Umad Learns Sumerian by annakovsky. Dawn.

Yellow Paper Rose by soundingsea. Dawn/Spike, post-The Gift, 25k words, NC-17.

Anywhere But Here by Sarah T.
Dawn takes a field trip and has educational fun. With Ethan. R-ish.

Bonus story - Les Cousins Dangereux by annakovsky. Dawn/Connor, NC-17, 9100 words. Incest (of a sort.) Connor Summers's real memories start coming back that ( Read more... )

(In case anyone's wondering, I haven't forgotten Cordelia! I consider her an Ats character more than a BtVS one.)

Mumukshutva by Magpie.
Ethan/Giles, NC-17, 31k words. "Suppose you keep the head of a man immersed in water. He will struggle for breath. He will desire intensely to get out of the water so that he can breathe. He will forget ( Read more... )

Again, no Faith icon, so have more sexy Wesley instead!

Sealed With a Kiss by mpoetess. Faith/Buffy, R.

Hold You Close Like We Both Died by vylit. Faith/Giles, Ethan/Giles, R.

Return by roseveare. Faith/Wesley, R. 'She can't believe they're the last ones left.' Faith and Wesley, ten years on.

Five Things That Never Happened to Spike by kita0610. Spike, R.

A Quiet Pint by Klytaimnestra. Spike & Tara.

Miles to Go by Rachel Anton. Spike/Angel, NC-17. There are one hundred and forty-six miles between Sunnydale and Los Angeles, and on the way Spike thinks of one hundred and forty-six reasons he shouldn't be doing this.

Bonus - Puzzles by flaming-muse. Spike ( Read more... )

I don't have an Oz icon so I'll just use Wesley instead. He's pretty. I wasn't originally going to rec for the more minor characters, but hey. Oz is cool. :-)

Slow Like Honey by idyll. Oz/Lindsey.

Find the River by seanarenay. Oz/Wesley, NC-17.

Pieces of Oz series by knottedrose. Oz/Xander, varied ratings.

I was hoping to stick to stories that were set during BtVS (before Angel went to LA) but it was too hard. Here are three stories. It would have been easier to choose thirty.

Strawberry Fields by keelywolfe. Angel/Doyle, NC-17. Such a fantastic pairing, and this story does it so much justice.

Here On Earth by chrisleeoctaves. Angel/Buffy, S3 BtVS, strong R rating.

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Five Ways of Becoming Someone Else by Kyra Cullinan. Willow. NC-17. Five Willows who never were. A study in transformations. Dark and haunting.

volcanoes melt you down by winter baby. Willow/Giles (but many other pairings, too), strong R. Interesting format.

The Great and Terrible by Rachel Anton. Angel/Spike/Willow, NC-17. This is, as far as I ( Read more... )

The Shades of Grey series by Athene. Giles and Spike. Six PG-rated stories in the series.

Grief, Written on Skin by mireille719. Giles/Wesley, Adult, one of many wonderful stories that came out of the watcherlove ficathons. Gorgeous, just like all of Mir's stories.

Why Do You Breathe? and Scar Tissue by savoytruffle. Giles/Xander. Xander in Africa post-Chosen; Giles goes to bring ( Read more... )

Triptych by minim_calibre. Buffy/Wesley, R. Series of short stories. A different way things could have gone. Beautifully written.

As Dark Things Are Loved by redbrickrose. Buffy/Angel, PG. Gorgeous.

Super Food World by Valerie. Buffy/Spike, R. Buffy and Spike go grocery shopping during S6. So awesome.

Starting today, I'm going to try to post a few 'classic' recs each day for the next week. I'm calling them 'classic' in the sense that they were written several years ago or more and because I've recced them in the past. It's my goal to suggest at least some stories that you maybe haven't read before -- but even if they aren't, it's my hope that ( Read more... )