Penname: Barb C
Real Name: Barb Cummings
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Member Since: November 22, 2006
Last Active: May 01, 2024
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Summary: In which Our Heroes shop for groceries.
Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None
Artists: None
Categories: Post-Series
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Fluffy/Comedy
Warnings: None
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 649 Hit Count: 1,323 ePub Downloads: 32
Published: November 22, 2016 Updated: November 22, 2016
Summary: A sequel to "Necessary Evils," which is a sequel to “A Raising In the Sun.” Previously: Willow brought Buffy back to life using Dawn's blood and William's soul, creating an imbalance which allowed the First Evil to use Willow to take over the world. Spike and Buffy narrowly defeated the First, resulting in the de-Keying of Dawn, the permanent closure of the Hellmouth, and Willow's death and resurrection as a souled vampire. As always, thanks to Jane Davitt and the Redemptionista Writers Group, betas extraordinaire.
Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None
Artists: None
Series: The Barbverse
Categories: Alternate Reality, Season 7
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Action/Adventure, Angst, Drama, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Blood Play, Character Death, Sexual Situations
Completed: No Chapters: 14 Table of Contents
Word count: 167,393 Hit Count: 5,134 ePub Downloads: 193
Published: November 22, 2006 Updated: December 14, 2015
Summary: My take on Buffy's return from the dead.   The Scooby Gang discovers Magnus Bryce's plan to Raise Buffy using the Scroll of Aberjian, and the race is on to stop him--but Willow has other ideas...
Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None
Artists: None
Series: The Barbverse
Categories: Season 5, Season 6, Alternate Reality
Characters: None
Genres: Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Blood Play
Completed: Yes Chapters: 10 Table of Contents
Word count: 71,636 Hit Count: 27,056 ePub Downloads: 420
Published: November 22, 2006 Updated: November 22, 2006
Summary: A Slayer, a vampire, a full moon, another Slayer, another vampire...say, things are getting crowded around here.
Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None
Artists: None
Series: The Barbverse
Categories: Season 4, Alternate Reality
Characters: None
Genres: Porn w/ Plot
Warnings: None
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 3,183 Hit Count: 1,843 ePub Downloads: 101
Published: September 03, 2007 Updated: September 03, 2007
Summary: It was a terrible idea.  But where Buffy's concerned, Angel's always been prone to terrible ideas.
Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None
Artists: None
Categories: Post-Series, Baby/Kid Fic
Characters: Angel, Buffy, Spike
Genres: Romance
Warnings: None
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 1,662 Hit Count: 1,504 ePub Downloads: 38
Published: June 10, 2018 Updated: June 10, 2018
Summary: Some battles are always worth fighting.
Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None
Artists: None
Categories: Post-Series
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Fluffy/Comedy
Warnings: None
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 455 Hit Count: 629 ePub Downloads: 23
Published: June 10, 2018 Updated: June 10, 2018
Summary: In which Our Heroes go shopping.
This story takes place in the same universe as "Raising In the Sun," "Necessary Evils," and "A Parliament of Monsters." It's set some time after POM, and contains no particular spoilers. Written with apologies to The Lost Boys, without which you have seen it, the punchline will not be nearly as funny.  This story was written for the Kink Prompt Ficletathon, and uses the prompt BDSM.

Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None
Artists: None
Series: The Barbverse
Categories: Season 6
Characters: None
Genres: None
Warnings: Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 833 Hit Count: 631 ePub Downloads: 65
Published: September 11, 2007 Updated: September 11, 2007
Summary: Post-Gift/AU Assume that Buffy returns with more or less the same personality and power level, and Willow is no longer Superwitch.
Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None
Artists: None
Categories: Season 6
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Dramedy, Romance
Warnings: None
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 10,800 Hit Count: 1,404 ePub Downloads: 66
Published: November 22, 2006 Updated: November 22, 2006
Summary: Christmas Eve at 1630 Revello Drive.
Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None
Artists: None
Categories: Post-Series
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Fluffy/Comedy
Warnings: None
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 563 Hit Count: 576 ePub Downloads: 25
Published: June 10, 2018 Updated: June 10, 2018
Summary: The fight with the Soul Glutton went down a little differently.
Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None
Artists: None
Categories: Season 10 (Comic)
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Angst
Warnings: Character Death
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 641 Hit Count: 674 ePub Downloads: 25
Published: November 22, 2016 Updated: November 22, 2016
Summary: Weird to consider that maybe Mom, too, had just been faking it all those years. 
Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None
Artists: None
Categories: Post-Series
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Fluffy/Comedy
Warnings: None
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 441 Hit Count: 522 ePub Downloads: 22
Published: June 10, 2018 Updated: June 10, 2018
Summary: Buffy does what Buffy does best.
Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None
Artists: None
Categories: Post-Series
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Fluffy/Comedy
Warnings: None
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 484 Hit Count: 446 ePub Downloads: 23
Published: June 10, 2018 Updated: June 10, 2018
Summary: Barbverse, some time between NE & POM - a weird non-comics-compliant universe where Spike does actually enjoy eating human food now and then.  However, that does not necessarily mean that Our Heroes have an easier time selecting a restaurant...
Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None
Artists: None
Categories: Post-Series
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Fluffy/Comedy
Warnings: None
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 329 Hit Count: 245 ePub Downloads: 21
Published: June 10, 2018 Updated: June 10, 2018
Summary:  Bill talks.  Dad listens.
Author's notes: This story takes place in the same universe as "Raising In the Sun," "Necessary Evils," and "A Parliament of Monsters." It's set approximately twelve years after POM, and contains spoilers for POM
Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None
Artists: None
Series: The Barbverse
Categories: Alternate Reality
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Fluffy/Comedy, Romance
Warnings: None
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 755 Hit Count: 960 ePub Downloads: 51
Published: November 22, 2006 Updated: November 22, 2006
Summary: This is a stand-alone story set in the same universe as A Raising in the Sun, Necessary Evils, My Baby Is A Centerfold, and A Parliament of Monsters.  Like MBIAC, it takes place between NE and POM.  (See the Barbverse Timeline for specifics.)  It contains spoilers for Necessary Evils.
Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None
Artists: None
Series: The Barbverse
Categories: Alternate Reality, Season 6, Season 7
Characters: Buffy, Dawn, Spike
Genres: Action/Adventure, Fluffy/Comedy, Romance
Warnings: None
Completed: Yes Chapters: 2 Table of Contents
Word count: 17,567 Hit Count: 1,005 ePub Downloads: 89
Published: November 22, 2006 Updated: November 22, 2006
Summary: Spike tries to cheer Dawn up at Thanksgiving.
Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None
Artists: None
Series: The Barbverse
Categories: Alternate Reality, Season 6
Characters: Buffy, Dawn, Spike
Genres: Fluffy/Comedy
Warnings: None
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 1,574 Hit Count: 1,440 ePub Downloads: 56
Published: September 03, 2007 Updated: September 03, 2007
Summary: Still life, with pigeons

Author's notes: This story takes place in the same universe as "Raising In the Sun," "Necessary Evils," and "A Parliament of Monsters." It's set in the summer between NE and POM, and contains spoilers for NE so incredibly minor I bet no one even figures out what they are
Winner for Best Comedy/Fluff at Love's Last Glimpse Awards 2005.
Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None
Artists: None
Series: The Barbverse
Categories: Season 6, Season 7, Alternate Reality, Award Winners
Characters: None
Genres: None
Warnings: None
Completed: No Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 583 Hit Count: 845 ePub Downloads: 45
Published: November 22, 2006 Updated: November 22, 2006
Summary:  You know those fics where in the middle of a sex scene a character starts comparing their current lover to all their former lovers, who invariably come out badly? Well, this isn't one of those.

Notes: This is set in the same universe as "Raising In The Sun," et. al. but could pass for canon until the final segment. It's set at some indeterminate point after "Necessary Evils," and contains no spoilers.
Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None
Artists: None
Series: The Barbverse
Categories: Alternate Reality, Season 6, Season 7
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: POV, Romance
Warnings: None
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 1,899 Hit Count: 1,425 ePub Downloads: 55
Published: November 22, 2006 Updated: November 22, 2006
Summary: It's a boy."

Author's notes: This story takes place in the same universe as "Raising In the Sun," "Necessary Evils," and "A Parliament of Monsters." It contains spoilers for the series to date and PURE UNADULTERATED SCHMOOP
Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None
Artists: None
Series: The Barbverse
Categories: Alternate Reality, Post-Series
Characters: None
Genres: POV, Romance
Warnings: None
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 300 Hit Count: 1,061 ePub Downloads: 51
Published: November 22, 2006 Updated: November 22, 2006
Summary: When Warren Meers traps Buffy in an alternate dimension on his first assignment for Wolfram & Hart, she's faced with the consequences of dozens of choices she's made.  Even if she escapes, can she be certain that her life's followed the right path?
Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None
Artists: None
Categories: Season 8 (Comic), Post-Series
Characters: Buffy
Genres: Action/Adventure, Angst
Warnings: Violence
Completed: Yes Chapters: 2 Table of Contents
Word count: 19,968 Hit Count: 1,461 ePub Downloads: 57
Published: June 10, 2018 Updated: June 10, 2018
Summary: Nine times of ten it's foreplay when they fight. The tenth time...
Author's notes: This story takes place in the same universe as "A Raising in the Sun" et. al. It's probably set some time between NE and POM.
Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None
Artists: None
Series: The Barbverse
Categories: Alternate Reality, Post-Series
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Angst, POV, Romance
Warnings: None
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 2,160 Hit Count: 1,220 ePub Downloads: 65
Published: November 22, 2006 Updated: November 22, 2006
Summary: Fun with Game Face Spike!
Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None
Artists: None
Series: The Barbverse
Categories: Alternate Reality, Season 6, Season 7
Characters: None
Genres: Fluffy/Comedy
Warnings: None
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 527 Hit Count: 1,180 ePub Downloads: 48
Published: November 22, 2006 Updated: November 22, 2006
Summary: When Warren Meers traps Buffy in an alternate dimension on his first assignment for Wolfram & Hart, Spike will go to any lengths to free her-and Willow's the only one who can stop him.   The question is, does she want to?
Author's notes: Thanks to Lisa, Gene, Fenchurch, and sgac--Betas Are Love!  This story takes place in the same universe as "Raising In the Sun," "Necessary Evils," and "A Parliament of Monsters." It's set approximately a year and four months after POM, in May of 2004. It contains spoilers for the series to date.

Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None
Artists: None
Series: The Barbverse
Categories: Alternate Reality, Season 6, Season 7
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Willow
Genres: Action/Adventure, Drama, Romance
Warnings: Blood Play, Violence
Completed: Yes Chapters: 2 Table of Contents
Word count: 13,993 Hit Count: 1,874 ePub Downloads: 80
Published: November 22, 2006 Updated: November 22, 2006
Summary: Spike and Buffy have hot bitey sex. The end. (This is actually a scene from a longer story which I haven't written yet, so at some future point you'll get a whole story to go around it.)
Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None
Artists: None
Series: The Barbverse
Categories: Alternate Reality, Season 6, Season 7
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: POV, Romance
Warnings: Blood Play, Sexual Situations
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 1,633 Hit Count: 923 ePub Downloads: 47
Published: November 22, 2006 Updated: November 22, 2006
Summary: She loves to watch him strut.
This was inspired by a certain animated icon that was making the rounds on Livejournal, made from an out-take from Smallville. The story takes place in the same universe as "Raising In the Sun," "Necessary Evils," and "A Parliament of Monsters." It's set some indeterminate time after POM and contains no spoilers.
Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None
Artists: None
Series: The Barbverse
Categories: Season 6
Characters: None
Genres: Romance
Warnings: None
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 493 Hit Count: 930 ePub Downloads: 42
Published: September 11, 2007 Updated: September 11, 2007
Summary: Spike decides to get Buffy the perfect present to celebrate a momentous occasion. Unfortunately, the current owner of the item in question isn't very cooperative...

Author's notes: This story takes place in the same universe as "Raising In the Sun," "Necessary Evils," and "A Parliament of Monsters." It's set approximately a year and a half after POM, and contains spoilers for POM
Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None
Artists: None
Series: The Barbverse
Categories: Alternate Reality, Post-Series
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Action/Adventure, POV, Romance
Warnings: None
Completed: Yes Chapters: 3 Table of Contents
Word count: 12,135 Hit Count: 3,076 ePub Downloads: 75
Published: November 22, 2006 Updated: November 22, 2006
Summary: Spike and Dawn undertake a mission of honor. If you've ever wondered what became of the nerd trio in the Barbverse, wonder no longer.

Author's notes: This story was written in August 2004 for the Summer of Spike LJ community, and it takes place in the same universe as "Raising In the Sun," "Necessary Evils," and "A Parliament of Monsters." It's set in the summer between NE and POM, and contains minor spoilers for NE.
Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None
Artists: None
Series: The Barbverse
Categories: Alternate Reality, Season 6, Season 7
Characters: Buffy, Dawn, Spike
Genres: Action/Adventure, POV, Romance
Warnings: None
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 6,265 Hit Count: 952 ePub Downloads: 74
Published: November 22, 2006 Updated: November 22, 2006
Summary: More or less a sequel to "A Raising In the Sun."   However, all you need to know is that Willow brought Buffy back to life using Dawn's blood and William's soul, and Buffy does not remember heaven. n.b. I started writing this in September 2001, when "Amends" was the only canonical source of information on the First Evil, and finished it in May of 2003. Naturally I got Jossed a number of times in the course of writing. Some of these inconsistencies I revised to accord with the show's canon before completing the story. Others I decided to leave as is, specifically the First Evil's appearances as living people, and the fact that some of the Harbingers in this story are cabable of speech.

Thanks to Aurelio Zen for lettin' me play with her Zagros demon, and many, many thanks to all the folks at the Redemptionista Writers Group for beta reading.
Winner for Best Saga at Love's Last Glimpse Awards 2004. Judges' Pick winner at the Spuffy Awards Round 4.
 
Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None
Artists: None
Series: The Barbverse
Categories: Season 6, Alternate Reality, Award Winners
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Action/Adventure, Angst, Drama, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Completed: Yes Chapters: 37 Table of Contents
Word count: 324,583 Hit Count: 28,872 ePub Downloads: 498
Published: November 22, 2006 Updated: November 22, 2006
Summary: Synopsis: Pie makes everything better.
Author's notes: This story takes place in the same universe as "Raising In the Sun," "Necessary Evils," and "A Parliament of Monsters." It's set about two years after POM, and contains spoilers for POM.
Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None
Artists: None
Series: The Barbverse
Categories: Alternate Reality
Characters: None
Genres: POV, Romance
Warnings: None
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 524 Hit Count: 577 ePub Downloads: 49
Published: November 22, 2006 Updated: November 22, 2006
Summary: Um...I don't think it's possible.

Author's notes: This story takes place in the same universe as "Raising In the Sun," "Necessary Evils," and "A Parliament of Monsters." It's set some time after NE, and contains no spoilers.
Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None
Artists: None
Series: The Barbverse
Categories: Alternate Reality, Season 6, Season 7
Characters: None
Genres: Fluffy/Comedy, Romance
Warnings: None
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 404 Hit Count: 867 ePub Downloads: 46
Published: November 22, 2006 Updated: November 22, 2006