Fic recs for the summer after The Gift
There are many excellent stories that fill in details of the summer after The Gift. They generally don't fit into the "lighthearted" category, as you might guess. Here are a few that have stood out for me. Bring your hankie.
Title: Mission Accomplished
Author:beer_good_foamy
Rating: PG13, possibly R
Word Count: ~3000
Timeline: 1975 and Post-"The Gift"
Summary: The first, last and hardest duty of all Watchers. Buffy has been dead for 24 hours, and there is nothing more for Giles to do... no, wait, he has one last job. One last mission to send his Slayer on.
On AO3 / On LJ / On DW
Title: Mourning Summer
Author: darklingdawns
Rating: PG13 for possible "language"
Length: 5000 words
Summary: A look at the summer after The Gift through a series of 500-word ficlets. WIP, 10 chapters so far. (Chapter 2 gets me every time.)
On LJ / On AO3
TITLE: It Never Happened
AUTHOR:
shadowscast
PAIRING: Giles/Spike, though an ensemble piece with an appearance by Ethan Rayne
RATING: R
LENGTH: 37,000 words
SUMMARY: Protecting the Hellmouth in the absence of the Slayer, Spike has a run-in with a Mohra demon. You know, the kind with blood that turns vampires into humans? How much help can a chipped human provide? (Weirdly, this story is absolutely canon-compliant*. Whoa.)
On LJ / On AO3 / OMG, also available as an audiobook!
*If you're not counting S8 as canon.
Title: Charm
Author: gabrielleabelle
Character/Pairing: Willow, Willow/Tara
Rating: PG
Word count: 1,518 words
Summary: Wiccans took an oath long ago not to alter the fabric of life for selfish reasons. So how did Tara come to agree with resurrecting Buffy in S6?
On LJ / On AO3
Also, one of our Buffyverse fanfic classics falls into this category:
Title: Forward to Time Past
Author: unbridled_b (Unbridled Brunette)
Pairing: Buffy/William, Buffy/Spike
Rating: NC-17(after a while)
Length: Epic, 66 chapters + epilogue
Summary: In an AU battle with Glory, Buffy is sent to an alternate dimension. It seems to be exactly like our dimension, only the London-in-1879-shaped version.
On LJ / On BSV / On TSR / On EF (if you're a member)
Title: Mission Accomplished
Author:beer_good_foamy
Rating: PG13, possibly R
Word Count: ~3000
Timeline: 1975 and Post-"The Gift"
Summary: The first, last and hardest duty of all Watchers. Buffy has been dead for 24 hours, and there is nothing more for Giles to do... no, wait, he has one last job. One last mission to send his Slayer on.
On AO3 / On LJ / On DW
Title: Mourning Summer
Author: darklingdawns
Rating: PG13 for possible "language"
Length: 5000 words
Summary: A look at the summer after The Gift through a series of 500-word ficlets. WIP, 10 chapters so far. (Chapter 2 gets me every time.)
On LJ / On AO3
TITLE: It Never Happened
AUTHOR:
shadowscast
PAIRING: Giles/Spike, though an ensemble piece with an appearance by Ethan Rayne
RATING: R
LENGTH: 37,000 words
SUMMARY: Protecting the Hellmouth in the absence of the Slayer, Spike has a run-in with a Mohra demon. You know, the kind with blood that turns vampires into humans? How much help can a chipped human provide? (Weirdly, this story is absolutely canon-compliant*. Whoa.)
On LJ / On AO3 / OMG, also available as an audiobook!
*If you're not counting S8 as canon.
Title: Charm
Author: gabrielleabelle
Character/Pairing: Willow, Willow/Tara
Rating: PG
Word count: 1,518 words
Summary: Wiccans took an oath long ago not to alter the fabric of life for selfish reasons. So how did Tara come to agree with resurrecting Buffy in S6?
On LJ / On AO3
Also, one of our Buffyverse fanfic classics falls into this category:
Title: Forward to Time Past
Author: unbridled_b (Unbridled Brunette)
Pairing: Buffy/William, Buffy/Spike
Rating: NC-17(after a while)
Length: Epic, 66 chapters + epilogue
Summary: In an AU battle with Glory, Buffy is sent to an alternate dimension. It seems to be exactly like our dimension, only the London-in-1879-shaped version.
On LJ / On BSV / On TSR / On EF (if you're a member)