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  1. Public Bookmark 48

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    Buffy has spent the summer grasping for something just out of reach, but when Dracula arrives at the peak of her frustration, all bets are off.

    In which Buffy finds her fix, her man, and herself, not necessarily in that order…

    AU Season 5x01, Buffy vs. Dracula; Written for the EF 2024 Monster Mash Mini-Event; Title from the song by Daft Punk (writing Spuffy has made me a song title person—I’m so sorry…); Beta’d by Sigyn and sarkastikoverlord; Banner by cd85.

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    11 Jun 2024

  2. Public Bookmark 34

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    Spike asks an impossible thing of Buffy––and is stunned when she says yes. Could he really have gone up in her estimation?

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    11 Jun 2024

  3. Public Bookmark 97

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    "I was 16, Spike,” she said softly. “I had the impulse control of a hormonal ferret, and I was desperate to be loved—you think I woulda said no to a hot, devoted British guy who wasn't trying to kill me just for kicks? Just how dumb are you?" ~ Buffy in Ch 13 of Goodbye to Everything That I Knew

    In which Spike gets smarter and propositions Buffy on night one, and Buffy accepts because Angel is MIA and would you look at those cheekbones? Cue a teenage romp of an affair in which Spuffy discover the joys of emotional availability in a partner, Angel discovers the joy of a woman with a plan, Cordy makes the plan and enjoys the hell out of it, and Dru gets to live her best life without any man holding her back…

    You know how Goodbye to Everything That I Knew is a slow burn of carefully constructed intimacy leading to sweet married sex?

    This story is the complete spiritual opposite of that…

    AU starting in Season 2x03, School Hard. Written for EF’s 2024 April Challenge Month. Response to BewareTheKiller’s Scotty Doesn’t Know Challenge.
    Beta and Sensitivity Readers: ShirtyBird
    Artists: cd85

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    09 Jun 2024

  4. Public Bookmark 46

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    After being turned into one of the creatures she was destined to kill, a heartbroken Buffy Summers moves to the Big Apple to try to build an unlife of her own. Life away from home is dull, but easier without the constant sting of the sire who doesn't want her, friends who don't trust her, and watcher whose last gift to her was telling the world she's dead. But when a series of events force her to ally with the one mortal enemy she just can't seem to shake, Buffy reluctantly finds herself feeling almost alive again at his side.

    Between dodging attacks from a local vampiric cult, hiding from an angry Watchers' Council, and exploring the demon side of New York City, Spike begins to show Buffy that even the unlife isn't meant to be lived alone.

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    09 Jun 2024

  5. Public Bookmark 28

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    Buffy takes wheelchair-bound Spike hostage as a bargaining chip, but when negotiations break down she's stuck with him.

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    09 Jun 2024