Wide Awake and Dreaming

Fandom: BTVS
Pairing: Spike/Xander
Rating: PG
Summary: Spike holds a midnight vigil. (Season 4)
Disclaimer: All characters and situations portrayed in Buffy: The Vampire Slayer are property of Joss Whedon, 20th Century Fox, Mutant Enemy, Sandollar Television and Kuzui Enterprises all rights reserved.
Notes: Part of the Slash Advent Calendar -2003

Title: Deconstructing Xander
Fourth in a series of essays exploring the personalities and motivations of the characters of Buffy:The Vampire Slayer and Angel:The Series.

Title: Deconstructing Fred
Third in a series of essays exploring the personalities and motivations of the characters of Buffy:The Vampire Slayer and Angel:The Series.

Title: Deconstructing Buffy
First in a series of essays exploring the personalities and motivations of the characters of Buffy:The Vampire Slayer and Angel:The Series.

Title: Faded Prayers
Disclaimer: I don't own Cordelia, Fred, Angel(us), Angel Investigations or any of the characters whose lives I play with in this story. Joss owns them all. All hail Joss.
Pairings: Cordelia/Fred, Cordelia/Angel(us)... sort of.
Rating: NC-17
Timeline: Post-Awakening. Contains spoilers for all episodes to that point.
Summary: Cordelia waits for Angelus and reflects on what has happened and what is to come.
Warnings: This is kind of dark and involves multiple character deaths.
Distribution: Wide Awake and Dreaming, list archives. Please do not archive without permission. ( http://panthermoon.com/dreaming )
Notes: This is a response to a gloveslap from Gileswench on the YGTS? list. However, my mind was totally wrapped up in the episode Awakening, and this is what came out.
1 February 2003

Disclaimer: I don't own Willow, Wesley, Angel Investigations or any of the characters whose lives I play with in this story. Joss owns them all. All hail Joss. Without Joss there would be no Buffy and no Buffy fan fiction. So this is all his fault. *nodding sadly*
Pairings: Willow/Wesley (Willow/Tara, Fred/Gunn, minor Cordelia/Angel)
Rating: PG-13, or the equivalent of the shows.
Timeline: Post-Season 3 Angel, Post-Season 6 Buffy. Contains spoilers for all episodes to that point.
Summary: Willow and Wesley made some bad choices this year and must deal with the consequences of their actions.
Distribution: Syrenslure's Fan Fiction, Near Her Always. Please do not archive without permission.
Notes: I, at times, hated and loved what Joss did with the characters this season. After the Angel Season finale, Joss (along with David G.) is the person that I love to hate. This story came to me almost immediately, before I had seen the Buffy finale even (though I was horribly spoiled by the wildfeed.) This is my answer to the questions left by the finales and my way of showing my love for these characters and the shows they are on.
Huge, huge thank you's to Kaz who beta'd this and put up with me through three long months and a humongous case of writer's block. You're the best, thank you for helping me to make this happen.
Begun: 21 May 2002
Finished: 28 Aug 2002

Title: Home 3: Kiss the Rain
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Riley/Xander
Disclaimer: Joss may not be inclined to play with Riley for the time being, but he still owns Riley and Xander, not me. Life is so unfair.
Distribution: A Few Good Men (http://panthermoon.com/goodmen ), Rileyslash, Finnatics, UCSL. Anywhere else, please ask. Do not archive this without permission.
Notes: This is third in the Home series, following "Keeping Secrets." I was actually writing the next story when my muse stepped in and told me that I had to write this one first.
The title and inspiration is from the song "Kiss the Rain" by Billie Myers.
Summary: It's raining, and its time for Xander to let go.
/// memories ///

Title: Home 2: Keeping Secrets
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Riley/Xander
Disclaimer: Joss may not be inclined to play with Riley for the time being, but he still owns Riley and Xander, not me. Life is so unfair.
Distribution: A Few Good Men (http://panthermoon.com/goodmen ), Rileyslash, Finnatics, UCSL. Anywhere else, please ask. Do not archive this without permission.
Notes: This is second in the Home series, following "You Can't Go Home Again." There are at least two more to follow.
Summary: Xander is getting good at keeping secrets.

Disclaimer: I don't own Buffy, Giles, Willow, or any of the characters whose lives I play with in this story. Joss owns them all. All hail Joss. Without Joss there would be no Buffy and no Buffy fan fiction. So this is all his fault. *nodding sadly*
Pairings: Giles/? (meant to be Giles/Buffy, but vague)
Rating: PG
Timeline: Definitely future fic. Giles is happily married to the love of his life.
Summary: Giles writes a letter to his wife on their anniversary.
Improv #28: half, conscience, bitter, optional
Notes: I am on a writing jag lately and this is one of five stories that I have been working on recently. My muse is really happy. This came out of a discussion on the Buffy/Giles lists about a perfect song for that pairing. For a long time whenever I heard the song, "What's Wrong with That," by Richard Marx, I knew that this song just begged to have fic written about it. I am not much good at actual songfic, so this is what I was inspired to write. I hope you enjoy.

Title: Home 1: You Can't Go Home Again
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Riley/Xander
Disclaimer: Joss may not be inclined to play with Riley for the time being, but he still owns Riley and Xander, not me. Life is so unfair.
Improv: #20 -twin -- deaf -- mild -- asleep
Disclaimer: Joss may not be inclined to play with Riley for the time being, but he still owns Riley and Xander, not me. Life is so unfair.
Author's Notes: This is in honor of my new site A Few Good Men. http://panthermoon.com/goodmen There is also a mailing list and clique. If you like Xander, Riley, or X/R and slash... check it out. Also, this could be a series with three or four more stories, but that will depend on the feedback and if anyone's interested. Let me know.
Thanks to Lar, for getting me hooked on these two and for the great beta.
Summary: Riley return to Sunnydale, post Season 5. It's not quite the homecoming he expected.