Real Name: Holly
Pronouns: She/her
Location: Here, there, and everywhere
Last Active: March 19, 2024
Membership Status: Administrator
Skin: elysian
I am one of the Elysian Fields administrators, specializing in member and public relations, media management, and overall operations. My primary goal is to ensure that everyone who calls Elysian Fields “home” has a warm, engaging experience. Please don’t hesitate to reach out with any questions, concerns, or other issues.
About Me
I came to Buffy the Vampire Slayer fandom in 2002. I’d known about the show for a while, but had avoided it as I was loyal to the movie (or, more accurately, to Luke Perry’s Pike), but finally caved at the start of the summer when a friend insisted on watching her new Buffy DVDs (Seasons 1 and 2 had just come out). I was entertained by Season 1, but with Season 2 (specifically Spike’s entrance) I became enthralled. Even more so when my friend told me that bad boy slayer-killer Spike later had a romance with Buffy. Enemies to lovers is my favorite trope in all the trope land, so this idea took root in my head and has yet to leave.
Though was only seventeen, I was already a rather prolific writer. I had also been active in a few fandoms, so it didn’t take me long to do a deep dive in all things Buffy. I read episode summaries for the episodes I hadn’t seen, started recording the reruns off FX, and absorbed as much Spuffy fanfic as I could find…and being that Season 6 had just concluded, I could find quite a bit. It took me no time at all to start sketching out my own Spuffy fic, which I wanted to set after Grave (an episode I hadn’t even seen, just had read about thanks to insanely detailed episode summaries) and have firmly established prior to the debut of the yet-to-be-aired Season 7. That fic, Sang et Ivoire, was my first foray into fandom, and the longest piece of fiction I’d written at that point. It became insanely popular thanks to an invitation to be archived on The Crypt section on the invitation-only archive Fonts of Wisdom, and helped launch me firmly into the Spuffy corner of the internet, where I have been (in one way or another) ever since.
In 2006, five fandom friends and I decided to start an archive called Elysian Fields, a name I chose since it was designated to be “a resting place” of our heroes. It wasn’t too long after this that I met my husband, graduated college, and truly began the arduous process of growing up. By 2010, I had more or less exited fandom (in presence only, never in spirit) and started writing original fiction (mostly paranormal romance) under the penname Rosalie Stanton. I also became a professional editor for a boutique digital-first publisher, which consumed most of my time. Even while I was away, though, I would periodically check in with Elysian Fields, sometimes dreading that I would find it had gone the way of other Spuffy archives and always relieved to be proven wrong.
By the time the show’s 20th anniversary rolled around in 2017, I had done a lot of that growing-up thing. I’d gotten married, bought a house, experienced extreme professional highs and lows, and lost a parent. The sudden renaissance of all things Buffy that occurred that year struck something in me, and I dipped my toe back into Spuffy. I was instantly reminded of exactly how much fandom meant to me, how much writing these characters and sharing these stories meant to me, and vowed to not only finish my long-standing WIP Strawberry Fields (which I had abandoned in 2008), but write new stories. Lots of new stories. I also started an intense personal editing project to make my older fics more readable. This mostly involves clearing up some of the awkwardness that was a reflection of a young girl trying to sound like she had more experience than she did. All of my work on Elysian Fields will eventually be edited; it will just take time. If you're looking at my older work, I suggest sticking to the stories that have an edit date in the summary.
In 2020, I was approached by OffYourBird with an offer to rejoin the Elysian Fields administrative team as the tech mod…and I wanted to so badly that I forced my very non-techy brain to learn as much as it could about our software so I can help keep this site running. This is thankfully no longer my primary role, thanks to Mods DarkVoid116 and cawthraven.
I have never been happier as a writer anywhere than I am right here, and I am so grateful to everyone, especially my fellow EF Founders and Susan, who kept this archive alive while I was off growing up.
About My Spuffy Work
The real world sucks. A lot. It’s painful and stressful and sometimes downright ugly.
I read and write to escape the real world. That doesn’t mean that my work will be all sunshine and rainbows—sometimes I write things that are downright depressing. But no matter how deep into Mordor I take you, my work will always feature an HEA/HFN ending (which isn’t to say everything will be resolved, but that Spike and Buffy will be in a good place together). I know suffering in the real world doesn’t always lead to something good, but that’s what the real world is for. And as Stephen King says, the ending’s not really why you’re reading, anyway. You’re reading to take a journey.
Most of my fics with a publish date prior to 2017 will involve claims, and this was always to secure the HEA ending (so Spike and Buffy never had to say goodbye because of old age). As a result, some of those works, admittedly, became a little redundant. Works published after 2017 do not feature claims and won’t unless the claim is an integral plot point and not just a lazy way to say, “Buffy never dies.” There are other ways to make Buffy immortal, and I have my favorites.
Elysian Fields is my home, and there is truly no place like it.
Originally published in 2007. Edited in 2020.
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Drama, Fix-It, HEA/HFN, Hurt/Comfort, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Completed: Yes Chapters: 5 Table of Contents
Word count: 22,044 Hit Count: 44,545 ePub Downloads: 1,134
Published: September 02, 2007 Updated: September 22, 2007
Categories: Drabbles, Post-Series
Characters: Buffy
Genres: Established Relationship, Lighthearted
Warnings: None
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 269 Hit Count: 1,673 ePub Downloads: 24
Published: April 01, 2022 Updated: April 01, 2022
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Erotica, Fighting, HEA/HFN, Lighthearted, Porn w/o Plot
Warnings: Adult Language, Blood Play, Sexual Situations
Event: 2023 Satisfaction-athon
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 14,754 Hit Count: 2,970 ePub Downloads: 124
Published: February 14, 2023 Updated: February 14, 2023
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Giles, Dawn
Genres: Drama, Fix-It, HEA/HFN, Romance, Slow-Burn
Warnings: Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Completed: Yes Chapters: 3 Table of Contents
Word count: 23,529 Hit Count: 7,866 ePub Downloads: 205
Published: November 10, 2021 Updated: November 12, 2021
Categories: Season 6, Alternate Reality, Seasonal Spuffy Entries
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Angel, Ensemble, Lilah Morgan, Lindsey McDonald, Lorne, Wesley
Genres: Angst, Dark, Drama, HEA/HFN, Hurt/Comfort, Romance, Slow-Burn
Warnings: Adult Language, Attempted Suicide, Blood Play, Character Death, Cheating/Infidelity, Gun Violence, Mental Health Issues, Rape (Actual), Sexual Situations, Suicidal Ideation
Completed: Yes Chapters: 31 Table of Contents
Word count: 204,309 Hit Count: 57,800 ePub Downloads: 763
Published: November 27, 2020 Updated: July 02, 2021
Runner up for Best Long Story at Love's Last Glimpse Awards 2005.
Originally published in 2005 for Seasonal Spuffy | Edited in 2019
Categories: Season 5, Alternate Reality, Holiday Fic, Claim, Award Runners-Up, Seasonal Spuffy Entries
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Fluffy/Comedy, HEA/HFN, Lighthearted, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Completed: Yes Chapters: 5 Table of Contents
Word count: 23,055 Hit Count: 23,969 ePub Downloads: 620
Published: October 28, 2006 Updated: October 28, 2006
Edited in 2021
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Drama, HEA/HFN, Porn w/ Plot, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 9,497 Hit Count: 7,554 ePub Downloads: 370
Published: January 20, 2007 Updated: January 20, 2007
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Action/Adventure, HEA/HFN
Warnings: Adult Language
Completed: No Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 8,454 Hit Count: 762 ePub Downloads: 14
Published: May 30, 2022 Updated: May 30, 2022
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Fluffy/Comedy, HEA/HFN, Lighthearted, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Completed: Yes Chapters: 5 Table of Contents
Word count: 23,697 Hit Count: 15,781 ePub Downloads: 295
Published: March 16, 2017 Updated: March 16, 2017
Banner by teragramm.
Winner at the Spark and Burn awards.
Characters: Angel, Buffy, Cordelia, Faith Lehane, Giles, Oz, Spike, Willow, Xander
Genres: Dramedy, HEA/HFN, Kidnapping, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Blood Play, Dubious Consent, Rape (Implied), Sexual Situations
Completed: Yes Chapters: 52 Table of Contents
Word count: 120,380 Hit Count: 304,697 ePub Downloads: 2,278
Published: October 30, 2006 Updated: October 30, 2006
, Series: Drabblephabet
Categories: Between Seasons (any), Vignettes, Drabbles
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Erotica, Established Relationship, Porn w/o Plot
Warnings: Blood Play, Sexual Situations
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 319 Hit Count: 1,872 ePub Downloads: 62
Published: April 03, 2022 Updated: April 03, 2022
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Drama, Hurt/Comfort
Warnings: Abortion, Adult Language
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 12,720 Hit Count: 1,525 ePub Downloads: 52
Published: July 01, 2022 Updated: July 01, 2022
Characters: Spike
Genres: Angst
Warnings: None
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 95 Hit Count: 217 ePub Downloads: 10
Published: March 13, 2022 Updated: March 13, 2022
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Fluffy/Comedy, HEA/HFN, Lighthearted, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Blood Play, Sexual Situations
Completed: Yes Chapters: 6 Table of Contents
Word count: 25,472 Hit Count: 25,700 ePub Downloads: 629
Published: October 30, 2006 Updated: July 29, 2017
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Drama, Erotica, Fighting, HEA/HFN, Kidnapping, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Sexual Situations, Violence
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 14,769 Hit Count: 889 ePub Downloads: 49
Published: February 23, 2024 Updated: February 23, 2024
Categories: Season 4, Vignettes
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Erotica, Porn w/o Plot
Warnings: Adult Language, Cheating/Infidelity, Sexual Situations
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 11,211 Hit Count: 4,485 ePub Downloads: 255
Published: October 11, 2020 Updated: October 11, 2020
Banner by OffYourBird
Categories: Season 4, Episode Rewrite
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Willow, Riley Finn
Genres: Angst, Erotica, Fighting, Porn w/ Plot, Under Magical Influence
Warnings: Adult Language, Buffy/Other (Temp), Dubious Consent, Sexual Situations, Spike/Other (Temp)
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 12,251 Hit Count: 4,497 ePub Downloads: 253
Published: March 22, 2021 Updated: March 22, 2021
Categories: Post-Series, Vignettes, Drabbles
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Established Relationship, Lighthearted
Warnings: None
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 409 Hit Count: 1,204 ePub Downloads: 19
Published: April 04, 2022 Updated: April 04, 2022
Categories: Season 4
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Willow, Xander, Adam, Anya, Joyce, Tara
Genres: Dramedy, Erotica, Established Relationship, Fighting, HEA/HFN, Hurt/Comfort
Warnings: Adult Language, Blood Play, Sexual Situations, Torture (Physical), Vampire!Buffy, Violence
Event: Monster Mash 2024
Completed: Yes Chapters: 2 Table of Contents
Word count: 16,779 Hit Count: 633 ePub Downloads: 23
Published: March 10, 2024 Updated: March 10, 2024
Edited in 2021
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Angst, Drama, HEA/HFN, Porn w/o Plot, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 4,336 Hit Count: 5,776 ePub Downloads: 215
Published: April 27, 2013 Updated: April 27, 2013
A Secret Santa gift for maryperk. Banner by Axell.
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Dramedy, Fix-It, HEA/HFN, Lighthearted, Porn w/ Plot, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Sexual Situations, Violence
Challenges: Through the never
Event: Secret Santa Fic Exchange 2020
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 14,823 Hit Count: 7,646 ePub Downloads: 256
Published: December 22, 2020 Updated: December 22, 2020
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Ensemble
Genres: Drama, Fix-It, HEA/HFN, Romance, Slow-Burn
Warnings: Adult Language, Blood Play, Character Death, Gun Violence, Sexual Situations, Violence
Challenges: Buffy the Debt Collector
Event: 2020 Challenge Month
Completed: Yes Chapters: 28 Table of Contents
Word count: 166,457 Hit Count: 80,847 ePub Downloads: 803
Published: April 29, 2020 Updated: November 13, 2020
Categories: Season 3, Episode Rewrite, Award Winners
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Dramedy, Erotica, Fighting, Porn w/ Plot, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Blood Play, Cheating/Infidelity, Sexual Situations
Completed: Yes Chapters: 8 Table of Contents
Word count: 27,711 Hit Count: 52,969 ePub Downloads: 1,304
Published: October 28, 2006 Updated: May 05, 2019
Runner up for Best Romance at Love's Last Glimpse Awards 2005. Winner for Best Villain (Penn) at Love's Last Glimpse Awards Round 18. Winner for Best General Fluff Award at the Spuffy Awards Round 7.
Characters: Angel, Angelus, Buffy, Drusilla, Ensemble, Giles, Other, Spike
Genres: Dramedy, HEA/HFN, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Sexual Situations, Violence
Completed: Yes Chapters: 20 Table of Contents
Word count: 90,008 Hit Count: 57,456 ePub Downloads: 993
Published: October 28, 2006 Updated: October 28, 2006
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Angst, Dark, Drama, Fighting, HEA/HFN, Hurt/Comfort, Porn w/ Plot, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Buffy/Other (Temp), Dubious Consent, Sexual Situations, Underage Sex
Completed: Yes Chapters: 15 Table of Contents
Word count: 72,027 Hit Count: 43,067 ePub Downloads: 592
Published: June 13, 2019 Updated: June 25, 2019
Good thing soulless vampires can't fall in love or she might be in trouble.
Published for the Elysian Fields Road Trip Challenge
Categories: Season 4, Crossover (AtS), Challenge Response
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Giles, Willow, Xander, Angel, Cordelia, Doyle, Lorne, Riley Finn
Genres: Dramedy, Erotica, Fighting, HEA/HFN, Lighthearted, Road Trip, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Character Death, Gun Violence, Sexual Situations, Torture (Physical), Vampire!Buffy, Violence
Challenges: Unliving Conditions
Event: Road Trip Challenge 2022
Completed: Yes Chapters: 24 Table of Contents
Word count: 155,730 Hit Count: 26,284 ePub Downloads: 335
Published: October 14, 2022 Updated: January 28, 2024
, Series: Fade to Bright
Categories: Post-Series, Vignettes, Drabbles
Characters: Buffy
Genres: Angst
Warnings: Adult Language
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 214 Hit Count: 1,242 ePub Downloads: 22
Published: April 07, 2022 Updated: April 07, 2022
Written in 2007 | Edited in 2019
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Giles, Willow, Xander, Angel, Drusilla
Genres: Angst, Drama, Fighting, HEA/HFN, Historical, Resurrection, Romance, Under Magical Influence
Warnings: Adult Language, Blood Play, Buffy/Other (Temp), Sexual Situations, Spike/Other (Temp), Underage Sex, Violence
Completed: Yes Chapters: 34 Table of Contents
Word count: 96,586 Hit Count: 90,485 ePub Downloads: 982
Published: March 08, 2017 Updated: March 09, 2017
, Series: Fade to Bright
Categories: Drabbles, Post-Series, Vignettes
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Drama, Fix-It, HEA/HFN, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 551 Hit Count: 1,168 ePub Downloads: 20
Published: April 09, 2022 Updated: April 09, 2022
Categories: Season 6, Vignettes
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Xander, Riley Finn
Genres: Drama, Established Relationship, HEA/HFN, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 4,365 Hit Count: 5,700 ePub Downloads: 314
Published: March 10, 2011 Updated: March 10, 2011