A spell gone wrong during Lover's Walk brings Spike's mom back to life. How will being given this second chance change his actions?
It used to be that, whenever Angel was alone and thinking about Buffy, he’d read Sonnets from the Portuguese. But ever since they’d nearly kissed again he hadn’t dared think those thoughts, let alone read them. He knew full well that reading Sartre instead was a terrible idea, but he was doing it anyway.
My Buffyverse Bingo 2020 submission for the prompt ‘Hot Cocoa’. Angel’s perspective on Lovers Walk.
Leading immediately on from If Wishes Were Horses, Anyanka knows something has to change in their relationship, and finally grants The Wish. But when she meets the Wishverse's version of Giles, he’s not at all what she expected.
Like all of the Further Tales, this can be read as a stand-alone ‘what if’, but the Ballad stories are best read together.
Two months after the events of Hurricane Mitch, Anyanka heeds the call for vengeance at Sunnydale High. Because it’s absolutely the best way to get the job done, she infiltrates the school as a supply teacher. But why on earth would Ripper Giles be there?
Rupert can’t believe his good luck in getting a second chance.
Like all of the Further Tales, this can be read as a stand-alone ‘what if’, but the Ballad stories are best read together.
This was written for nmcil, who wanted a Giles and Anya story set at Halloween. Ten drabbles of Giles and Anya at Halloween from Season 3 onwards, plus an epilogue. Alternating perspectives, and sort of vaguely comic-compliant. It was originally posted in October 2015.
It's 2023, and an epic war is underway between good and evil. This time around, good is losing. But Willow's found a way to turn the tides by sending Buffy back into her past. The catch? She can't change anything directly. Will Buffy choose wisely and save the world, maybe even herself? Or just make everything worse?
During Band Candy, Ripper heads out to the Fishbowl instead of staying home with Joyce to gorge on enchanted chocolate. And so begins his whirlwind romance with Anyanka the vengeance demon.
It was the best of times... No, it was the bloody pits. Spike had neve had a worst summer in his entire life and unlife, combined.
Not until next year, at least.
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