"There's nothing tender about the night." Buffy is not the slightest bit in love with easeful death.

Following that kiss of gratitude, Buffy leaves a battered Spike in his crypt alone to recover from Glory’s torture, only to return moments later.

Set in Season 5, picking up immediately after “Intervention”. First in a trilogy of one-shots, the stories can be read on their own, but are meant as a series. The next one is “Cold Light of Day”, followed by “Enough”.

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Set more or less in the comics world and building from some encouraging (for Spuffy lovers) scenes between Buffy and Spike recently (hopes to be dashed any second, I’m sure), this doesn’t actually require you to read or like the comics to understand it.
 

“Wordlessly she reached for him, like a child reaches in the darkness for comforting arms, desperate for something, anything, to take this terror away.” My version of the evening at the Bronze, at the end of Tabula Rasa.

Far, non-comic-related, future. Buffy is semi-retired, divorced, and alone. Her boss wants to introduce her to someone. Another schmoop prompt - "blind date"

One shot fic based in the middle of Spike and Buffy's season six 'relationship'. Buffy decides it's time to give Spike a treat...

written for the challenges at the Live Journal community of Seven Seasons, this is a Spuffy twist on As You Were. There will be a total of four challenge ficlets.

Spike's POV. Riley has left Buffy and she has been coming to him for emotionless sex. He thought he could handle it. Can he?

Something wasn't quite right, but what could Buffy do about it?  She was no superhero.  Season 4, during the episode Superstar, sometime after Buffy and Jonathan encounter Spike but before everyone realizes Buffy's right about Jonathan.

The last two of the schmoop fics. These are the ones that filled the card. The first prompt was "anniversary, one partner sick" - I went in a different direction than expected. :) The second one was a free space, so I did a follow up fic.

Written for the LJ comm, Seasonal Spuffy. A compilation of 100-word drabbles for each episode of the Buffy series.

Spike has a chance to show Buffy his sincere admiration without creepy stalkerness. Set just after Intervention, before Tough Love.

Alternative to the botched resurrection spell post The Body.

Buffy needs a date for New Years Eve. Spike volunteers. Nuff said?

rewrite of New Moon Rising, written for the Spuffyverse. Picks up from the eppie where Spike comes to the flat and offers to help the Scoobies get in to rescue Oz.