Penname: the_bronze
Real Name: Jodie
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Member Since: June 01, 2014
Last Active: August 01, 2022
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Beautiful Enemies was nominated at the SUNNYDALE MEMORIAL FANFICTION AWARDS ROUND 30 for Best Plot, Best Romance and Best Drama.

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Stories by the_bronze
Past Featured Story
All I Ask by the_bronze [R] Likes: 189 Comments: 50
Summary: Buffy and Spike are reunited post NFA. They haven't seen each other since the Hellmouth. Buffy has only just learnt of Spike's existence again. Can they move on and start again with their pasts still lurking around the corner? (Season 8 comic spoilers. Ignoring Spuffy reunion in the comics. Also BTVS-Chosen and Angel-Not Fade Away spoilers)
Warning for Adult Language, some Violence and a Character Death.
**PREQUEL TO SOMETHING TO LIVE FOR**
BANNER CREDIT TO DAUNTLESS GRACE
Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None
Artists: None
Series: All I Ask
Categories: Post-Series, Crossover (AtS), Baby/Kid Fic
Characters: Buffy, Dawn, Giles, Illyria, Original Characters, Spike, Willow, Xander
Genres: Action/Adventure, Angst, Drama, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Character Death, Sexual Situations, Violence
Completed: Yes Chapters: 28 Table of Contents
Word count: 45,921 Hit Count: 58,517 ePub Downloads: 442
Published: June 01, 2014 Updated: August 11, 2014
Past Featured Story
Beautiful Enemies by the_bronze [R] Likes: 368 Comments: 252
Summary: The Scoobies are defenceless as a group of demons stop at nothing to hunt down and kill Buffy. They come to the unfortunate realisation that only Spike is strong enough to protect her from them. Will the mortal enemies agree to run off and work together in order to put an end to the demons' reign of terror?
Warning for Adult Language, Violence and mild Sexual Situations.
 **NOMINATED AT THE SUNNYDALE MEMORIAL FANFICTION AWARDS ROUND 30 FOR BEST PLOT, BEST ROMANCE AND BEST DRAMA**
 
 
Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None
Artists: None
Categories: Season 4, Alternate Reality, Episode Rewrite
Characters: Anya, Buffy, Dawn, Giles, Joyce, Original Characters, Spike, Tara, Willow, Xander
Genres: Action/Adventure, Angst, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Completed: Yes Chapters: 34 Table of Contents
Word count: 45,001 Hit Count: 73,842 ePub Downloads: 521
Published: July 06, 2014 Updated: March 21, 2015
Children by the_bronze [PG] Likes: 17 Comments: 11
Summary: Oneshot. Early Season 5.
Buffy and Spike share a tender moment over the Slayer's pregnancy scare. Enjoy!
Few Buffy/Riley references. Not happy ones, however.
Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None
Artists: None
Categories: Alternate Reality, Season 5, Episode Rewrite
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Drama
Warnings: Buffy/Other (Temp)
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 888 Hit Count: 1,502 ePub Downloads: 46
Published: January 22, 2015 Updated: January 22, 2015
Chocolate Covered Anything? by the_bronze [PG-13] Likes: 28 Comments: 20
Summary: Spike arrives home one tired December evening to a chocolatey situation..
Written for the December 2015 Holiday Challenge.
Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None
Artists: None
Categories: Season 10 (Comic), Post-Series, Alternate Reality, Holiday Fic
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Xander
Genres: Fluffy/Comedy, Romance
Warnings: None
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 767 Hit Count: 1,188 ePub Downloads: 30
Published: November 30, 2015 Updated: November 30, 2015
Date Night by the_bronze [PG-13] Likes: 19 Comments: 12
Summary: A unique night for Buffy and Spike leads to a few truths that they both so desperately need and want to here.
Set some time after the 'Love Dares You' arc in the season 10 comics.
ONE SHOT.
Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None
Artists: None
Categories: Alternate Reality, Season 10 (Comic), Post-Series
Characters: Buffy, Dawn, Spike
Genres: Fluffy/Comedy, Romance
Warnings: None
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 2,188 Hit Count: 1,470 ePub Downloads: 50
Published: October 30, 2015 Updated: October 30, 2015
Destiny and Dreams by the_bronze [R] Likes: 10 Comments: 15
Summary: No matter what Buffy tries to do stay away from Spike, her vampire somehow always knows how to do or say the right thing...
Set between the end of Tabula Rasa and the beginning of Smashed.
Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None
Artists: None
Categories: Season 6, Episode Rewrite
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Willow, Xander
Genres: Drama, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language
Completed: No Chapters: 3 Table of Contents
Word count: 2,055 Hit Count: 3,012 ePub Downloads: 19
Published: January 25, 2015 Updated: January 30, 2015
Easier by the_bronze [PG] Likes: 15 Comments: 7
Summary: Spuffy one shot set in After Life, Season 6 after Buffy is resurrected by Willow. Totally AU of course so that Buffy and Spike are never interrupted by the Scoobies! WARNING: The Gift, Bargaining Parts 1&2 and After Life SPOILERS. 
Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None
Artists: None
Categories: Season 6, Alternate Reality, Episode Rewrite
Characters: Buffy, Dawn, Spike
Genres: Angst, Romance
Warnings: None
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 1,583 Hit Count: 1,852 ePub Downloads: 40
Published: June 02, 2014 Updated: June 02, 2014
Five Hours Straight by the_bronze [PG-13] Likes: 31 Comments: 20
Summary: Spike can't get a dream off of his mind and ends up grabbing the attention of a usually disinterested and distant slayer. But it is just a dream...right?
Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None
Artists: None
Series: Misbehaving Fate
Categories: Season 6, Alternate Reality
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Angst, Drama
Warnings: Sexual Situations
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 1,253 Hit Count: 2,234 ePub Downloads: 67
Published: August 13, 2015 Updated: August 13, 2015
Human Nature by the_bronze [R] Likes: 94 Comments: 72
Summary: Buffy and Spike have finally managed to eradicate the demonic evil threatning their happiness, with their new daughter, but it seems impossible to take control of one thing they can't fight...time.
**SEQUEL TO ALL I ASK** and **SOMETHING TO LIVE FOR**
BANNER CREDIT TO DAUNTLESS GRACE
Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None
Artists: None
Series: All I Ask
Categories: Post-Series, Crossover (AtS), Alternate Reality, Baby/Kid Fic
Characters: Buffy, Dawn, Faith Lehane, Giles, Original Characters, Spike, Willow, Xander
Genres: Angst, Drama, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Rape (Implied), Sexual Situations
Completed: Yes Chapters: 22 Table of Contents
Word count: 31,082 Hit Count: 22,856 ePub Downloads: 155
Published: November 29, 2014 Updated: May 25, 2015
Past Featured Story
Not A Day Goes By by the_bronze [PG] Likes: 12 Comments: 10
Summary: One shot set the night before the final battle in Chosen. Missing scenes from Buffy and Spike's final night together. 
WARNING: Chosen spoilers and character death.
Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None
Artists: None
Categories: Season 7, Episode Rewrite
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Angst, Romance
Warnings: Character Death
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 2,087 Hit Count: 1,127 ePub Downloads: 47
Published: August 17, 2014 Updated: August 17, 2014
Something To Live For by the_bronze [R] Likes: 89 Comments: 59
Summary: **SEQUEL TO ALL I ASK**
Things become 10x more complicated for the slayer and her vampire as they fight to protect their child from revenge seeking Illyria. The god has been almost impossible to track down let alone defeat but is Spike's accidental discovery the key to destroying her once and for all? 
Warning for Adult Language, and mild Sexual Situations.
BANNER CREDIT TO DAUNTLESS GRACE
Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None
Artists: None
Series: All I Ask
Categories: Post-Series, Crossover (AtS), Alternate Reality, Baby/Kid Fic
Characters: Buffy, Giles, Illyria, Original Characters, Spike, Willow, Xander
Genres: Angst, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Sexual Situations, Violence
Completed: Yes Chapters: 18 Table of Contents
Word count: 20,676 Hit Count: 26,512 ePub Downloads: 187
Published: July 20, 2014 Updated: November 29, 2014
Past Featured Story
The Thin Blue Line by the_bronze [R] Likes: 228 Comments: 161
Summary: Buffy has no idea what to think when she discovers that Spike is alive, kicking and living the high life in LA. She doesn't have long to confront him, however, when she accidently stumbles upon a certain sarcophagus in the labs of Wolfram and Hart, where Illyria lies dormant, soon to be awakened...
Goes AU from 'Damage' Angel Season 5. 
Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None
Artists: None
Categories: Post-Series, Crossover (AtS), Alternate Reality, Episode Rewrite, Claim
Characters: Angel, Buffy, Dawn, Fred, Charles Gunn, Illyria, Lorne, Spike, Wesley
Genres: Angst, Drama, Dramedy, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Sexual Situations, Violence
Completed: Yes Chapters: 17 Table of Contents
Word count: 26,713 Hit Count: 25,109 ePub Downloads: 215
Published: May 20, 2015 Updated: December 18, 2015
Unexpected, Unwanted, Unbelievable by the_bronze [R] Likes: 291 Comments: 223
Summary: What's an already troubled slayer to do when she discovers that she's expecting? And somehow, a certain bleach blonde vampire's to blame...
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Sequel to my one shot, Five Hours Straight by popular demand. Spike's dream turned to be a little more accurate than first thought. 
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WARNING: A big chunk of this ISN'T happy baby fussing, please be warned. 
There are individual chapter warnings for potential triggers, but this is the overall disclaimer.
 
BANNER CREDIT TO THE WONDERFUL DAUNTLESSGRACE
Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None
Artists: None
Series: Misbehaving Fate
Categories: Season 6, Alternate Reality, Baby/Kid Fic
Characters: Angel, Anya, Buffy, Dawn, Giles, Original Characters, Quentin Travers, Spike, Tara, Willow, Xander
Genres: Angst, Dark, Drama, Fighting, Hurt/Comfort, Kidnapping, Romance, Slow-Burn
Warnings: Adult Language, Mental Health Issues, Violence
Completed: No Chapters: 23 Table of Contents
Word count: 41,323 Hit Count: 31,190 ePub Downloads: 138
Published: August 22, 2015 Updated: July 29, 2022