Penname: disco-tea
Real Name: Alena
Pronouns: she/her
Location: your basement, probably
Member Since: September 05, 2022
Last Active: April 22, 2024
Membership Status: Member
Skin: everyday
Author

Always on my Puppet Spike bullshit

  Stories (14)    Series (1)    Challenges (3)    Comments (197)    Favorites (30)    Awards (14)    Statistics     Artist Credits (4) 
 
 
Stories by disco-tea
Dancing by disco-tea [G] Likes: 28 Comments: 13
Summary:

“You think we’re dancing?”

“You’re the professional, you tell me.”

AU of Halloween

Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None
Artists: None
Categories: Season 2
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Humor
Warnings: None
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 1,742 Hit Count: 616 ePub Downloads: 10
Published: February 22, 2023 Updated: February 22, 2023
Dead Man's Best Friend by disco-tea [PG-13] Likes: 25 Comments: 13
Summary:

This is the story of a boy (a 100-plus-year-old vampire) and his dog (a 15-pound Shih Tzu named Miss Sunshine).
 

And also a Slayer. Who may or may not be the sunshine destined to burn him to ashes. Or is it the dog? Or the actual sunshine? Spike’s pretty confused about that part, actually.
 

Oh well, at least he still has his faithful— albeit tiny—companion.
 

Written for the Elysian Fields Challenge Month 2023. 
 

Banner by the pawesome MillennialCryBaby

Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None
Artists: None
Categories: Season 2, Season 4, Challenge Response
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Riley Finn
Genres: Dramedy, Fluffy/Comedy, Lighthearted
Warnings: Animal Abuse, Buffy/Other (Temp), Spike/Other (Temp)
Challenges: Dead Man's Best Friend
Event: April Challenge 2023
Completed: No Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 4,432 Hit Count: 427 ePub Downloads: 8
Published: April 12, 2023 Updated: April 12, 2023
everything in the world changes, and nothing changes at all by disco-tea [R] Likes: 37 Comments: 19
Summary:

Parker bumps into Spike and decides to stop and chat. It's his mistake, honestly.
AU of Wild At Heart
 
Banner by the epic Irandamay

Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None
Artists: None
Categories: Season 4
Characters: Spike, Parker Abrams
Genres: Dark
Warnings: Character Death, Violence
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 2,561 Hit Count: 650 ePub Downloads: 5
Published: April 17, 2023 Updated: April 17, 2023
Forget Me Not by disco-tea [G] Likes: 41 Comments: 18
Summary: It didn’t matter that he’d come back wrong.
Banner by the effervescent cd85
Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None
Artists: None
Categories: Post-Series
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Fred
Genres: Angst, Fix-It, Resurrection
Warnings: None
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 1,054 Hit Count: 848 ePub Downloads: 11
Published: February 07, 2023 Updated: February 07, 2023
Keep Your Enemies Closer by disco-tea [PG-13] Likes: 81 Comments: 56 Updated!
Summary: Keep your friends close and your enemies closer…intimately close.
A collection of artwork by a non-artist. 
Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None
Artists: None
Categories: Artwork
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Romance
Warnings: None
Completed: No Chapters: 9 Table of Contents
Word count: 9 Hit Count: 3,563 ePub Downloads: 13
Published: September 19, 2023 Updated: April 22, 2024
Playthings by disco-tea [R] Likes: 31 Comments: 12
Summary:

“Was that you who killed those people in the cellar? Was that you who waited for those girls?”
“There was no one else,” his voice echoed through the tense quiet of the room, heavy with the weight of the past and present. 
AU of Never Leave Me 

Banner by the gorgeous loveisntbrains_ 

Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None
Artists: None
Categories: Season 7
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Angelus
Genres: Dark
Warnings: Rape (Implied), Violence
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 2,449 Hit Count: 732 ePub Downloads: 9
Published: February 08, 2023 Updated: February 08, 2023
Selfish by disco-tea [PG-13] Likes: 39 Comments: 18
Summary: A year after the collapse of Sunnydale, a grieving Buffy is given the chance to go back and see it all one last time.
The catch? She can’t talk to anyone, she can’t kill anything, she can’t break anything or step on a butterfly or sneeze in the wrong place, or she risks unraveling all of time itself. There’s even a fail-safe put in place where if Buffy even comes close to changing anything, a crystal will shatter and send her hurtling back through time. 
However, the past is not always what it seems, and fate may just have a few things in store for Buffy…
AU of Selfless 
Banner by the lovely loveisntbrains_
Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None
Artists: None
Categories: Season 7, Post-Series, Episode Rewrite, Time Travel
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Angst
Warnings: None
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 4,891 Hit Count: 524 ePub Downloads: 26
Published: March 14, 2024 Updated: March 14, 2024
Something Borrowed by disco-tea [PG-13] Likes: 32 Comments: 11
Summary:

Buffy is feeling the after-effects of the Will Be Done spell and seeks a little comfort in the form of some light clothing theft. Companion piece to where the shadow ends chapter 7 (day 59), but can be read as a stand-alone.

Banner by the magnificent scratchmeout

Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None
Artists: None
Series: Shadowverse
Categories: Season 4
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Angst
Warnings: None
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 1,908 Hit Count: 601 ePub Downloads: 12
Published: December 27, 2022 Updated: December 27, 2022
Spike vs The Frying Pan by disco-tea [PG-13] Likes: 31 Comments: 18
Summary: Spike has a trigger from the First Evil, Dawn has a frying pan. What could go wrong?
In which Spike and Dawn bond over mutually inflicted concussions.
AU of Lies My Parents Told Me. 


Banner by the fantabulous scratchmeout
Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None
Artists: None
Categories: Season 7
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Dawn
Genres: Angst, Fix-It, Humor, Hurt/Comfort
Warnings: Violence
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 6,731 Hit Count: 650 ePub Downloads: 11
Published: September 05, 2022 Updated: September 06, 2022
The Art of Dying by disco-tea [R] Likes: 512 Comments: 169
Summary:

When Spike is resurrected at Wolfram & Hart by an unknown force, he’s far from happy about it.

However, when a mysterious stranger propositions him to be the new champion of the people…Spike sees it as the perfect opportunity; to die doing a bit of good in the world.

He’s already died twice and now he’s determined to make the third one stick. How hard could it be? Dying is an art he does exceptionally well, after all.
 Or does he? And how will a certain Slayer react when she finds out?

A story told in fragments.

Written for Elysian Fields Drabblemania 2023 Event.
 Banner by the fabulous cd85

Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None
Artists: None
Categories: Post-Series, Crossover (AtS), Drabbles
Characters: Buffy, Spike, AtS Ensemble, Fred, Lindsey McDonald
Genres: Angst, Drama, HEA/HFN, Hurt/Comfort, Resurrection
Warnings: Blood Play, Mental Health Issues, Sexual Situations, Suicidal Ideation
Event: Drabblemania 2023
Completed: Yes Chapters: 32 Table of Contents
Word count: 22,312 Hit Count: 14,269 ePub Downloads: 87
Published: July 06, 2023 Updated: July 28, 2023
the broken gates of kingdom come by disco-tea [R] Likes: 156 Comments: 61
Summary: 147 days after her death, a Slayer claws her way out of her coffin and breaks the surface of the cold, empty earth.

This is the story of how she found her way back home.

Sequel to where the shadow ends.

Banner by the talented MillennialCryBaby

Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None
Artists: None
Series: Shadowverse
Categories: Episode Rewrite, Season 6
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Dawn, Ensemble
Genres: Angst, Drama, Fix-It, Horror, Hurt/Comfort, Resurrection, Romance, Slow-Burn
Warnings: Suicidal Ideation, Violence
Completed: No Chapters: 9 Table of Contents
Word count: 48,618 Hit Count: 3,490 ePub Downloads: 35
Published: May 31, 2023 Updated: November 29, 2023
Tingles by disco-tea [PG-13] Likes: 53 Comments: 23
Summary: In which Spike is the sole witness of Buffy’s fight with Caleb and nobody says anything about cookies.
AU of Chosen.
Banner by the incredible loveisntbrains_
Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None
Artists: None
Categories: Season 7
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Caleb
Genres: Fix-It, Romance
Warnings: Violence
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 2,424 Hit Count: 1,014 ePub Downloads: 17
Published: September 05, 2022 Updated: September 05, 2022
where the shadow ends by disco-tea [R] Likes: 283 Comments: 119
Summary: For 147 days, Spike and Dawn grieve Buffy.
This is a story of a vampire and a Key who try to cope with the loss of the one person who meant the most to them…and how they became a family along the way.
 
Banner by the lovely MillennialCryBaby
Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None
Artists: None
Series: Shadowverse
Categories: Season 5
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Giles, Buffybot, Dawn, Ensemble
Genres: Angst, Drama, Hurt/Comfort
Warnings: Attempted Suicide, Suicidal Ideation, Violence
Completed: Yes Chapters: 14 Table of Contents
Word count: 57,354 Hit Count: 9,608 ePub Downloads: 89
Published: September 16, 2022 Updated: March 30, 2023
William the Bloody Puppet by disco-tea [PG-13] Likes: 39 Comments: 17
Summary:

In which Spike gets turned into a puppet instead of Angel. And of course, it’s just his luck that’s when Buffy decides to show up.
 Crackfic. AU of “Smile Time.”
 
Banner by the absolutely fantastic MillennialCryBaby

Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None
Artists: None
Categories: Episode Rewrite, Post-Series, Crossover (AtS)
Characters: Buffy, Spike, AtS Ensemble
Genres: Dramedy, Fix-It, Fluffy/Comedy, HEA/HFN, Humor, Lighthearted
Warnings: None
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 4,028 Hit Count: 788 ePub Downloads: 20
Published: October 08, 2022 Updated: October 08, 2022