Buffy's having a tough start to freshman year at UC Sunnydale. Finding a college vampire gang causing trouble on campus was par for the course, but getting injured and falling prey to their snooty leader, Sunday, was definitely not in the playbook. But no vamp can keep a good Slayer down. After staking her "sire" (and talk about outdated sexist terminology -- this was college, where was the enlightenment?!), a vamped Buffy now must navigate college as a member of the newly undead. And between finding out her roommate is a soul-sucking demon after said roommate's plan to suck Buffy's now non-existent soul backfires, dealing with a bunch of demon-kidnapping Commandos, trying to navigate awkward new relationships with her Watcher and the Scoobies (not to mention "coming out" to her mom), plus the ridiculous inconvenience of not being able to go out in the sun, Buffy's unlife has gotten complicated times a million. The only thing that could make it worse would be if Spike suddenly showed up back in town...

Reqs:

- As you've probably guessed, this is a Vampire!Buffy fic! So Buffy must get turned by Sunday. However, Buffy must maintain a general moral alignment with what is shown in canon in episodes where she's (nearly) soulless / vamped (Living Conditions/Nightmares). Aka, Buffy is still acting as a Slayer (whether unofficially or officially). Beyond that, how much she changes or doesn't is up to you

- Vampire!Buffy should remain soulless in this fic.

- Spike's journey through canon is the same up to this point. He's still looking for the Gem of Amara, etc. Up to you if Buffy ends up with it instead/at some point

- All roads lead to Spuffy. I don't care how long (or not long) it takes, but our pair should be on their way to a relationship or in one by the end of the fic.

- Up to you how plotty or not plotty this fic is. Feel free to involve the whole S4 Initiative arc (and beyond!) if you like, or zoom right over/around/under it if that's more your jam and just keep it to the basics of the Spuffy re-meet in S4 and what happens between them from there.

- As always for my challenges: No character bashing (reasonable critiques are totally fine), no Saint Spuffy, no pregnancy/baby fic, no dub/non-con.

- The actual fic title can of course be whatever you like

And most of all.... have fun!