Five Times Buffy Didn’t Kiss Spike (And One Time She Did)
Written for the Fall 2008 round of Seasonal Spuffy, and set in a very AU S6, where Buffy didn’t die.
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Et Lux in Tenebris (And the Light Shineth in the Darkness)
Spoilers for “The Gift” and S6. Spike manages to save Dawn, but pays a terribly high price. Will he be able to find meaning in his suffering?
Domestic Bliss
Set sometime in a possible post-Chosen/NFA future, Spike and Buffy have to navigate a world without apocalypses. It’s harder than you might think.
Dimming of the Day
Set sometime after Tabula Rasa. With Giles’ departure, and her growing attraction to Spike, Buffy can’t resist the offer of answers to her questions, but will the answers be what she expects?
Confluents
Set directly after the events of Same Time, Same Place. Buffy realizes that she’s probably left Spike in the basement for too long and hauls him out. Her attempts to get the First to stop tormenting him don’t go quite as planned, however. Then again, when do spells on the Hellmouth ever work right?
Brace Yourself
In the sequel to Collide, there are unexpected consequences to the ritual Buffy did to break the curse on Spike, Dawn is trying to figure out what it means to be the Key, and Willow is coming home. And that’s just the beginning.
Collide
What if that house-demolishing in Smashed was a metaphor with a different meaning than the writers gave it? What if that night marked a release of a different sort? Goes seriously AU immediately after Smashed , and makes reference to my short story, “The Promise I’m Keeping,” written for summer_of_spike.
Cast Me Not Away
Spike leaves after “Dead Things,” wanting nothing more than to get Buffy out of his head. Wesley’s still an independent contractor after the events of “Loyalty.” And the Slayer’s still living in the land of denial.
Buying in Bulk
A ficlet set sometime in S7, after Spike gets the chip out. Something a little silly.