Summary: Spike isn’t getting what he really wants out of his secret “relationship” with Buffy, though things could be worse. Just his luck, D’Hoffryn has decided to celebrate Gurnenthar's Ascendance on the Hellmouth after a romantic disappointment of his own.
Unsung Hero for "Best Doomed (Girl/Guy Fic)" in Round 11 of the Running With Scissors Awards.
Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None
Artists: None
Categories: Season 6, Holiday Fic, Award Runners-Up
Characters: Buffy, Dawn, Spike, Tara, Willow
Genres: Angst, Drama, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Event: 2015 Holiday Challenge
Completed: Yes Chapters: 4
Word count: 5,431 Hit Count: 3,508 ePub Downloads: 56
Published: December 20, 2015 Updated: December 31, 2015


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Story Notes: Set in BtVS Season 6, after Wrecked, but before Older and Far Away. Also after AtS S3 The Vision Thing.

1. Prologue by Rebcake - Likes: 17 Comments: 12 Word Count: 774 Hit Count: 1,290 Published: December 20, 2015

For some backstory on the Skip/D'Hoffryn relationship, see my story, The Gay Agenda (or, Happy Anniversary). When begging for bunnies taking requests for the 2014 round of LJ community noel_of_spike, rbfvid asked if I knew of any Christmas fic featuring D'Hoffryn. Well, no. Is that a red flag I see?

2. Chapter 1 by Rebcake - Likes: 14 Comments: 9 Word Count: 1,166 Hit Count: 780 Published: December 21, 2015

3. Chapter 2 by Rebcake - Likes: 14 Comments: 13 Word Count: 1,442 Hit Count: 704 Published: December 22, 2015

4. Chapter 3 by Rebcake - Likes: 19 Comments: 13 Word Count: 2,049 Hit Count: 734 Published: December 31, 2015