Her Way by dreamweaver
Chapter: Chapter 5

11/19/2019 01:07 am
I love this Buffy who gives zero fucks what anyone else wants for her or from her. There were so many times in canon that I just wanted her to tell people to back off or go to hell when they were making demands of her. Even with family ad friends, being the slayer is probably lonely and I think part of the appeal of Spike is that it means she does not have to be because he accepts part of the burden. I love the ending to this, the idea that her goal all along was the claim so she could use his protective instincts to get him to protect himself.

05/04/2014 08:05 am
I love your works of fiction!!! They are bloody brilliant and how I've dreamed things would end since Joss fucked over our sweet Spike! Epic without being a million chapters long, the perfect pick-me up after a long night
Thank you so much for liking my work! I too hated the way Joss made things go, so all my stories are about giving Buffy and Spike a happy ending. :)

04/13/2013 07:14 pm
Love your Story :)
I'm so glad you liked it!  Thank you!

Garnigal
12/01/2010 11:06 pm
This was wonderful. So well written, such a tight plot. And such tight porn.

Utterly yummy and also thoughtful.
Thank you!  I'd just done 'His Way' and I started wondering how Buffy would handle things if she was the one to go back in time.  I'm so glad you liked it!

Magemaster
03/21/2010 08:33 am
Another amazing work.
Oh, thank you!  I'm so glad you enjoyed it!  After exploring how Spike would change things, I wanted to see how Buffy would react.  :)

slinkz
09/26/2009 10:56 am
Loved it - Spike & William claimed at last!
Oh, I'm so glad you liked it!  Thank you!

illona
07/21/2009 07:41 pm
pretty good
Thank you!

pearlseed
05/30/2009 06:59 pm
"making that little side-to-side wriggle that she found so touching, settling himself within her thighs, making himself comfortable"
and so you have writ a very charming, interesting adventure of the slayer and her vampire. 

I never read these--time travel is too much work with the what ifs--this story though and the follow-up are both so very delightful, sexy, and yes, you've made love of them, with them--Buffy with balls is awesome and as she should be--Spike accepting his tender side and being a bad boy--excellent combo! 

Thank you for the stories and thank you for all your hard work.  Truly appreciate the care with which you have presented the beloveds--their voices, their mannerisms, and their lives.  Done well--more please.
I had just done 'His Way' which was Spike going back in time and then I wondered how Buffy would have dealt with the same situation.  I love that dichotomy in Spike - that tenderness and the bad boy.  I couldn't resist playing with the bad boy side in my three longer stories.  You're right, the 'what-ifs' can make things complicated.  But I like to keep that part of it simple and concentrate on their emotions, which is where the story really is.  I'm so glad you liked it!  Thank you!  And that I got Buffy and Spike right.  I love them so much I would have hated to get them wrong!

pearlseed
05/30/2009 06:59 pm
"making that little side-to-side wriggle that she found so touching, settling himself within her thighs, making himself comfortable"
and so you have writ a very charming, interesting adventure of the slayer and her vampire. 

I never read these--time travel is too much work with the what ifs--this story though and the follow-up are both so very delightful, sexy, and yes, you've made love of them, with them--Buffy with balls is awesome and as she should be--Spike accepting his tender side and being a bad boy--excellent combo! 

Thank you for the stories and thank you for all your hard work.  Truly appreciate the care with which you have presented the beloveds--their voices, their mannerisms, and their lives.  Done well--more please.
I had just done 'His Way' which was Spike going back in time and then I wondered how Buffy would have dealt with the same situation.  I love that dichotomy in Spike - that tenderness and the bad boy.  I couldn't resist playing with the bad boy side in my three longer stories.  You're right, the 'what-ifs' can make things complicated.  But I like to keep that part of it simple and concentrate on their emotions, which is where the story really is.  I'm so glad you liked it!  Thank you!  And that I got Buffy and Spike right.  I love them so much I would have hated to get them wrong!

pearlseed
05/30/2009 06:59 pm
"making that little side-to-side wriggle that she found so touching, settling himself within her thighs, making himself comfortable"
and so you have writ a very charming, interesting adventure of the slayer and her vampire. 

I never read these--time travel is too much work with the what ifs--this story though and the follow-up are both so very delightful, sexy, and yes, you've made love of them, with them--Buffy with balls is awesome and as she should be--Spike accepting his tender side and being a bad boy--excellent combo! 

Thank you for the stories and thank you for all your hard work.  Truly appreciate the care with which you have presented the beloveds--their voices, their mannerisms, and their lives.  Done well--more please.
I had just done 'His Way' which was Spike going back in time and then I wondered how Buffy would have dealt with the same situation.  I love that dichotomy in Spike - that tenderness and the bad boy.  I couldn't resist playing with the bad boy side in my three longer stories.  You're right, the 'what-ifs' can make things complicated.  But I like to keep that part of it simple and concentrate on their emotions, which is where the story really is.  I'm so glad you liked it!  Thank you!  And that I got Buffy and Spike right.  I love them so much I would have hated to get them wrong!

08/07/2008 09:18 am
 Love how you write both Spike and Buffy. I especially love how strong you make Buffy.
I never thought it was right that canon made Buffy so strong when fighting demons and so weak emotionally, unable to hold out under pressure from her friends or even to understand her own self.  I like a strong, self-aware Buffy and so I write her that way, even when she's all Denial-Buffy and making tons of mistakes.  Thank you so much for liking it!

07/18/2008 04:19 am
What a great story.  Thanks!
Thank you!  I'm so glad you liked it!

Cate
07/09/2008 04:29 am

That was so amazingly brilliant! I loved the ideas you put forward such as their “love at first sight” and the morality theme you put into place as well. That settles it. This is definitely my favourite story… I kinda have a rank lol. I also loved the Spike version of yours in “His Way” and also your other story “His Girl”, which are both in my top ten. Brilliant writing. Ten million gold stars for you!

Oh, thank you so much!  I'm so glad you like my work!  I adore writing Spuffy and I'm so happy you like my versions of Spike!  I'll be posting a new story within a few days/

spuffy chick
05/28/2008 04:18 am
awesome!!! really liked it! job well done!
Thank you!  It so makes writing worthwhile when you all like it!

05/06/2008 07:19 am
really like how you get so much effect from your short pieces - am enjoying very much reading your stories -
Thank you!  I'm delighted that you're enjoying them.  I think the effect comes because I see each story in my head like a movie or TV show.  Watching BTVS, AtS and Firefly taught me a lot.  Joss is brilliant at compressing dialogue and action for maximum punch.  I'm trying to learn that.

Kelly
05/06/2008 02:22 am
Wowwwwwww!! That was......wowwww! :) I am just so thrilled to have found a new author I like!! (uhhhhhhh.....that would be you!!)  :D This is amazing! I was caught from the first paragraph! It was written so well and the love scenes were incredible!! YOU ROCK!! I loved it!! Now onto the next!! *dancing happily* ~ Kelly
Wow, thank you!  I'm so glad you liked it!  I loved writing it.

04/07/2008 09:13 pm
Almost didn't review in my rush to get to the sequel - really satisfying fic, thanks!
Thank you!  I'm so glad you liked it enough to want to read the sequel!

Zarrah
04/05/2008 11:14 am
Really great story! Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for liking it!

03/24/2008 04:46 am
fun read, thank you. would love to see your take on "heart attacks all round."
I'm so happy you liked it!  I'm working on the 'heart attacks' and hope to have it finished soon.

youbegoodbaby
03/19/2008 06:23 pm
Love it Love it Love it!!!!!

*sigh* 
Oh, I'm so delighted you liked it!  I love Spuffy!

Claddagh
03/19/2008 05:39 pm
I just found this, and have to say........WOW!!!  I loved it!   Please, please, say you'll do a sequel?  Or a series?  Please?  I cannot wait to see more.  Like, say, how Giles reacts to this?
Perfect 10!!
I'm absolutely delighted you liked it!  So many people asked for a sequel that I'm working on one right now and hope to have it up soon.

anon462
03/16/2008 09:03 pm
Ya know, I thought that I liked "His Way" a lot, and I really really did!!!  But "Her Way"  knocked me out of my chair!!!  This was a fantastic little story!!!  Any chance of a sequel??? Watching all the Scoobies spazzing out would be so much fun, and finding out that they can't guilt trip or manipulate Buffy anymore would be the most fun of all!!!  :D
Thank you!  I'm delighted you liked it!  So many people asked for a sequel that I'm working on one now and hope to have it finished soon.

Suzanna
03/15/2008 06:42 pm
This story is fantastic! I loved the new take on the going back in time theme. Is there any more to this story? Maybe when the scoobies find out, or on Angel trying to fix Drusilla?
I'm so glad you liked it!  So many people asked for a sequel that I'm writing one now.  Hopefully I can get it completed as soon as I can!

03/13/2008 04:02 pm
Oh no!!!  not "the end"! 
I just stumbled on this story and read it through, even though I should be working.  You can't have this be the end!  Maybe an aftweward, of little vignettes of how stuff changed? 
Or more real chapters?

please!!!!!
Oh, wow!  Thank you for liking it that much!  I am writing a sequel and hope to have it up soon.

Kate
03/13/2008 03:14 pm
That was brillant!  A really wonderful retelling of the events and of Buffy fighting for Spike.  I love that you didn't character bash anyone either in order to make this story work.  It was so wonderful to see Buffy so confident and go after what she wanted.  Thanks for posting.
Thank you for liking it!  I'm a new writer, so it absolutely blows me away when someone likes my work!  I try not to character-bash, though I have whacked on Angel and Xander a couple of times in my other stories.  Can't help it!

03/13/2008 01:34 pm
Awesome!!!

I'd really, really, really love to see a sequel of this. All those reactions and Buffy having fun with them instead of grief :)
I hadn't planned a sequel, but everyone is asking for one.  So I'm working on one now.  Thank you for liking this!

03/13/2008 06:08 am
that was so fricking awesome!!! i loved it!!!
Thank you!  I'm so glad you liked it!

BloodStainedSnow
03/13/2008 04:33 am
I hate that this is the last chapter!  Great story :)
Thank you!  I'm working on a sequel to this and hopefully will get it up as soon as I can.

Typerbabe57
03/13/2008 03:57 am
Oh wow!  That was AWESOME!  Loved everything about it--the story, the dialogue, the characterization, the intimacy (made me pant a little)--great job!  And thanks for posting the whole story at once.  I sat and read the whole thing and smiled the entire time!
Thank you so much for liking it!  I always post completed stories because I'm too insecure to let anyone see it before it's done!

03/13/2008 02:30 am
Amazing; sad it's short, since I now have to wait forever and a day for your next story, but still, very, veerrryyyy good; can't wait for more; thank you again!!!
Thank you for liking it!  I'm working on the next one and hopefully it won't take that long.