In which Buffy does a lot of reflecting on who was at fault for everything that happened with Angel, and how that's still messing with her at 22. Currently totally unedited because if I don't post something I will never ever get back on the writing horse.
Heavily heavily inspired by the songs "Would've Could've Should've" by Taylor Swift and "29" by Demi Lovato
It's late season 2, and Spike discovers Buffy locked out of her house after patrol. Shenanigans ensue.
Assume Buffy and Spike made their truce a bit earlier than in canon - leaving them some time before Acathla - and that Joyce still doesn't know Buffy's the Slayer. Memories have been adapted to include Dawn.
Runner Up for Best Comedy in Round 30 of the SunnyD Awards. Originally posted in 2013.
Season 6 Thanksgiving with Buffy and Dawn's aunts. Missing scenes between Wrecked and Gone, so canon with all that that entails.
When Buffy brings her mom and sister to Spike to protect from the hell god, Glory, he sees a chink in her armor—she needs him, she trusts him... maybe, just maybe, she doesn’t hate him as much as she claims. Will that boatload of manly responsibility the Slayer’s dropped into his lap save Spike from a life of lonely desperation?
Buffy reflects on the holiday traditions in her life.
Written for the prompt "tradition" for Buffyverse bingo.
Spike and Buffy get together before his Buffybot order arrives. What's a slayer who needs a break to do?
Written for the prompt "decoy" for Buffyverse bingo and inspired by Make Me Feel by The Danish Bird.
Buffy needs a break, and Spike's the man with the plan.
Written for the prompt "decay" for Buffyverse bingo.
Spike burned up in the Hellmouth, his soul and self pulled into the amulet in a moment of noble sacrifice. Nineteen days later, he comes back out in Angel's office. Nothing but an immaterial ghost and trapped with Angel.... You'd almost think it was his very own personal hell.
One decision can change so much. Instead of telling Buffy that Spike is in love with her during Crush, Dawn tells her about a list. It leaves Buffy thinking about all of the ways that Spike could have used to kill them… but didn’t.
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