Some of you may have seen this... but for those that haven't, here you go:
My Top 5 Giles Guh! worthy series for 2005
The fics this year that made me go GUH! Three have a incredibly hot sex (evoking the state of 'guh-ness'), two have incredibly adorable kissing (evoking the guh in an entirely different way), fun plot, and many more than one chapter. Also, no matter how angsty they get, they all have that tricky kind of happy ending that makes me pleased I spent all that time reading. Oh, and they're all slash except for the last one.
Title: This One Does
Creator’s Name: uberaeryn
Pairing: Giles/Spike
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: Sexual content
Link: HERE
Why I chose this: This is one of the first, and most effective, Giles/Spike I've read. Not only because the sex is so blisteringly hot, but because there's a great deal of back and forth before Giles can really accept Spike. It starts during S4, when Spike is imprisoned in Giles' bathtub, and goes on from there. Also, because reading it through to the end always gives me that warm feeling that all is right with the world.
Title: Saturation
Creator’s Name: janedavitt and wesleysgirl
Pairing: Giles/Xander/Spike
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: Threesome, hints of kink, lots of sex
Link: HERE
Why I chose this: Giles and Xander are living in England when Spike comes back into their lives (post everything). So hot it nearly burns the eyes, and so good you'll want to cuddle your computer. Janedavitt & Wesleysgirl make it all work, without making you feel like you're reading excessive emotions -- and they'll never leave you wondering why it seems like there are too many limbs too.
Also check out the followup story that's mostly Giles/Spike and is very HIGH on the kink: Pervasion
Title: Third Time Lucky
Creator’s Name: janedavitt
Pairing: Giles/Faith/Wesley
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: Violence, threesome, some kink, MAJOR angst.
Link: Inspiration fic HERE and actual story HERE
Why I chose this: So Wes is brought back after NFA, and boy is he angry, and hurt, and wants to be Faith's Watcher again, but not always in a comfortable way. This fic is almost too much for me, because it's so passionate and these three people are so emotionally clenched in one way or another that you're not sure it's going to work... and yet, Janedavitt does make it work, in so many ways.
Title: Sleep While I Drive
Creator's Name: mireille719
Pairing: Giles/Xander
Rating: R? at most?
Warnings: only that it's a WIP, and only updated at her own whim
Link: HERE
Why I chose this: If ever there was a fic that was all about anticipation and then actually served up a kiss that worked to satisfy that, it's this fic! I love the meandering quality, the fact that both Giles and Xander surprise themselves but I think both are incredibly in character for a road trip fic, and ... it's one of fics I just want to cuddle at the end of the night.
Title: Classication Education (the School!Verse)
Creator's Name: bethynyc
Pairing: Giles/Wesley (starts post Giles/Ethan...)
Rating: R, but I think it might go to NC17 someday.
Warnings: AU, WIP
Link: HERE
Why I chose this: Well, if Giles and Ethan and Spike were all doing their Senior year in high school, and Wes was an adorable underclassman that gets trapped in a bet with them, I cannot thing of ANY other writer I'd want to take on the story. Because Bethy not only takes it on, she makes it so sweet and sexy that you'll just go mmmmm.
The fics this year that made me go GUH! Three have a incredibly hot sex (evoking the state of 'guh-ness'), two have incredibly adorable kissing (evoking the guh in an entirely different way), fun plot, and many more than one chapter. Also, no matter how angsty they get, they all have that tricky kind of happy ending that makes me pleased I spent all that time reading. Oh, and they're all slash except for the last one.
Title: This One Does
Creator’s Name: uberaeryn
Pairing: Giles/Spike
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: Sexual content
Link: HERE
Why I chose this: This is one of the first, and most effective, Giles/Spike I've read. Not only because the sex is so blisteringly hot, but because there's a great deal of back and forth before Giles can really accept Spike. It starts during S4, when Spike is imprisoned in Giles' bathtub, and goes on from there. Also, because reading it through to the end always gives me that warm feeling that all is right with the world.
Title: Saturation
Creator’s Name: janedavitt and wesleysgirl
Pairing: Giles/Xander/Spike
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: Threesome, hints of kink, lots of sex
Link: HERE
Why I chose this: Giles and Xander are living in England when Spike comes back into their lives (post everything). So hot it nearly burns the eyes, and so good you'll want to cuddle your computer. Janedavitt & Wesleysgirl make it all work, without making you feel like you're reading excessive emotions -- and they'll never leave you wondering why it seems like there are too many limbs too.
Also check out the followup story that's mostly Giles/Spike and is very HIGH on the kink: Pervasion
Title: Third Time Lucky
Creator’s Name: janedavitt
Pairing: Giles/Faith/Wesley
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: Violence, threesome, some kink, MAJOR angst.
Link: Inspiration fic HERE and actual story HERE
Why I chose this: So Wes is brought back after NFA, and boy is he angry, and hurt, and wants to be Faith's Watcher again, but not always in a comfortable way. This fic is almost too much for me, because it's so passionate and these three people are so emotionally clenched in one way or another that you're not sure it's going to work... and yet, Janedavitt does make it work, in so many ways.
Title: Sleep While I Drive
Creator's Name: mireille719
Pairing: Giles/Xander
Rating: R? at most?
Warnings: only that it's a WIP, and only updated at her own whim
Link: HERE
Why I chose this: If ever there was a fic that was all about anticipation and then actually served up a kiss that worked to satisfy that, it's this fic! I love the meandering quality, the fact that both Giles and Xander surprise themselves but I think both are incredibly in character for a road trip fic, and ... it's one of fics I just want to cuddle at the end of the night.
Title: Classication Education (the School!Verse)
Creator's Name: bethynyc
Pairing: Giles/Wesley (starts post Giles/Ethan...)
Rating: R, but I think it might go to NC17 someday.
Warnings: AU, WIP
Link: HERE
Why I chose this: Well, if Giles and Ethan and Spike were all doing their Senior year in high school, and Wes was an adorable underclassman that gets trapped in a bet with them, I cannot thing of ANY other writer I'd want to take on the story. Because Bethy not only takes it on, she makes it so sweet and sexy that you'll just go mmmmm.