moscow_watcher | Fall fic recommendations

The autumn is over and I post the list of fall fics I read and I'd love to rec.

Spuffy long stories and WIPs
Don't Stop by

nautibitz
http://community.livejournal.com/nautific/tag/don%27t+stop
Finished, NC-17. Pre-Becoming, Buffy and Spike duke it out in a ghost town saloon. Throw in a lasso, a mechanical bull, an acid-spewing sewer beast, top-shelf whiskey and a Journey song, and the sex just writes itself. As soon as Buffy discovers he can walk again, the epic fight starts... Season 2 sitch + season 6 sexual scope + sparkling humor = Nautibitz at her best.
Pity she calls the fic "her canon swan song"!

Not Dead by

herself_nyc
http://community.livejournal.com/herself_nyc_fic/75332.html
WIP, post-As You Were, no rating still but knowing Herself, I suppose it will be NC-17. During a patrol Buffy got sired (apparently by a random vamp). Spike hides her in his crypt and later drives her away... Author delves into the very essense of Slayer mythology.

Obstacles by

shapinglight
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/291621.html
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/291869.html
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/292197.html
Completed, R, future!fic. When Buffy turns 25, her slayer power is gone. She's an ordinary girl, she can't fight, can't slay vampires. And, worst of all, Spike is so afraid to hurt her he can't bring himself to make love to her. Shapinglight ingeniously rewrites Helpless premise adapting it to Scotland setting and older Buffy. The plotting is smart and the voices are spot-on.

Where's the Doctor? by

missmurchison
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/295675.html
Completed, PG, fluffy season 6. A sequel (of sort) to the fic Who's the Doctor?
http://missmurchison.livejournal.com/389657.html
in which Spike keeps the Suvolte eggs in the episode As You Were for Doctor Who and his team. In the sequel earlier version of Doctor Who appears again in Sunnydale to find a Key that opens portals; problem is, a certain "agent of chaos" also wants to lay his hands on the mysterious artefact :)
Great fun, full of sharp observations on TV archetypes in past and present. In the Whoverse, it takes place during Tom Baker's reign, when he was traveling with Leela; so, Buffy/Spike dynamics mirrors Doctor/Leela dynamics, with a gender reversal of protagonist and sidekick. It's a clever trick that makes the story more substantial than it looks at first sight. Buffy and Leela, two warriors with two different backgrounds have so much in common. Does it really matter who's a protagonist and who's a sidekick? Besides the "meta" level the story boasts competent plotting and good character voices; Buffy's line "It's hard enough loving one person. Why do I have to love so many?" - is particularly poignant. It's Buffy in a nutshell.

Like Mice in a Cornfield by

denny_dc
First chapters http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/2008/10/12/
last chapters http://denny-dc.livejournal.com/tag/like+mice+in+a+cornfield
Future!Fic, R. 70 year into the post-apocalyptic future, Spike works in police department and still dreams about Buffy. One night he meets in a bar vampire Buffy who doesn't recognize him, and the next day he discovers that she's his new partner... Sad, poignant, hallucinatory story with a bleak ending.

We Will Remember Them by

lilachigh
http://www.bloodshedverse.com/stories.php?go=chapters&no=9997
http://lilachigh.livejournal.com/303958.html
WIP, 8 chapters so far, NC-17. Timeline: 1943 and 2001 (post-Smashed) In 1943 Spike has been captured by the British army and forced, with Dru's life forfeit, to fly to France to rescue a Slayer. In 2001, Quentin Travers persuades Buffy to go back through time to 1943 to do the same thing, because the future of humanity is at stake. But can Travers be trusted? Terrific premise and an interesting exploration of moral choices Buffy faces.

Latter Days by

enigmatic_blue
http://www.freewebs.com/enigmaticblue/nowandalways.htm
Completed. General, main pairing is Spike\Buffy. Post-Chosen, PG-15. Author's summary: After the Slayers are activated, the balance between good and evil is disturbed, and the Scoobies are flung to the far corners of the world to respond to the crisis. In the midst of all of this, will they be able to keep their relationships strong? Or will they be divided by circumstances and torn apart by fate?

Unsuffer Me by

enigmatic_blue
http://enigmatic-blue.livejournal.com/tag/unsuffer+me
WIP, PG-15, post-season 2. Spike discovers Buffy who tries to be "Anne" and decides that he has to help her to become Buffy again...

Closure by

eowyn_315
http://www.livejournal.com/tools/memories.bml?user=eowyn_315&keyword=Closure&filter=all
Alternate season 4 after "A New Man", NC-17. When Buffy finds herself assaulted after a Lowell House party with no memory of what happened, she turns to an unlikely ally to help put the pieces together and find the person who raped her. Solid storytelling, great cliffhangers, convincing character voices.

In Harm's Way by

dawnofme
http://www.livejournal.com/tools/memories.bml?user=dawnofme&keyword=In+Harm%27s+Way&filter=all
or
http://www.bloodshedverse.com/stories.php?go=all&no=9629
About 100 000 words. NC-17, post HLOD. Spuffy. Frustrated with Spike's obsession about Buffy, Harmony makes a revenge spell on the Slayer. This spell will cause her to fall in love with the first vampire of the opposite sex that she sees. Harmony is sure that the spell will precipitate Buffy's death - but, turns out, the vampire she falls for (Spike, of course) has a weird kink. He wants to kill the Slayer in a fair fight, so he brings her to Giles and tells him to "fix" her... Funny premise and assured execution.

Accidentally Yours by

3xcereal
http://spikeluver.com/SpuffyRealm/viewstory.php?sid=32583 or
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4557982/1/Accidentally_Yours
WIP, 7 chapters so far. R to NC-17, post-Lovers Walk. Spike and Buffy accidentally claim each other. To undo the claim Spike's sire's blood is needed for the ritual and since Drusilla isn't available, Angel's the qualified party. Ensemble story with Spuffy biais.

Murphy's Law by

gabrielleabelle
http://gabrielleabelle.livejournal.com/16933.html
WIP, R. Alternate season 6 post-Tabula Rasa. B/S, X/A, W/T. Writer's summary: What if Giles hadn't killed Ben in The Gift? It is now mid-season 6, and the Scooby gang is falling apart when Ben awakens from his coma, letting loose an angry Glory. Buffy, dealing with post-death depression, bills, an "evil" Trio, and a faltering support system, now has to contend with a vengeful hellgod. Just when things couldn't get worse. (Writer's warnings: Character death. Really and seriously, this is not a happy or lighthearted fic.) Gabrielleabelle is a new writer, but her writing is very assured and solid.

When the Rest of Heaven Was Blue by

ruuger
http://ruuger.livejournal.com/197882.html
WIP, R, Future!fic. Writer's summary: After Willow's spell goes wrong during a mission, Spike and Buffy have to face the demons in their relationship. A very promising start, but, unfortunately, it's unclear if the writer will continue her story.

Clipping Service by

powerofthebook
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/2008/10/21/
Post-Chosen, PG. Ensemble story. Completed. Glimpses of Buffy and Spike's lives and their eventual reunion seen through clippings from various newspapers. Fascinating concept, truly Joss-worthy: Mr. Whedon aslo loves to juggle different genres, and this story brilliantly develops this tradition.

Though I Walk Through the Valley... by

randi2204
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/2008/10/22/
PG-13, WIP, post LMPTM. Principal Wood managed to stake Spike. Buffy needs him back. No matter what.

Where in the World is Buffy Summers? by

missus_grace
http://www.livejournal.com/tools/memories.bml?user=missus_grace&keyword=Where+in+the+World+is+Buffy+Summers%3F&filter=all
PG-13, Post-Destiny. Spike goes to Europe to find Buffy. But there are people who don't want them to be together. It took missus_grace two years to finish the story, but it's all there - a story that goes from LA to Tokyo to London where the reunion takes place.

Persons in Mirror by

maryperk73701
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/274134.html
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/274383.html
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/274682.html
WIP, 3 chapters so far. NC-17 for language mostly. Spuffy, Xander/Anya, Angel/Cordy, Willow/Oz. The fic starts as a "mirror" story: Sunnydale teenagers Buffy, Spike, Willow, Xander, Angel, Cordelia watch the popular show Joan the Vampire Slayer about Joan, Randy and their friends who fight vampires in a little town Rainypeak. On Halloween teenagers go to the costume shop and get invitations to a party organized by show's creator Jake Wheaton. As soon as they're there, a spell reverts them into their true selves. They find out that The First and The Beast have brainwashed Scoobies and Fang Gang, but Giles had found a way to disrupt their spell for a brief moment of time, so he used the show about Joan to trigger their memories and the Halloween party to gather them without raising the suspision... Terrific premise, great details, interesting character voices. Hopefully writer will finish the story. Hopefully soon.

Things that Go Bump in the Night by

slaymesoftly
http://slaymesoftly.livejournal.com/tag/things+that+go+bump
Post-NFA, R. Dawn, who studies to be a watcher, asks Buffy to help her. She has to spend a night in an old haunted house. The resident ghost is known for his pranks: he hides his face, he can materialize and he likes to smack slayers's butts. Guess who he is. Smiles, tears and banter. The premise works great on both narrative and metaphorical level, as it turns inside out the habitual situation of Buffy being unattainable and Spike trying to reach out to her.

Keystone by

winsomeone
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/300615.html
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/2008/11/10/
Completed, 46,000+ words, PG-13, AU season 4 in which Buffy and Spike slay vampires and demons together. They are sent to retrieve artefacts from another dimension and become deeply embroiled in a twisted plot that places them in dangerous opposition to the Watcher’s Council. Romance, humor, a bit of angst.

Lingering by

gabrielleabelle
http://gabrielleabelle.livejournal.com/23761.html
Completed, PG-13, post-Chosen. Pairing: Buffy/William. "I wish that Spike was back with me. The way he was before he died." ...Three months after Chosen Andrew and his team of slayers found the amulet in the crater and sent it to Buffy. It proved to be a wish-fulfilling mojo and now Buffy has to deal with William Pratt while he has to deal with the new world he discovers. Interesting premise, solid plotting and well-written characters.

Predestined by

crackers4jenn
http://crackers4jenn.livejournal.com/320519.html#cutid1
WIP, PG-13, during Destiny. Pairing: Buffy/Spike. To make Angel's life even harder than in canon Lindsey dropped a hint to Buffy and she arrived in LA just minutes before Spike got recorporealized...

God Is In The House by

holetoledo
http://holetoledo.livejournal.com/9091.html
http://holetoledo.livejournal.com/9467.html
http://holetoledo.livejournal.com/9497.html
WIP, goes AU in the middle of season 7, 3 chapters, PG so far. Buffy and Spike investigate strange disappearances of Sunnydale citizens and got transported into another dimension where they find themselves in a gender-segregated monastery - as monks! Funny premise and glib execution.

As I'm Leaving by

spinning_yarn
http://spinning-yarn.livejournal.com/tag/as+i%27m+leaving
Finished, post-Gift, R. After Buffy's death a magical artifact sends Spike back in time (seemingly occasionally). He spends several hours in post- School Hard and in post-Innocence timelime, lands in the middle of Becoming 2 events, visits Buffy in pre-Anne timeline. As he jumps from one crucial moments of Buffy's journey to another, he realises that there should be a reason in his journey. Story is told from Spike's POV. Interesting premise, assured execution, good character voices.
This the first time I discover a plot-centric story that doesn't "fix" the situation. Time-travel fics have always been used for making things right. Writer shows another way and makes it convincingly.

Switched by

mabel_marsters
http://www.livejournal.com/tools/memories.bml?user=mabel_marsters&keyword=Switched&filter=all
Completed, PG-13, goes AU in season 4. Gen, fluff, with a bit of Spuffy snark. Giles and Spike accidentally trade bodies. Scoobies have to fix them.

Spuffy one-shots

A very brief episode of Barb!Brain Theatre by

rahirah
http://rahirah.livejournal.com/336691.html
Buffy and Spike discuss an article on sexuality and feminism.

Getting Stuffed by

rahirah
http://rahirah.livejournal.com/350066.html
One-shot, R, AU post-Gift. This story takes place in the same universe as "Raising In the Sun," "Necessary Evils," and "A Parliament of Monsters." It's set about twenty years after POM. After Christmas dinner Buffy and Spike find a piece of pumpkin pie in their kitchen... Deliciously fluffy story.

The Devil and William Pratt by

rahirah
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/312157.html
One-shot, PG, takes place in the same universe as "Raising In the Sun," "Necessary Evils," and "A Parliament of Monsters." It's set immediately after POM, and contains spoilers for POM. Spike is half-human\half-vampire. One day a demon infects him with a venom that causes hallucinations. In a dream-like state Spike meets a representative of Lower Beings - "...a weedy bloke in a fusty suit, blinking at me through a pair of prissy little gold-rimmed specs. The ponce licked the nib of his pen and scribbled a note in the journal resting in one knee. He had a weak-chinned, ineffectual face and mousy brown curls, and his delicate white hands looked never to have held anything more dangerous than a pen. He was the sort of lily-livered, squeamish pansy that men bully and women scorn, and I hated him on sight." An emotional duel between Spike and his take on William Pratt ensues... Sharp character study with great insights into Spike's mind, his fears, doubts and insecurities.

Just the Once by

st_salieri
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/311819.html
One-shot, R, post-series. Buffy and Spike play a drinking game, and secrets come out. Wicked fun! :)

Vampires and the Women Who Love Them by

st_salieri
http://st-salieri.livejournal.com/306303.html
One-shot, G, post-NFA. What would happen if Buffy Summers, Bella Swan and Sookie Stackhouse sat down for a little chat with an inquisitive talk show host?

Ultimate Sin by

c_woodhaven
http://c-woodhaven.livejournal.com/186233.html
One-shot, NC-17, alternate season 3. Spike returns to Sunnydale to prove to Drusilla he isn't soft for making a deal with Buffy. Buffy struggles with her inability to actually be with Angel the way she wants to be. They both get a little more than they bargained for.

Scarlet Folds of Heaven by

gabrielleabelle
http://gabrielleabelle.livejournal.com/5690.html
One-shot, NC-17, season 7. Somebody dreams about Spike... :) Charming spoof.

Pre-Nuptial Bliss by

clawofcat
http://clawofcat.livejournal.com/48323.html
One-shot, NC-17, during Something Blue. Missing scene in Giles' bathroom when Buffy returns from Magic Box, inspired by the wedding dress she saw. High quality smut with priceless ending.

Domestic Bliss by

enigmatic_blue
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/270162.html
One-shot, post-NFA, PG-13. Writer's summary: Spike and Buffy have to navigate a world without apocalypses. It's harder than you might think.

Those Who Wait by

enigmatic_blue
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/269809.html
One-shot, During Into the Woods, PG. Writer's summary: the confrontation between Riley and Buffy goes a little differently, and Buffy finds herself contemplating a relationship that isn’t exactly normal.

Five Times Buffy Didn’t Kiss Spike (And One Time She Did) by

enigmatic_blue
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/269863.html
One-shot, AU S6, where Buffy didn’t die. PG.

Beneath Me by

botias
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/270955.html
One-shot, NC-17,post-Chosen. Spike is jealous of the Immortal. Buffy teaches him a lesson. Hot. Naughty. Funny.

Vows by

green_maia
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/271324.html
One-shot, PG. A poignant and poetic glance at Buffy and shanshued Spike post-Chosen

No Day But Today by

annapurna_2
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/273234.html
One-shot, PG, post LMPTM. Buffy and Spike share a private moment in the basement. Beautiful, evocative piece.

When She Kept Showing by

pennydrdful
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/272965.html
One-shot, G, post Gift. A month has passed after Buffy's death. Spike starts to see her everywhere. A ghost? A product of his imagination? Or?...

Through a Mirror, Darkly by

redeem147
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/274838.html
Alternate Normal Again in which Buffy executes her plan to kill her friends. Brilliantly dark and disturbing.

Survivor by

ladyanne04
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/286331.html
PG, Post-NFA, one-shot. In a bleak, desolate future Buffy, who had lost all her friends and became a lonely hunter accidentally meets you-know-whom...

Corrected Vision by

debris4spike
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/279294.html
One-shot, G, during "I Only Have Eyes For You" What could have happened had Spike been a witness to Buffy and Angel's meeting?

Trusting the Enemy by

3xcereal
http://3xcereal.livejournal.com/15053.html
One-shot, NC-17, middle of season 6. A stranger shows Buffy the future in which Spike is evil.

The Five Demons that You Meet in Heaven by

confusedkayt
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/278174.html
PG-13, post-Chosen. Summary: It's a bad day for the administrators of the afterlife. Where do you put a dead justice demon-turned-human-turned-demon-turned-human-turned-martyr? Or, for that matter, the first vampire-plus-soul to bite the dust?

La meilleure revanche by

thisficklemob
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/288043.html
One-shot, PG-13, during Entropy. Talking with Anya in Magic Box, Spike notices her pendant and realises that she wants to use him to avenge on Xander... Poignant.

Spellbound by

shadowlass
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/2008/10/25/
NC-17, during Superstar, completed. Buffy is utterly frustrated to be Jonathan's sidekick. She decides to pour her frustration on Spike, with predictable result... :) Funny and sparkling.

New Baby Steps 'verse fic by

kallysten
http://kallysten.insanejournal.com/552467.html
Spike warns his daughter against bad boyfriends... :)

Gordian Knot by

slaymesoftly
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/289018.html
One-shot, PG 13, R-ish, post-Older and Far Away. Buffy noticed that Halfrek recognized Spike and got curious. And - jealous.

And It Felt Like Breathing by

megan_peta
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/289177.html
One-shot, PG, around Dirty Girls. Buffy makes up her mind about Spike. Beautiful glimpse of Buffy and Spike's life.

One Little Dance by

hollydb
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/290521.html
One-shot, NC-17, goes AU in the last minute of Harsh Light of Day; Buffy and Spike's fight goes in the direction neither opponent could anticipate... Naughty, snarky and funny.

It's a Maybe by

avoidingnemo
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/291073.html
One-shot, PG-13 during The Gift. A different version of Buffy and Spike's conversation in her house.

Turnabout is Fair Play by

avoidingnemo
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/290951.html
One-shot, R, middle of season 6. Buffy and Dawn visit Spike in his crypt and find out he has a cat.

The Widening Gyre by

cindergal
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/291353.html
One-shot. R, future!Fic. In a bleak post-apocalyptic future, Buffy dreams of Spike... Dark, sad and compelling.

The Worst Thing by

penny_lane_42
http://penny-lane-42.livejournal.com/44209.html
One-shot, Angel Season 5, PG-13. In Rome, Buffy misses Spike. In LA, Spike misses Buffy. Reflections, ruminations, rants and, ultimately, realisations that they can't live without each other. Poetic and poignant.

Do You Believe? by

rebcake
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/293165.html
One-shot, PG-13, alternate season 4. Buffy hates magic. Because, you know, it's the after-effects of Willow's spell and other magic tricks that draw the Slayer to former nemesis... Deliciously funny and snarky.

Lawful Impediment by

spikesdeb
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/293459.html
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/293847.html
One-shot, PG. post-series. The year is 2008, and Buffy still doesn't know that Spike is undead. Pushed by her friends, she decides to marry an ordinary decent guy. Only Giles knows that Spike must be there in the shadows the day of the wedding... Funny and fluffy. :)

I Thrice Presented Him a Kingly Crown by

quinara
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/294074.html#cutid1
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/294202.html#cutid1
Finished, post-series, PG-13/R. A spell sends Spike and Buffy in the ancient Rome. Can Buffy's Slayer instinct and Spike's rusty Latin help them to survive and figure out who uses them and why? another very interesting experiment - to make citizens of ancient Rome speak Latin and to make their conversations decipherable - partly by making Spike explain them to Buffy, partly by using Latin words similar to English ones. This technique eerily reminds Joss Whedon's own experiments on Firefly and Serenity - when characters suddenly start speaking Chinese!

Does It Have to Mean Anything? by

pfeifferpack
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/310349.html
One-shot, PG, AU EoD and Chosen. Just before the battle against the First Evil, Buffy decides not to let anything wait too long where her two vampires are concerned. How it could have gone if Buffy had managed to face her biggest danger: her own emotions.

Primal by

pfeifferpack
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/310711.html
One-shot, PG Post NFA. A reunion fic. All the Scoobies have an idea of how it’s going to go, but who really knows Buffy well enough to be certain?

Law of Diminishing Returns by

pfeifferpack
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/310815.html
One-shot, PG S7 the night before the final battle in “Chosen” Just why might Spike have doubted Buffy’s declaration of love in the cave? Why might he have had reason to be afraid to hunt her down after his return? Just what DID happen that last night? Here be angst.

Acceptable Substitute by

pfeifferpack
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/311140.html
One-shot, PG S4, a twist on “Something Blue.” What if there were a residual attraction after Willow’s spell? What if that attraction were real? What would a witch do to make it right? Once more, someone else decides what is best for the Slayer.

Spuffy drabble by

pfeifferpack
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/310078.html

Funny drabbles:
by

redeem147
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/275068.html
by

mommanerd
http://community.livejournal.com/open_on_sunday/2283779.html

Spaikus by

okdeanna
http://okdeanna.livejournal.com/36141.html?#cutid1
One-shot, PG, during and after ATS S5.

Non-Spuffy stories I enjoyed
Sunshine by

shadowscast
part 1 http://community.livejournal.com/fall_for_sx/192291.html
part 2 http://community.livejournal.com/fall_for_sx/192726.html
Future Fic, NC-17. Thirteen years after Spike mysteriously disappears, Xander meets him by accident in the London Underground. Where has Spike been all this time, and what is he hiding? Shadowscast creates a complex intrigue, she deftly combines magic and world of technology, and she writes the characters the way we know and love them. I don't want to spoil the story, so I only say that she takes a popular plot of classical melodrama and twists it into a funny, gripping, moving, heartbreaking tale.

Poetic Justice by

lusciousxander
http://community.livejournal.com/fall_for_sx/188254.html
http://community.livejournal.com/fall_for_sx/188445.html
Completed, NC-17, post-Seeing Red. Anya uses Buffy's slip of tongue to turn Xander into a woman. The only thing that can turn him back into a man is sex with Spike - and the latter has disappeared... Writer uses the idea of sex-as-problem-solving (a very popular premise in fluff stories) but offers a serious and dark approach by making female!Xander a virgin. In this situation sex becomes much harder physically (the chip) and emotionally (rape issues).
Lusciousxander writes the real, canonical Xander - a man who loves to be a male - and his reaction to the embarrassing situations he finds himself in sounds absolutely true. Desperation, humiliation, rage, pain, shame - everything is portrayed honestly and cleverly. Lusciousxander don't go for suspension-of-disbelief trick - she shows raw emotions and it really hurts. The story is full of small yet incredibly rich touches and the ending is bittersweet.

Great! Just Great! by

dawnofme
http://dawnofme.livejournal.com/73762.html
One-shot, post-Forever, NC-17. Buffybot/Angel. At Spike's bidding Buffybot puts Angel in an uncomfortable position. Hysterically funny.

Towels by

deird1
http://community.livejournal.com/still_grrr/588943.html
One-shot, Post-Him, PG. Spike and Xander have disagreements about living conditions... Hysterical.

Breaking Dawn: A ficlet about something bad Spike did in hell by

joe_sweden
http://www.buffyforums.net/forums/showthread.php?t=4400
Dawn found out that Spike read Twilight books. He implores her not to tell Buffy... Hysterical.

Another Twilight parody by

ubiquirk
http://community.livejournal.com/ubific/26687.html
One-shot, G, BtVS season 8: Buffy fights Twilight who turns out to be... Edward!

Spike's 10 Biggest Cock-ups by

hello_spikey
http://hello-spikey.livejournal.com/60227.html
One-shot, PG-13, all timeline. Title says all. Hysterical.

Safe by

shapinglight
http://shapinglight.livejournal.com/823479.html
http://shapinglight.livejournal.com/823788.html
Finished, R/NC-17, post-Grave. Spike\Giles. Newly-souled Spike arrives at Giles' place in Bath.

Be Careful What You Wish For by

annegables
http://www.octavesoftheheart.com/iwry/annegables.htm
Post-Potential. Buffy/Spike/Angel. Spike wishes that Buffy gets what she deserves.

Ashes by

nwhepcat
http://www.livejournal.com/tools/memories.bml?user=nwhepcat&keyword=Ashes&filter=all
Finished, PG-13, R-ish. Wesley, Faith, Xander, Cordelia, Gunn, Lorne. Alternate AtS season 2. Angel had been dusted by The Watcher Council's assassins; Wesley runs Los-Angeles Investigations bureau that specialises on personal protection (he calls himself "a gigolo with a gun"). One day he discovers Faith, pregnant, at his door. As she goes into labor, Wesley gradually discovers that the Watcher Council kidnapped and lobotomized her. Will Wesley revolt against The Council or comply with his father? Dark, angsty character study with a heartbreaking ending.

IWRY fic by

chrisleeoctaves
http://chrisleeoctaves.livejournal.com/241668.html#cutid1
PG. Everything about Buffy/Angel in 1000 words. Minimalist, poignant, inspired.

Gamble on Destiny by

leni_ba
http://community.livejournal.com/kitteninthedark/120213.html
PG-13, Post-Wish, Buffy/Angel. Angel avoided getting staked, and then managed to save Buffy from the Master. The story starts an hour after the worst of the battle has passed and continues in Wishverse as Buffy and Angel fight vampires and Council. Written in the form of hundred 100-word drabbles. Interesting stylistical experiment and intriguing plot.

Night Time is the Right Time by

married_n_mich
http://www.octavesoftheheart.com/iwry/iwry1_08.htm
PG-13, post-NFA, Buffy/Angel, Spike/Faith. Buffy and Faith try to save Angel and Spike from hell.

Off Route 17 by

clawofcat
http://clawofcat.livejournal.com/56549.html
http://clawofcat.livejournal.com/56607.html
R. Post-Flooded. Buffy and Angel’s off screen encounter shortly after her resurrection.

Photograph by

librarian2003
http://www.octavesoftheheart.com/iwry/iwry08_30.htm
PG-13. Angel/Buffy, Angel/Darla. Leafing through a book on Angel’s desk, Doyle finds a photograph. This story explores what Angel might have been remembering, before Doyle came into the office.

One Day In The Life Of Buffy Summers by

stormwreath
http://www.livejournal.com/tools/memories.bml?user=stormwreath&keyword=One+Day+In+The+Life+Of+Buffy+Summers&filter=all
Finished, R, post-Him. Buffy\Willow, Buffy/Spike friendship. Buffy wakes up as a man. Who did a spell on her and how to undo it? Always insightful, sometimes hysterically funny, "One Day..." is an intriguing take of a male writer on gender-switching fanfiction.