Buffy gets a second chance to convince Spike she loves him before she must give him up to death again. *Nominated in the 'Lie To Me' awards and the 'Burst Into Flame' awards.*

The brother of someone the Slayer failed to save wants revenge. His solution is to curse the Slayer and her friends to suffer from greed, sloth, gluttony, pride, envy, anger, and lust. Will the gang figure out what is going on before they destroy themselves? This is a response to Challenge 131. 

When facing eternity, a good mother will try to put all her affairs in order. That means getting real, seeing clearly and putting your own heart’s desires on hold, your dreams in perspective, letting your brain control your advice. Now if only those you love will just cooperate! Joyce looks to her daughter’s future as her own mortality becomes an issue and comes to some startling conclusions. Can Joyce convince Buffy to forget all that she has been telling her, all that everyone has been telling her, thereby easing Joyce’s own worries before facing the hospital and possible death?

Post Slayer, Interrupted, Buffy has a decision to make.

It's been more than ten years since they closed the Hellmouth, and Buffy's finally living the normal life she always wanted. There's just one thing missing... but when Spike shows up after so much time, will there be a place in her life for him? Winner of multiple awards, which can be viewed here.

Buffy gets more than transformed by the costume in S2's Halloween and discovers the reason she couldn't ever beat Spike.

Sick and tired of getting beaten on by Buffy (despite recently discovering he loves her) and the scoobies after getting smacked around again after trying to help them, Spike gets a spell done on himself so that any human that attempts to attack him will suffer the same pain he feels when the chip goes off. Bloodshedverse Challenge #479 response.

Set one year post-Chosen and immediately following Not Fade Away. Spike, fighting for his unlife in the alley, suddenly finds himself engulfed in flames for the second time. He appears at Buffy’s place in Rome, where she and Angel are kissing, and assumes he must have died and been sent to hell. Just what are the Powers playing at?

Rated: R- For language, some violence and possible adult situations.

Beta is a remarkable young woman, The_Space_Between, who's been wonderfully supportive and kind.

Buffy comforts Spike in the basement of her house. Set during The Killer in Me.

Life, freedom, feelings. There was no place for them here. This was hell, and she its most valued possession. Buffy's life takes an unexpected turn after being kidnapped, and as the line between sanity and madness starts to blur, the opportunity of freedom will present itself. Will she find enough will to live to take it, or will she take the easy way out and give in to the pain consuming her soul? And what does one ruthless vampire thirsty for her life have to to do with all this?

Vampires are supposed to dust, not leave an unnaturally still, empty shell behind after stepping in front of their mortal enemy to save their lives during an attack. A confusing funeral later and Buffy has to come to terms with having lost a lover she would never have called a lover or told her friends about, and the one person who made living bearable after being ripped out of heaven. Life crushes her even harder and she struggles to exist at all. Her only moments of escape are dreams that make it impossible to believe that Spike is truly gone.

It's the night of Joyce's funeral and Buffy finds help in the most unlikely place possible.

Spike gives Buffy a valuable lesson. Setting S6

Spike is back from the dead after saving the world. Angel has taken over Wolfram and Hart. What does this mean for Angel, and his search for redemption?

Buffy considers her feelings for Spike. Summer of Season Six