DeSoto: fic recs about Spike's car
The DeSoto. Spike’s beloved car. "Starlight Black," four-door 1959 Desoto Fireflite Sportsman. After the request by clawofcat for memorable BTVS objects, I thought about some of the stories I had read that featured this piece of Spike's history. Here are some that I remembered.
Title: Reclamation
http://www.sand-in-my-shoes.com/mirror/Reclamation.html
Author: Amy B amybnnyc
Summary: Reunited in the wake of the Senior Partners' wrath, Buffy helps Spike reclaim a bit of his past [his Desoto], allowing them to find each other again in the process.
Rating: NC-17
Status: Complete 1/1
Season: post NFA
Why: A 'happily-ever-after' sort of PWP (but with a good-sized serving of plot),
Title: Dreams and Desotos
http://www.bloodshedverse.com/stories.php?go=chapters&no=2238
Author: Blooodshedbaby Blooodshedbaby
Summary: An alternate end to Becoming where Spike and Buffy leave together and wind up in a small New England town where nobody knows their secret identities. But trouble has a way of finding them.
Rating: NC-17
Status: Complete in 20 chapters
Season: S.2
Why: A great ride, unique plot and amazing original characters.
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Title: Down the Road I Go
http://dark-solace.org/elysian/viewstory.php?sid=71&warning=NC-17
Author: Megan in Collaboration with Spikeslovebite megan_tam_fics
Summary: A Slayer. A vampire. A 1959 DeSoto. Spike kidnaps Buffy and heads back to Brazil in a misguided attempt to appease Drusilla. What starts out as revenge turns into an experience neither will forget. If they don't kill each other first.
Rating: NC-17
Status: Complete in 22 chapters
Season: S.3
Why: Absolute fun to read - and great spuffy.
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Title: Riding the Clutch
http://only-passenger.livejournal.com/106835.html
Author: only_passenger
Summary: Spike tries to teach Buffy how to drive stick. The metaphor for clutch and emotional control.
Rating: NC-17
Status: Complete 1/1
Season: S.6
Why: Hot and sad. It is season 6, after all.
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Title: Some Kind of Magic
http://dark-solace.org/elysian/viewstory.php?sid=2000&ageconsent=ok
Author: Spikeslovebite spikeslovebite
Summary: Buffy’s back…again. She’s been resurrected for the sole purpose of defeating the Master. Spike’s in town looking for a little revenge on his dysfunctional family. With the help of some bizarre allies and a little magic, can they work together to break the Master’s hold over Sunnydale?
Rating: NC-17
Status: Complete in 3 chapters
Season: S.3 [AU through Joss’ Wishverse]
Why: A DeSoto road trip, demons and UST.
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Drive It Like You Stole It
http://www.bloodshedverse.com/stories.php?go=chapters&no=7912
Author: Verity Watson
Summary: Buffy and Spike, that famous car, hellhounds, animal rescue leagues and Clem
Rating: PG
Status: Complete in 2 chapters
Season: S.5 before Fool for love
Why: Lighthearted and fun and perfectly in-character voices
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Title: By Any Other Name
http://www.ck.mk.btinternet.co.uk/stories/byanyothername.html
Author: Flurblewig
Summary: Spike met his first love [guess].
Rating: R
Status: Complete 1/1
Season: Pre-School Hard
Why: A cute twist
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Title: The Dangers of Desert Driving
http://www.herringjousting.com/blackberrypatch/fics/FicDangersofDesertDriving.html
Author Meltha
Summary: Spike regales an audience with the tale of a very weird hitchhiker he and Drusilla picked up in 1972. Spike/Dru...and ?
Rating: R
Status: Complete 1/1
Season: pre- BTVS [1972] and S.3
Why: A surprise Buffyverse passenger
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Title: The Way a Vamp Loves His Car
http://spuffystuff.org/vampcar.htm
Author: slaymesoftly
Summary: One of those between-the-episodes fics. Could have happened; probably didn’t.
Rating: PG-13
Status: Complete 1/1
Season: Season 6
Why: “Do you love it more than me?”, groaned Buffy
Title: Reclamation
http://www.sand-in-my-shoes.com/mirror/Reclamation.html
Author: Amy B amybnnyc
Summary: Reunited in the wake of the Senior Partners' wrath, Buffy helps Spike reclaim a bit of his past [his Desoto], allowing them to find each other again in the process.
Rating: NC-17
Status: Complete 1/1
Season: post NFA
Why: A 'happily-ever-after' sort of PWP (but with a good-sized serving of plot),
Title: Dreams and Desotos
http://www.bloodshedverse.com/stories.php?go=chapters&no=2238
Author: Blooodshedbaby Blooodshedbaby
Summary: An alternate end to Becoming where Spike and Buffy leave together and wind up in a small New England town where nobody knows their secret identities. But trouble has a way of finding them.
Rating: NC-17
Status: Complete in 20 chapters
Season: S.2
Why: A great ride, unique plot and amazing original characters.
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Title: Down the Road I Go
http://dark-solace.org/elysian/viewstory.php?sid=71&warning=NC-17
Author: Megan in Collaboration with Spikeslovebite megan_tam_fics
Summary: A Slayer. A vampire. A 1959 DeSoto. Spike kidnaps Buffy and heads back to Brazil in a misguided attempt to appease Drusilla. What starts out as revenge turns into an experience neither will forget. If they don't kill each other first.
Rating: NC-17
Status: Complete in 22 chapters
Season: S.3
Why: Absolute fun to read - and great spuffy.
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Title: Riding the Clutch
http://only-passenger.livejournal.com/106835.html
Author: only_passenger
Summary: Spike tries to teach Buffy how to drive stick. The metaphor for clutch and emotional control.
Rating: NC-17
Status: Complete 1/1
Season: S.6
Why: Hot and sad. It is season 6, after all.
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Title: Some Kind of Magic
http://dark-solace.org/elysian/viewstory.php?sid=2000&ageconsent=ok
Author: Spikeslovebite spikeslovebite
Summary: Buffy’s back…again. She’s been resurrected for the sole purpose of defeating the Master. Spike’s in town looking for a little revenge on his dysfunctional family. With the help of some bizarre allies and a little magic, can they work together to break the Master’s hold over Sunnydale?
Rating: NC-17
Status: Complete in 3 chapters
Season: S.3 [AU through Joss’ Wishverse]
Why: A DeSoto road trip, demons and UST.
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Drive It Like You Stole It
http://www.bloodshedverse.com/stories.php?go=chapters&no=7912
Author: Verity Watson
Summary: Buffy and Spike, that famous car, hellhounds, animal rescue leagues and Clem
Rating: PG
Status: Complete in 2 chapters
Season: S.5 before Fool for love
Why: Lighthearted and fun and perfectly in-character voices
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Title: By Any Other Name
http://www.ck.mk.btinternet.co.uk/stories/byanyothername.html
Author: Flurblewig
Summary: Spike met his first love [guess].
Rating: R
Status: Complete 1/1
Season: Pre-School Hard
Why: A cute twist
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Title: The Dangers of Desert Driving
http://www.herringjousting.com/blackberrypatch/fics/FicDangersofDesertDriving.html
Author Meltha
Summary: Spike regales an audience with the tale of a very weird hitchhiker he and Drusilla picked up in 1972. Spike/Dru...and ?
Rating: R
Status: Complete 1/1
Season: pre- BTVS [1972] and S.3
Why: A surprise Buffyverse passenger
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Title: The Way a Vamp Loves His Car
http://spuffystuff.org/vampcar.htm
Author: slaymesoftly
Summary: One of those between-the-episodes fics. Could have happened; probably didn’t.
Rating: PG-13
Status: Complete 1/1
Season: Season 6
Why: “Do you love it more than me?”, groaned Buffy