Summary: During season five, a powerless Buffy needs to make a play for time to keep herself alive and keep Glory and company away from her family. Buffy's not sure if Spike will come through for her, especially when he might finally have a chance to get rid of her. His actions convince Buffy that he is more than an ally, he's a friend, and opens her eyes to the possibility that he's even more than that. Challenge response.
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Categories: Season 5, Challenge Response
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Action/Adventure, Drama, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Violence
Challenges: Trapped (Author's Choice of Name)
Completed: Yes Chapters: 9 Table of Contents
Word count: 29,686 Hit Count: 25,239 ePub Downloads: 506
Published: October 07, 2015 Updated: January 26, 2016
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Action/Adventure, Drama, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Violence
Challenges: Trapped (Author's Choice of Name)
Completed: Yes Chapters: 9 Table of Contents
Word count: 29,686 Hit Count: 25,239 ePub Downloads: 506
Published: October 07, 2015 Updated: January 26, 2016
holidays-in-the-sun commented on Chapter 9: Epilogue
on December 07, 2021 
Summary: A missing scene story from season 6's Dead Things. My attempt to answer Buffy's question, "why do I let Spike do those things to me?".
Categories: Season 6, Missing Scene
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Angst, Dark, Erotica, Porn w/ Plot
Warnings: Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 1,395 Hit Count: 894 ePub Downloads: 38
Published: May 27, 2017 Updated: May 28, 2017
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Angst, Dark, Erotica, Porn w/ Plot
Warnings: Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 1,395 Hit Count: 894 ePub Downloads: 38
Published: May 27, 2017 Updated: May 28, 2017
holidays-in-the-sun commented on Chapter 1: Chapter 1
on August 25, 2021
your characterization is so spot-on - this literally feels like it’s just a transcript of a deleted scene or smth. very sexy , very well done . Love !
Summary: Slayers don't get weepy when their One True Love rides off into the night for good. They get mad, and then they get even. Buffy's determined to kick off college by finding Mr. Normal, just like Angel wanted -- and then rubbing her new True Love in Angel's face. She's got the perfect normal guy all picked out, until an unexpected encounter at a party gives her a better idea. After all, who could make a worse Bad Boyfriend than Spike?
Response to Tempestt's challenge "Bad Boyfriend.” Warnings: character death, smut, blood play, mild BDSM.
Thanks to all the good friends who poked at my outline and offered kind words of encouragement. Special thanks to Sigyn for beta-reading and extra cheerleading when I needed it most, and to SzmattyCat for the gorgeous banner and bonus beta-reading! 11/15 ETA Thank you to EllieRose101 for joining in with beta/cheerleading assistance!
Response to Tempestt's challenge "Bad Boyfriend.” Warnings: character death, smut, blood play, mild BDSM.
Thanks to all the good friends who poked at my outline and offered kind words of encouragement. Special thanks to Sigyn for beta-reading and extra cheerleading when I needed it most, and to SzmattyCat for the gorgeous banner and bonus beta-reading! 11/15 ETA Thank you to EllieRose101 for joining in with beta/cheerleading assistance!
Categories: Season 4, Alternate Reality, Challenge Response
Characters: Ensemble
Genres: Erotica, HEA/HFN, Humor, Lighthearted, Porn w/ Plot, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Blood Play, Character Death, Fetish, Sexual Situations, Violence
Challenges: Bad Boyfriend
Completed: Yes Chapters: 22 Table of Contents
Word count: 145,561 Hit Count: 92,171 ePub Downloads: 882
Published: October 17, 2019 Updated: April 15, 2020
Characters: Ensemble
Genres: Erotica, HEA/HFN, Humor, Lighthearted, Porn w/ Plot, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Blood Play, Character Death, Fetish, Sexual Situations, Violence
Challenges: Bad Boyfriend
Completed: Yes Chapters: 22 Table of Contents
Word count: 145,561 Hit Count: 92,171 ePub Downloads: 882
Published: October 17, 2019 Updated: April 15, 2020
holidays-in-the-sun commented on Chapter 22: Epilogue
on August 06, 2021
WOWIE!!!!! this was beautiful start to finish. spike’s innate desire to be Loved and Accepted is one of the most compelling parts of the show and you have captured it so elegantly . and the sex scenes ??? HOO . cannot tell you how much i loved this. will never get over spike crying over the butterflies in the epilogue , or the poetry IN the sex scenes ???? amazing . so well done
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Summary: Spike
Turns out the Gem of Amarra is more complicated than just a get-out-of-death-free card and as soon as I put the bloody thing on, I find myself compelled to play the white-hatted hero. And the damn thing is stuck on my finger. Sodding magic.
Buffy
Riley is perfect, right? Normal, cute, way into me. Not involved with anything that goes bump in the night. So yeah. Perfect.
Except I'm not so sure his white-picket-fence future is one I want. In fact, it kind of makes me ill thinking about it.
And Will’s will-be-done spell, and the very naked things that happened during it? That did not help.
Riley
I can handle Buffy being the Slayer. Really.
But she's my future wife and I'm not letting a tacky Billy Idol wannabe of an HST drag her into the darkness.
Turns out the Gem of Amarra is more complicated than just a get-out-of-death-free card and as soon as I put the bloody thing on, I find myself compelled to play the white-hatted hero. And the damn thing is stuck on my finger. Sodding magic.
Buffy
Riley is perfect, right? Normal, cute, way into me. Not involved with anything that goes bump in the night. So yeah. Perfect.
Except I'm not so sure his white-picket-fence future is one I want. In fact, it kind of makes me ill thinking about it.
And Will’s will-be-done spell, and the very naked things that happened during it? That did not help.
Riley
I can handle Buffy being the Slayer. Really.
But she's my future wife and I'm not letting a tacky Billy Idol wannabe of an HST drag her into the darkness.
Categories: Season 4
Characters: Angel, Buffy, Clem, Dawn, Faith Lehane, Forrest Gates, Giles, Graham Miller, Harmony, Joyce, Maggie Walsh, Riley Finn, Spike, Tara, Willow, Willy the Snitch, Xander
Genres: Drama, Erotica, HEA/HFN, POV, Romance, Slow-Burn, Under Magical Influence
Warnings: Adult Language, Rape (Implied), Sexual Situations, Torture (Physical), Violence
Completed: Yes Chapters: 12 Table of Contents
Word count: 55,501 Hit Count: 11,528 ePub Downloads: 202
Published: April 27, 2021 Updated: July 05, 2021
Characters: Angel, Buffy, Clem, Dawn, Faith Lehane, Forrest Gates, Giles, Graham Miller, Harmony, Joyce, Maggie Walsh, Riley Finn, Spike, Tara, Willow, Willy the Snitch, Xander
Genres: Drama, Erotica, HEA/HFN, POV, Romance, Slow-Burn, Under Magical Influence
Warnings: Adult Language, Rape (Implied), Sexual Situations, Torture (Physical), Violence
Completed: Yes Chapters: 12 Table of Contents
Word count: 55,501 Hit Count: 11,528 ePub Downloads: 202
Published: April 27, 2021 Updated: July 05, 2021
holidays-in-the-sun commented on Chapter 9: Chapter 9
on August 17, 2021
the unbridled rage i felt reading about walsh breaking buffys fingers ???? HOOO . i already hate her but those lines just made me even more okay with the whole Ripping out Her Heart and Showing It to Her thing spike was mentioning .
Author's Response on August 19, 2021 03:04pm
YEAH, the torture bits took me the absolute longest to write. I had to think, "What would Maggie do? How far would she push it to 'test' her healing?" I was unhappy with where I ended up, because then I had to, you know, WRITE that lol