Penname: Dusty
Real Name: Tiffany
Pronouns: She/her
Location: In your head
Member Since: June 29, 2018
Last Active: April 18, 2025
Membership Status: Member
Skin: simple-dark
Author

Find me exclusively at Sunnydale After Dark.

 

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Stories by Dusty
Past Featured Story
Bleeding Poetry by Dusty [PG-13] Likes: 1,090 Comments: 558
Summary: All his life, the words just bled out.
Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None
Artists: None
Categories: Pre-Series, Season 1, Season 2, Season 3, Season 4, Season 5, Season 6, Season 7, Challenge Response, Historical, Poetry
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Angelus, Dawn, Drusilla, Ensemble
Genres: Angst, Dark, Drama, Fighting, POV, Romance, Slow-Burn
Warnings: Adult Language, Attempted Rape, Character Death, Sexual Situations, Spike/Other (Temp), Suicidal Ideation, Violence
Challenges: A vampire Poet
Event: April Challenge 2022
Completed: Yes Chapters: 86 Table of Contents
Word count: 6,289 Hit Count: 29,610 ePub Downloads: 202
Published: April 01, 2022 Updated: March 16, 2023
Broken Bridges by Dusty [NC-17] Likes: 1,203 Comments: 635
Summary: Buffy reunites with Spike just when she really shouldn't.
Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None
Artists: None
Categories: Post-Series, Alternate Reality
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Dawn, Robert Dowling
Genres: Angst, Dark, Drama, Dramedy, Erotica, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Blood Play, Buffy/Other (Temp), Cheating/Infidelity, Dubious Consent, Sexual Situations, Spike/Other (Temp), Substance Use/Addiction
Completed: Yes Chapters: 29 Table of Contents
Word count: 83,104 Hit Count: 41,002 ePub Downloads: 482
Published: March 02, 2021 Updated: April 28, 2021
But Baby by Dusty [NC-17] Likes: 328 Comments: 156
Summary: Buffy's ass ruins the rest of their lives. Or Spike does. Someone does.
Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None
Artists: None
Series: Baby Baby Baby
Categories: Post-Series, Baby/Kid Fanwork
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Giles, Willow, Xander, Andrew Wells, Dawn, Ensemble, Ethan Rayne
Genres: Dramedy, Established Relationship, Fluffy/Comedy, HEA/HFN, Humor, Lighthearted, Romance, Under Magical Influence
Warnings: Adult Language, Sexual Situations, Baby/Kid
Event: Mystery Ficathon 2021
Completed: Yes Chapters: 5 Table of Contents
Word count: 30,115 Hit Count: 10,529 ePub Downloads: 209
Published: July 05, 2021 Updated: August 02, 2021
Called by Dusty [PG-13] Likes: 49 Comments: 28
Summary: A slayer, a vampire and how they called through the years.
 Written for the Elysian Fields ‘Called Challenge'
Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None
Artists: None
Categories: Season 2, Season 4, Season 5, Season 6, Season 7, Post-Series, Vignettes, Poetry
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Drama, HEA/HFN, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language
Event: Called Challenge 2021
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 1,706 Hit Count: 1,582 ePub Downloads: 37
Published: October 04, 2021 Updated: October 04, 2021
Christmas Eve by Dusty [NC-17] Likes: 46 Comments: 18
Summary: Fluffy, sexy fun times on the most magical night of the year! This story was written for the 2020 EF Secret Santa exchange and is a gift for MaggieLaFey.
Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None
Artists: None
Categories: Post-Series, Holiday, Taboo: Adults Only
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Xander, Dawn
Genres: Dramedy, Erotica, Established Relationship, Fluffy/Comedy, Lighthearted, Porn w/o Plot, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Fetish, Sexual Situations, Taboo
Event: Secret Santa Fic Exchange 2020
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 7,452 Hit Count: 2,873 ePub Downloads: 84
Published: December 03, 2020 Updated: December 03, 2020
Christmas Without You by Dusty [NC-17] Likes: 30 Comments: 8
Summary: She needed her lumberjack. Or her vampire. Or something.
Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None
Artists: None
Categories: Season 11 (Comic), Season 12 (Comic), Between Seasons (any), Alternate Reality, Holiday
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Dawn, Willow, Xander
Genres: Angst, Drama, Dramedy, Established Relationship, Fighting, Fix-It, HEA/HFN, Road Trip, Romance, Slow-Burn
Warnings: Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 9,405 Hit Count: 828 ePub Downloads: 38
Published: December 21, 2022 Updated: December 21, 2022
Daisy in the Dark by Dusty [PG-13] Likes: 119 Comments: 37
Summary: Without her, even the flowers refuse to grow.
Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None
Artists: None
Categories: Season 5, Season 6, Between Seasons (any)
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Original Characters
Genres: Angst, Drama, Hurt/Comfort, POV, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language
Completed: Yes Chapters: 7 Table of Contents
Word count: 10,516 Hit Count: 2,312 ePub Downloads: 38
Published: November 13, 2022 Updated: December 02, 2022
Dream by Dusty [R] Likes: 949 Comments: 358
Summary: What's a dream? And will it bring her back?
Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None
Artists: None
Categories: Season 5, Season 6, Between Seasons (any), Alternate Reality, Drabbles, Poetry
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Angst, Drama, HEA/HFN, Hurt/Comfort, Romance, Slow-Burn
Warnings: Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Event: Drabblemania 2023
Completed: Yes Chapters: 53 Table of Contents
Word count: 5,300 Hit Count: 19,330 ePub Downloads: 71
Published: July 01, 2023 Updated: July 22, 2023
Embers by Dusty [NC-17] Likes: 335 Comments: 207
Summary: Spike's the best boyfriend. He fulfills all of Buffy's fantasies. All of them.
Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None
Artists: None
Series: Aflame
Categories: Post-Series, Taboo: Adults Only
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Angel
Genres: Drama, Dramedy, Erotica, Established Relationship, Porn w/ Plot, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Buffy/Other (Temp), Sexual Situations, Spike/Other (Temp), Taboo, Threesome(s)
Completed: Yes Chapters: 10 Table of Contents
Word count: 28,701 Hit Count: 13,514 ePub Downloads: 158
Published: May 05, 2021 Updated: May 26, 2021
Past Featured Story
Exquisite Clarity: Part 2 by yellowb, sandy_s, all choseny, sweetprincipale, acekoomboom, SzmattyCat, IceBlueRose, Dusty, Cosmic Tuesdays, Yummysushi17 [NC-17] Likes: 50 Comments: 44
Summary: Lo!  Slouching through the Walmart parking lot it comes — the Sixth Annual Unofficial Yet Blessed Elysian Fields Exquisite Corpse.  
The lovely banners are by OffYourBird.
Beta and Sensitivity Readers: bmerb, MiseEnPlace, Passion4Spike, popculturedeference, the_big_bad
Artists: OffYourBird
Series: The Exquisite Universe
Categories: Challenge Response
Characters: Ensemble
Genres: Action/Adventure, Apocalyptic/Dystopian, Drama, Dramedy, Established Relationship, Humor, Lighthearted, Porn w/ Plot, Porn w/o Plot, Romance, Slow-Burn
Warnings: Adult Language, Sexual Situations, Violence
Challenges: The Sixth Annual Blessed-But-Not-Official Elysian Fields Exquisite Corpse Challenge!
Event: April Challenge 2022
Completed: Yes Chapters: 9 Table of Contents
Word count: 27,611 Hit Count: 2,020 ePub Downloads: 47
Published: April 30, 2022 Updated: August 14, 2022
Exquisite Constellations: Part 1 by yellowb, sandy_s, sweetprincipale, Kanita, incendie, SzmattyCat, MaggieLaFey, Dusty, LaceratedLullabies, violettathepiratequeen [NC-17] Likes: 149 Comments: 125
Summary: The Corpse is dead!  Long live the Corpse!
Beta and Sensitivity Readers: bookishy, kats_meow, MiseEnPlace, Sigyn, The Danish Bird
Artists: Dusty, OffYourBird
Series: The Exquisite Universe
Categories: Pre-Series, Season 1, Season 2, Season 3, Season 4, Season 5, Season 6, Season 7, Season 8 (Comic), Season 9 (Comic), Season 10 (Comic), Alternate Reality, Challenge Response
Characters: Ensemble
Genres: Action/Adventure, Drama, Dramedy, Established Relationship, Fighting, Fluffy/Comedy, Humor, Lighthearted
Warnings: None
Challenges: The Fifth Annual Exquisite Corpse Challenge!
Completed: Yes Chapters: 10 Table of Contents
Word count: 47,796 Hit Count: 4,101 ePub Downloads: 87
Published: April 30, 2021 Updated: July 02, 2021
Flickers by Dusty [NC-17] Likes: 1,344 Comments: 574
Summary: Sunnydale has fallen and Buffy is trying to move on, but then he's back. Almost.
Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None
Artists: None
Series: Aflame
Categories: Season 8 (Comic), Between Seasons (any), Comic (Season Not Specified), Post-Series, Crossover (AtS)
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Giles, Willow, Xander, Angel, Dawn, Ensemble, Fred, Harmony, Lorne, Wesley
Genres: Angst, Drama, Dramedy, Erotica, HEA/HFN, Hurt/Comfort, Resurrection, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Blood Play, Sexual Situations, Torture (Physical), Violence
Event: Trapped Challenge 2020
Completed: Yes Chapters: 34 Table of Contents
Word count: 86,258 Hit Count: 53,850 ePub Downloads: 472
Published: October 02, 2020 Updated: December 29, 2020
Past Featured Story
Gray by Dusty [Adult Only] Likes: 1,327 Comments: 692
Summary: Nothing was black and white, not even the wedding.
Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None
Artists: None
Categories: Post-Series, Baby/Kid Fanwork
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Angel, Drusilla, Ensemble
Genres: Angst, Dark, Drama, Dramedy, Erotica, Established Relationship, Hurt/Comfort, Road Trip, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Blood Play, Character Death, Mental Health Issues, Rape (Actual), Rape (Implied), Sexual Situations, Torture (Emotional/Psychological), Torture (Physical), Violence, Baby/Kid
Completed: Yes Chapters: 41 Table of Contents
Word count: 131,562 Hit Count: 40,194 ePub Downloads: 353
Published: August 26, 2021 Updated: January 01, 2022
I Do! by Dusty [NC-17] Likes: 439 Comments: 161
Summary: Something blue makes them say "I do!"
Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None
Artists: None
Categories: Season 4, Alternate Reality
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Erotica, Fluffy/Comedy, HEA/HFN, Humor, Lighthearted, Road Trip, Romance, Under Magical Influence
Warnings: Adult Language, Dubious Consent, Sexual Situations
Completed: No Chapters: 12 Table of Contents
Word count: 22,132 Hit Count: 12,687 ePub Downloads: 121
Published: January 09, 2023 Updated: February 01, 2023
Jigsaw by Dusty [R] Likes: 128 Comments: 62
Summary: A puzzle of pieces from the past.
Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None
Artists: None
Categories: Season 4, Season 5, Season 6, Season 7, Season 11 (Comic), Post-Series, Crossover (AtS), Missing Scene, Time Travel, Drabbles
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Angst, Drama, Dramedy, Established Relationship, HEA/HFN, Humor, Hurt/Comfort, Lighthearted, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Buffy/Other (Temp), Character Death, Cheating/Infidelity, Sexual Situations, Spike/Other (Temp), Threesome(s)
Completed: Yes Chapters: 30 Table of Contents
Word count: 3,000 Hit Count: 8,653 ePub Downloads: 42
Published: June 30, 2023 Updated: August 03, 2023
Maybe Baby by Dusty [NC-17] Likes: 193 Comments: 119
Summary: Parenthood was fun, and not full of doubts and confusion at all!
Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None
Artists: None
Series: Baby Baby Baby
Categories: Post-Series, Baby/Kid Fanwork
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Dawn
Genres: Dramedy, Erotica, Established Relationship, Fluffy/Comedy, HEA/HFN, Humor, Lighthearted, Mystery, Porn w/ Plot
Warnings: Adult Language, Sexual Situations, Baby/Kid
Event: Mystery Ficathon 2022
Completed: Yes Chapters: 5 Table of Contents
Word count: 23,161 Hit Count: 4,061 ePub Downloads: 79
Published: July 04, 2022 Updated: July 30, 2022
Meet Me at Midnight by Dusty [NC-17] Likes: 1,041 Comments: 616
Summary: A story about the stolen midnight hours of season seven.
Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None
Artists: None
Series: The Midnight Hours
Categories: Season 7, Canon-Compliant, Missing Scene
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Ensemble
Genres: Angst, Drama, Dramedy, Hurt/Comfort, Romance, Slow-Burn, Tragedy
Warnings: Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Completed: Yes Chapters: 33 Table of Contents
Word count: 93,012 Hit Count: 33,845 ePub Downloads: 374
Published: May 27, 2021 Updated: August 21, 2021
Midnight in Rome by Dusty [R] Likes: 61 Comments: 32
Summary: It'll take more than death and a fiery apocalypse to keep them apart now.
Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None
Artists: None
Series: The Midnight Hours
Categories: Post-Series, Alternate Reality
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Drama, Established Relationship, HEA/HFN, Resurrection, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 3,324 Hit Count: 1,750 ePub Downloads: 74
Published: August 25, 2021 Updated: August 25, 2021
Pretty Petals by Dusty [NC-17] Likes: 1,535 Comments: 618
Summary: Buffy is surprised Spike is the one she connects with after her mother's death.
Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None
Artists: None
Categories: Season 5
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Giles, Willow, Xander, Anya, Dawn, Ensemble, Glory, Tara
Genres: Angst, Drama, Dramedy, HEA/HFN, Hurt/Comfort, Resurrection, Romance, Slow-Burn
Warnings: Adult Language, Sexual Situations, Spike/Other (Temp), Torture (Physical), Violence
Completed: Yes Chapters: 37 Table of Contents
Word count: 98,441 Hit Count: 61,899 ePub Downloads: 524
Published: January 03, 2021 Updated: February 27, 2021
Past Featured Story
Safe by Dusty [NC-17] Likes: 1,019 Comments: 528
Summary: Buffy and Spike are a couple, trapped in a creepy government internment camp for magical creatures. Set in Season 11.
Can be read with or without comic knowledge.
Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None
Artists: None
Categories: Season 11 (Comic), Comic (Season Not Specified), Post-Series, Missing Scene
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Giles, Willow, Xander, Angel, Dawn, Ensemble, Faith Lehane
Genres: Action/Adventure, Drama, Dramedy, Erotica, Established Relationship, HEA/HFN, Lighthearted, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Blood Play, Sexual Situations, Violence
Completed: Yes Chapters: 40 Table of Contents
Word count: 91,966 Hit Count: 36,198 ePub Downloads: 531
Published: July 25, 2018 Updated: September 29, 2020
Sparks by Dusty [NC-17] Likes: 98 Comments: 31
Summary: There's a lot of friction between them. All of them.
Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None
Artists: None
Categories: Post-Series
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Angel, Ensemble
Genres: Dramedy, Erotica, Established Relationship, HEA/HFN, Humor, Porn w/ Plot, Road Trip
Warnings: Adult Language, Blood Play, Buffy/Other (Temp), Sexual Situations, Spike/Other (Temp), Taboo, Threesome(s)
Completed: Yes Chapters: 10 Table of Contents
Word count: 26,569 Hit Count: 3,745 ePub Downloads: 71
Published: May 21, 2023 Updated: June 10, 2023
That Wonderful Life by Dusty [G] Likes: 41 Comments: 19
Summary: A response to a challenge by Killjoy. Just after Joyce dies in season 5, Buffy and Spike wind up watching It's a Wonderful Life together. Sad, sweet times ensue.
Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None
Artists: None
Categories: Season 5, Challenge Response
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Drama, Hurt/Comfort
Warnings: None
Challenges: Whatever you want to call it
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 2,908 Hit Count: 817 ePub Downloads: 37
Published: July 03, 2018 Updated: July 03, 2018
The Fairytale by Dusty [NC-17] Likes: 1,687 Comments: 978
Summary: Once upon a time, a hero slayed the dragon. A kiss saved the day.
Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None
Artists: None
Categories: Post-Series, Crossover (AtS), Alternate Reality, Award Winners
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Andrew Wells, Angel, Dawn, Ensemble, Fred, Lorne
Genres: Action/Adventure, Angst, Drama, Dramedy, HEA/HFN, Humor, Lighthearted, Mystery, Prophecy, Romance, Slow-Burn
Warnings: Adult Language, Buffy/Other (Temp), Sexual Situations, Spike/Other (Temp)
Completed: Yes Chapters: 33 Table of Contents
Word count: 102,462 Hit Count: 43,111 ePub Downloads: 431
Published: January 05, 2022 Updated: June 04, 2022
The Last Shot by Dusty [PG-13] Likes: 91 Comments: 48
Summary: The gun went off and everything changed.
Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None
Artists: None
Categories: Season 6, Alternate Reality
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Ensemble
Genres: Angst, Drama, Dramedy, HEA/HFN, Hurt/Comfort, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Human!Spike
Event: Secret Santa Fic Exchange 2021
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 9,356 Hit Count: 2,228 ePub Downloads: 78
Published: December 02, 2021 Updated: December 02, 2021
The Time We Had by Dusty [NC-17] Likes: 1,820 Comments: 696
Summary: She was there and then gone. All his life long.
Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None
Artists: None
Categories: Season 6, Post-Series, Alternate Reality, Time Travel
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Angst, Drama, Erotica, Established Relationship, Hurt/Comfort, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Character Death, Sexual Situations, Suicide, Threesome(s)
Completed: Yes Chapters: 51 Table of Contents
Word count: 137,026 Hit Count: 42,639 ePub Downloads: 439
Published: June 06, 2022 Updated: August 11, 2023
They Always Burn by Dusty [PG-13] Likes: 11 Comments: 7
Summary: Through the elements they fall. Until nothing's left at all.
Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None
Artists: None
Categories: Season 5, Alternate Reality, Vignettes, Challenge Response, Poetry
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Dawn
Genres: Action/Adventure, Apocalyptic/Dystopian, Drama
Warnings: Adult Language
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 3,708 Hit Count: 439 ePub Downloads: 16
Published: August 19, 2022 Updated: August 19, 2022
Valentine by Dusty [NC-17] Likes: 53 Comments: 24
Summary: Buffy indulges Spike, kind of, for one night of roses and romance.flowers
Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None
Artists: None
Categories: Season 6, Canon-Compliant, Missing Scene, Holiday
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Dawn
Genres: Angst, Drama, Dramedy, Erotica, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 9,953 Hit Count: 1,351 ePub Downloads: 48
Published: February 11, 2022 Updated: February 11, 2022
What Happens in Space by Dusty [NC-17] Likes: 39 Comments: 17
Summary: Buffy, Spike, and the stars! What could go wrong? What could go right?
Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None
Artists: None
Categories: Comic (Season Not Specified), Post-Series, Challenge Response
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Drama, Dramedy, Erotica, HEA/HFN, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 3,987 Hit Count: 623 ePub Downloads: 29
Published: May 10, 2022 Updated: May 10, 2022