beyond_the_barricade



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    AU. The world is broken, but Buffy is given seven days to make it better. Does saving humanity mean letting go of the one thing she wants, or grabbing on to it with both hands? Based on a challenge at EF by javajunkie247.

    Beta'd by Gort.

    Archived at AO3 and EF ONLY. Updates posted first to EF.

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    03 Jul 2022

  2. Rec *

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    “Buffy?”
    He almost never used to call her Buffy. Did he? Always Slayer, or pet, or love. Or like, he’d use her name, but it always sounded odd, in his mouth. All tender, touchy. Like, like he was making eye contact with her, just by saying it.

    "Spike."
    She wonders if it feels the same, for him. His name, her tongue.

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    (Or: Spike’s gone, and Buffy doesn’t care. No, really, she doesn’t. Cross her heart.)

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    21 Jun 2022

  3. Rec 25

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    Buffy has just discovered that her mum needs surgery for a brain tumour and that her little sister is some weird ball of power with a crazy-strong chick trying to get her.
    It isn’t exactly the most relaxing moment in her life.
    Of course, that’s exactly when Spike suddenly turns human, needing all the help he can get, including somewhere to live…
    Will Buffy find a way to ask for the help she needs? Will they both learn to lean on each other?

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    12 Jun 2022

  4. Rec 38

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    The hardest thing in this world is to live in it. The second hardest thing is to feed yourself. (Or: After Sunnydale, Buffy decides to conquer the kitchen.)

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    09 Jun 2022

  5. Rec 35

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    Graduation Day nears. Spike learns that some things are not better left unsaid, no matter how perfect the unlife is.

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    02 Jun 2022