Updated 11/25/03 - For
Want Of A Sheet
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer was one of my favorite TV shows. Still is. It's got great characters, humor, and vampires who are the bad guys instead of misunderstood mamby-pamby good guys. Well, it used to, at least. I can't say I cared too much for the last couple years of the show. But who cares about that, right? One of the best things about fanfic is that we don't have to accept the crap that's on the screen as the only way the stories can go. All along I've been writing to the beat of my own drummer, and just because the show's over I don't intend to stop anytime soon. Viva la fanfic!!
Anyway, here's the stories I've finished so far, more or less in internal chronological order. Like you care.
I should mention that I don' t own the rights to any of these characters. That honor belongs to Joss Whedon, Mutant Enemy, Warner Brothers, Fox and I'm sure plenty of others I'm not aware of. They're not mine, I'm just playing with 'em 'cause they're so darned cool. No infringement of copyright is intended, and I'm not trying to make any money off of them. I do own the stories themselves, of course, and everything else I've created on these pages. Whoopee. And I definitely own the rights to the phrase "wiry like the mighty gazelle" and I'll kill to protect it!
Before I get to my own stories, allow me to direct you to my
Links page, where you can
find more cool stories than you could shake a stick at. Not that shaking a stick
at a story is likely to do you any good, you realize. Anyway, on to my stories...
Just to make things even more confusing, there's two types of stand-alone stories. The first set pretty much fit within the confines of the show as we've seen it. Not perfectly, maybe, but there aren't any outright contradictions, either. All of these build off of each other, so events from one story might be mentioned later on in an otherwise unrelated story. That's called continuity, folks, and I learned it the hard way - by trying to keep track of DC and Marvel comics history when I was a kid. Believe me, this stuff is simple compared to what Beige Kryptonite does to Superman this week, or how old Franklin Richards is.
Anyway, the stories listed under this here note are the ones where I tried not to change the Buffy-verse history too much.
Summary: Giles asks Xander a question.
Rating: PG, if that.
Timeline: Fairly early in season one.
Spoilers: Welcome To The Hellmouth/The Harvest
Dedication: To Melissa. She's my reason why.
Summary: I don't think I can come up with
one. Dumb fluff.
Rating: PG?
Timeline: I'm gonna say first season. Just 'cause.
Spoilers: None.
Dedication: To Jen, Dot, Vic and Meg for putting up with me. To Traci
and Tim for doing the chickenman thing with me every damned day.
NOTE: This one won't make much sense unless you know the Springsteen song "Atlantic City." I'll put the lyrics at the end. Mind you, I make no guarantee it'll make sense even if you do know the song.
Just Out Of Reach 6/26/03
Summary: What if the Spring Fling wasn't
the first time Xander tried to ask Buffy out?
Rating: PG
Timeline: Towards the end of the first season.
Spoilers: None.
Dedication: To Melissa, because now this sort of thing will never happen
to me again. To Meg, Vic, Dot and Jen, because they're super-cool. To Patsy
Cline, for providing the title and the soundtrack.
Summary: Xander talks to Oz about Willow.
Rating: PG
Timeline: Second season, right after Phases.
Spoilers: Phases.
Dedication: To mighty gazelles everywhere. Also to Ernestine for coming
up with the title for me. But she's pretty darn mighty her own self, so she
fits right in with the gazelles.
The First Annual Brownie
Bake-Off And Rootin'-Tootin' Jamboree
I was tickled pink to win this, and especially by the nice things everyone said at the chat ceremony, but to be honest I never thought of it as much of a humor story! But hell, what do I know, right? Personally, I voted for Nikki's As The Hellmouth Turns, which is absolutely hilarious. Go read it, right now. Read it twice.
Summary: A
batch of brownies leads to a trip down memory lane. Joyce's point of view.
Rating: PG
Timeline: Third season, right after Dead Man's Party.
Spoilers: Becoming 1 and 2, Dead Man's Party.
Dedication: To my mom, even if she did hide the brownie
batter .
Touching Willow
Part 1 Part 2
Part 3
These puppies felt pretty darn good to win, believe me. Again, though, in a way it feels weird. After reading Part 3, I think you'll agree that this is very much a Willow/Xander story. Don't tell anyone though, or they'll take 'em away!
Summary:
Willow and Xander have a fight and Buffy helps Xander deal with the pain. Buffy's
point of view.
Rating: PG-13? I'm no good at this. Some swearing, some angst, you figure
it out.
Timeline: Third season, between The Zeppo and Bad Girls.
Spoilers: The Fluke and the Lover's Walk aftermath.
Dedication: To my friends - if I lost them I'd be a basket
case too.
Summary: Xander contemplates
life without Willow. Sequel to Touching Willow.
Rating: PG-13
Timeline: Third season, post Fluke.
Spoilers: General spoilers about the Fluke.
Summary: Willow contemplates
life without Xander. Sequel to Touching Willow and Purgatory.
Rating: PG
Timeline: Third season, post Fluke.
Spoilers: General spoilers about the Fluke.
Dedication: To Jen, Vic, Meg and Dot, my beta-babes.
Summary: Willow and
Xander fix their friendship. Sequel to Touching Willow, Purgatory and Denial.
Rating: PG or PG-13, I dunno.
Timeline: Third season, shortly after The Zeppo.
Spoilers: Minor spoilers for Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered.
Dedication: To Jen, Dot, Meg and Vic, for beta-ing for me and for putting
up with my need to write mush. And to Ernestine, for beta-ing my first draft
lo those many months ago, and for suggesting The Scarlet Pimpernel. Great book,
go read it.
Summary: Willow makes a confession during
a game of You Don't Know. Angst ensues.
Rating: PG-ish, nothing bad.
Timeline: Third season, after The Zeppo.
Spoilers: Lover's Walk aftermath, but nothing too big. One little one
from The Puppet Show.
Dedication: To Buddy Lee, Xander Harris, and all Men of Action everywhere.
A Matter Of Faith
Part 1
Summary: Xander and Willow talk about the
events of The Zeppo.
Rating: PG-13? Some swearing.
Timeline: Third Season, after The Zeppo.
Spoilers: The Zeppo.
Dedication: To Jen, Vic, Meg and Dot.
Note: I swear to God I'll finish this one of these days...
Summary: Xander talks to Buffy after Angel
Leaves.
Rating: PG, I guess.
Timeline: Third season, after Graduation Day.
Spoilers: Graduation Day.
Dedication: To Victoria P. 'Cause it's all about Victoria P.
Chyldrenne Of The Night
Prologue Part
One Part Two
Summary: The gang encounters something far
stranger than mere
vampires...
Rating: PG-13 for minor violence and language.
Timeline: Early Fourth Season.
Spoilers: None.
Dedication: To Melissa, Jen, Dot, Meg and Vic.
And to Robin and Ernestine, who helped me way back when I first started this
thing.
Summary: Tara and Xander have a chat after
the events of "Family."
Rating: PG, I think.
Timeline: Season 5, right after "Family."
Spoilers: "Family" and I guess "Bewitched, Bothered and
Bewildered." Nothing major from either, really.
Dedication: To the lovely Amber Benson. Yowza.
Summary: Xander and Anya sit down to watch
a movie.
Rating: PG. Some swearing.
Timeline: Somewhere in Season 5, before things got all angsty.
Spoilers: None
Dedication: To Jen, Dot, Meg and Vic, and to true love.
Summary: Dawn talks to Joyce about this
whole Key business.
Rating: PG
Timeline: Fifth Season, right after "Blood Ties."
Spoilers: Major spoilers for "Blood Ties" and the important
arcs of the Fifth Season.
Addrilanne
Part One Part
Two Part Three
Part Four
Summary: A test of the bonds of love.
Rating: PG-13 for swearing and full frontal nudity.
Timeline: Fifth Season, before things went completely to hell.
Spoilers: None, I don't think.
Dedication: To Jen, Dot, Vic and Meg, and anyone else who wants to see
Xander nekkid.
Summary: Xander does the karaoke-thing and
learns his destiny.
Rating: PG-13, tops.
Timeline: Fifth Season, future episode.
Spoilers: I'm told Xander's actually going to be doing this on Angel,
but I'm not sure I believe it.
Dedication: To my beta-beauties, as always. Special thanks to Vic for
suggesting the song.
Alternate Universe Stand-Alone Stories
These are the stories where I mucked around with the history of the show. What can I say, just because the professionals apparently don't want Xander and Willow to get together doesn't mean they shouldn't have gotten together by Christmas of season one. That's my story and I'm sticking to it! I've also put all the future-fics in here, even though they technically haven't violated the show's continuity yet.
Summary: Willow's meddling with magic has unforseen consequences.
Rating: Call it PG-13, for romance novel-ish descriptions of sexual situations.
Timeline: After Graduation Day, during the summer before season four.
Spoilers: Nothing too specific, but it assumes you know about the Fluke
and Angel leaving.
Dedication: To Melissa, Dot, Vic, Meg and Jen.
Summary: Xander tries to make things up to Oz.
Rating: NC-17 for explicit sex between two guys.
Timeline: Third season, after Lover's Walk.
Spoilers: The Fluke and such.
Dedication: To Vic, for the challenge.
For Want Of A Sheet New 11/25/03
Summary: Based on the Halloween episode - what if Willow
hadn't worn the ghost costume?
Rating: Mostly PG to PG-13.
Timeline: Season 2. AU of "Halloween."
Spoilers: "Halloween."
Dedication: To Melissa, Jen, Vic, Meg and Dot. And to whoever posted
that Halloween challenge that got me to move this up from the "Someday"
file.
Summary: Willow goes home.
Rating: PG-13? Some not so nice stuff.
Timeline: Future.
Spoilers: None.
Dedication: To Vic, Meg, Jen and Dot. And to Sarah, because her story
Plain And Simple is what got me working on this one again.
Just One Of
Those Days
"Sappier than a diabetic maple tree." - The discriminating Dr. Tamwe
Summary: Xander has a bad day. But it gets
better.
Rating: I'm gonna say PG-13. Some swearing.
Timeline: Future, after the fourth season. Doesn't really folllow the
show after season four.
Spoilers: None, I don't think anyway.
Dedication: To Victoria, Meg, Jennifer and Dot. The best damned Beta-readers
a guy could ask for!
Knight In Shining Armor
Part
One Part Two
Summary: Willow's convinced Xander couldn't
possibly love her.
Rating: PG, PG-13
Timeline: Sometime in the not too distant future. Next Sunday, AD. Definitely
an AU from the show, more's the pity.
Spoilers: End of Season 6.
Dedication: To Melissa, Jen, Meg, Vic and Dot. What would I do without
them?
Norse To Meet You 6/7/03
Summary: What happens next for Anya.
Rating: PG
Timeline: Right after the series finale. Definite spoilers.
Dedication: to M. Scott Eiland, for his fic Valhalla,
which gave me the idea for this one. Also to everyone on the alt.tv.buffy. creative
newsgroup who were so quick to answer my question about Anya's original name.
And of course to Melissa, Jen, Vic, Meg and Dot.
Now Batting For The Other Team
Summary: Willow tells Xander about Tara.
The way it should have happened.
Rating: PG, PG-13
Timeline: Fourth Season
Spoilers: Just the fact that Willow and Tara are an item, I think.
Dedication: To Jen, Dot, Meg, Vic and Ernestine, for helping me with
the story. Special thanks to Meg for the title!
Summary: Xander reflects when it's almost
over.
Rating: R for violence and character death.
Timeline: Future.
Spoilers: None
Our
Day Has Come
Part 1 Part
2 Part 3 Part
4 Part
5 Part
6 Part
7 Part 8 Part 9
"Good lord. This story is so unbearably, unutterably
*sweet* my teeth ache just from reading it." - My friend Ernestine, who
wouldn't be complaining even a little bit if this were a Willow/Xander story.
Melissa over at The Library awarded these babies to me. Cool, that's what I say.
Summary: Buffy discovers she has feelings
for Xander.
Rating: Call it PG-13. I guess.
Timeline: Buffy's sophomore year of college. Doesn't follow the show
after season four.
Spoilers: A few mentions of stuff from season 1-3 episodes, but nothing
major.
Dedication: First and foremost, to Nikki, because her masterful use of
the term Xanderlovin' in As
The Hellmouth Turns is what made me think of
this story. Y'all notice I've plugged that particular story twice now? That's
a hint, folks. Go read it.
Also, special thanks to my crack squad of beta-readers for this one. Not a one of 'em is crazy about getting Buffy and Xander together, but they helped me out anyway. Specific thanks to Vic for giving me the title. I hate coming up with titles.
Stating The
Obvious 7/31/03
Part
1 Part 2 Part 3
Part
4 Part
5 Part
6 Part 7
Summary: An unlikely couple deals with love
on the Hellmouth.
Rating: PG-13 or so. Some naughtiness.
Timeline: Sometime between the fourth and fifth seasons.
Spoilers: Very minor spoilers for the end of season four, at worst.
Dedication: To Melissa. And to Meg, Jen, Vic and Dot, who don't like
this particular pairing all that much, but who put up with me anyway.
Summary: There are lots of things Tara's
never done.
Rating: NC-17, which I guess is a spoiler. But if you don't see it a
mile away, you need glasses.
Timeline: Doesn't matter.
Spoilers: None.
Dedication: To my beautiful bevy of betas.
Tell The World
"... pure, unmitigated, tooth-endangering
sweetness." - Ernestine again, happier 'cause it's Willow and Xander in
this one.
I won me some awards, yes I did! Got these two from the Vixen Fan-Fiction Awards. Don't tell no one over that way that Dru and Spike aren't part of the story, okay? I don't want them to come repossess these things.
Summary: Confession is good for the soul.
Rating: PG, maybe PG-13.
Timeline: Third season, shortly after Lover's Walk.
Spoilers: Lover's Walk and all the Fluke stuff.
Dedication: To Jen, Dot, Vic and Meg for putting up with my mushy writing.
Special thanks to Meg for contributing several of the items on Xander's list.
Summary: Xander says goodybe. Angst. Character
death.
Rating: R, for language, themes and description of violence.
Timeline: Sometime in the future.
Spoilers: I want to say none.
Dedication: To Jen, Dot, Meg and Vic for making me write angst.
Note: This isn't my usual happy-happy joy-fest. You've been warned.
Under
The Mistletoe
Summary: Giles witnesses
some Christmas magic.
Rating: PG
Timeline: Has to be first season, I think.
Spoilers: None.
Dedication: To my beta beauties - Vic, Jen, Meg and Dot, any one of which
I'd be proud to spend some time under the mistletoe with.
Summary: Willow gets hurt, then feels better.
Or something. I hate summaries.
Rating: PG? I don't think there's even any swearing.
Timeline: First season sometime, I guess.
Spoilers: I want to say none. No intentional or big spoilers,
anyway.
Dedication: To Jen, Dot, Meg and Vic for putting up with me.
These need some explaining, I think. Meg started it by writing some really weird, really good stories about various members of the Buffy and Angel crew interacting with people you wouldn't expect to see in Buffy or Angel fanfiction. Then I got into the act, and Vic did one or two, and other people joined in, and it was a lot of fun. You can read them all at the
These are my humble contributions to the series.
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???? II: Mysterious Boogaloo 6/7/03
Andrew 6/7/03
This one started out as a one-shot futurefic. Also a songfic. And a mushfic. And a few other things, I'm sure. Then Meg wrote a sequel that was actually a prequel, and I decided I wanted to write another story, and now I'm thinking of a whole bunch more stories I want to write. Such is the life of a writer, I guess.
I Won't Be Afraid
"Dhhgarrphht. I am now officially a big old pile of mushy goo." - NikkiSummary: Pure mush.
Rating: PG
Timeline: Future.
Spoilers: None.
Dedication: To Victoria, Meg, Jennifer and Dot. Because they put up with my mush addiction.When The Night Has Come by Meg
Summary: More mush, but earlier.
Rating: PG?
Timeline: Future
Spoilers: None
Lifting Me Higher
"More mush than the Iditarod!" - Jeanny S.Summary: Willow has a dream.
Rating: PG
Timeline: Future.
Spoilers: None.
Dedication: To Jen, Meg, Vic, and Dot. And to Jackie Wilson, and to what was quite possibly the funniest TV show ever.Summary: Jessica has something to tell Mom and Dad
Rating: PG
Timeline: Future.
Spoilers: None.
Dedication: To Melissa, Jen, Dot, Vic and Meg.
Basically, what we have here are three stories about Cordelia, Willow and Buffy leaving Sunnydale. And Xander's there for all three of 'em. They were all inspired by the song "Thunder Road" by Bruce Springsteen, and the titles are all lyrics from that song. That's probably all you need to know about this series, but if you want to read my ramblings on it, click here.
One Last Chance To Make It Real
Summary: Cordy's leaving town
Rating: PG
Timeline: Shortly after Graduation Day.
Spoilers: Minor for the third season.
Summary: Willow's brooding at home, when all of a sudden...
Rating: PG
Timeline: Shortly after Graduation Day.
Spoilers: Minor for the third season.
Chance To Make It Good SomehowSummary: Buffy's waiting for the bus to leave
Rating: PG-13
Timeline: Right after Becoming.
Spoilers: Becoming.
I had a hankering to write a story about Our Heroes from the point of view of someone who has no idea what's going on. I liked the idea so much that I plan to write more of them. We'll see if I actually do so.
Summary: Who knew going to the gym could be so dangerous?
Rating: PG-13, for violence and language.
Timeline: Doesn't matter.
Spoilers: None.
Dedication: To Jen, Vic, Meg, Dot and M'Rae.
This is another series that started out as a one-shot. Jen wanted angst, so I wrote Promises for her. Then I got to thinking about what would happen afterwards, so I wrote Mirror Image. Now I'm thinking about writing at least one more story set a little while later. We'll see.
Summary: Xander breaks a promise.
Rating: Call it PG-13, for violence and death.
Timeline: After "The Gift."
Spoilers: None.
Dedication: To Jen's insatiable need for angst.Summary: Anya tries to comfort Xander.
Rating: PG-13? Angsty.
Timeline: After "The Gift."
Spoilers: None.
That's all the stories I've written. So far, at least. Check back later on. Maybe I'll have more.
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