Originsverse Ficlet, set between Revelations and Resolutions. 

Post-Season 5, an alternate reality take on Season 6, but not so crazy-alternate that anyone's unrecognisable. Just lots of small tweaks that pack a punch - like the odd bit of honest communication amongst the Scoobies. Starts with Spike/Dawn friendship and builds from there.

Runner Up for Best Angst in round 30 of the SunnyD Awards

A/N September 2018: this story is now being re-posted with minor edits on Elysian Fields and AO3, as a prelude to new chapters. New chapters will be re-posted here, but the formatting is too much work to re-post the previous 50.

Post-series, post-comic, our heroes deal with the little problem of cleanup after a bad slay.

Goes off-canon during Bargaining. When Willow's spell pulls Buffy out of heaven, it leaves her insane, terrified, and unable to communicate. The Scoobies are convinced she came back wrong. Spike is convinced that he can reach her. And Buffy's misconceptions about this hell she has awakened to lead to a host of problems and heartache. Who will be the one who can guide this fallen angel back to life?  

“Angel...” Buffy says Angel's name while she and Spike are in bed. Why? And what is he going to do about it?

Song fic to Sarah McLachlan's song "Fallen". Buffy's thought during and after the end of Chosen.

Set in S6 episode 'Normal Again'. Both Spike and Buffy are stung by the demon, and end up in the same mental institution. The Glargh...Glush...um, the demon has a bit more power in this fic, so Spike and Buffy fall into a coma...a permanent stay in the mental institution.

A few nights after Older and Far Away. Buffy’s got a question, does Spike have an answer?

Usual disclaimer: The characters in this story were created by someone richer, smarter and way cuter then me. I hope he’s flattered. If he is, he can send me Spike in gratitude. Since I’m not making any money off of this, I figure it’s a fair trade. Special grazie to liquidVamp for being my beta and my sounding board. She also leads great virtual sing alongs.

In an attempt to get over her grief for Spike, Buffy has cut herself off from her past life, and anything that reminds her of the vampire that's still in her heart.
But when a news story brings her attention to the battle in LA, the Slayer finds herself once again facing old betrayals and old faces.
Returning to LA she finds even newer betrayals and the possible death of her most secret hope.

Reply to challenge posted at Elysian Fields. check out the challenge details here.
author's choice by ladycat713