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Set in the John and Buffy series- "john" has decided he wants his memories back; Giles would prefer he didn't because of what he knows Spike will remember. He's really unhappy when he finds out what else came with the memories. Written for the "Truce" challenge at Elysian Fields, Oct.2023.
Previous in the series: John and Buffy- Set many years into the future and after NFA, Buffy runs (literally) into a man in a mall. He's an amnesiac with no memory of who he really is or was. Buffy knows.
A Happy Life to Go - Buffy and John discuss their relationship
Made For Each Other - She takes John back to the Slayers and Watchers Council with her and the coven witches discover something unexpected in their auras (because I had a prompt I had to use).Beta by the eagle-eyed All4Spike, who is not responsible for anything that happened after I fiddled with it.
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- Part 4 of John and Buffy series
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Buffy and John/Spike have travelled to the UK to meet with the Council's magic workers and talk about getting his memories back.
I'm not a fan of soulmates, but that was the prompt I had to use, so....Series
- Part 3 of John and Buffy series
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A short conversation between Buffy and John about their growing relationship.
Written for a shmoop bingo promt.Series
- Part 2 of John and Buffy series
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Buffy runs (quite literally) into a man in a mall. Turns out this man, who looks so much like someone she thought was long gone, has amnesia and has no idea who he was until he woke up in a hospital years ago. Buffy knows who (and what) he was, and it takes no time for them to give in to the strong, immediate, mutual attraction. Of course, in Buffy's case, it's because he used to be Spike....
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- Part 1 of John and Buffy series
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This is a sequel to a much earlier fic. The prequel was written a very long time ago, for a prompt at the LJ community Good/Evil. The prompt was for Good Angel, so in it, he is less arrogant and cranky about Buffy and Spike than he will be in this sequel. Not much to be done about that, except realize that after all that time with Buffy, he was still pretty sure of himself….
In a brief summary of that short story, he has received the Shanshu, Spike has not, and he has left it to Angel to find Buffy. Both of them are sure that Buffy would prefer human Angel to vampire Spike. She has no idea Spike didn’t die in the battle, and Angel prefers to keep it that way. However, after Dawn has insisted several times that Buffy is still mourning Spike, and after Angel has paid more attention and realized that’s true, he confesses that Spike is alive, and gives her a ticket to Cleveland to find out if she still loves him. This story begins very shortly after the ending of the first one.
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With help from Illyria, Angel and Spike survive the battle in NFA, but only one of them comes out it having been turned into a human. They make the same assumption about which one Buffy would prefer, and only human Angel goes to her. Takes a while, but eventually he realizes what Dawn had tried to tell him, and he admits Spike is alive.
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Summary: In an AU Season Five, Buffy is having what she thinks are very detailed and exhausting slayer dreams. We follow her into that dream world where most of this takes place, only visiting Sunnydale often enough to let others in on what’s going on in Buffy’s dreams.
All4Spike has kindly worked around her unfortunate hand issues to take a look at this as I went along, and, of course, make suggestions for improvement. Any mistakes are a result of my chronic tweaking.
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What if before he left, Dracula cursed Spike? What if Buffy protected him when he was in his cursed form? What if that form was a small black bat-with blue eyes?
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For the "called" challenge at EF. A phone call from Angel to Giles that comes in the middle of Something Blue that's answered by Xander sets off a series of non-canon events that culminate in Buffy's telling Angel he's a thing of her past and to get out of her town.
Beta by All4Spike
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We've Got to Stop Meeting Like This by Slaymesoftly
Fandoms: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)
31 May 2021
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This story continues in the AU world created in P.S. You Suck, and continued in Friendly Enemies. Both were Seasonal Spuffy entries for the past few seasons, so this is a follow up for this spring season. It’s been a progression from enemies who’d had a truce and communicated through the US mail, to much friendlier enemies when one shows up to assist Buffy (if she needs it!) with her Cruciamentum, to even friendlier enemies who’ve become pen pals who exchange the occasional phone call. Spike is now someone Joyce trusts to have Buffy’s back if/when she needs it.
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- Part 3 of Friendly Enemies series
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Summary: Follows rewrites of seasons 4, 5, and 6 in which Buffy had been sent back in time post Chosen with the idea that she could do away with Glory (or Ben) before it got to the jumping off the tower point. The idea being that if she didn't die, and wasn't subsequently resurrected, the balance wouldn't be off and the First Evil would not become as powerful a threat as he had in her own time. Spike, meanwhile, once he'd become corporeal, was also sent back with the idea of preventing the same things. Neither knew about or was expecting the other, but once they were angrily facing each other in Season 4, they realized who they were and that they were there for the same reason.
Previous parts: I Would Still Have Loved You (season 4), All About the Mission (season 5), Almost Home (season 6), and now this one which will bring them back to where they came from. Time-wise, that is. What that world is going to be like now remains to be seen.Series
- Part 4 of I Would Still Have Loved You verse
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A sequel to "P.S. You Suck, Spike". Buffy is back in Sunndale, Angel has been returned by the PTB, and she gets a Christmas card from a familiar correspondent. Nothing canon from season 3 here except that Buffy has a Cruciamentum to get through. She's got a little more help this time....
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- Part 2 of Friendly Enemies series
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For 2019's Fall Seasonal Spuffy round, banner, title, and idea from killersnot's entry this round. What if Spike found Buffy in LA after Season 2, and began writing to her?
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- Part 1 of Friendly Enemies series
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Almost Home (Part 3 of IWSHLY verse) by Slaymesoftly
Fandoms: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)
30 May 2019
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Part 3 of the I Would Still Have Loved You verse. Our time-traveling heroes are in season six with a very much alive and unresurrected Buffy. But the Nerd Trio are still trying to be evil, and Willow is still a little too into the magic....
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- Part 3 of I Would Still Have Loved You verse
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The Lines Get Blurred by Slaymesoftly
Fandoms: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV), Lucifer (TV)
02 Dec 2018
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Set in an AU future (perhaps following any one of my future long or short fics where Buffy and Spike are back together and living in the UK – pick one where Spike hasn’t shashued: Home is Where They Have to Let You In, Old Friends, Everytime You Say Goodbye, or any of the short reunion fics, etc.) in which our favorite pair are visiting in Los Angeles for some reason that I may or may not make up later. One evening they encounter Detective Decker and her unusual partner in crime solving. Crossover with Lucifer. Could be a road trip fic if you squint hard enough….
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A little prequel to A Friend in Need. Ethan's spell on Giles has slightly different consequences in this altered version of canon. One of those consequences is a wake up call for Spike and Buffy - one they can't answer because there's no future for a Slayer and an unchipped vampire.
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The sequel (part 2) to I Would Still Have Loved You. Our heroes are now in season 5 and ready to take on Glory and keep Buffy from having to jump off the tower. In addition to the changes made in the previous season/story, they now have to change what they came back to do - prevent Buffy's death. No one knows what that is going to do to their future....
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- Part 2 of I Would Still Have Loved You verse
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Written for EF's October Reunion challenge - Spike is recovering from having his hands cut off when Fred decides it's time to let Buffy know where he is. She's not happy when she gets there... :)
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A sequel of sorts to "From the Fires of Hell" a short ficlet that was intended to be the prologue to a longer story that didn't happen at the time. Illyria and Buffy return from the hell dimension bringing Spike and Angel with them.
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Banner challenge criteria:
Characters: Buffy and Spike obviously, the Scoobies, Drusilla.
Rating: PG-13 and above
Season/Episode: Season 2 - Becoming Part II
Must have:
1. Spike removing Drusilla from the Mansion, but then deciding to go back and help Buffy in her fight against Angelus.
2. Willow's spell to re-ensoul Angel fails. It's Angelus that gets sucked into the hell dimension.
3. Buffy and Spike forming an uneasy friendship (since he helped her save the world and all) and then a relationship developing from there.
Can have:
1. Xander being a jerk to Spike, but coming around eventually.
2. Willow suggesting to Buffy that she tries the soul spell on him, and Buffy rejecting the idea.
Can’t have:
1. Angel bashing.
2. Spike/Drusilla reconciliation.
3. Buffy leaving Sunnyvale for L.A. Either Spike, or one of the Scoobies should bust her trying to escape.