Set in the summer between Seasons 4 and 5
All the thanks to Dusty for the fantastic banner!
Written for the 2021 Elysian Fields Mystery Fic-a-Thon Challenge.
Artists: None
Characters: Buffy, Giles, Marcie Ross, Spike, Tara, Willow, Xander
Genres: Fluffy/Comedy, Lighthearted
Warnings: Buffy/Other (Temp)
Completed: Yes Chapters: 6
Word count: 36,299 Hit Count: 9,394 ePub Downloads: 155
Published: July 11, 2021 Updated: October 12, 2021
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1. Chapter 1 by bookishy - Likes: 56 Comments: 33 Word Count: 6,208 Hit Count: 2,452 Published: July 11, 2021
A giant, giant thank-you to MaggieLaFey for beta-ing this in record speed when I was like, “Hey, you know that challenge thing I said I wasn’t going to do because I was being responsible? Lol, here's 6k words representing how I've changed my mind.” And for just being there to talk me through ideas and rough writing patches in general. I owe another thank-you to Girlytek for the same, and for making me feel better about my late start to this by joining in too.
2. Chapter 2 by bookishy - Likes: 51 Comments: 26 Word Count: 4,020 Hit Count: 1,409 Published: July 18, 2021
A big thanks to Dusty for whipping up this great banner!
This is unbeta'd because I have poor time management skills, so all mistakes are mine.
3. Chapter 3 by bookishy - Likes: 50 Comments: 25 Word Count: 4,603 Hit Count: 1,392 Published: July 25, 2021
Please enjoy some slightly horny fanfic involving Spike's butt that I wrote on my phone while sitting next to my most conservative relatives in the middle of the woods.
Obviously, this is unbeta'd. All cringe-y things done with bbq forks are mine and mine alone.
4. Chapter 4 by bookishy - Likes: 58 Comments: 28 Word Count: 8,165 Hit Count: 1,466 Published: August 01, 2021
Because life decided to get a bit wild this week, I've set personal records in writing this (two days!) and most was done from 12am-3am in the morning. So a big thank you to MaggieLaFey for taking a really speedy look at the first half and reassuring me that it was, at least, in English, even if I still don't know how to punctuate parentheticals.
All mistakes and bad taste once the real board game nerdery starts are entirely mine.
(Guys, I am so behind on comments because of the aforementioned craziness--not to mention all of the other fic I want to be reading--but ya'll are going to hear from me TOMORROW).
5. Chapter 5 by bookishy - Likes: 54 Comments: 32 Word Count: 8,348 Hit Count: 1,408 Published: August 08, 2021
Before you get to the end of this chapter and start shaking your fist at me, this fic is NOT completed, which yes, means I am disqualified from the Mystery Fic challenge. But I decided that I'd rather give you guys a Spuffy HFN that feels unrushed, and what I have right now, at 11:57 ET, does not feel that way. But I promise I'm saving the best happy ending for last.
That said, I wanted to keep with the weekly update schedule, as it's so rare this is a thing I am able to do.
6. Chapter 6 by bookishy - Likes: 75 Comments: 35 Word Count: 4,955 Hit Count: 1,267 Published: October 12, 2021
While I may not have gotten this up in time to keep my puppy icon from the Challenge, I do hope it fulfills the HFN prompt.