velociraptor trash

For those who are not already all over this shit:




I got my happy on. (I hope Lauren approves!) Observe:

"Surprise is Not Only for the Living". Salvatore Brothers & co.
"Her Dark Place is Also Quiet". Buffy/Spike (+ Andrew!), S7.
"The Cons of Anarchy". Spike + Dawn bro-time.


I have come to the realisation that writing non-angsty things is HARD. Dude. Like, that Doomed Ship Ficathon, pfft. Easy cakes. BUT MAKING THESE CHARACTERS NOT ANGST. MY GOD. Just about killed me.

Probably that says more about me than anything else.





Also, if anybody would be willing to tackle this prompt, pocochina and I will give you a million internets.

 

Here endeth the spam.

ARGH. So I've been meaning to post this fic since FOREVER, but then school came back and then I got sick and had not the energy to do ANYTHING, and meanwhile Jenni's like, "What gives?" and I'm like, SO MANY EXPECTATIONS and blah blah cry MOAR. Anyway. Here it is now. (I finally decided to try my hand at writing Buffy and Spike, well knowing they are the ship of DOOM where fic's concerned. Or where anything pretty much in the universe is concerned. :))

A Few Steps
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Buffy/Spike
Post-Normal Again, 1,869 words
A/N:  I was possessed by the insane/awesome/stupid idea to do a one-setting-only, musically themed fic ~through-the-seasons. (Except for season 7 because I have a weird inability to write S7!Spike right now.) I DON'T EVEN KNOW. GO WITH IT, GUYS. But yeah, needless to say, I think it's just about killed my brain and I've been gripped by OMG THE POINT WHAT IS IT but finally I've managed to vomit something sort of fic-shaped. And I don't know why I'm writing a thesis-long introduction here, but anyhow.
Also, many thank yous to my absurdly patient betas. Puttin' up with my crazy all the time, I DON'T ENVY YOU. FYI, all the music references/lyrics are from Nickel, The Cure, The Killingtons, Summercamp, Once More With Feeling, Michelle Branch, Bush, and Aimee Mann. In that order. I MAY HAVE GONE CRAZY WITH CONTINUITY, YES.

( The history of Buffy-and-Spike can be traced by and large through their encounters at The Bronze. )