Penname: Willow25
Real Name: Sarah
Pronouns: She/Her
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Member Since: April 12, 2008
Last Active: November 29, 2023
Membership Status: Member
Skin: other worlds than these
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I've been writing for a long time, but very slowly. I get writer's block and take breaks numbered in months instead of weeks. I haven't posted here before since I wasn't producing much, but my new stories are progressing at more than a snail's pace, so I'm going to start posting here. Watch this space!

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Stories by Willow25
Creation, or Four More Bottles of Wine (What-If Books, Prologue) by Willow25 [PG] Likes: 7 Comments: 5
Summary: Buffy and Willow, too much wine, and what is either a brilliant or terrible idea for a spell. AKA, drunken spell casting, librarian taunting, and other assorted perils of living in LA.
This story vaguely exists in the FAA-verse, but don't make yourself crazy trying to fit it into the existing timeline.
Series: FAA-Verse
, Series: The What-If Books
Categories: Alternate Reality, Post-Series
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Willow, Angel
Genres: Dramedy, Established Relationship, Fluffy/Comedy
Warnings: Adult Language, Substance Use/Addiction
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 5,056 Hit Count: 314 ePub Downloads: 9
Published: April 07, 2023 Updated: April 07, 2023
Fade Away Again by Willow25 [PG] Likes: 224 Comments: 143
Summary:

How 'Not Fade Away' would have gone, in my world. Buffy gets involved in the Wolfram & Hart apocalypse, and changes the course of everyone's lives. This story is the first sequel to "Hole in My Pocket". Missing scenes and alternate ending for the Angel finale.

Series: FAA-Verse
Categories: Post-Series, Crossover (AtS)
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Angel, AtS Ensemble, Connor, Dawn, Giles, Willow
Genres: Action/Adventure, Fighting, Fix-It, Slow-Burn
Warnings: Adult Language, Violence
Completed: Yes Chapters: 24 Table of Contents
Word count: 105,542 Hit Count: 14,139 ePub Downloads: 105
Published: October 16, 2022 Updated: December 23, 2022
Hole In My Pocket by Willow25 [PG] Likes: 32 Comments: 20
Summary: Post-ep for The Girl in Question. One year post Chosen, Spike and Buffy reconnect
Series: FAA-Verse
Categories: Post-Series, Crossover (AtS), Alternate Reality
Characters: Angel, Buffy, Dawn, Spike
Genres: Angst, Established Relationship, Fix-It
Warnings: Buffy/Other (Temp)
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 3,538 Hit Count: 1,401 ePub Downloads: 27
Published: October 12, 2022 Updated: October 12, 2022
Like A Feather by Willow25 [PG-13] Likes: 62 Comments: 35 Updated!
Summary: Willow casts a spell to help Buffy fight Glory. Of course, it doesn't go as planned.
Categories: Season 5, Alternate Reality
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Giles, Willow, Tara
Genres: Dramedy
Warnings: Adult Language, Character Death, Vampire!Buffy
Challenges: (Authors Choice)
Completed: No Chapters: 3 Table of Contents
Word count: 10,332 Hit Count: 1,203 ePub Downloads: 12
Published: October 16, 2023 Updated: November 06, 2023
Scenes from the FAA-Verse by Willow25 [PG-13] Likes: 83 Comments: 57
Summary: Snippets in Buffy and Spike's life post Spiderwebs. I'm trying for scenes that can be understood without a larger knowledge of the Universe, so don't be afraid to try it.
Series: FAA-Verse
Categories: Post-Series, Drabbles
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Dawn, Original Characters, Oz
Genres: Established Relationship, Fluffy/Comedy, HEA/HFN, Lighthearted
Warnings: None
Completed: Yes Chapters: 25 Table of Contents
Word count: 4,944 Hit Count: 1,798 ePub Downloads: 8
Published: July 02, 2023 Updated: July 13, 2023
Spiderwebs by Willow25 [R] Likes: 215 Comments: 181 Updated!
Summary: After the Battle of the Black Thorn, the Angel Investigations crew is recovering in Los Angeles with their friendly neighborhood Slayers and staff from the New Council. But with an enemy targeting them and a lot of loose ends, they won't have long to rest. Meanwhile, the Council deals with a whole new set of problems. Third in the FAA-verse, an Alternate Universe Series beginning after The Girl In Question. 
Series: FAA-Verse
Categories: Post-Series, Crossover (AtS), Alternate Reality
Characters: Buffy, Spike, AtS Ensemble, Faith Lehane, Illyria, Original Characters, Robin Wood
Genres: Action/Adventure, Drama, Established Relationship, Slow-Burn
Warnings: Adult Language, Attempted Suicide, Child Abuse, Human!Spike, Mental Health Issues, Sexual Situations, Substance Use/Addiction, Suicidal Ideation, Violence
Completed: No Chapters: 43 Table of Contents
Word count: 124,547 Hit Count: 12,739 ePub Downloads: 123
Published: January 04, 2023 Updated: November 21, 2023
The Office Hellmouth by Willow25 [R] Likes: 24 Comments: 15
Summary: When Buffy gets a job somewhere other than the Doublemeat Palace, she faces a whole lot of new stresses, and completely different challenges. Not so much a Season 6 rewrite as an office story featuring Buffy and her life on the Hellmouth. Originally begun in 2007, though only a few chapters were ever previously posted.
Categories: Season 6
Characters: Buffy, Original Characters, Spike
Genres: Dramedy, Established Relationship, Fluffy/Comedy
Warnings: Adult Language
Completed: No Chapters: 3 Table of Contents
Word count: 10,993 Hit Count: 1,053 ePub Downloads: 1
Published: February 26, 2023 Updated: March 04, 2023
Try Not to Think About What Might Have Been by Willow25 [R] Likes: 11 Comments: 7
Summary: When Cordelia makes her wish to Anyanka, she's urged in another direction, which has consequences for all the Scoobies, even those Cordelia hasn't met yet.
Series: The What-If Books
Categories: Season 3, Alternate Reality, Episode Rewrite, Challenge Response
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Giles, Willow, Xander, Amy Madison, Andrew Wells, Cordelia, Devon MacLeish, Harmony, Jenny Calendar, Jesse McNally, Larry Blaisdell, Marcie Ross, Mr. Trick, Oliver Pike, Tara
Genres: Queer Themes
Warnings: Abuse, Character Death, Sexual Situations, Violence
Challenges: Not Every Wish Comes True
Completed: No Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 4,416 Hit Count: 448 ePub Downloads: 2
Published: April 07, 2023 Updated: April 07, 2023
Wonderful Unknown by Willow25 [PG-13] Likes: 24 Comments: 14
Summary: Canon Buffy encounters a Buffy from another Universe, and learns how a few surprising changes could lead to her having everything she's ever dreamed of. One of the What-If books.
Series: The What-If Books
Categories: Season 1, Alternate Reality, Baby/Kid Fic
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Giles, Joyce
Genres: Dramedy, Established Relationship, HEA/HFN, Lighthearted
Warnings: Abortion, Buffy/Other (Temp), Human!Spike, Infertility Issues/Miscarriage
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 9,901 Hit Count: 736 ePub Downloads: 12
Published: April 09, 2023 Updated: April 09, 2023