Summary: As Riley's heartrate skyrockets towards fatal, and Joyce's health worsens, Buffy and Spike trip over their hatred of each other as it slips downhill into something more. Alternate ending set at the end of Out Of My Mind.
Beta and Sensitivity Readers: RavenLove12 Artists: cd85
Categories: Season 5, Episode Rewrite
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Willow, Xander, Dawn, Joyce, Riley Finn
Genres: Drama, Erotica, Fix-It, Slow-Burn
Warnings: Adult Language, Depictions of Bigotry, Sexual Situations
Completed: Yes Chapters: 35
Word count: 75,250 Hit Count: 36,813 ePub Downloads: 202
Published: March 11, 2023 Updated: November 18, 2023
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Characters: Buffy, Spike, Willow, Xander, Dawn, Joyce, Riley Finn
Genres: Drama, Erotica, Fix-It, Slow-Burn
Warnings: Adult Language, Depictions of Bigotry, Sexual Situations
Completed: Yes Chapters: 35
Word count: 75,250 Hit Count: 36,813 ePub Downloads: 202
Published: March 11, 2023 Updated: November 18, 2023
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Story Notes: PERFECT BANNER BY CD85!!!
What with the new "Depictions of Bigotry" tag I think that most stories that feature the suck house as a negative should probably have that warning for both Buffy and Riley's unfortunately canon anti-sexworker attitudes, and I would like to take the opportunity to say those views are not mine whatsoever (no sexworker vamps were lanced with a pool queue in the making of this fic) x
What with the new "Depictions of Bigotry" tag I think that most stories that feature the suck house as a negative should probably have that warning for both Buffy and Riley's unfortunately canon anti-sexworker attitudes, and I would like to take the opportunity to say those views are not mine whatsoever (no sexworker vamps were lanced with a pool queue in the making of this fic) x
1. Chapter 1 by Geliot99 - Likes: 24 Comments: 7 Word Count: 1,079 Hit Count: 3,050 Published: March 11, 2023
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3. Chapter 3 by Geliot99 - Likes: 22 Comments: 5 Word Count: 1,306 Hit Count: 1,206 Published: March 11, 2023
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6. Chapter 6 by Geliot99 - Likes: 22 Comments: 4 Word Count: 2,132 Hit Count: 1,111 Published: March 11, 2023
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18. Chapter 18 by Geliot99 - Likes: 19 Comments: 6 Word Count: 1,625 Hit Count: 996 Published: March 11, 2023
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27. Chapter 27 by Geliot99 - Likes: 25 Comments: 7 Word Count: 2,221 Hit Count: 1,057 Published: March 11, 2023
28. Chapter 28 by Geliot99 - Likes: 26 Comments: 7 Word Count: 2,456 Hit Count: 1,030 Published: March 15, 2023
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32. Chapter 32 by Geliot99 - Likes: 30 Comments: 17 Word Count: 2,571 Hit Count: 870 Published: July 10, 2023
33. Chapter 33 by Geliot99 - Likes: 31 Comments: 13 Word Count: 2,589 Hit Count: 758 Published: September 29, 2023
34. Chapter 34 by Geliot99 - Likes: 34 Comments: 13 Word Count: 2,433 Hit Count: 660 Published: October 26, 2023
35. Chapter 35 by Geliot99 - Likes: 57 Comments: 21 Word Count: 2,521 Hit Count: 746 Published: November 18, 2023