Holiday Fic

Title: The Gift
http://www.livejournal.com/tools/memories.bml?user=st_salieri&keyword=Fic:+The+Gift&filter=all

Author: st_salieri

Summary: A Christmas story. Once upon a time, there was a girl who stole the heart of a monster. If this was a proper fairy tale, it would end here with a happily ever after. But their story had never been a fairy tale.

Rating: R
Status: Complete
Season: Post NFA plus five years [Buffy was reunited with Spike shortly before the final battle]

Why: A warm turning of The Gift of the Magi. I love this story because it is a fluffy, spuffy one without being overly sentimental.

Great idea - Christmas recs.

There are 2 that one written for last season that still stick in my mind ... The first is the great "one-shot" -

Who Needs Five Gold Rings?  that was written by the amazingly talented slaymesoftly .

"This year's Christmas ficlet - post Chosen, but pre the ending of AtS. Pure Christmas fluff

mad_brilliant_ and I have woefully neglected our responsibilities to this community, although it hasn't been out of lack of love, just simply RL getting in the way. We don't want to see this community just slip away into the ether, though, so we'll try to make 2009 a more successful year than 2008!

In the meantime, I am making an executive decision for the last couple of weeks left in the year: Rec me your favorite holiday fics! It's a theme we did back in 2007, but many new fics have popped up since then. Show us what you've got! Below is my offering:

Blood and Mistletoe by hollydb
Summary: Jilted with mingled feelings for the Slayer post the Will Be Done spell, Spike declares his feud with the Scoobies a Pax Romana for the holidays, and naturally ends up with a handful.
Rating: R
Status: Complete
Season: 4
Why: It's a bit of holiday fun. Always good.

Hi,

I hope that the time hasn't passed for prophecy fic recs - if so please delete at will!

The first fic is the first that I ever wrote. I'm recommending it as it has won a Judge's Choice Award at Spark and Burn Round 4 and also won Best Supporting Character for my original character Helen Green.  I'm new to the whole lj experience and would like to get to know more people and I thought this was a good way of spreading the word!

Title:  Fall of the Night

Summary: Three months after that final battle in "Not Fade Away", Giles and Andrew take a trip to L.A. to do their own investigation on what happened that night.  A lucky break leads them to someone they thought was surely lost forever.  In the midst of heartache and trials fraught with revenge and the consequences, can true love find it's way?


Rating: PG-13

Status: Complete

Season. Set post season finales of both BtVS and AtS

Warnings: Contains Spike/other, strong language and torture. But rest assured there is happy in there too.

http://dark-solace.org/elysian/viewstory.php?sid=2109

http://spikeluver.com/SpuffyRealm/viewstory.php?sid=27966


My second recommendation is a fic that I wrote in response to a challenge and is much more recent.  This is also a winner of awards - Runner Up in Best Angst at the Indigo Crypt Awards Round 1 and Winner of Best Unfinished Spuffy and Best Post Season Finale fic at Sunnydale Memorial Fanfiction Awards Round 14

Title: A Loss of Pride

Summary: After the big battle, the Shanshu Prophecy comes in to effect with consequences that no one could forsee...  A Fuller summary and the detail of the challenge is on chapter one.

Rating: PG-13

Status:  Complete

Season:  Set post 'Not Fade Away'


http://dark-solace.org/elysian/viewstory.php?sid=2206


http://spikeluver.com/SpuffyRealm/viewstory.php?sid=30089


I hope that you give them a go and that you enjoy them.  Please let me know if you do whether by commenting on the sites that the fics are linked to or by PM to my lj :)

One of the best is "Seven Year Slayer" by Dutchbuffy.

Information:
Available at the Sandlot. Not at
All About Spike archive site as previously advised (the author's own site seems to be down). Please see thisficklemob's comment to this entry for a link that works!

Rating - Mature audience (MA15+) would be my guess.
Premise - Seven years is a long time to slay. Something’s gotta change! Somewhere a few months into an imaginary season 7; Spike is back with a soul; Willow learning to be a good witch; Giles in Sunnydale; Buffy’s trying to deal with the new Spike; they find a mysterious manuscript. Written before Season 7 aired.

Another correction - Dutchbuffy dropped by to say she has moved to another ISP, and her new address is http://home.planet.nl/~balde096/ Allow me to recommend that you bookmark the site and read everything...

Theme: Prophesy

Title: Persephone
http://www.livejournal.com/tools/memories.bml?user=botias&keyword=fic+Persephone&filter=all

Author: botias

Summary: This is a crack!fic whence the whole point is for virginal season 2 Buffy to get it on with ebol, unchipped season 2 Spike.

Rating: NC-17
Status: WIP
Season: Season 2

Why: A bright and irrepressible fic using the myth of Persephone and a spell as catalyst.

Theme: Prophesy

Title: The Demon in Me

http://www.bloodshedverse.com/stories.php?go=all&no=108

Author: spikeschilde

Summary: After sharing her night of passion with Angel, Buffy is thrown into a situation she never thought possible beyond her wildest dreams. Forced to learn to live with the changes within herself, she finds comfort and understanding in someone she never had thought of as anything but a monster.

Rating: NC-17
Status: Complete
Season: Season 2

Why: Enjoyable and complex plot includes a prophesy, The Council and Buffy’s father, Hank and, of course, our hero Spike.

Theme: Prophesy

Title: Dancing in the Moonlight
http://paragon.dark-solace.org/stories/ditm.htm
http://www.bringonthebloodshed.com/bloodandroses/fanfics/ditm.htm

Author: hollydb

Summary: A prophecy unfolds just as a new Slayer arrives in Sunnydale.
A cocky, British, platinum blonde Slayer with a devilish smile and a body to die for. And Buffy doesn’t know what surprises her more—the fact that he’s male, or the animal attraction that festers between them almost from the beginning

Rating: NC-17
Status: Complete
Season: Season 2

Why: Wonderful story from Holly.

Thanks to everyone for voting in the poll! For the next 2 weeks our theme will be...





Just a reminder of the posting format:

Name and author of the story (with link to the story)

Summary (use the author's summary or your own; try to limit story spoilers)

Rating (especially if it's NC-17 or Adults Only)

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Season (or if it's AU or Fantasy/All Human)

Why you're recommending the story (optional, but probably very helpful for potential readers)


So, go on! Rec us your favorite Prophecies fics! :)

Poll #1208289
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Don't forget that you can still rec your favorite High School fics until this poll closes!

Title: Anything But Ordinary
Author: sweetiejen
Summary: In the words of Buffy Summers, "We were friends until I was fourteen. Then high school came along, he became gorgeous, and I became a pronounced loser." Yep, this is a high school fic... with a twist. Can enemies, Buffy and Spike, rebuild the friendship they used to know? Will it develop into more?
Rating: NC-17
Status: Complete
Why: This is probably one of the first high school fics I read and I'm still incredibly fond of it. It's cute, angsty, hot... all great ingredients in a Spuffy high school story.

For now. I have to admit, high school fics are some of my favorite fics.

Title: Touch of Jealousy
Author: Echidna
Summary: Sunnydale, Buffy, Spike and the entire gang are seniors in high school. When Buffy and Spike discover that their respective counter parts (Dru and Angel) have been macking on each other, they're heartbroken and decide to get them back by making them jealous. How is that achieved? By pretending to be an item, problem is that every one in the high school know that Spike and Buffy HATE each other. How will they convince them? Inspired in the movie “Addicted to Love”.
Rating: NC-17
Status: Complete
Why: I think of this story as a classic Spuffy high school fic. Echidna translated the Spike and Buffy dynamic nicely in this story and the UST is incredible!

Title: Boys Like Him
Author: Mel (thatotherperv, formerly btvslover82)
Summary: 1950s human AU. Buffy's a good girl. Spike's a bad bad boy.
She wasn't supposed to like him.
Rating: Erm. R? PG-13? I don't think NC-17... there's naughty touching, but not much naughty vocab, because of the setting and perspective.
Status: Complete in 2 chapters.

Recommended for its realistic and relatable exploration of a girl's sexuality, its likable characters and their familiar dynamic. (Also, the naughty touching's hot.)

Thanks to everyone for voting in the poll! For the next 2 weeks our theme will be...





Just a reminder of the posting format:

Name and author of the story (with link to the story)

Summary (use the author's summary or your own; try to limit story spoilers)

Rating (especially if it's NC-17 or Adults Only)

Status (Is it complete or a work in progress?)

Season (or if it's AU or Fantasy/All Human)

Why you're recommending the story (optional, but probably very helpful for potential readers)


So, go on! Rec us your favorite High School fics! :)

Name and author Buyer Beware by just_sue     link here

Summary Four years post ‘The Initiative’ where the ‘verse has travelled along a different path
Rating N17 - warnings in place, torture, rape, sexual situations

Status This is a WIP, that hasn't been updated for a while, but perhaps new readers will persuade Sue to get back to writing?!!

Season AU

Why Despite being a WIP this story is amazingly well crafted, and really captures the heart of all the characters. Well worth a read.

Poll #1196146
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And remember that you can still rec your favorite Bets & Auctions fics until this poll closes! :)

Title: Dream Girls
http://www.angelfire.com/me4/kantayra/dreamgirls/dreamgirls1.html
Author: Kantayra
Rating NC17
Summary:For over a year Spike's dreamed of Buffy, so what happens when he's finally offered her...at a terrible price?
Status: Complete
Why: With so many wonderful stories to choose from by Kantayra I go back to this on again and again. Love her tortured Spike trying to do right by his lady love and Buffy being in this situation makes sense for a change. A wonderful read all round. You mustn't miss this one, it's a classic

Kathleen

Theme: Auction

Title: When the Price is Right
http://www.spikeluver.com/SpuffyRealm/viewstory.php?sid=10580
http://www.bsdiaries.com/display.php?sID=022272&chID=1
http://www.dark-solace.org/elysian/viewstory.php?sid=2201&warning=NC-17

Author: Goldilocks* [Ashlee and Allison]

Summary: When it's time for the annual Auction Day in Sunnydale, the last thing Buffy Summers wants is to be auctioned off as a 'slave'. When her best friend convinces her that it is for a good, charitable cause, Buffy finally agrees. What happens when the one person she hates, decides that being her 'master' for a week doesn't sound that bad?

Rating: NC-17
Status: Complete
Season: AU all human

Why: I don't usually read AU stories. However, this one I found to be funny and filled with bantering and UST and chemistry. A fluffy story - cute and romantic.

“A small price to pay to fall in love"

*I don't know a current site for Goldilocks.

Thanks to everyone for voting in the poll! For the next 2 weeks our theme will be...






Just a reminder of the posting format:

Name and author of the story (with link to the story)

Summary (use the author's summary or your own; try to limit story spoilers)

Rating (especially if it's NC-17 or Adults Only)

Status (Is it complete or a work in progress?)

Season (or if it's AU or Fantasy/All Human)

Why you're recommending the story (optional, but probably very helpful for potential readers)


So, go on! Rec us your favorite Bets & Auctions fics! :)

Some of my favorite post-Chosen fics:

Disenchantment by herself_nyc

Summary: Magic wasn't through with her yet.

Rating: NC-17

Status: Complete

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