AU, Post-Season Four, as it would be *remembered* by Buffy post-season five... meaning it includes Dawn :). Following the Maggie Walsh/Adam situation, the Initiative was not shut down, but simply placed under new leadership. That was all Riley would tell Buffy before he left her to re-join the Initiative. Around the same time, Spike disappeared, all evidence pointing to his being re-captured by the Initiative. One year later, the Initiative has successfully eliminated almost all of Sunnydale’s vampires and demons, leaving Buffy free to finally enjoy the sort of “normal” life she’s always wanted. Sounds great, right? Could it be too good to be true? (Come on, what do *you* think? hehe)

This is my response to the first challenge at the new Good__Evil community started by our own Always__jbj and Selene. I DO plan a sequel. LOL And, because I'm lazy, I'm putting up the whole thing at the same time.

Rewrite of Pangs - While cleaning up Spike’s wounds, following the battle with the spirits, Buffy realizes that there may be more than meets the eye when it comes to the blonde vampire. When Spike reminds her of a simple fact, something happens that may allow their relationship to take a different turn.

Challenge response #31 Between seasons four and five Buffy goes to spike for help patrolling, she walks in on him masturbating and freezes up, as she stares he turns towards her and she sees his manly bits. Write a PWP from there

When Buffy exits her house on Christmas, who does she find outside?

This follows on from where my fic "Spike’s Will Be Done" left off and is pretty much a sequel to that story, so things will only really make sense if you read it first. For those of you who are wondering why the spelling of colour in the title doesn't agree with standard UK usage like the rest of the story, it's because it refers to the song by Cyndi Lauper, who of course spelled it the American way in her lyrics. Thanks go out to my two betas MadRog and t_geyer, without whom, no one other than me would be reading this. Before they came on board, this was just one chapter running to two hundred plus pages. They helped to sort out a workable structure and are currently giving me the necessary prompting to expand on certain plot lines raised within the story so far.

It's amazing what a typo can do. Sitting at Always_jbj's house writing away, or perhaps thinking about writing while she was chatting to Selene2. A simple slip of a key on Selene's part and a bunny attacked.
Anyway... Spike Tells a story...

Disclaimer: Joss owns everything as always. Characters: Spike (of course), Buffy and Joyce Rated: PG Beta'd by Always_jbj

What really happened in the basement before the last battle with the First?

Set during first date, how Buffy and Willow's conversation might have gone, had they really been the best of friends. Fluffy one shot, just for fun.

Written for 12 Mos. - Dawn is the character we were doing, but of course Spike and Buffy keep the focus on them...

A different ending to "Crush." Buffy somehow gets a glimpse of the future after Spike admits to being in love with her. How will this change her opinion of him?

Buffy isn't coping with life after Sunnydale very well and things get worse when she finds out that her past isn't as dead and buried as she thought.

The sequel to the Weight of Love. Buffy and Spike work together at Wolfram and Hart, but something out of their control threatens to destroy the life they worked so hard to build.

Takes place after "Crush." Buffy and Spike have a talk and some truths need to be said. How would this help a relationship to form?

Spike thinks about his engagement to Buffy. POV piece.