Chrono!Quin / Fic Index
Behold! A chronologically ordered index of my fic.
Fandoms Represented: Buffyverse, Dollhouse, FFVIII, FFIX, Historical RPF, Greek/Roman Mythology, Shakespeare, The Great British Bake Off, Red Dwarf, Harry Potter, St. Trinian's, Torchwood.
Series can be found at the bottom of the page. Poetry is starred (*).
Key: [FANDOM - CHARACTERS - LENGTH (in words) - RATING - CANON SETTING - YEAR WRITTEN]
THE 'HEROIC' PAST
Blood of My Blood
It's the second child that's killing her.
[Greek/Roman Mythology - Medea - 300 - PG-13 - ante Seneca's Medea - 2010]
Ανους μεν ερχηι, τοις φιλοις δ'ορθως φιλη (You Go in Folly, but to Your Dear Ones Truly Dear)
Ismene does not believe in death.
[Greek/Roman Mythology - Ismene & Antigone - 600 - PG-13 - near the end of Sophocles' Antigone - 2010]
Stories the Mortals Never Hear
Goddesses like to gossip. Drunkenly.
[Greek/Roman Mythology - Calypso & Circe - 850 - PG-13 - before the Trojan War - 2010]
Ονειρων προσφερεις μορφωμασιν (Appearing Like Images of Dreams)
In the end, Cassandra's not even there.
[Greek/Roman Mythology - Cassandra, Clytaemnestra & Helen - 500 - PG-13 - near the end of Aeschylus' Agamemnon - 2010]
44 BC
I Thrice Presented Him a Kingly Crown [cf. 2008]
Spike and Buffy get stuck in ancient history.
[Buffyverse - Spike/Buffy - 11K - PG-13/R - post NFA - 2008]
AD 48
Propugnatrix Pollia
The final account of the Watcher Secundus Pollius Paulus, in the year 48 AD, describing the events that lead to his Slayer’s premature death.
[Buffyverse - original Watcher and Slayer - 4K - PG-13 - pre-series - 2005]
The Mediaeval Period
*Hoar Leaves in the Glassy Stream
A girl played by the water.
[Shakespeare - Gertrude and Ophelia - 500 - PG-13 - Rotten Denmark - 2010]
Late 1500s
Mercutio Dreams
[Shakespeare - Mercutio - 500 - PG-13 - Fair Verona - 2009]
1810s [FFIX Dimension]
Stroper Stew [cf. SERIES]
A Qu and xyr chocobo take on the world, one meal at a time.
[FFIX - Quina & Bobby Corwen - 1.5K - PG - post game - 2010]
Fish for the Blues [cf. SERIES]
Quina shares more of xyr knowledge after xyr adventuring-apprentice, Bobby Corwen, has a strange experience.
[FFIX - Quina & Bobby Corwen - 1.5K - G - post game - 2010]
1932
Codifying the Sun
Turing spends an important afternoon in the sunshine.
[RPF - Alan Turing - 2.5K - G - Cambridge - 2009]
1943
Waiting in the Fog
Winter, 1943. Bombshells are falling in London.
[Buffyverse - Spike(/Dru) - 6K - PG-13 - pre-series - 2005]
1969
Devouring Time
In 1969, Darla goes on safari.
[Buffyverse - Darla - 2.5K - PG-13 - pre-series - 2009]
1980
The Taste of Purple
[Buffyverse - Ethan Rayne - 700 - PG-13 - pre-series - 2010]
1988
Sanctuary
[Buffyverse - Wesley - drabble - G - pre-series - 2005]
1996
Untitled (for the prompt 'Moving')
[Buffyverse - Buffy - drabble - G - pre-series - 2005]
1997
Power Shower
[Buffyverse - Buffy - drabble - PG - post Prophecy Girl - 2010]
1998
*Autocar Eurydice
Drusilla knows how the story ends.
[Buffyverse - Drusilla(/Spike) - villanelle - G - late S2 - 2011]
Sometimes I Contain Multitudes
[Buffyverse - Spike - ... - G - post Becoming - 2010]
Writing on the Wall (Or Is That Just Graffiti?)
"Wanna tell me what I'm doing here?"
[Buffyverse - Buffy, Drusilla & Spike - 2.5K - PG-13/R - Wishverse - 2010]
1999
Controlling the Uncontrollables
How to survive W&H.
[Buffyverse - Lilah - 400 - PG - pre-series - 2012]
2000
A New Deal
[Buffyverse - Spike & Giles - drabble - G - alt. The I in Team - 2005]
The Tale of Isthgraid [cf. Late 2010s]
Illyria's time comes to an end, so she creates a new shell from a form she knows and imbues it with her self.
Unfortunately the need to rule is not entirely compatible with the shell's propensity for screwing up plans and falling in love with blonde Californians...
[Buffyverse - OC/Harmony, Spike/Buffy - 7K - PG - futureverse/mid S4 - 2009]
Taken Over (Stunned Silent Remix)
Faith has fantasies. Mostly? They're never gonna happen.
[Buffyverse - Faith - 1.5K - NC-17 - Who are You? - 2010]
Parts
[Buffyverse - Warren (& April) - drabble - G - ante S5 - 2006]
Your Queen You Bear Me
Turning Buffy into a vampire was definitely a mistake. Oh well.
[Buffyverse - Buffy/Spike - 600 - PG - AU OOMM - 2011]
* Five Poems Spike Wrote about Buffy: I
[Buffyverse - Spike/Buffy - sonnet - PG-13 - early S5 - 2009]
Untitled (for the prompt 'Enemies')
[Buffyverse - Buffy - drabble - G - mid S5 - 2005]
Of How Good Gingerbread Men were Sacrificed in the Name of Progress
[Buffyverse - Spike(/Buffy) & Joyce - 1K - PG-13 - Christmas Eve 2000 - 2009]
Slayers' Blood
A cautionary tale.
[Buffyverse - Buffy/Spike - 1K - R - Wishverse AU - 2012]
2001
Covering Up
[Buffyverse - Buffy - drabble - G - late S5 - 2005]
Transcription (Demotic Tongue Remix)
Buffy knows Spike tries.
[Buffyverse - Buffy(/Spike) - 200 - during Intervention - 2011]
In Strength We are Stronger
Buffy seeks calm.
[Buffyverse - Buffy/Spike - 500 - G - post Intervention - 2010]
Seven Drabbles: IV
[Buffyverse - Spike(/Buffy) & Giles - drabble - PG - post The Gift - 2004]
Seven Drabbles: VII
[Buffyverse - Buffybot (& Dawn) - drabble - PG - during Bargaining - 2004]
The River Sisters [with
stultiloquentia]
Never trust a bint in a pond.
[Buffyverse - Buffy/Spike - 4K - G - early S6 - 2006]
Interruption
[Buffyverse - Buffy/Spike - 1K - G - ante Life Serial - 2006]
Torn
The end of Smashed, only where Buffy and Spike are a butterfly and a moth... Go with it?
[Buffyverse - Buffy/Spike - 500 - PG - alt Smashed [AU] - 2012]
2002
By the click of someone else's slippers
Spike has spent the last few months in an AU LA with no memory of Buffy or even Sunnydale. Buffy comes to rescue him, but Spike’s not sure why she bothers. At the end of the day, though, it’s really just a rewrite of Smashed…
[Buffyverse - Spike/Buffy, Cordelia - 34K - R/NC-17 - mid S6 - 2015]
*Fluid Dynamics
I looked into the water. My destiny was drifting past.
[Buffyverse - Buffy(/Spike) - 100 concrete free verse - G - mid S6 - 2012]
Idealism
"Morality is not the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness."
[Buffyverse - Spike/Buffy - 900 - PG-13 - mid S6 - 2013]
Spuffy vs Mecha Godzilla
[Buffyverse - Xander, Buffy/Spike - 500 - PG - post DMP - 2010]
The More Things Stay the Same [cf. SERIES]
Buffy goes to Wesley instead of Tara about the resurrection spell.
[Buffyverse - Buffy/Spike, Angel Gang - 25K - R - post DMP - 2011]
Bruise Blue Ink
She comes out in pretty words too often.
[Buffyverse - Spike/Buffy - 500 - PG-13/R - late S6 - 2011]
* so now begins the waiting.
[Buffyverse - Spike(/Buffy) - stanzaic free verse - R(/NC-17) - late S6 - 2012]
Where the Pilgrim Falls
The way Buffy sees it, she's not midway down any freaking journey. Even if she is lost.
[Buffyverse - Buffy/Spike - 500 - PG - late S6 - 2012]
P-P-P-Pick Up a Plot for Vengeance! [All-Penguin AU pseudo-parody; cf. SERIES]
In which Penguin!Buffy and Penguin!Spike finally sort their lives out, but Penguin!Angel isn't happy in the least.
[Buffyverse - Buffy/Spike, Angel & Gang - 4K - PG - late S6[AU] - 2010]
Fun with the Fluffballs [All-Penguin AU pseudo-parody; cf. SERIES]
Penguin!Buffy and Penguin!Spike return from their adventure.
[Buffyverse - Buffy/Spike, Dawn, fluffballs - 300 - G - late S6[AU] - 2010]
Trial by Mini-Quiches
Clem saves the day.
[Buffyverse - Spike & Clem - 2K - PG-13 - ante OAFA - 2005]
As Good as a Rest [cf. SERIES]
So, Buffy’s alive. Ish. Spike’s dead, but she’s hoping for the ish. Katrina’s definitely dead. At least the cops are investigating that one?
[Buffyverse - Buffy/Spike, Kate Lockley - 31K - R/NC-17 - AU OAFA - 2011]
Turn and Face the Strain [cf. SERIES]
When Buffy thought about falling in love again, she didn't expect it to be nearly so complicated as it actually turns out to be.
Also, she didn't expect it to be Spike. (She's not sure he did either.)
[Buffyverse - Buffy/Spike, Kate Lockley, Dawn, Angel Gang - 83K - R - AU AYW+ - 2012]
Risk-Free and Guaranteed
[Buffyverse - Spike(/Buffy) - drabble - G - ante AYW - 2005]
As We Are
[Buffyverse - Spike/Buffy - 500 - PG-13 - alt. AYW - 2010]
Charming Strange Peppermint (The Polonius Shot First Remix)
William Pratt is lost in the future and in love with a robot. But he has a feeling there’s more to know about both of them.
[Buffyverse - Spike/Buffy - 2.5K - PG-13 - late S6 - 2011]
As Simple as BCD
A moment in an AU 'Normal Again', where Cordelia is a Summers sister.
[Buffyverse - Cordelia & Buffy - 1K - PG - alt. Normal Again - 2012]
The Best is Yet to Come
During is quest for the soul, Spike is introduced to the First Evil... It actually saves his life?
[Buffyverse - Spike(/Buffy), First Evil - 1K - PG-13 - late S6 - 2014]
*If God is Love, then You are False
Wesley writes about Lilah.
[Buffyverse - Wesley(/Lilah) - sestina - PG - summer 2002 - 2010]
Gone Fishin' [All-Penguin AU pseudo-parody; cf. SERIES]
My Buffy is a hero. She kills things. (Even as a penguin.)
[Buffyverse - Buffy - 700 - PG - summer 2002[AU] - 2010]
* Five Poems Spike Wrote about Buffy: II
[Buffyverse - Spike/Buffy - blank verse lump - PG-13 - post Beneath You - 2009]
Image Object (Angles of Refraction Mix)
There's a mirror in the basement, and it'll turn you around.
[Buffyverse - Buffy(/Spike) - 500 - G - during Selfless - 2011]
Half-Loop Topstitch
Unfortunately, like everyone these days - despite having a minimalist wardrobe and being recently insane - Spike has stuff.
[Buffyverse - Buffy/Spike - 500 - PG - post Sleeper - 2010]
2003
Twenty-Two to Tango
There are good reasons why no one talks about Buffy’s twenty-second birthday. For a start, no one can quite agree on what actually happened.
[Buffyverse - Spike/Buffy - 800 - PG - mid S7 - 2012]
A Regular Van Helsing
Buffy Solis: Slayer, Latina
[Buffyverse - Buffy - 1.3K - PG-13 - mid S7 - 2010]
A Wild Night Out
A wild night out, mid S7 style. ;)
[Buffyverse - Spike/Buffy - 500 - G - mid S7 - 2010]
Microwave Meals (Quick, Easy and Sometimes Satisfying)
Buffy and Spike buy a microwave.
[Buffyverse - Buffy/Spike - 2.5K - G - post The Killer in Me - 2009]
'I love you' is a thing you say to people who are dying
Season 7. Buffy/Spike. Some Watchers survived, because sometimes people do.
[Buffyverse - Buffy/Spike - 100K - R/NC-17 - mid/late S7 - 2015]
A Matter of Taste
Buffy still can't get over the idea that 'Wind Beneath My Wings' isn't a good song.
[Buffyverse - Spike/Buffy - 1K - PG - mid/late S7 - 2011]
* Five Poems Spike Wrote about Buffy: III
[Buffyverse - Spike/Buffy - sonnet - PG-13 - late S7 - 2009]
Walking at Midday
Spike’s beginning to get the feeling Buffy may be in love with him. It’s terrifying.
[Buffyverse - Spike/Buffy - 7.5K - R - post Get It Done - 2011]
Living on Drury Lane
[Buffyverse - Andrew/Xander - 600 - G - late S7 - 2010]
Deliciously Self-Centred
Buffy is seduced.
[Buffyverse - Buffy/Spike - 850 - PG - late S7 - 2011]
Dark and Fruity... And all mine! [A companion to Deliciously Self-Centred]
On the hunt for Jaffa Cakes, Giles hears something that makes him fear the worst.
[Buffyverse - Giles [Buffy/Spike] - 1.5K - PG - late S7 - 2014]
Claws of Dust
Giles wants some answers. Possibly more than he realised.
[Buffyverse - Giles & Spike(/Buffy) - 5K - PG/PG-13 - alt. LMPTM - 2008]
Broken by Degree
Instead of using the trigger, what if Robin Wood used Toth's magic rod from The Replacement to split Spike's demon from his soul?
[Buffyverse - Spike/Buffy - 4.5K - PG-13 - alt. LMPTM - 2013]
Close
[Buffyverse - Buffy/Spike - 600 - G - post LMPTM - 2004]
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…
[Buffyverse - Buffy/Spike - 19K - PG-13 - post LMPTM - 2010]
Empiricism
"Morality is not the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness."
[Buffyverse - Buffy/Spike - 1K - PG - post Dirty Girls - 2013]
*Tuesday May 20, 2003
Verse is a bad habit. She picked it up from him.
[Buffyverse - Buffy/Spike - 900 - PG-13 - during Chosen - 2010]
Sunstroke
It's been a couple of weeks since the battle against the First Evil and Buffy's still with the gang in LA, but what she hasn't told them is that she's started hearing Spike's voice in her head.
Not quite sure what it means, she heads into the desert to ask the First Slayer.
[Buffyverse - Buffy(/Spike), First Slayer - 3.5K - PG-13 - post Chosen - 2014]
Wish You Were Here
In Buffy's apartment there is a spare and somewhat dusty room.
In this room there is an old and somewhat dusty bureau that no one remembers buying.
In this bureau there is an ugly and somewhat dusty diary for 1997 that no one remembers buying, which no one really thinks about because it isn't all that important anyway.
This diary doesn't close properly.
[Buffyverse - Buffy/Spike - seven postcards - PG-13 - summer post Chosen - 2006]
Darling Buds of May (Rough Winds Hardstep Dub)
Another summer and Giles can’t grieve. But he’s not the only one with reason to.
[Buffyverse - Giles & Caridad - 2.5K - PG - August post Chosen - 2011]
History
Buffy learns about the Slayer's past and travels to Africa to meet it.
[Buffyverse - Buffy(/Spike) - 20K - PG-13/R - winter post Chosen - 2004/5]
* Five Poems Spike Wrote about Buffy: IV
[Buffyverse - Spike/Buffy - hendecasyllabics - PG-13 - early A5 - 2009]
An Exercise in Futility
Having shot the cyborg masquerading as his father, Wesley gets an invitation to England, where he finds that other aspects of his past are less easy to bury.
[Buffyverse - Wesley (& Giles) - 10K - PG-13 - post Lineage - 2009]
Glimpses of Ganymede Grey [cf. 2008, 2009]
"But why did you decide it was so important for me to hate you? I think that’s strange."
[Dollhouse - Whiskey & Topher - 1.5K - PG-13 - post Omega - 2009]
2004
Seven Drabbles: III
[Buffyverse - Andrew & Dawn - drabble - PG - several months post Chosen - 2004]
Ragnarok and Roll
Bored with his Xbox, Spike buys a second hand Playstation on the cheap.
Unfortunately, it's cursed, and whatever magic it is that sucks him into Final Fantasy VIII thinks Buffy should come along for the ride...
[Buffyverse/FFVIII - Spike/Buffy (+ Rinoa/Squall) - 1K - PG-13 - mid a5/disc 3 - 2012]
Deep Sea Rescue [cf. SERIES]
So, Spike actually got on his container ship. Unfortunately there was a freak accident...
[Buffyverse - Buffy/Spike - 900 - PG - mid A5 - 2011]
Tourist Trap [cf. SERIES]
Spike wants a feat of virility to prove himself to Buffy. Dragon-slaying's always a good one, right?
[Buffyverse - Spike/Buffy - 1K - PG - several months post Chosen - 2011]
Dinner and a Movie and Slayage [cf. SERIES]
Buffy and Spike meet a fox, but there are cunning plans all round.
[Buffyverse - Buffy/Spike - 1K - PG - several months post Chosen - 2011]
Breathing at Your Side [cf. SERIES]
[Buffyverse - Spike/Buffy - 700 - PG - post Damage - 2011]
* Maudlin Drivel Spike Scribbled
[Buffyverse - Spike/Buffy - villanelle - G - mid A5 - 2009]
Seven Drabbles: II
[Buffyverse - Faith & Angel - drabble - PG - alt. Smile Time - 2004]
Seven Drabbles: VI
[Buffyverse - Buffy(/Spike) - drabble - PG - alt. TGIQ - 2004]
Dug Too Deep (Too Many Mornings Mix)
They'd saved her, and Fred knew it.
[Buffyverse - Fred - 1K - PG-13 - alt. late A5 - 2011]
Samsara
There are no endings.
[Buffyverse - Spike/Buffy - 3K - PG - one night post NFA - 2005]
* Five Poems Spike Wrote about Buffy: V
[Buffyverse - Spike/Buffy - blank verse lump - PG-13 - less than a week post NFA - 2009]
Seven Drabbles: V
[Buffyverse - Buffy/Spike - drabble - PG - about a week post NFA - 2004]
*Write My Country New (Fearful Suppliant Mix)
Beware a fallen avatar
[Buffyverse - Illyria - three free stanzas - PG - post NFA - 2011]
Starting
Spike and Illyria deal.
[Buffyverse - Spike & Illyria - 1.5K - PG - less than a month post NFA - 2004]
Seven Drabbles: I
[Buffyverse - Spike(/Buffy) - drabble - PG - about a month post NFA - 2004]
A Thousand Ships Have Sailed [cf. SERIES]
[Buffyverse - Buffy/Spike - 1K - PG - post NFA - 2011]
Silence in the Gardens [cf. SERIES]
[Buffyverse - Buffy/Spike - 700 - PG - post NFA - 2011]
Distractions, Segues and Metafantasy [cf. SERIES]
The logistics of phone sex can be quite complicated.
[Buffyverse - Spike/Buffy - 1K - R - post NFA - 2011]
Brand New Day
Solutions aren't always answers.
[Buffyverse - Spike/Buffy - 6.5K - PG-13 - about six weeks post NFA - 2006]
*Spikeid
Of bloody awfulness and fallen towns,
O Calliope, would I sing if you
Would lend your aid. And, wow, I sound a bit
Pretentious, don’t I? Sorry ‘bout that - what
I meant to say was this: I've got a plan...
[Buffyverse - Spike/Buffy et al. - 50K - PG-13/R - several weeks post NFA - 2008-2011]
Resolution [cf. SERIES]
Buffy and Xander have been missing their flirting buddies.
[Buffyverse - Buffy & Xander - 1K - G - early comics - 2007]
The Public Face [cf. SERIES]
Xander gets a phone call in the middle of the night, which leads him to witnessing a reunion he's not sure he wants to.
[Buffyverse - Xander, Buffy/Spike - 4K - PG-13 - early comics/a couple of months post NFA - 2007]
Inside These Walls
[Buffyverse - Illyria - drabble - G - post NFA - 2010]
Burnt to the Filter
Having turned up in Rome, Spike is smoking his way to cowardice.
[Buffyverse - Spike/Buffy - 500 - PG - post NFA - 2010]
2005
Near Misses
A little late, Buffy heads to LA after the battle with Wolfram and Hart.
[Buffyverse - Buffy/Spike - 4K - PG-13 - several months post NFA - 2005]
Brand New Day: One Year On
[Buffyverse - Spike/Buffy - 1K - PG-13 - thirteen/fourteen months post NFA - 2009]
Drabbling Dawn [cf. 2006, SERIES]
[Buffyverse - Dawn/Satsu - three drabbles - PG - alt S8 comics - 2010]
The Problem with Kindly Interventions [cf. SERIES]
Dawn and Andrew are forced to share a bed. It... Is what it is.
[Buffyverse - Dawn & Andrew - 1K - G - post Chosen - 2011]
2006
Seeing, Not Watching
[Buffyverse - Giles/Faith - drabble - G - post Chosen - 2010]
If I'm an Actor then I Want to Know My Lines [cf. SERIES]
[Buffyverse - Buffy/Spike - 1K - PG-13 - post S8 #35 - 2010]
The Frayed and Weathered Mantle [cf. SERIES]
We could blame it on circumstance, if only circumstance had a voice with which to accept.
(Now Spike’s arrived in Scotland, Buffy joins the crew of the of the Good Ship Steampunk on a quest to find out what the heck is up with Angel.)
[Buffyverse - Buffy/Spike, Angel - 14.5K - R - post S8 #35 - 2010]
Drabbling Dawn [cf. 2005, SERIES]
[Buffyverse - Dawn/Satsu - three drabbles - PG - alt S8 comics - 2010]
Positive Exposure
Safe in the bosom of the A-List, Spike is set up on a date with Buffy: the world's most hated tabloid trash. Wackiness refuses to ensue.
[Buffyverse - Spike/Buffy - 13.5K - R/NC-17 - post ATF/S8 comics - 2009]
What it is to Burn
After three years in a long distance relationship, Buffy’s the one who cracks first.
[Buffyverse - Buffy/Spike - 16.5K - R(/NC-17) - post-series futureverse - 2012]
2007
abridgement
Several years after dimensions tore, Dawn's figuring out her place in the world.
[Buffyverse - Dawn - 4.5K - PG-13 - AU post The Gift - 2012]
Go, Remembering Me (to Return on a Favourable Wind) [cf. SERIES]
Last year, Andrew knew where he stood with Dawn: they were good friends, living in the same city, celebrating Dawn's acceptance to university. Now that she's actually there he's not so sure.
[Buffyverse - Andrew & Dawn(/Satsu) - 2.5K - PG - alt S8 comics - 2010]
Shine On You
Faith receives a gift.
[Buffyverse - Faith(/Giles) - 260 - PG - futureverse - 2010]
The Last Fingers of Leaf
Buffy and Illyria go for pizza. There's a dragon.
[Buffyverse - Buffy & Illyria - 2K - PG - post NFA - 2010]
2008
The Girl in the Fishtank
[St. Trinian's - OC & Kelly Jones - 700 - PG - post 2007 film - 2010]
Let's Get Metaphysical
[Torchwood - Jack/Ianto - 300 - PG - S2 - 2010]
Pawn Promotes
It takes seven years before Dawn stops being a sacrifice.
[Buffyverse - Dawn, Buffy/Spike - 1000 - AU seven years post The Gift - 2011]
I Thrice Presented Him a Kingly Crown [cf. 44 BC]
Spike and Buffy get stuck in ancient history.
[Buffyverse - Spike/Buffy - 11K - PG-13/R - post NFA - 2008]
Moment
Vampires are creatures of two halves.
[Buffyverse - Spike/Buffy - 3K - PG-13 - post NFA - 2006]
Glimpses of Ganymede Grey [cf. 2003, 2009]
"But why did you decide it was so important for me to hate you? I think that’s strange."
[Dollhouse - Whiskey & Topher - 1.5K - PG-13 - post Omega - 2009]
2009
You are Time through Which I Drift
[Dollhouse - Mellie - drabble - G - Season 1 - 2010]
The Silence of Wendy
This fic is not about Wendy or Becky or Stacy. It's about Echo.
[Dollhouse - Saunders & Echo - 1.5K - G - during Omega - 2009]
Glimpses of Ganymede Grey [cf. 2003, 2008]
"But why did you decide it was so important for me to hate you? I think that’s strange."
[Dollhouse - Whiskey & Topher - 1.5K - PG-13 - post Omega - 2009]
How Worth It is the Acrylic Itch?
[Dollhouse - Saunders - drabble - G - post Omega - 2010]
The Seduction of Claire Saunders
"When we get to the why - that’s when it gets really bad."
[Dollhouse - Saunders - 5K - PG - post Vows - 2010]
Getting across the River
In which Dawn bakes Diwali cookies, Buffy watches 'Come Dine with Me' and Spike wears too many clothes.
[Buffyverse - Buffy/Spike, Dawn - 1K - G - futureverse - 2011]
*The Beauty of the Stars
What can you trust when your instincts are gone?
[Buffyverse - Buffy & Illyria - 1K - PG - futureverse - 2010]
In Remission [cf. 2012, 2014]
In the five years Spike's been missing, the world around Buffy has irrevocably changed. The general population has woken up to vampires' existence and the kill count has dropped way down. She's sharing a house with a soulless vampire, still going by the name of Faith. But what does Spike have to do with it? And what does it mean for their future?
[Buffyverse - Buffy/Spike & Faith - 19.5K - PG-13 - futureverse - 2013]
2012
* Five Poems Spike Wrote about Buffy: One that She Wrote about Him
[Buffyverse - Buffy/Spike - blank verse lump - PG-13 - futureverse - 2009]
A Quirk of Perkins
Making the most out of her retirement, Buffy has made it to the final of The Great British Bake Off. Now Sue Perkins has come to interview her at home, but gets a little more than she bargained for.
[The Great British Bake Off/Buffyverse - Sue Perkins, Buffy/Spike - 2K - PG - futureverse - 2012]
Super Saturday and the Sloughing of Sun-Dried Sloth
In which Spike watches the Olympics, Buffy vanquishes some tomato demons and everyone is grateful for iPlayer.
[Buffyverse - Spike/Buffy - 1K - PG - futureverse - 2012]
In Remission [cf. 2009, 2014]
In the five years Spike's been missing, the world around Buffy has irrevocably changed. The general population has woken up to vampires' existence and the kill count has dropped way down. She's sharing a house with a soulless vampire, still going by the name of Faith. But what does Spike have to do with it? And what does it mean for their future?
[Buffyverse - Buffy/Spike & Faith - 19.5K - PG-13 - futureverse - 2013]
2013
Running Up that Hill
After making a mistake at a nightclub, Buffy fears she's getting old.
[Buffyverse - Buffy(/Spike & Dawn) - 1K - PG - futureverse - 2013]
You’ve Got the Power to Know [cf. SERIES]
Buffy proposes.
[Buffyverse - Spike/Buffy - 2K - NC-17 - futureverse - 2009]
2014
Whether there will be more winters.
It's Summer, 2014. Buffy and Spike broke up a few years ago; now they're most likely getting back together.
seu pluris hiemes seu tribuit Iuppiter ultimam ... carpe diem [Horace Odes I 11]
[Buffyverse - Buffy/Spike & Dawn & Giles - 3.5K - PG - futureverse - 2014]
To Have and to Hold
A slice of life for 2014 in a world where the wedding actually was.
[Buffyverse - Xander/Anya - 1K - PG - futureverse - 2014]
In Remission [cf. 2009, 2012]
In the five years Spike's been missing, the world around Buffy has irrevocably changed. The general population has woken up to vampires' existence and the kill count has dropped way down. She's sharing a house with a soulless vampire, still going by the name of Faith. But what does Spike have to do with it? And what does it mean for their future?
[Buffyverse - Buffy/Spike & Faith - 19.5K - PG-13 - futureverse - 2013]
2015
Came Dancing to My Door [cf. SERIES]
Buffy isn't sure she wants a baby. In fact, she's fairly certain she doesn't.
[Buffyverse - Buffy/Spike - 4.5K - R - futureverse - 2010]
Late 2010s
Past Progressive
"Spike and I? We met in high school."
[Buffyverse - Buffy(/Spike) - 200 - G - futureverse - 2010]
Promised
[Buffyverse - Spike/Buffy - drabble - PG - futureverse - 2010]
The Tale of Isthgraid [cf. 2000]
Illyria's time comes to an end, so she creates a new shell from a form she knows and imbues it with her self.
Unfortunately the need to rule is not entirely compatible with the shell's propensity for screwing up plans and falling in love with blonde Californians...
[Buffyverse - OC/Harmony, Spike/Buffy - 7K - PG - futureverse/mid S4 - 2009]
An Observation amongst Many
[Harry Potter - Luna Lovegood/Rolf Scamander - drabble - G - post books - 2010]
2020s
What a Way to Make a Living [cf. SERIES]
Somewhere along the way, Spike finds himself working a nine-to-five. With Illyria. At night.
[Buffyverse - Spike/Buffy, Illyria - 4.5K - PG-13/R - futureverse - 2008]
Every Now and Then [cf. SERIES]
When Spike goes missing Buffy is forced to remember things she'd rather have left forgotten.
[Buffyverse - Buffy/Spike, Illyria - 14K - PG-13/R - post alt. ATF - 2008]
2100s
That Old Tune
[Buffyverse - Harmony - drabble - G - futureverse - 2010]
THE END OF DEMONKIND ON EARTH
Echoes
Spike pays his respects to Illyria.
[Buffyverse - Spike/Buffy - 500 - PG - post NFA - 2007]
THREE MILLION YEARS IN THE FUTURE
Lager: The Only Thing That Can Kill A Twilight
Something suspiciously pornified shows up on the long range scanners.
[Red Dwarf/Buffyverse - The Crew(, Angel/Buffy) - 500 - PG - post DNA - 2010]
.
SERIES
A Qu and Xyr Chocobo
Stroper Stew - Fish for the Blues
Quina goes on an adventure a while after Garnet and Zidane's wedding. Bobby Corwen, the chocobo raised by Black Mage No. 111 and No. 33, comes along too, keen to learn the Way of the Gourmand.
[FFIX - Quina & Bobby Corwen - 3K - PG - post game - 2010]
Turn and Face the Strain
The More Things Stay the Same - As Good as a Rest - Turn and Face the Strain
Sunnydale and LA are brought together in late S6; Buffy's life seems to be taking a better turn because of it.
[Buffyverse - Buffy/Spike, Ensemble - 140K - R/NC-17 - post DMP - 2011-12]
PENGUINS
[All-Penguin AU pseudo-parody]
P-P-P-Pick Up a Plot for Vengeance! - Fun with the Fluffballs - Gone Fishin'
Penguin!Buffy the Jellyfish Slayer saves the sea from evil on a daily basis; if only Penguin!Spike and Penguin!Angel could equally sort their lives out.
[Buffyverse - Buffy/Spike, Angel and Gang - 5K - late S6[AU] - 2010]
Cryptozoology
Deep Sea Rescue - Tourist Trap - Dinner and a Movie and Slayage
Spike gets on a container ship after he gets his body back in AtS S5. He and Buffy reunite, making their home in London, during which time they meet a number of demons who are rather more mythological than usual...
[Buffyverse - Buffy/Spike - 3K - PG - several months post Chosen - 2011]
Long Distance
Breathing at Your Side - A Thousand Ships Have Sailed - Silence in the Gardens - Distractions, Segues and Metafantasy
Let's assume Spike was in contact with Buffy during A5, shall we?
[Buffyverse - Spike/Buffy - 3.5K - PG - A5 going on post NFA - 2011]
Escape from Castle Anthrax
Resolution - The Public Face
There's no grail-shaped beacon, but something's not right in that Scottish castle.
[Buffyverse - Buffy/Spike, Xander - 5K - PG-13 - early comics/a couple of months post NFA - 2007]
Dawn in Cambridge
The Problem with Kindly Interventions - Drabbling Dawn - Go, Remembering Me (to Return on a Favourable Wind)
Dawn is on a quest to become the greatest watcher who ever lived. Or maybe just get a 2.1. Or deal with the fact her girlfriend once had a thing with her sister.
[Buffyverse - Dawn/Satsu, Andrew - 3K - PG - alt S8 comics - 2010]
To the Spikemobile, Away!
If I'm an Actor then I Want to Know My Lines - The Frayed and Weathered Mantle
To quote myself: "Because no matter how horrifically awful and depressing and placenta-monsters (*weeps*) the rest of it is, someone somewhere decided that if Spike could rock up to an apocalypse without any budget or common-sense constraints, he'd do it in a steampunk spaceship of doom. Which CRACKS ME UP."
[Buffyverse - Buffy/Spike, Angel - 16K - R - post S8 #35 - 2010]
Together they Fight Crime
You’ve Got the Power to Know - Came Dancing to My Door - What a Way to Make a Living - Every Now and Then
He's a vampire with a soul; she's God-King of the Primordium. Together they fight crime. (But don't forget the Slayer!)
[Buffyverse - Spike/Buffy, Illyria - 25.5K - NC-17 - futureverse post alt. ATF - 2008-10]
...
and some vids!
Fandoms Represented: Buffyverse, London 2012 Opening Ceremony, FFVIII, FFIX, Hamlet (RSC 2009 w/David Tennant).
Key: [CHARACTERS - LENGTH (minutes:seconds) - CANON SETTING - YEAR MADE]
Buffyverse
Stress
You're not the source of me, you said.
[Buffy & the First Slayer - 2:22 - Restless + GID - 2010]
Playground Twist
Power's supposed to repel people, right?
[Buffy/Spike - 0:55 - early Season 5 - 2011]
Too Hot for Drumstep
"I thought, if I could save you, I'd somehow save myself."
Fuck that.
[Darla - 2:10 - AtS Season 2 - 2010]
4'33"
in the dark / sometimes / i hear you
[Spike/Buffy - 4:35 - early Season 7 - 2011
Black and White
This pain remembers her.
[Illyria (& Fred) - 2:26 - late AtS Season 5 - 2011]
London 2012 Opening Ceremony
Map of the Problematique
is this the region, this the soil, the clime,
said then the lost archangel, this the seat
that we must change for Heav'n, this mournful gloom
for that celestial light?
[Ensemble - 3:13 - Pandaemonium - 2012]
Final Fantasy VIII
The Fortress at Sea Level
I walk in worlds you can only begin to imagine.
[Rinoa - 2:05 - end of game - 2010]
Final Fantasy IX
City of One
"Answer me, puppet. Do you deny your very birth?"
[Vivi - 2:19 - late game - 2012]
Hamlet (RSC 2009 w/David Tennant)
Triceratops
Hamlet doesn't like being watched.
Ophelia doesn't have a choice in the matter.
[Hamlet & Ophelia - 2:47 - Rotten Denmark - 2010]
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Fandoms Represented: Buffyverse, Dollhouse, FFVIII, FFIX, Historical RPF, Greek/Roman Mythology, Shakespeare, The Great British Bake Off, Red Dwarf, Harry Potter, St. Trinian's, Torchwood.
Series can be found at the bottom of the page. Poetry is starred (*).
Key: [FANDOM - CHARACTERS - LENGTH (in words) - RATING - CANON SETTING - YEAR WRITTEN]
THE 'HEROIC' PAST
Blood of My Blood
It's the second child that's killing her.
[Greek/Roman Mythology - Medea - 300 - PG-13 - ante Seneca's Medea - 2010]
Ανους μεν ερχηι, τοις φιλοις δ'ορθως φιλη (You Go in Folly, but to Your Dear Ones Truly Dear)
Ismene does not believe in death.
[Greek/Roman Mythology - Ismene & Antigone - 600 - PG-13 - near the end of Sophocles' Antigone - 2010]
Stories the Mortals Never Hear
Goddesses like to gossip. Drunkenly.
[Greek/Roman Mythology - Calypso & Circe - 850 - PG-13 - before the Trojan War - 2010]
Ονειρων προσφερεις μορφωμασιν (Appearing Like Images of Dreams)
In the end, Cassandra's not even there.
[Greek/Roman Mythology - Cassandra, Clytaemnestra & Helen - 500 - PG-13 - near the end of Aeschylus' Agamemnon - 2010]
44 BC
I Thrice Presented Him a Kingly Crown [cf. 2008]
Spike and Buffy get stuck in ancient history.
[Buffyverse - Spike/Buffy - 11K - PG-13/R - post NFA - 2008]
AD 48
Propugnatrix Pollia
The final account of the Watcher Secundus Pollius Paulus, in the year 48 AD, describing the events that lead to his Slayer’s premature death.
[Buffyverse - original Watcher and Slayer - 4K - PG-13 - pre-series - 2005]
The Mediaeval Period
*Hoar Leaves in the Glassy Stream
A girl played by the water.
[Shakespeare - Gertrude and Ophelia - 500 - PG-13 - Rotten Denmark - 2010]
Late 1500s
Mercutio Dreams
[Shakespeare - Mercutio - 500 - PG-13 - Fair Verona - 2009]
1810s [FFIX Dimension]
Stroper Stew [cf. SERIES]
A Qu and xyr chocobo take on the world, one meal at a time.
[FFIX - Quina & Bobby Corwen - 1.5K - PG - post game - 2010]
Fish for the Blues [cf. SERIES]
Quina shares more of xyr knowledge after xyr adventuring-apprentice, Bobby Corwen, has a strange experience.
[FFIX - Quina & Bobby Corwen - 1.5K - G - post game - 2010]
1932
Codifying the Sun
Turing spends an important afternoon in the sunshine.
[RPF - Alan Turing - 2.5K - G - Cambridge - 2009]
1943
Waiting in the Fog
Winter, 1943. Bombshells are falling in London.
[Buffyverse - Spike(/Dru) - 6K - PG-13 - pre-series - 2005]
1969
Devouring Time
In 1969, Darla goes on safari.
[Buffyverse - Darla - 2.5K - PG-13 - pre-series - 2009]
1980
The Taste of Purple
[Buffyverse - Ethan Rayne - 700 - PG-13 - pre-series - 2010]
1988
Sanctuary
[Buffyverse - Wesley - drabble - G - pre-series - 2005]
1996
Untitled (for the prompt 'Moving')
[Buffyverse - Buffy - drabble - G - pre-series - 2005]
1997
Power Shower
[Buffyverse - Buffy - drabble - PG - post Prophecy Girl - 2010]
1998
*Autocar Eurydice
Drusilla knows how the story ends.
[Buffyverse - Drusilla(/Spike) - villanelle - G - late S2 - 2011]
Sometimes I Contain Multitudes
[Buffyverse - Spike - ... - G - post Becoming - 2010]
Writing on the Wall (Or Is That Just Graffiti?)
"Wanna tell me what I'm doing here?"
[Buffyverse - Buffy, Drusilla & Spike - 2.5K - PG-13/R - Wishverse - 2010]
1999
Controlling the Uncontrollables
How to survive W&H.
[Buffyverse - Lilah - 400 - PG - pre-series - 2012]
2000
A New Deal
[Buffyverse - Spike & Giles - drabble - G - alt. The I in Team - 2005]
The Tale of Isthgraid [cf. Late 2010s]
Illyria's time comes to an end, so she creates a new shell from a form she knows and imbues it with her self.
Unfortunately the need to rule is not entirely compatible with the shell's propensity for screwing up plans and falling in love with blonde Californians...
[Buffyverse - OC/Harmony, Spike/Buffy - 7K - PG - futureverse/mid S4 - 2009]
Taken Over (Stunned Silent Remix)
Faith has fantasies. Mostly? They're never gonna happen.
[Buffyverse - Faith - 1.5K - NC-17 - Who are You? - 2010]
Parts
[Buffyverse - Warren (& April) - drabble - G - ante S5 - 2006]
Your Queen You Bear Me
Turning Buffy into a vampire was definitely a mistake. Oh well.
[Buffyverse - Buffy/Spike - 600 - PG - AU OOMM - 2011]
* Five Poems Spike Wrote about Buffy: I
[Buffyverse - Spike/Buffy - sonnet - PG-13 - early S5 - 2009]
Untitled (for the prompt 'Enemies')
[Buffyverse - Buffy - drabble - G - mid S5 - 2005]
Of How Good Gingerbread Men were Sacrificed in the Name of Progress
[Buffyverse - Spike(/Buffy) & Joyce - 1K - PG-13 - Christmas Eve 2000 - 2009]
Slayers' Blood
A cautionary tale.
[Buffyverse - Buffy/Spike - 1K - R - Wishverse AU - 2012]
2001
Covering Up
[Buffyverse - Buffy - drabble - G - late S5 - 2005]
Transcription (Demotic Tongue Remix)
Buffy knows Spike tries.
[Buffyverse - Buffy(/Spike) - 200 - during Intervention - 2011]
In Strength We are Stronger
Buffy seeks calm.
[Buffyverse - Buffy/Spike - 500 - G - post Intervention - 2010]
Seven Drabbles: IV
[Buffyverse - Spike(/Buffy) & Giles - drabble - PG - post The Gift - 2004]
Seven Drabbles: VII
[Buffyverse - Buffybot (& Dawn) - drabble - PG - during Bargaining - 2004]
The River Sisters [with
stultiloquentia]
Never trust a bint in a pond.
[Buffyverse - Buffy/Spike - 4K - G - early S6 - 2006]
Interruption
[Buffyverse - Buffy/Spike - 1K - G - ante Life Serial - 2006]
Torn
The end of Smashed, only where Buffy and Spike are a butterfly and a moth... Go with it?
[Buffyverse - Buffy/Spike - 500 - PG - alt Smashed [AU] - 2012]
2002
By the click of someone else's slippers
Spike has spent the last few months in an AU LA with no memory of Buffy or even Sunnydale. Buffy comes to rescue him, but Spike’s not sure why she bothers. At the end of the day, though, it’s really just a rewrite of Smashed…
[Buffyverse - Spike/Buffy, Cordelia - 34K - R/NC-17 - mid S6 - 2015]
*Fluid Dynamics
I looked into the water. My destiny was drifting past.
[Buffyverse - Buffy(/Spike) - 100 concrete free verse - G - mid S6 - 2012]
Idealism
"Morality is not the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness."
[Buffyverse - Spike/Buffy - 900 - PG-13 - mid S6 - 2013]
Spuffy vs Mecha Godzilla
[Buffyverse - Xander, Buffy/Spike - 500 - PG - post DMP - 2010]
The More Things Stay the Same [cf. SERIES]
Buffy goes to Wesley instead of Tara about the resurrection spell.
[Buffyverse - Buffy/Spike, Angel Gang - 25K - R - post DMP - 2011]
Bruise Blue Ink
She comes out in pretty words too often.
[Buffyverse - Spike/Buffy - 500 - PG-13/R - late S6 - 2011]
* so now begins the waiting.
[Buffyverse - Spike(/Buffy) - stanzaic free verse - R(/NC-17) - late S6 - 2012]
Where the Pilgrim Falls
The way Buffy sees it, she's not midway down any freaking journey. Even if she is lost.
[Buffyverse - Buffy/Spike - 500 - PG - late S6 - 2012]
P-P-P-Pick Up a Plot for Vengeance! [All-Penguin AU pseudo-parody; cf. SERIES]
In which Penguin!Buffy and Penguin!Spike finally sort their lives out, but Penguin!Angel isn't happy in the least.
[Buffyverse - Buffy/Spike, Angel & Gang - 4K - PG - late S6[AU] - 2010]
Fun with the Fluffballs [All-Penguin AU pseudo-parody; cf. SERIES]
Penguin!Buffy and Penguin!Spike return from their adventure.
[Buffyverse - Buffy/Spike, Dawn, fluffballs - 300 - G - late S6[AU] - 2010]
Trial by Mini-Quiches
Clem saves the day.
[Buffyverse - Spike & Clem - 2K - PG-13 - ante OAFA - 2005]
As Good as a Rest [cf. SERIES]
So, Buffy’s alive. Ish. Spike’s dead, but she’s hoping for the ish. Katrina’s definitely dead. At least the cops are investigating that one?
[Buffyverse - Buffy/Spike, Kate Lockley - 31K - R/NC-17 - AU OAFA - 2011]
Turn and Face the Strain [cf. SERIES]
When Buffy thought about falling in love again, she didn't expect it to be nearly so complicated as it actually turns out to be.
Also, she didn't expect it to be Spike. (She's not sure he did either.)
[Buffyverse - Buffy/Spike, Kate Lockley, Dawn, Angel Gang - 83K - R - AU AYW+ - 2012]
Risk-Free and Guaranteed
[Buffyverse - Spike(/Buffy) - drabble - G - ante AYW - 2005]
As We Are
[Buffyverse - Spike/Buffy - 500 - PG-13 - alt. AYW - 2010]
Charming Strange Peppermint (The Polonius Shot First Remix)
William Pratt is lost in the future and in love with a robot. But he has a feeling there’s more to know about both of them.
[Buffyverse - Spike/Buffy - 2.5K - PG-13 - late S6 - 2011]
As Simple as BCD
A moment in an AU 'Normal Again', where Cordelia is a Summers sister.
[Buffyverse - Cordelia & Buffy - 1K - PG - alt. Normal Again - 2012]
The Best is Yet to Come
During is quest for the soul, Spike is introduced to the First Evil... It actually saves his life?
[Buffyverse - Spike(/Buffy), First Evil - 1K - PG-13 - late S6 - 2014]
*If God is Love, then You are False
Wesley writes about Lilah.
[Buffyverse - Wesley(/Lilah) - sestina - PG - summer 2002 - 2010]
Gone Fishin' [All-Penguin AU pseudo-parody; cf. SERIES]
My Buffy is a hero. She kills things. (Even as a penguin.)
[Buffyverse - Buffy - 700 - PG - summer 2002[AU] - 2010]
* Five Poems Spike Wrote about Buffy: II
[Buffyverse - Spike/Buffy - blank verse lump - PG-13 - post Beneath You - 2009]
Image Object (Angles of Refraction Mix)
There's a mirror in the basement, and it'll turn you around.
[Buffyverse - Buffy(/Spike) - 500 - G - during Selfless - 2011]
Half-Loop Topstitch
Unfortunately, like everyone these days - despite having a minimalist wardrobe and being recently insane - Spike has stuff.
[Buffyverse - Buffy/Spike - 500 - PG - post Sleeper - 2010]
2003
Twenty-Two to Tango
There are good reasons why no one talks about Buffy’s twenty-second birthday. For a start, no one can quite agree on what actually happened.
[Buffyverse - Spike/Buffy - 800 - PG - mid S7 - 2012]
A Regular Van Helsing
Buffy Solis: Slayer, Latina
[Buffyverse - Buffy - 1.3K - PG-13 - mid S7 - 2010]
A Wild Night Out
A wild night out, mid S7 style. ;)
[Buffyverse - Spike/Buffy - 500 - G - mid S7 - 2010]
Microwave Meals (Quick, Easy and Sometimes Satisfying)
Buffy and Spike buy a microwave.
[Buffyverse - Buffy/Spike - 2.5K - G - post The Killer in Me - 2009]
'I love you' is a thing you say to people who are dying
Season 7. Buffy/Spike. Some Watchers survived, because sometimes people do.
[Buffyverse - Buffy/Spike - 100K - R/NC-17 - mid/late S7 - 2015]
A Matter of Taste
Buffy still can't get over the idea that 'Wind Beneath My Wings' isn't a good song.
[Buffyverse - Spike/Buffy - 1K - PG - mid/late S7 - 2011]
* Five Poems Spike Wrote about Buffy: III
[Buffyverse - Spike/Buffy - sonnet - PG-13 - late S7 - 2009]
Walking at Midday
Spike’s beginning to get the feeling Buffy may be in love with him. It’s terrifying.
[Buffyverse - Spike/Buffy - 7.5K - R - post Get It Done - 2011]
Living on Drury Lane
[Buffyverse - Andrew/Xander - 600 - G - late S7 - 2010]
Deliciously Self-Centred
Buffy is seduced.
[Buffyverse - Buffy/Spike - 850 - PG - late S7 - 2011]
Dark and Fruity... And all mine! [A companion to Deliciously Self-Centred]
On the hunt for Jaffa Cakes, Giles hears something that makes him fear the worst.
[Buffyverse - Giles [Buffy/Spike] - 1.5K - PG - late S7 - 2014]
Claws of Dust
Giles wants some answers. Possibly more than he realised.
[Buffyverse - Giles & Spike(/Buffy) - 5K - PG/PG-13 - alt. LMPTM - 2008]
Broken by Degree
Instead of using the trigger, what if Robin Wood used Toth's magic rod from The Replacement to split Spike's demon from his soul?
[Buffyverse - Spike/Buffy - 4.5K - PG-13 - alt. LMPTM - 2013]
Close
[Buffyverse - Buffy/Spike - 600 - G - post LMPTM - 2004]
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…
[Buffyverse - Buffy/Spike - 19K - PG-13 - post LMPTM - 2010]
Empiricism
"Morality is not the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness."
[Buffyverse - Buffy/Spike - 1K - PG - post Dirty Girls - 2013]
*Tuesday May 20, 2003
Verse is a bad habit. She picked it up from him.
[Buffyverse - Buffy/Spike - 900 - PG-13 - during Chosen - 2010]
Sunstroke
It's been a couple of weeks since the battle against the First Evil and Buffy's still with the gang in LA, but what she hasn't told them is that she's started hearing Spike's voice in her head.
Not quite sure what it means, she heads into the desert to ask the First Slayer.
[Buffyverse - Buffy(/Spike), First Slayer - 3.5K - PG-13 - post Chosen - 2014]
Wish You Were Here
In Buffy's apartment there is a spare and somewhat dusty room.
In this room there is an old and somewhat dusty bureau that no one remembers buying.
In this bureau there is an ugly and somewhat dusty diary for 1997 that no one remembers buying, which no one really thinks about because it isn't all that important anyway.
This diary doesn't close properly.
[Buffyverse - Buffy/Spike - seven postcards - PG-13 - summer post Chosen - 2006]
Darling Buds of May (Rough Winds Hardstep Dub)
Another summer and Giles can’t grieve. But he’s not the only one with reason to.
[Buffyverse - Giles & Caridad - 2.5K - PG - August post Chosen - 2011]
History
Buffy learns about the Slayer's past and travels to Africa to meet it.
[Buffyverse - Buffy(/Spike) - 20K - PG-13/R - winter post Chosen - 2004/5]
* Five Poems Spike Wrote about Buffy: IV
[Buffyverse - Spike/Buffy - hendecasyllabics - PG-13 - early A5 - 2009]
An Exercise in Futility
Having shot the cyborg masquerading as his father, Wesley gets an invitation to England, where he finds that other aspects of his past are less easy to bury.
[Buffyverse - Wesley (& Giles) - 10K - PG-13 - post Lineage - 2009]
Glimpses of Ganymede Grey [cf. 2008, 2009]
"But why did you decide it was so important for me to hate you? I think that’s strange."
[Dollhouse - Whiskey & Topher - 1.5K - PG-13 - post Omega - 2009]
2004
Seven Drabbles: III
[Buffyverse - Andrew & Dawn - drabble - PG - several months post Chosen - 2004]
Ragnarok and Roll
Bored with his Xbox, Spike buys a second hand Playstation on the cheap.
Unfortunately, it's cursed, and whatever magic it is that sucks him into Final Fantasy VIII thinks Buffy should come along for the ride...
[Buffyverse/FFVIII - Spike/Buffy (+ Rinoa/Squall) - 1K - PG-13 - mid a5/disc 3 - 2012]
Deep Sea Rescue [cf. SERIES]
So, Spike actually got on his container ship. Unfortunately there was a freak accident...
[Buffyverse - Buffy/Spike - 900 - PG - mid A5 - 2011]
Tourist Trap [cf. SERIES]
Spike wants a feat of virility to prove himself to Buffy. Dragon-slaying's always a good one, right?
[Buffyverse - Spike/Buffy - 1K - PG - several months post Chosen - 2011]
Dinner and a Movie and Slayage [cf. SERIES]
Buffy and Spike meet a fox, but there are cunning plans all round.
[Buffyverse - Buffy/Spike - 1K - PG - several months post Chosen - 2011]
Breathing at Your Side [cf. SERIES]
[Buffyverse - Spike/Buffy - 700 - PG - post Damage - 2011]
* Maudlin Drivel Spike Scribbled
[Buffyverse - Spike/Buffy - villanelle - G - mid A5 - 2009]
Seven Drabbles: II
[Buffyverse - Faith & Angel - drabble - PG - alt. Smile Time - 2004]
Seven Drabbles: VI
[Buffyverse - Buffy(/Spike) - drabble - PG - alt. TGIQ - 2004]
Dug Too Deep (Too Many Mornings Mix)
They'd saved her, and Fred knew it.
[Buffyverse - Fred - 1K - PG-13 - alt. late A5 - 2011]
Samsara
There are no endings.
[Buffyverse - Spike/Buffy - 3K - PG - one night post NFA - 2005]
* Five Poems Spike Wrote about Buffy: V
[Buffyverse - Spike/Buffy - blank verse lump - PG-13 - less than a week post NFA - 2009]
Seven Drabbles: V
[Buffyverse - Buffy/Spike - drabble - PG - about a week post NFA - 2004]
*Write My Country New (Fearful Suppliant Mix)
Beware a fallen avatar
[Buffyverse - Illyria - three free stanzas - PG - post NFA - 2011]
Starting
Spike and Illyria deal.
[Buffyverse - Spike & Illyria - 1.5K - PG - less than a month post NFA - 2004]
Seven Drabbles: I
[Buffyverse - Spike(/Buffy) - drabble - PG - about a month post NFA - 2004]
A Thousand Ships Have Sailed [cf. SERIES]
[Buffyverse - Buffy/Spike - 1K - PG - post NFA - 2011]
Silence in the Gardens [cf. SERIES]
[Buffyverse - Buffy/Spike - 700 - PG - post NFA - 2011]
Distractions, Segues and Metafantasy [cf. SERIES]
The logistics of phone sex can be quite complicated.
[Buffyverse - Spike/Buffy - 1K - R - post NFA - 2011]
Brand New Day
Solutions aren't always answers.
[Buffyverse - Spike/Buffy - 6.5K - PG-13 - about six weeks post NFA - 2006]
*Spikeid
Of bloody awfulness and fallen towns,
O Calliope, would I sing if you
Would lend your aid. And, wow, I sound a bit
Pretentious, don’t I? Sorry ‘bout that - what
I meant to say was this: I've got a plan...
[Buffyverse - Spike/Buffy et al. - 50K - PG-13/R - several weeks post NFA - 2008-2011]
Resolution [cf. SERIES]
Buffy and Xander have been missing their flirting buddies.
[Buffyverse - Buffy & Xander - 1K - G - early comics - 2007]
The Public Face [cf. SERIES]
Xander gets a phone call in the middle of the night, which leads him to witnessing a reunion he's not sure he wants to.
[Buffyverse - Xander, Buffy/Spike - 4K - PG-13 - early comics/a couple of months post NFA - 2007]
Inside These Walls
[Buffyverse - Illyria - drabble - G - post NFA - 2010]
Burnt to the Filter
Having turned up in Rome, Spike is smoking his way to cowardice.
[Buffyverse - Spike/Buffy - 500 - PG - post NFA - 2010]
2005
Near Misses
A little late, Buffy heads to LA after the battle with Wolfram and Hart.
[Buffyverse - Buffy/Spike - 4K - PG-13 - several months post NFA - 2005]
Brand New Day: One Year On
[Buffyverse - Spike/Buffy - 1K - PG-13 - thirteen/fourteen months post NFA - 2009]
Drabbling Dawn [cf. 2006, SERIES]
[Buffyverse - Dawn/Satsu - three drabbles - PG - alt S8 comics - 2010]
The Problem with Kindly Interventions [cf. SERIES]
Dawn and Andrew are forced to share a bed. It... Is what it is.
[Buffyverse - Dawn & Andrew - 1K - G - post Chosen - 2011]
2006
Seeing, Not Watching
[Buffyverse - Giles/Faith - drabble - G - post Chosen - 2010]
If I'm an Actor then I Want to Know My Lines [cf. SERIES]
[Buffyverse - Buffy/Spike - 1K - PG-13 - post S8 #35 - 2010]
The Frayed and Weathered Mantle [cf. SERIES]
We could blame it on circumstance, if only circumstance had a voice with which to accept.
(Now Spike’s arrived in Scotland, Buffy joins the crew of the of the Good Ship Steampunk on a quest to find out what the heck is up with Angel.)
[Buffyverse - Buffy/Spike, Angel - 14.5K - R - post S8 #35 - 2010]
Drabbling Dawn [cf. 2005, SERIES]
[Buffyverse - Dawn/Satsu - three drabbles - PG - alt S8 comics - 2010]
Positive Exposure
Safe in the bosom of the A-List, Spike is set up on a date with Buffy: the world's most hated tabloid trash. Wackiness refuses to ensue.
[Buffyverse - Spike/Buffy - 13.5K - R/NC-17 - post ATF/S8 comics - 2009]
What it is to Burn
After three years in a long distance relationship, Buffy’s the one who cracks first.
[Buffyverse - Buffy/Spike - 16.5K - R(/NC-17) - post-series futureverse - 2012]
2007
abridgement
Several years after dimensions tore, Dawn's figuring out her place in the world.
[Buffyverse - Dawn - 4.5K - PG-13 - AU post The Gift - 2012]
Go, Remembering Me (to Return on a Favourable Wind) [cf. SERIES]
Last year, Andrew knew where he stood with Dawn: they were good friends, living in the same city, celebrating Dawn's acceptance to university. Now that she's actually there he's not so sure.
[Buffyverse - Andrew & Dawn(/Satsu) - 2.5K - PG - alt S8 comics - 2010]
Shine On You
Faith receives a gift.
[Buffyverse - Faith(/Giles) - 260 - PG - futureverse - 2010]
The Last Fingers of Leaf
Buffy and Illyria go for pizza. There's a dragon.
[Buffyverse - Buffy & Illyria - 2K - PG - post NFA - 2010]
2008
The Girl in the Fishtank
[St. Trinian's - OC & Kelly Jones - 700 - PG - post 2007 film - 2010]
Let's Get Metaphysical
[Torchwood - Jack/Ianto - 300 - PG - S2 - 2010]
Pawn Promotes
It takes seven years before Dawn stops being a sacrifice.
[Buffyverse - Dawn, Buffy/Spike - 1000 - AU seven years post The Gift - 2011]
I Thrice Presented Him a Kingly Crown [cf. 44 BC]
Spike and Buffy get stuck in ancient history.
[Buffyverse - Spike/Buffy - 11K - PG-13/R - post NFA - 2008]
Moment
Vampires are creatures of two halves.
[Buffyverse - Spike/Buffy - 3K - PG-13 - post NFA - 2006]
Glimpses of Ganymede Grey [cf. 2003, 2009]
"But why did you decide it was so important for me to hate you? I think that’s strange."
[Dollhouse - Whiskey & Topher - 1.5K - PG-13 - post Omega - 2009]
2009
You are Time through Which I Drift
[Dollhouse - Mellie - drabble - G - Season 1 - 2010]
The Silence of Wendy
This fic is not about Wendy or Becky or Stacy. It's about Echo.
[Dollhouse - Saunders & Echo - 1.5K - G - during Omega - 2009]
Glimpses of Ganymede Grey [cf. 2003, 2008]
"But why did you decide it was so important for me to hate you? I think that’s strange."
[Dollhouse - Whiskey & Topher - 1.5K - PG-13 - post Omega - 2009]
How Worth It is the Acrylic Itch?
[Dollhouse - Saunders - drabble - G - post Omega - 2010]
The Seduction of Claire Saunders
"When we get to the why - that’s when it gets really bad."
[Dollhouse - Saunders - 5K - PG - post Vows - 2010]
Getting across the River
In which Dawn bakes Diwali cookies, Buffy watches 'Come Dine with Me' and Spike wears too many clothes.
[Buffyverse - Buffy/Spike, Dawn - 1K - G - futureverse - 2011]
*The Beauty of the Stars
What can you trust when your instincts are gone?
[Buffyverse - Buffy & Illyria - 1K - PG - futureverse - 2010]
In Remission [cf. 2012, 2014]
In the five years Spike's been missing, the world around Buffy has irrevocably changed. The general population has woken up to vampires' existence and the kill count has dropped way down. She's sharing a house with a soulless vampire, still going by the name of Faith. But what does Spike have to do with it? And what does it mean for their future?
[Buffyverse - Buffy/Spike & Faith - 19.5K - PG-13 - futureverse - 2013]
2012
* Five Poems Spike Wrote about Buffy: One that She Wrote about Him
[Buffyverse - Buffy/Spike - blank verse lump - PG-13 - futureverse - 2009]
A Quirk of Perkins
Making the most out of her retirement, Buffy has made it to the final of The Great British Bake Off. Now Sue Perkins has come to interview her at home, but gets a little more than she bargained for.
[The Great British Bake Off/Buffyverse - Sue Perkins, Buffy/Spike - 2K - PG - futureverse - 2012]
Super Saturday and the Sloughing of Sun-Dried Sloth
In which Spike watches the Olympics, Buffy vanquishes some tomato demons and everyone is grateful for iPlayer.
[Buffyverse - Spike/Buffy - 1K - PG - futureverse - 2012]
In Remission [cf. 2009, 2014]
In the five years Spike's been missing, the world around Buffy has irrevocably changed. The general population has woken up to vampires' existence and the kill count has dropped way down. She's sharing a house with a soulless vampire, still going by the name of Faith. But what does Spike have to do with it? And what does it mean for their future?
[Buffyverse - Buffy/Spike & Faith - 19.5K - PG-13 - futureverse - 2013]
2013
Running Up that Hill
After making a mistake at a nightclub, Buffy fears she's getting old.
[Buffyverse - Buffy(/Spike & Dawn) - 1K - PG - futureverse - 2013]
You’ve Got the Power to Know [cf. SERIES]
Buffy proposes.
[Buffyverse - Spike/Buffy - 2K - NC-17 - futureverse - 2009]
2014
Whether there will be more winters.
It's Summer, 2014. Buffy and Spike broke up a few years ago; now they're most likely getting back together.
seu pluris hiemes seu tribuit Iuppiter ultimam ... carpe diem [Horace Odes I 11]
[Buffyverse - Buffy/Spike & Dawn & Giles - 3.5K - PG - futureverse - 2014]
To Have and to Hold
A slice of life for 2014 in a world where the wedding actually was.
[Buffyverse - Xander/Anya - 1K - PG - futureverse - 2014]
In Remission [cf. 2009, 2012]
In the five years Spike's been missing, the world around Buffy has irrevocably changed. The general population has woken up to vampires' existence and the kill count has dropped way down. She's sharing a house with a soulless vampire, still going by the name of Faith. But what does Spike have to do with it? And what does it mean for their future?
[Buffyverse - Buffy/Spike & Faith - 19.5K - PG-13 - futureverse - 2013]
2015
Came Dancing to My Door [cf. SERIES]
Buffy isn't sure she wants a baby. In fact, she's fairly certain she doesn't.
[Buffyverse - Buffy/Spike - 4.5K - R - futureverse - 2010]
Late 2010s
Past Progressive
"Spike and I? We met in high school."
[Buffyverse - Buffy(/Spike) - 200 - G - futureverse - 2010]
Promised
[Buffyverse - Spike/Buffy - drabble - PG - futureverse - 2010]
The Tale of Isthgraid [cf. 2000]
Illyria's time comes to an end, so she creates a new shell from a form she knows and imbues it with her self.
Unfortunately the need to rule is not entirely compatible with the shell's propensity for screwing up plans and falling in love with blonde Californians...
[Buffyverse - OC/Harmony, Spike/Buffy - 7K - PG - futureverse/mid S4 - 2009]
An Observation amongst Many
[Harry Potter - Luna Lovegood/Rolf Scamander - drabble - G - post books - 2010]
2020s
What a Way to Make a Living [cf. SERIES]
Somewhere along the way, Spike finds himself working a nine-to-five. With Illyria. At night.
[Buffyverse - Spike/Buffy, Illyria - 4.5K - PG-13/R - futureverse - 2008]
Every Now and Then [cf. SERIES]
When Spike goes missing Buffy is forced to remember things she'd rather have left forgotten.
[Buffyverse - Buffy/Spike, Illyria - 14K - PG-13/R - post alt. ATF - 2008]
2100s
That Old Tune
[Buffyverse - Harmony - drabble - G - futureverse - 2010]
THE END OF DEMONKIND ON EARTH
Echoes
Spike pays his respects to Illyria.
[Buffyverse - Spike/Buffy - 500 - PG - post NFA - 2007]
THREE MILLION YEARS IN THE FUTURE
Lager: The Only Thing That Can Kill A Twilight
Something suspiciously pornified shows up on the long range scanners.
[Red Dwarf/Buffyverse - The Crew(, Angel/Buffy) - 500 - PG - post DNA - 2010]
.
SERIES
A Qu and Xyr Chocobo
Stroper Stew - Fish for the Blues
Quina goes on an adventure a while after Garnet and Zidane's wedding. Bobby Corwen, the chocobo raised by Black Mage No. 111 and No. 33, comes along too, keen to learn the Way of the Gourmand.
[FFIX - Quina & Bobby Corwen - 3K - PG - post game - 2010]
Turn and Face the Strain
The More Things Stay the Same - As Good as a Rest - Turn and Face the Strain
Sunnydale and LA are brought together in late S6; Buffy's life seems to be taking a better turn because of it.
[Buffyverse - Buffy/Spike, Ensemble - 140K - R/NC-17 - post DMP - 2011-12]
PENGUINS
[All-Penguin AU pseudo-parody]
P-P-P-Pick Up a Plot for Vengeance! - Fun with the Fluffballs - Gone Fishin'
Penguin!Buffy the Jellyfish Slayer saves the sea from evil on a daily basis; if only Penguin!Spike and Penguin!Angel could equally sort their lives out.
[Buffyverse - Buffy/Spike, Angel and Gang - 5K - late S6[AU] - 2010]
Cryptozoology
Deep Sea Rescue - Tourist Trap - Dinner and a Movie and Slayage
Spike gets on a container ship after he gets his body back in AtS S5. He and Buffy reunite, making their home in London, during which time they meet a number of demons who are rather more mythological than usual...
[Buffyverse - Buffy/Spike - 3K - PG - several months post Chosen - 2011]
Long Distance
Breathing at Your Side - A Thousand Ships Have Sailed - Silence in the Gardens - Distractions, Segues and Metafantasy
Let's assume Spike was in contact with Buffy during A5, shall we?
[Buffyverse - Spike/Buffy - 3.5K - PG - A5 going on post NFA - 2011]
Escape from Castle Anthrax
Resolution - The Public Face
There's no grail-shaped beacon, but something's not right in that Scottish castle.
[Buffyverse - Buffy/Spike, Xander - 5K - PG-13 - early comics/a couple of months post NFA - 2007]
Dawn in Cambridge
The Problem with Kindly Interventions - Drabbling Dawn - Go, Remembering Me (to Return on a Favourable Wind)
Dawn is on a quest to become the greatest watcher who ever lived. Or maybe just get a 2.1. Or deal with the fact her girlfriend once had a thing with her sister.
[Buffyverse - Dawn/Satsu, Andrew - 3K - PG - alt S8 comics - 2010]
To the Spikemobile, Away!
If I'm an Actor then I Want to Know My Lines - The Frayed and Weathered Mantle
To quote myself: "Because no matter how horrifically awful and depressing and placenta-monsters (*weeps*) the rest of it is, someone somewhere decided that if Spike could rock up to an apocalypse without any budget or common-sense constraints, he'd do it in a steampunk spaceship of doom. Which CRACKS ME UP."
[Buffyverse - Buffy/Spike, Angel - 16K - R - post S8 #35 - 2010]
Together they Fight Crime
You’ve Got the Power to Know - Came Dancing to My Door - What a Way to Make a Living - Every Now and Then
He's a vampire with a soul; she's God-King of the Primordium. Together they fight crime. (But don't forget the Slayer!)
[Buffyverse - Spike/Buffy, Illyria - 25.5K - NC-17 - futureverse post alt. ATF - 2008-10]
...
and some vids!
Fandoms Represented: Buffyverse, London 2012 Opening Ceremony, FFVIII, FFIX, Hamlet (RSC 2009 w/David Tennant).
Key: [CHARACTERS - LENGTH (minutes:seconds) - CANON SETTING - YEAR MADE]
Buffyverse
Stress
You're not the source of me, you said.
[Buffy & the First Slayer - 2:22 - Restless + GID - 2010]
Playground Twist
Power's supposed to repel people, right?
[Buffy/Spike - 0:55 - early Season 5 - 2011]
Too Hot for Drumstep
"I thought, if I could save you, I'd somehow save myself."
Fuck that.
[Darla - 2:10 - AtS Season 2 - 2010]
4'33"
in the dark / sometimes / i hear you
[Spike/Buffy - 4:35 - early Season 7 - 2011
Black and White
This pain remembers her.
[Illyria (& Fred) - 2:26 - late AtS Season 5 - 2011]
London 2012 Opening Ceremony
Map of the Problematique
is this the region, this the soil, the clime,
said then the lost archangel, this the seat
that we must change for Heav'n, this mournful gloom
for that celestial light?
[Ensemble - 3:13 - Pandaemonium - 2012]
Final Fantasy VIII
The Fortress at Sea Level
I walk in worlds you can only begin to imagine.
[Rinoa - 2:05 - end of game - 2010]
Final Fantasy IX
City of One
"Answer me, puppet. Do you deny your very birth?"
[Vivi - 2:19 - late game - 2012]
Hamlet (RSC 2009 w/David Tennant)
Triceratops
Hamlet doesn't like being watched.
Ophelia doesn't have a choice in the matter.
[Hamlet & Ophelia - 2:47 - Rotten Denmark - 2010]
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