Subtile Pairings

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Things to Know While Living in Sunnydale (An Annotated List by Dawn Summers) by Amy NC-17
Also includes Faith/Dawn, Faith/Amanda, Faith/Dawn/Amanda.
A how-to guide for your normal average town on a Hellmouth.

Things to Know While Living in Sunnydale (An Annotated List by Dawn Summers) by Amy NC-17
Also includes Faith/Dawn, Amanda/Dawn, Faith/Dawn/Amanda.
A how-to guide for your normal average town on a Hellmouth.

New Boy (drabble) by Sami R
Angelus has just captured Andrew.

Idlewild by Glossolalia NC-17
Every mouth is a hell. Or a heaven. Slight crossover with X2.

The Scapegoat by KindKit R
In which Giles gives in to temptation, and someone has to pay the price.

Dear Rupert (drabble) by Maybepink PG

Blast from the Past by Leni PG

Untitled (drabble) by Sami PG-13
Anyanka and Angelus used to have a thing.

Sister Named Desire (drabble) by Maybepink R

All of this Dust by Ducks NC-17
When everything is broken.

All Fall Down by Pixie Child R
Also Chloe/Dawn
Her reality is tearing at the seams.

The Very Secret Diary of Harmony Kendall by Lar PG
Day one - v.v.good. Unconventional Pairing Challenge

Eye of the Storm by Flurblewig R
Jenny deals with the aftermath of the Eyghon possession. Angst.

Empty Soul by Pixie Child R
She's all little pieces inside.

Mr. Gordo Wakes Up Gay by Dolores Labouchere PG-13
A certain stuffed toy is changed by a chance encounter.

Lies Like Air by Pixie Child PG-13
They help keep her going. So little does.

Miss America (drabble) by Mary PG-13

The Syntax of Things by Kyra Cullinan R
Fudgesicles and coping.

No Postcards Home by viciouswishes PG-13
Several years post-Chosen.

The Older Woman by Doyle PG-13
Joyce realizes that Anya is more than she seems.

On a Clear Day You Can See Forever by Doyle PG-13
Written for NetgirlY2K

Oh, No, More Yoko by Jane Davitt PG
Set during The Yoko Factor. How Spike messed with Anya's head.

Deck the Shops by Jane Davitt PG
Sequel to Oh, No, More Yoko.

Blood Sugar Sex Magic by Lar NC-17
Sometimes you think that in all your years you might have learned more than just how to inflict pain. Spoilers for S6 Buffy

Wires and Love by Amy NC-17
You know what the world doesn't have enough of? Fics where Buffy hooks up with the Buffybot. Yeah, you heard me.

The Wages of Sin by Flurblewig NC-17
Stalking, Caleb-style. Dark.

Halfway Across the World by Amberina NC-17
Buffy, Gwen, and nightclub in Paris.

A Laying of Hands (drabble) by Jane Davitt NC-17

Girl One by RozK NC-17
A dark AU, where Buffy Summers is the sex-slave to Lilah Morgan.

Girl Two by RozK NC-17
Sequel to Girl One.

A Really Nice Spirit Guide by Keswindhover R
Buffy/Nikki femslash fun.

There is No Comfort for the Living by Maybepink R
What if Willow had brought Tara back from the dead?

Track Number Three by Amy NC-17
Implied Buffy/Faith.
Faith had given her the CD for her birthday.

What Guile is This? A Luddite's Love Story by Glossolalia NC-17
After "The Gift", Giles grieves in the worst possible way.

I Sit Alone, a Snake by Gwynnega PG
A first kiss, or more.

All Fall Down by Pixie Child R
Also Angel/Dawn
Her reality is tearing at the seams.

Keeping Warm by Amberina NC-17
A lot of important things have happened to Darla in alleys. She doesn't remember any of them.

Research Methods by Leni PG

Cean Dubh Deelish by Maybepink R
Written for lyrajane for the Connor Incest Ficathon. She requested Connor/Drusilla, black eyeliner, and poetry.

Little Boy, Little Boy (drabble) by Maybepink R

Once Upon a Midnight Dreary by D. M. Evans R
Also Connor/Faith.
Dru knows Angel's big secret and she's out to use it to bring her boys back to her.
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8

Shaped by Scy R
Connor musings during S4 Salvage

Once Upon a Midnight Dreary by D. M. Evans R
Also Connor/Dru
Dru knows Angel's big secret and she's out to use it to bring her boys back to her.
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8

Sister by RozK PG
Connor and Justine, in an A/U setting, fighting side by side.

No Such Boy by Glossolalia NC-17
"Recall the sophism attributed to Chrysippus: 'Whether you lie or whether you speak the truth, in either case you lie'." Spoilers through Angel season 5. For Mosca's Free Verse Challenge.

Aesthetic Form by Doyle G
Post-Home. Connor makes a new friend on his campus.

Oblivion by Evette PG-13
Riley/Connor on the edge of nowhere, Post-"As You Were", "Deep Down"

Thus Spake Zarathustra by Doyle PG
Goes A/U from Normal again. Warren and "Steven". Driving. But more.

After the Heroes Fall by Abbie NC-17
Spoilers: Set AtS, after season 5, so, yeah, spoilers. Also, assumes character death.
From time to time, Xander relearned that while the tear ducts in his good eye still worked, the socket merely burned with the desire to weep.

Little Girl by Pixie Child PG
She was always so pretty.

After You by Dolores Labouchere NC-17
Cordelia doesn't put out for nothing.

Summertime by Dolores Labouchere PG-13
Cordelia has a message to deliver.

Browser Memory by Lar R
Cordelia learns something about Angel, something about Kate, something about herself.

Never Lies by Ducks NC-17
Dana never lies.

Escalade by Lar NC-17
Riley has a new obsession. He also has company.

Afterwards by RozK NC-17
Darla and Willow at Buffy's grave.

A Girl Made From Sky by Doyle PG
He first saw her in the dream of a monk in Budapest. Slight xover with The Sandman comics, but doesn't require knowledge of the comics.

Endless Silence (drabble) by Settiai PG

Souls Intertwined by Settiaii PG-13
As a young girl, Dawn meets a lost soul--and her life is forever changed.

The Lure of Lies by Shelley Barnard PG-13
Dawn's lying to herself. But that's okay, because so is Ethan.

What Little Girls are Made Of by Shelley Barnard PG-13
Ethan's feelings for Dawn are becoming chaotic.

And She Cries by Pixie Child R
Also Eve/Faith
Perspective is everything.

Six Degrees by Sami PG
Dawn will burn her Angel issues to ash.

Things to Know While Living in Sunnydale (An Annotated List by Dawn Summers) by Amy NC-17
Also includes Amanda/Dawn, Amanda/Faith and Amanda/Dawn/Faith.
A how-to guide for your normal average town on a Hellmouth.

Not Fade Away (Key of Life Remix) by Lar PG-13
Sometimes you're not even sure what's real. Remix Redux II Challenge Fic.

Alone by Pixie Child PG-13
Also Angel/Dawn/Faith
Billions dead, three alive.

Excuses (drabble) by Settiaii R

Square Root Minus One by Doyle PG
Together eight years and Fred still asks herself - why girls now when it wasn't ever that before?

Real Girls (drabble) by Dana Woods PG-13

Until The End by GrimSage PG-13
What if Dawn had been working with Fred at Wolfram & Hart when Illyria's sarcophagus had arrived?

Corruptible (drabble) by Mary PG

Totally Different Creature by Sami PG
He's a man and she is fascinated.

You Think by Pixie Child PG-13
Also Faith/Gwen
She's so pretty.

Keeping Secrets by Settiaii R
Post-Same Time, Same Place, Pre-Conversations With Dead People. Dawn and Kit are keepting secrets.

One Taste by Glossolalia PG
Also, Dawn/Tara.
At the end of "Potential", Dawn remembers Tara.

Survivors by Amy NC-17
The apocalypse is coming. It's a good thing Lilah Morgan's a survivor.

Gonna Run To by Wesleysgirl PG-13
Set after "Older and Far Away." Dawn decides to find someone who will love her.

Hitchhiking by Settiaii PG
You never know who you'll meet when you stick your thumb out.

He Doesn't Know Her (drabble) by Maybepink PG

Wolf Song by Niu PG-13 Dawn/Oz

Kid Sister by Pixie Child G
Dawn kinda likes him. And that's totally weird.

One Taste by Glossolalia PG
Also, Dawn/Kit.
At the end of "Potential", Dawn remembers Tara.

See Me by Gwynnega NC-17
Dawn just wants someone to see her.

Untitled and Unfinished Series
...More to This by Dolores Labouchere PG-13
...A Little Bit of Knowledge by Dolores Labouchere PG-13

Floats Your Boat by Doyle PG-13
A strip club. A year before Spike turns Holden. One psych grad student, one ex-lead singer.

Belonging by Claire NC-17
Jonathan. At the Bronze. Fantasizing.

A New Age by Glossolalia NC-17
Also Lindsey/Oz, Devon/Oz
I'll come running to you, honey, when you want me. Stand-alone part of the Monsters Ball universe; c.s3, Oz is with Angel and Lindsey is officially incommunicado.

A New Age by Glossolalia NC-17
Also Lindsey/Oz, Devon/Lindsey
I'll come running to you, honey, when you want me. Stand-alone part of the Monsters Ball universe; c.s3, Oz is with Angel and Lindsey is officially incommunicado.

Green-Eyed Monsters by Glossolalia NC-17
In the early Birthdayverse, Oz and Doyle hit the town. Read the sequel Family Romance (Oz/Tara/Willow)

In the Light (drabble) by Gwynnega R-ish

Involved (drabble) by Gwynnega R-ish

Denial (drabble) by viciouswishes PG

Open Season by Wesleysgirl NC-17
S3 AU in which the AI team brings Doyle back from the dead.

The Goose Girl by Maybepink R
Drusilla kidnaps Fred.

The Goose Girl (The Children of Lir Remix) by Doyle R
Remix of The Goose Girl by Mar.
Dru Kidnaps Fred. AU in the summer after No Place Like Pltz Grb

Beliefs and Denials by Just Human PG-13
There is much about the wine cellar that Lilah has tried to forget.

Pelt (drabble) by Maybepink R

Three Perfect Princesses (drabble) by Maybepink R

The Comforts of Madness by Flurblewig R
Set after the events of the AtS S5 ep Lineage.
How Wesley & Dru cope - or don't - with the turns their lives have taken. Dark.

Sunnydale Perigees by Glossolalia NC-17
There is nothing to teach Oz and he is impossible to charm. Yet Ethan can't leave well enough alone. This is for Mer.

On The Border by Sami PG-13
Oz has a tattoo and Ethan is fasinated.

Feral by Trekker PG-13
Ethan and Oz held at the Initiative.

Warlocks of the New Millenium by Elizabeth Scripturient NC-17
Pre-S6 non-con Ethan/Warren

And She Cries by Pixie Child R
Also Dawn/Eve
Perspective is everything.

Like Fallen Apples by Dana Woods PG-13
Five days of Gunn and Eve, wherein Eve tries to get something from Gunn.

Wrong by Leni PG-13

Little Miss Muffet by Kyra Cullinan NC-17ish
An unmaking. A fresh beginning.

The Dollhouse (drabble) by Amy NC-17

You Think by Pixie Child PG-13
Also Dawn/Gwen
She's so pretty.

Wonderful Christmastime by Dolores Labouchere NC-17
What did Faith give Joyce for Christmas in Amends?

Break Like Me by Amberina R
No one thought to ask how Faith was dealing.

Show, Don't Tell by Jane Davitt PG-13
Faith's on Oz watch.

Nice Girls by Doyle R
Faith/Tara with kinky smut. Goes AU from Bad Girls.

Beauty/(Not So) Beast Ficlet by Dana Woods R
Set just after "Who Are You?" Between the church and the train, Faith bumps into Tara.

Strong Enough by RozK R
Lilah wants information, but then she wants to play.

Untitled Drabble by Elizabeth Scripturient R

Thank You by Dolores Labouchere PG-13
Written for the Secret Slasha project. Tara spends Christmas in LA.

A Hard Life by Tara Keezer R
Crossover with Spider Robinson's Callahan Series. NC-17
Giles runs into an old acquaintance.

Summer Passes (drabble) by Dana Woods PG-13

Key Difference (drabble) by Jane Davitt PG-13
Glory is looking for the Key.

Dances with Groos by Dolores Labouchere NC-17
The Host's mother needs to redeem her family.

A Pound of Pennies by Greydawn PG-13
Lindsey comes to Gunn for protection from Angel.

Cold Comfort by Just Human PG-13
Set after Gunn is rescued form the basement. A little comfort between those who've been there.

Smoke and Mirror Series by Dana Woods
Gunn and Lindsey run into each other not long after S2's "Redefinition".
A Dank Place to Drink PG-13
White Noise NC-17
The Thin Red Line NC-17
Smoke Signals PG-13
Miasma PG-13
A Mirror and Some Smoke PG-13
Roadside Attractions PG-13
Likeness of Form PG-13 (Season Five)
Blowing Smoke PG-13 (Season Five)
Ashes and Glass NC-17 (Season Five)

Untitled by Dana Woods PG
Lazy hazy Sunday with cereal.

Kill the Messenger by Jane Davitt PG-13
Xander accomanies Willow to L.A. at the end of Angel S3.

Turning Japanese by Amberina R
Kennedy's heard about the Raidens and their weirdo daughter.

Say It by Pixie Child R
Tell me who your mouth was made for.

Symbiosis by Leni PG

Eidolon by D.M. Evans R
Harmony tries to help her friend and new boyfriend but things keep moving from bad to worse.

Cursed by Doyle PG-13
Notes: Harry is the former Mrs. Allan Francis Doyle. We met her in Bachelor Party. This is set before season 4 Buffy but there's a spoiler for Family. Sort of.

Fly Like Canonball by Doyle PG-13
Season six AU. Spike deals with a roommate other than Xander.

Conversations with Vampires Who Won't Shut Up by Flurblewig R
Alternative ending to CWDP. Instead of getting stake-happy, Buffy starts investigating.

Healthy Attachments by Dolores Labouchere PG-13
For the Dead Letters challenge. The Mayor writes one last letter.

Not an Earring by RozK R
A surreal experience at Joyce's gallery.

Clouds by Amy PG
Jenny is dead. In theory, at least.

An Exemplary Student by Greydawn NC-17
This is AU from season 2 when Jenny is killed by Angelus.
Warning: There's slavery, BDSM, and semi-noncon sex here.

Punishment and Reward by Greydawn NC-17
This is a follow-up piece to An Exemplary Student (a prequel).
This is dark, there's bloodplay, semi-noncon sex with a possibly underage original character, and voyeurism.

Coming Back by Glossolalia PG-13
Oz comes back for his best friend. For Zyre. For many, many reasons.

Harvey and the Vampire by Doyle PG-13
Jonathan has a brand-new career. Spoilers: ATS S5 as far as Destiny.

Got to Be Certain by Dolores Labouchere R
Joyce goes along to a special meeting of women and meets Tara.

Threads by Elizabeth Scripturient NC-17
Warning: Incest. Justine and her sister Julie, pre-Series.

Window of Opportunity by Amy NC-17
Implied Lilah/Wesley, Wesley/Justine.
Wes may have a girl locked up in his closet, but Lilah's got the keys.

Come Crash Into Me by Elizabeth Scripturient R
Post-Reprise. Lilah has to seduce Kate.

Beware of Owner by Glossolalia (Wishverse) R
Also Larry/Spike
He's just a dumb jock, so all he knows is that time's running out and he's fumbling the ball. Inspired by the revelatory "What the Living Do" by Kyra Cullinan, and like that story, set in the Wishverse. Thanks to Meg, Minervacat & Te for shredding it with kindness.

What the Living Do by Kyra Cullinan (Wishverse) R
Larry and Oz in the Wishverse, holding on to whatever they can.

Beware of Owner by Glossolalia (Wishverse) R
Also Larry/Oz
He's just a dumb jock, so all he knows is that time's running out and he's fumbling the ball.Inspired by the revelatory "What the Living Do" by Kyra Cullinan, and like that story, set in the Wishverse. Thanks to Meg, Minervacat & Te for shredding it with kindness.

A New Age by Glossolalia NC-17
Also Devon/Lindsey, Devon/Oz
I'll come running to you, honey, when you want me. Stand-alone part of the Monsters Ball universe; c.s3, Oz is with Angel and Lindsey is officially incommunicado.

Monster's Ball Selections by Glossolalia
You can find all of Monster's Ball (primarily Oz/Angel) here. It's an RPG A/U written by Gloss and Kita. The selections here are the Lindsey/Oz from the series.
Sign and Semblance
Dialects of Dislike
False Hearts (Also has Angel/Oz)
Dream Comfort Memory to Spare

Fade and Disappear by Zyre NC-17
Set directly after New Moon Rising on Buffy and just before Blind Date on Angel. Oz has to get out, go someplace new.

Connect the Dots by Ladycat NC-17
People change. Except when the never really do.

Chords (drabble) by Maybepink PG

Rainmakers by Lar NC-17
Lindsey said he was headed back to his roots, "something like that." So what exactly did he mean?
Rainmakers
Rainmakers II - Southwest of Nowhere
Rainmakers Interlude - Silence Like Water
Rainmakers III - Spindrift

Light of the World by Doyle R
She asks why you're going back to the city, and you tell her you don't know. It's just where you need to be. Got the Call.

In Silence by Amberina PG
Their relationship started how most relationships in their lives do, in the midst of a life-or-death situation.

Galileo On The 41 by Lar PG-13
Stargazing of a sort.

The Letting Go series by Rubywisp
Letting Go - R - Xander and Lindsey meet. Set at the end of Buffy S5/Angel S2.
Flow - R - Xander and Lindsey grow closer, and Angel says something he shouldn't.
I Don't Like Mondays - R - Lindsey has a bad day.
Boys' Night Out - NC-17 - A bar. Some beer. The boys. PWP.

The All Purpose Country and Western Song of Self Pity by Doyle PG-13
Post-Chosen angst with a hopeful ending.

On the Road Again by Maybepink R
Xander and Lindsey, two wanderers united by chance... or is it fate?

The Devil Wears a Blue Dress by Claire PG-13
Post-Chosen Xander meets up with Lindsey in a bar.

Wayward by Devil Piglet NC-17
An old acquaintance of Spike's turns up in Sunnydale.
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14A | 15 | 16 | 17

Sundown by Zyre NC-17
Riley wakes up to kisses sometimes. PWP

Plenty of Things Rising by Wesleysgirl NC-17
Set during "New Moon Rising." Oz had to persuade Riley to help him get out of the Initiative *somehow.*

Diamond Dogs by Glossolalia NC-17
You'll catch your death in the fog. Set between AtS 5.08, "Destiny", and 5.10, "Soul Purpose". For Mer on her birthday.

Concurrence by Rubywisp NC-17
A vampire walks into a bar. A werewolf's already there. Set pretty much anytime after Spike gets the chip and develops a thing for Buffy. No spoilers beyond that.

Cool Comfort by Jane Davitt R
Oz picks up Spike on his way out of town.

Down Through the Morning by Kyra Cullinan NC-17
A/U from "Seeing Red"; if Willow had been shot instead.

Lie With Circumstance by Dana Woods R
Tara runs into Oz during Season Six. Post-Tabula Rasa.

Familiar Smells by Elizabeth Scripturient NC-17
Tara has to get away, but she's not sure where she wants to go. (post-Tabula Rasa)

The Beauty in the Stones by Elizabeth Scripturient PG-13
Post-Dead Things. Tara can't do it anymore.

A Motel Room in Kansas by Amberina R
Tara's not sure how any of this happened.

Tis the Season by Amy NC-17
Oz makes Wesley's Christmas a little bit brighter.

Need by RogueSpike PG-13
Riley needs to be needed, and Spike needs him.

What's the Magic Word? by Jane Davitt R
Spike puts his nose where his mouth is. Er, or something.

Domestic Scene 10-A by Lar PG-13
It's not quite heaven, but it's within shouting distance. Improv ficlet.

Aphrodisiac/Addition by Maybepink R
Written for doyle_sb4. She wanted Xander/Riley, geekiness and humor, no futurefic. Well, I didn't exactly hit the humor at all and the geekiness is kind of brief in Xander searching the room for a "date," and I did Wishverse, which hey isn't the future.

Circles in the Dust by Abbie NC-17
"She doesn't love me." Xander didn't know how to comfort Riley.

Peripeteia by Glossolalia NC-17
It's a disconfirmation followed by a consonance. For Bunny.

Weary of the Gray by Just Human NC-17
A look inside Wolfram & Hart - spoilers to the end of S4. Unspoiled speculation into S5.

Every Night by Amberina R
He dreams every night of a place he's never been, people he's never known, calling him a name he's never answered to.

Alone by Pixie Child PG-13
Also Dawn/Faith
Billions dead, three alive.

By the Roots of My Hair Some God Got Hold of Me by Doyle PG
Wes asks a favor of Dawn.

Checking for Life by Amberina NC-17
Faith has a knife. (Could be triggering.)

Resurrection by Lar R
Cordelia resurrected.

Vanilla Ice Cream by Amberina R
He told her the plan over vanilla ice cream.

Need to Destroy by Amberina R
Dawn didn't come to Wesley out of choice.

Rock Star Kink by Amberina NC-17
It's what she wants, needs, craves.

The Sky Has Claws by Kyra Cullinan R
Nothing was supposed to end this way. Goes a/u during "A Hole in the World"

Family Romance by Glossolalia NC-17
Sequel to Green-Eyed Monsters, so, like that story, set in the Birthdayverse. For Doyle in the Polyficathon.

Prague with Precipitation by Dodyskin NC-17
Post-throat slitting, post-attempted world ending, post-soul.

Not True Nowhere by Wesleysgirl NC-17
Goes AU after Ats "Home." Wesley doesn't know what it is he's looking for. If it's not true nowhere, then it has to be somewhere.

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