Fall FanFic

[moscow_watcher]

I decided to collect links to fics I read this fall in a single post. Basically, it's a compendium of recs I posted on CDS and Marstersverse in September, October and November 2006. Just to make sure I won't be cursing myself trying to remember a title or desperately looking for a link of a fic I loved but forgot to mark.
The overwhelming majority of fics I read are Spuffy, but I included some non-Spuffy fics I liked.
It's not a systematical collection. It's what appeared on my friend-list; plus, I followed recommendations by CDS and Marstersverse posters. I suspect I missed a lot of terrific fics. So - guys, if you have more recs, I'll be very grateful.

Part One. Fics written outside Seasonal Spuffy ficathon.

Three Deep, Episode Five: Roman Holiday by Avidrosette, Barb, db, Dori, Kalima, Klytaimnestra, Pip, Sylvia. New episode of Virtual Buffy season 8\Angel season 6.
http://www.teaattheford.net/virtual/episode.php?id=2785

My Life Closed Twice by Anaross.
http://www.livejournal.com/tools/memories.bml?user=anaross&keyword=My+Life+Closed+Twice&filter=all
Post-NFA, Buffy finds Spike teaching poetry in college. He says he doesn't love her - but Buffy suspects that he may have a secret agenda.

The Domino Effect by Anaross WIP
http://anaross.livejournal.com/65185.html
http://anaross.livejournal.com/65281.html
Post-End of Days. Future!Buffy arrives to SD and meets Spike. Their encounter changes the outcome of the battle in the Hellmouth - but not the way Buffy envisions. So she goes back in time again. Unusually plotty and unpredictable fic. Anaross combines the premises of Groundhog Day and Back to the Future, and attains to very surprising result.

In Fire and Blood by Kallysten
http://fanfic.kallysten.net/stories/fire.html
One of the most inventive fics of the season. Set in a universe similar to the one created by Cordelia's wish in season's 3 "The Wish". The only difference is thatCleveland!Buffy is already "dancing" with Spike... Novel-length.

Beg the Liquid Red by Eurydice72
http://www.livejournal.com/tools/memories.bml?user=eurydice72&keyword=Beg+the+Liquid+Red&filter=all
Post-TGIQ. Buffy gets transported into parallel universe ruled by Adam, where "local" Buffy, Willow and Xander are dead, Giles is Fyarl demon but Joyce, Tara and Spike are alive.

Fixing the Factors by Kargrif
http://community.livejournal.com/immortal_spuffy/ or http://216.177.131.147/stories.php?go=chapters&no=4553
During The Yoko Factor. The same day repeats again and again. Only Buffy and Spike can remember the previous versions of the day so they join forces to beat the spell. It takes them 20 days to figure out the situation, to destroy the spell, to defeat Adam and to fall for each other.

Mr. Grieves and the Second Chance by Herself
http://community.livejournal.com/herself_nyc_fic/tag/mr+grieves+%26+the+second+chance
WIP. New story in Bittersweet Saga.

In the Forests Of The Night by Rahirah (Barb C)
http://rahirah.livejournal.com/234180.html
Post-Gift. Spike has to make an (a)moral choice.

Thanksgiving fic by Rahirah (Barb C). Buffy, Spike, Dawn. November 22, 2001.
http://rahirah.livejournal.com/235020.html
Heartbreaking and funny. My favorite bit: "Only the Slayer, Spike reflected, could slam an open door".

Pigs in Space by St_Salieri
http://st-salieri.livejournal.com/216953.html
http://st-salieri.livejournal.com/217800.html
Post-NFA. Buffy and Spike find themselves aboard Serenity. Wackiness ensues.

Present and Unaccounted For (Collateral Damage sequel) by Cindermom. WIP
http://www.livejournal.com/tools/memories.bml?user=cindermom&keyword=Collateral+Damage&filter=all
The amulet took Spike's soul. Is it possible to re-install it?

Nautibiz returned to her old story Hearts Don't Lie after a year of absence. The story is almost completed. To read one have to join her community because her posts with fic chapters are flocked.
http://community.livejournal.com/nautific/profile

Part deux - Seasonal Spuffy treats

Not Quite Forever and Cumulari by constance_b. Alternative version to the botched resurrection spell post The Body.

http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/129387.html#cutid1
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/129668.html#cutid1

Wish You Were Here by Quinara. Post-Chosen. Buffy writes postycards to Spike - postcards she can't send anywhere...
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/135727.html#cutid1
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/136100.html#cutid1
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/136379.html#cutid1
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/136460.html#cutid1
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/136922.html#cutid1
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/136973.html#cutid1
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/137401.html#cutid1

Brand New Day by Quinara. Post-NFA, Spike finds himself in Buffy's apartment in Rome and tries to resolve the mystery of his resurrection.
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/132761.html#cutid1

Present by Laure Alexander. During Helpless. Instead of Cruciamentum, Council demands Buffy to marry a vampire.
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/137508.html#cutid1

Lessons by Cass. Post-NFA. Spike teaches Buffy to drive. Hijinks ensue.
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/139594.html#cutid1

Case Notes on Summers, Buffy by Shadowlass. Middle of season 6. Buffy goes to psychologyst. He reacts the way any sane person would react on everything that happens on the show. :)http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/139788.html

The Secret Slayer by Maryperk WIP. A new fic with a distinct "old school" feel. What if Buffy got sired in the end of the movie "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"?
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/140102.html
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/140297.html
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/140702.html
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/140845.html
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/141154.html
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/141356.html
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/141759.html
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/141862.html
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/142295.html
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/142423.html
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/142632.html

Through Time to Me by lilachigh. Buffy and Spike travel to 1594 to help local Slayer the save Queen Elizabeth. There is a conspiracy, funny culture clashes and a nice "gotcha!"
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/144326.html?#cutid1
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/144481.html?#cutid1
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/144804.html?#cutid1
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/144944.html?#cutid1

Orbit by Redeem 147. Little green men chose our couple to explore human sexuality... Buffy and Spike wake up, naked, on a spaceship and try to figure out how to get back to Earth.
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/145245.html?#cutid1

Three's The Charm by mommanerd. A variation on classic sci-fi story Arena by Fredric Brown: Buffy ans Spike end up in the experimental situation: they have to fight in that seems to be a test of participants strength but in fact tests their morals.
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/145995.html
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/146324.html
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/146519.html
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/146761.html
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/147196.html

Never Mind the Bollocks by confusedkayt. Post-GID. Poignant and funny conversation between Buffy and Spike in the basement.
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/147273.html

Rhyme by elinora. Three glimpses of Spike\Buffy interaction - the missed scene in the basement, Spike's coming back post-NFA and the reunion.
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/148143.html#cutid1

"Habeas Corpses" by Peyton. WIP. Post-NFA. Buffy, Faith and almost all members of Fang Gang end up in Initiative-like facility as prisoners and enemies of American people.
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/148315.html
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/148587.html#cutid1
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/148799.html#cutid1
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/149089.html

Changes Come by enigmaticblues. AU season 4 and summer between s4 and s5. Spike helps Scoobies and is sent together with Buffy to London. They have to to investigate a murder, travel "back to the beginning" and discover Slayer's origin.
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/149438.html#cutid1
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/149565.html?#cutid1
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/149957.html#cutid1
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/150134.html#cutid1
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/150333.html#cutid1

When by Denny. AU season 5 Spuffy which results in canonical season 6. Elegant concept. Great voices. Tearjerker par excellence and one of the most original and poignant stories I read.
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/153738.html#cutid1

Marked by kellyhk. Spike finds Buffy in Rome only to get kidnapped (together with Dawn) by W&H ops...
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/154196.html
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/154373.html#cutid1

Fools Rush In by morgantree. Post-Intervention. Buffy inadvertently activates the spell which, according to translation from Latin, will soon turn her into a demon - or, more exactly, a demon to match the one who was near her at the moment. Willow asks Spike to help - but it turns out the translation was a bit inaccurate...
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/154825.html#cutid1
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/154953.html#cutid1
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/155306.html#cutid1
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/155525.html#cutid1
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/155709.html#cutid1
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/155992.html#cutid1

Kindle in Us the Fire by st_salieri. Future!Fic. Buffy and Spike in 2006, 2012, 2021. They're not perfect, they may exasperate each other but they will always be there for each other.
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/156638.html#cutid1
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/156866.html#cutid1
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/157024.html#cutid1

Tired of Waiting by Skybound2. Post NFA, Spike and Buffy finally meet up.
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/163506.html

The Chaos Factor by schehrezade_1. Post-Restless. “Why is my Watcher chained in up his tub?” Buffy asks. The answer: Ethan Rayne has stolen part of Giles' soul and it's up to Buffy and Spike to help him. WIP
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/159980.html
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/160286.html
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/160844.html
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/161199.html
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/161718.html
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/162160.html
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/162595.html

Four Kisses Spike and Buffy Never Shared (and One They Did) by Cindermom. The title says all.
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/158801.html

5 Missing Scenes from Season 7 by jamesfan. Again, the title says all.
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/157257.html

Divine Epiphanies by Megan_peta. Post-Tabula Rasa. Buffy and Spike's conversation in Bronze ends in tutular epiphanies.
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/158671.html

If it's Tuesday, This Must Be Sunnydale by Miss Murchison. Middle of fluffy season 6. To help Buffy with the money Anya organizes a tour on the Hellmouth for a demon school. Spike's task is to keep Buffy unaware of the arrival of the bunch of unusual tourists in Sunnydale.

http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/166258.html
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/166433.html
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/166852.html
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/167031.html
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/167278.html
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/167455.html
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/167865.html
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/168140.html
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/168376.html
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/168801.html

Buffy and Spike vs. Cotton Candy Monster by pluckyantihero. A five-page comic drawn by hand.
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/172145.html

The Reflecting Pool by The Deadly Hook. Two years after the collapse of Sunnydale Buffy makes another vision quest in the wilderness. This time she meets Spike instead of The First Slayer. But is it real Spike of just her projection of him?
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/172015.html
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/172484.html

The Heartstone: A Spike and Buffy Adventure - Literally! by Bogwitch. Season 6, AU after Doublemeat Palace. A spell installs Buffy's mind into Spike's body - unknown to him. While he drives, she's a passenger. She can feel everything he feels, see everything he sees, smell everything he smells - but she can't even make her presence known!

http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/168584.html

Part trois. Non-Spuffy fics I liked.

Sock Puppet by Shadowscast. S\X. Post-NFA, Xander meets human Spike in Los-Angeles.
http://www.livejournal.com/tools/memories.bml?user=shadowscast&keyword=Sock+Puppet&filter=all

Mating by Herself_NYC. Post-NFA. A psychological study of B\S\A dynamics.
http://www.echonyc.com/%7Estax/Buffy/herself/Mating.html

All Ways by Kita0610. B\A\S. Post-NFA, the Champions meet and mate.
http://kita0610.livejournal.com/312232.html

This Second Front by Leni_ba. Alternative AtS season 5: Buffy is working with Angel team. BA with nice Spuffy friendship.
http://community.livejournal.com/kitteninthedark/95799.html