Summary: Spike becomes Buffy’s unlikely protector when she discovers she’s pregnant with a mystical energy known only as the Key.
Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None Artists: Wonder and Ashes
Categories: Season 5, Episode Rewrite, Challenge Response, Baby/Kid Fic
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Dawn, Ensemble
Genres: Drama, Fix-It, HEA/HFN, POV, Slow-Burn
Warnings: Adult Language, Buffy/Other (Temp), Violence
Challenges: You Shall Not Pass
Event: Trapped Challenge 2020
Completed: Yes Chapters: 22
Word count: 27,447 Hit Count: 39,681 ePub Downloads: 295
Published: October 01, 2020 Updated: October 22, 2020
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Characters: Buffy, Spike, Dawn, Ensemble
Genres: Drama, Fix-It, HEA/HFN, POV, Slow-Burn
Warnings: Adult Language, Buffy/Other (Temp), Violence
Challenges: You Shall Not Pass
Event: Trapped Challenge 2020
Completed: Yes Chapters: 22
Word count: 27,447 Hit Count: 39,681 ePub Downloads: 295
Published: October 01, 2020 Updated: October 22, 2020
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Story Notes: Disclaimer: All publicly recognizable characters, settings, etc. are the property of their respective owners. The original characters and plot are the property of the author. The author is in no way associated with the owners, creators, or producers of any media franchise. No copyright infringement is intended.
1. Spike vs. Demons by Wonder and Ashes - Likes: 52 Comments: 24 Word Count: 1,203 Hit Count: 5,334 Published: October 01, 2020
I actually started this story sometime last year, and it's been sitting unfinished until now. I realised it fit the Trapped challenge, so I managed to finish it in time and, well, here it is. I should be posting a chapter a day.
2. Real Baby by Wonder and Ashes - Likes: 29 Comments: 13 Word Count: 1,202 Hit Count: 1,966 Published: October 01, 2020
Thank you to everyone who's read this story so far!
3. The Placement by Wonder and Ashes - Likes: 35 Comments: 17 Word Count: 1,255 Hit Count: 1,830 Published: October 02, 2020
4. Out of His Mind by Wonder and Ashes - Likes: 36 Comments: 21 Word Count: 1,463 Hit Count: 1,755 Published: October 03, 2020
Some dialogue borrowed from the season 5 episode "Out of My Mind".
5. A Place Like Home by Wonder and Ashes - Likes: 31 Comments: 14 Word Count: 1,388 Hit Count: 1,747 Published: October 05, 2020
Dialogue borrowed from the season 5 episode "No Place Like Home".
6. True Family by Wonder and Ashes - Likes: 31 Comments: 16 Word Count: 1,330 Hit Count: 1,860 Published: October 06, 2020
7. Fool in Love by Wonder and Ashes - Likes: 32 Comments: 14 Word Count: 1,296 Hit Count: 1,650 Published: October 07, 2020
Some lines borrowed from season 4's "Restless" and season 5's "Fool For Love".
8. Shadows by Wonder and Ashes - Likes: 30 Comments: 12 Word Count: 1,397 Hit Count: 1,589 Published: October 08, 2020
Thank you to everyone who's read this story so far!
9. Listening to Hope by Wonder and Ashes - Likes: 34 Comments: 15 Word Count: 1,199 Hit Count: 1,562 Published: October 08, 2020
10. Out of the Woods by Wonder and Ashes - Likes: 35 Comments: 18 Word Count: 1,308 Hit Count: 1,564 Published: October 09, 2020
For those of you who were asking, the demon Spike sensed in the previous chapter was the Queller.
11. Triangular by Wonder and Ashes - Likes: 29 Comments: 13 Word Count: 1,242 Hit Count: 1,534 Published: October 10, 2020
12. Checkmate by Wonder and Ashes - Likes: 34 Comments: 16 Word Count: 1,443 Hit Count: 1,706 Published: October 11, 2020
This chapter includes a topic (and a couple lines of dialogue) that was covered in a sketch on the British TV show Horrible Histories.
13. Blood Bonds by Wonder and Ashes - Likes: 29 Comments: 13 Word Count: 1,289 Hit Count: 1,545 Published: October 12, 2020
Some lines of dialogue borrowed from the season 5 episode "Blood Ties".
14. Crushed by Wonder and Ashes - Likes: 36 Comments: 15 Word Count: 1,275 Hit Count: 1,541 Published: October 14, 2020
Dialogue borrowed from season 5's "Crush".
15. Made to Love by Wonder and Ashes - Likes: 35 Comments: 23 Word Count: 1,240 Hit Count: 1,527 Published: October 14, 2020
16. Nobody by Wonder and Ashes - Likes: 32 Comments: 18 Word Count: 1,063 Hit Count: 1,565 Published: October 15, 2020
17. For Evermore by Wonder and Ashes - Likes: 36 Comments: 18 Word Count: 1,625 Hit Count: 1,573 Published: October 17, 2020
18. Intervening by Wonder and Ashes - Likes: 32 Comments: 12 Word Count: 1,080 Hit Count: 1,522 Published: October 17, 2020
Some dialogue borrowed from season 5's "Intervention".
19. Hard Love by Wonder and Ashes - Likes: 35 Comments: 14 Word Count: 974 Hit Count: 1,495 Published: October 18, 2020
20. Spiralling by Wonder and Ashes - Likes: 32 Comments: 17 Word Count: 1,209 Hit Count: 1,430 Published: October 19, 2020
21. The World's Weight by Wonder and Ashes - Likes: 34 Comments: 9 Word Count: 1,166 Hit Count: 1,528 Published: October 20, 2020
A bit of dialogue borrowed from season 5's "The Gift".
22. Love's Gift by Wonder and Ashes - Likes: 66 Comments: 25 Word Count: 800 Hit Count: 1,855 Published: October 22, 2020
Last chapter! In case anyone didn't pick up on it, the previous chapter leads into chapter 1, so this one takes place after that.