-the-course post Something Blue season 4 fic. The beginning premise is based on two almost throw-away scenes from that season – the one in Pangs in which Buffy cuffs Spike almost affectionately after she ties him up, and then trails her hand across his shoulder as she walks behind him. Can’t say I noticed either of them at the time, but once someone mentioned them I went back and looked and… yeah, different sort of Buffy. And then, at the end of SB, she is staring at Spike totally without animosity or disgust – more just contemplative (until he opens his mouth). I thought those little things gave me something to build on.
Then I threw in some hints of Spike appreciation on Xander’s part (cause that’s always fun), some bonding between Spike and Giles (cause I think they could have and should have been friendlier) some Buffy and Willow girl talk, building friendship and UST between Buffy and Spike…. and yeah. Like that. If you don’t like the way the story’s going, just wait a minute and it’ll change again. LOL
It goes off canon almost immediately, with Spike being more receptive to Giles’s suggestion that maybe he was meant to be chipped so that he could change his ways, and with him becoming more of a Scooby than in canon. But if you’re willing to go with those twists on season four canon, I think it works.
Title: Blood and Rust
Author: smells_corrupt
Setting: AU taking place in AtS S5
Rating: Pg-13 for now, will be higher later
Genre: AU
Summary: After the events of Chosen, Buffy decides to hang around L.A. while she and the Scoobies decide what to do next. Three weeks later, Spike comes out of the amulet and that’s when things really get interesting.
AN: I’m linking to my LJ (http://smells-corrupt.livejournal.com/2
My posting day was actually yesterday, and I’m taking advantage of a 24 hour grace period – my apologies to snickfic for posting on your day!
Title: Homecoming
Author: st_salieri
Setting: Post-series, no comics
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 2200
Summary: Sometimes coming home is the hardest thing to do.
Title: And Take My Waking Slow
Author: snickfic / snickfic
Setting: post-NFA (hence icon!)
Words: 5400 on the nose!
Rating: PG-13 (for a wee bit of language)
Genre: shanshu!Spike, post-apocalyptic, lots of hurt/comfort
Summary: The world is broken and Buffy is broken and Spike is fixed, kind of, possibly more than he ever wanted to be. He doesn’t know what to do about any of those things.
A/N: This is another fic in the post-apocalyptic universe with the Spuffy mpreg, although (as some of you will rejoice to know) this fic is a prequel and therefore has no mpreg in it. As of now, this is the earliest fic in the chronological sequence, so no prior knowledge of the ‘verse is needed, but other entries in the universe may be found here.
I meant this to be the Spike-deals-with-being-human fic, but I think that theme is going to span more than one fic. Call this the first installment, then. Enjoy. :)
I wasn’t able to get this up on my assigned day yesterday, so I’m taking advantage of the 24-hour grace period to post it. My apologies to useyourlove for horning in on your day.
I hope you enjoy this bit of early S6 silliness. :)
What You’ve Got
By: caia (thisficklemob on LJ)
Rating: PG
Standard disclaimer: The characters aren’t mine, just the story.
Summary: Buffy needs a reason to like the world. Spike shows her one of his.
Feedback: *puppy dog eyes*
Title: Originally Normal
Creator: Tennyo_elf
Beta: Science and TJBW (lots of credit goes to these two, they did a wonderful job editing this story)
Rating: FRT
Genre: Season 7 AU
Summary: It’s been a year since season 6 and things are going OK for Buffy. That is until things start going wrong and someone finally comes back into her life.
Hello all! I’m very excited to be making my very first Seasonal Spuffy post! Thanks so much to the mods for keeping up this awesome community, and thanks to all the members who supply the awesome spuffyness. :)
Title: The Real Me
Author: itsayamsham
Setting: Season 6, Post “Doublemeat Palace”
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Comedy with a gooey, wholesome center
Word Count: ~5,800
Summary: Dawn unknowingly sets off a spell to step into Buffy’s shoes for a day – literally and figuratively – and wakes up to find herself trapped in her sister’s body. Unwilling to go to the Scoobies, who wouldn’t be much use to her anyway, she seeks out Spike for help, and in the process ends up getting first-hand experience in what is an average day in Buffy’s life – including, and especially, the lusty vampire.
Author’s Note: Beta’d by musesinbasement
I’ve got a few more chapters of my story/travelogue for you all today! Set in San Francisco, but NOT comics compliant. Up first:
Title: Fire in the Soul (2bc/?)
Author: Rebcake
Rating: PG13
Word count: 4100
Warnings: A bit Dru-ish
A/N: Beta’d by snickfic, except for a section added later, which was reviewed by MiAmor. Some photos contained herein are copyrighted as noted.
Summary: A few years after Sunnydale’s spectacular demise, Buffy and her crew are getting on with their lives in San Francisco. A not entirely unwelcome blast from her past (Spike! It’s Spike!) blows into town, but he’s brought more than the generally allowable amount of baggage with him.
Previously:
Chapter 1 on LJ / Chapter 1 on DW — In which a “chance” encounter leads to strong language and less-than-adult behavior. Also: animal magnetism.
Chapter 2a on LJ / Chapter 2a on DW — In which Dawn makes her feelings known and Buffy tries not to.
New! In the continuation of Chapter 2, Buffy gets on with her Sunday, which naturally ends up being weird…
Read at my journal(s) — Chapter 2bc on LJ / Chapter 2bc on DW
