Spike returns from Africa, ensouled but sane, to find the Scoobies devastated by the events of the spring. Nobody's rolling out the welcome mat--but someone *does* have a little surprise for him....

Response to BSV challenge #374. Set about a week after the events of Something Blue but before the beginning of Hush. Buffy has reluctantly agreed to vampsit while Giles is out for the evening, and is desperate for something to distract her from the annoyingly perceptive vampire and the memories of their brief engagement. Kind of fluffy, silly, and smutty, with a smattering of insight . . . and sprinkles! Thanks bunches to always_jbj for betaing. Banner by Tanit

Set in S7 after Showtime. She'd never seen him look so young and boyish. He'd never seen her look so shy.

Response to Chanel #5's challenge 140--Dawn wishes that everyone would tell the truth for once.

It is Christmas and Spike is trying to be helpful.

Season Six, Post Entropy...After Spike's encounter with Anya in the Magic Box, Buffy's not sure if she can forgive him for the hurt that she feels -- until he shows up at her door, needing her more than he ever has before...where do a Slayer with iron walls around her thrice-broken heart, and a wounded, desperate vampire go from here? Who's really to blame -- for what's happened to Spike, and for what's happened between them? And somewhere, in the midst of it all -- can the two of them find forgiveness, and the love that they both need so desperately?

Buffy returns from the dead haunted by a little girl in a cave crying out for her, needing her. Unsure of where or when the child Kaia is from, she turns to Willow for help to contact her. Willow goes one step further, sending Buffy into the past. Now she has to find her way home. Can Spike find her before something terrible happens? Nominated at Rogue Poet Awards in Best WIP and Best Plot and at Spuffy Awards for Most Original Plot, Best General Angst, Fang Fetish Awards round 11 and Best General Romance, SunnyD Awards for Best Author/Best Drama/Best Angst/Best OC (Groma)/Best Plot/Best Unfinished (whew! and Thanks!), and The Readers Have Chosen site for 07/09 fanfic poll, Spark and Burn Readers Choice RD 6 for Best Plot, Best Angst, Best OC - Groma, Best Villain - Kahn. YAY! Thanks to DragonflyLady and PaganBaby and Sotia for their beta work.***Awards Won*** Sunnydale Memorial Fanfiction Awards Round 18: -Best Drama - Spuffy, Winner, -Best Angst - Runner Up, -Best Original Character, Groma - Runner Up.

For Always_jbj. This is my idea about what would happen if Spike had made a couple different decisions that night during Smashed. Going to post whole story in one chapter.

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Spike sobers up after Lovers Walk and wonders why he wants to go back to a cheating Dru anyway. Buffy, meanwhile, tries to get a handle on a future that won’t include Angel. Can two broken hearts find an island of comfort in each other’s arms and then just walk away?

Set pre-series (to begin with). What would have happened if Buffy met Spike before she became a slayer, and said vampire could keep himself from killing her?

Buffy is trying to start over in LA - until someone shows up that she never expected to see again. Winner of multiple awards, which can be viewed here.

The third installment in the series - if you haven't read Meet the Pratts and Finding William Pratt, check them out first. (They're archived here, too.) The tale thus far: There may be slayers in this 'verse, but Buffy isn't one of them. Spike is his fabulous fanged self. They've met twice before, but a lasting relationship hasn't been in the cards.

Buffy arrives in Los Angeles after learning Spike's alive, only to find another man waiting for her. Spoilers: Post "Smile Time".

For once, life was being good to Spike. His seer was his best friend, Buffy was his girl, and all was quiet on the apocalypse front. He should have known better than to let his guard down.

This is the sequel to Alone, Lost, and Found.

It contains spoilers for season four of Supernatural up to the episode On the Head of A Pin.