IWRY, a b/a marathon

 

I Will Remember You

Which B/A'er doesn't remember that November day five years ago?

Joss gave us hope, he made us hope... and then he made us cry. Typical Joss.

But most of us love that episode anyway, as well as the pairing it represents. Buffy/Angel has been in the show since its beginning, from 'Welcome to the Hellmouth' to 'Chosen'. Considering they were separated relatively early in the series, it is quite a miracle that this 'ship has such a large following. There are dozens of facets to Buffy/Angel, the sweetest, the darkest and everything in-between. I doubt any archive hosts even a half of the stories that are focused on this couple.

Thank you to everyone who contributed last November.

I only hope you'll have as much fun as I did. One way to show it is to feedback the authors. Their stories deserve it.


30 days               29 authors             34 stories


November 1st.

One Life by Chrislee

Rating: NC-17
Summary: Future Fic
Warnings: there's sex in this



November 2nd.

Drabble Collection by Stars

Rating: PG
Summary: Various
Status: More to come during the day.



November 3rd.

A Gift for Friend or Family by Fleur

Rating: PG
Summary: Sometimes, prophecies are more of a gift than a curse.
Note: Set between Season Six and Season Seven; assuming that Willow was sent ahead of Giles to England while the latter recovered from the Magic Box battle. Enjoy. Beta-read by Cassie.



November 4th

Happy Coupling by Laure

Rating: NC17
Content: happy smut, slashy reference
Summary: Set in the future, with happy Buffy/Angel and Spike/Illyria having a dinner party. Well, first, Angel has to make it up to Buffy for tracking demon good into the house.



November 5th

He Couldn't by Knightshade

Rating: PG
Summary: Angelus discovers something beautiful in Angel’s apartment, and then finds a way to twist it.
Author’s Notes: This takes place in and around Passion as well as the middle of Season 1. I’ve taken a bit of creative license with the drawings.



November 6th

Choices by Kate

Rating: PG-13
Pairings: Buffy/Riley (just warning you - it's just for the sake of plot and timeline) and B/A!!!
Timeline: Between the end of season four and the start of season five except a bit later than that. Buffy's still at College, Riley is still around *shudder*, No Dawn, No sick Joyce.
Spoilers: Probably most of the cannon, IWRY in particular.
Synopsis: Buffy visits an alternative dimension in which Angel stayed human in IWRY.
Author's Note: I actually started this story years ago, but decided that this was the perfect opportunity to revive it. Writing in second person and season four is a real flashback, it's like watching season 2 again or something. Feedback is loved and big hugs to Sarah for beta-ing.



November 7th

Most Wanted by Moonbeam

Rating: PG-13
Summary: Everybody wants a piece of Buffy tonight...
Author's Notes: Set in the latter half of Season One. This is old skool stuff, people.



November 8th

Mystery Play (I) by glossolalia

Rating: NC-17
Summary: "I stand before you here alone/That ye may me both know and see."
Notes: This is for Chrislee.
Warnings: Not fluffy.



November 9th

Cornered by Leni

Rating: PG
Summary: Come on, what are the chances 'Angel' was the only time they slept in the same room?
A.N: short.



November 10th

Surprise by Piksa

Rating: PG-13
Summary: A re-write of the IWRY episode



November 11th

dreams of otherworlds by Regala Electra

Rating: R
Summary: The stories do not matter, nor the lies, it is only the truth in the reunion that remains clear when they meet again.
Author’s Notes: This veers between happy, sad, dark, depressing, with a little death, destruction, sex and exotic locations thrown in.
Warnings: Spoilers for both finales.



November 12th

Never Forget by Angel's Other Love

Rating:R
Summary: Buffy sacrificed herself to save Dawn but Dawn's last words stirred memories deep within herself. Now she must learn what those memories are before she is allowed the rest she so desperately wants.

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Lipstick and Coffee by Kristi

Rating: PG
Summary: Btvs S2 pre S/I Buffy wants a normal night with her not so normal boyfriend. Just a little fluffy ficlet. My friend Lisa gave me the words coffee, music and lipstick. This is what came of it.



November 13th

Midnight Rendezvous by Lilian

Rating: PG-13.
Warnings: Plot? What is that? Angst? Don't know what that is. Fluff? Right this way, please.
Summary: Rome. Buffy. Angel. 'Nuff said.



November 14th

Heaven Can Wait by Kristi

Summary: What if the amulet had been meant for a different champion.
Rated: PG-13



November 15th

Through His Eyes by Leni

Rating: PG.
Summary: B/A through Xander's eyes.
Timeline: Early S2



November 16th

Vignettes by AliasAgent

Rating: PG
Summary: Two kisses and one vignette.



November 17th

Sometimes by Passionflows

Rating: PG
Summary: Sometimes she remembers...

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In This Moment by divajess

Timeline: Future
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: I know this probably isn't 100% canon, but this scene has haunted me for awhile and I had to write it.
Summary: What if there is redemption after all?



November 18th

Weight of Life (Part 1) by Maren

Rating: PG-13
Pairings: B/A with B/other and A/other
Summary: Post NFA, Angel turns to the only person left who can help him finish what he started.



November 19th

Nothing Left To Lose by Sweetness

Rating: PG-15
Genre: Angst
Notes: Set post-Not Fade Away.



November 20th

The Epic Struggle Between Good And Evil, or, One Normal Night For Buffy and Angel by Fleur and Cassie

Summary: All Buffy wants is one moment of happiness, and nobody understands.
Note: Set after The Zeppo in Season Three. Some dialogue cribbed from Fleur's Very Stupid RPG Buffy. Beta read by Bradley who is LJless. The oddest combination of humour and angst, very much like The Zeppo itself. We were inspired by the B/A in that. We haven't slept in a week and are kind of strange.



November 21st

No Substitute for Sense by Doyle

Rating: PG-13
Notes: Some of the dialogue is from Prophecy Girl. Huge thanks to metalphoenix and monanotlisa for listening to me whine when this wasn't working.
Summary: Webster was much possessed by death/And saw the skull beneath the skin



November 22nd

The Thin Spun Line by Dana M. Evans

Genres: Romance, Angst
Rating - PG-13
Pairing - B/A, Connor/Faith
Time Line - Post Not Fade Away
Summary - Angel fears he and Buffy have drifted too far apart to ever be together again.
Author’s Note #1 - This is the third story in the series but you don’t need to read them to enjoy this. All you need to know is Angel and Spike are the only ones to survive the battle, both horribly injured. They are rescued by Connor and he and Lorne take them to the Cleveland Hellmouth where the Scoobies have converged to help the vampires recover.
Author’s Note #2 - Thanks to SJ and Maren for editing this monster (with apologies to the ladies if I don’t get time to make all the corrections. I’m down to the wire and most assuredly there will be a BETTER version of this coming some day soon). Thanks to SJ, Maren, DL, Kristi, Stephanierb, vampedvixen, Makd, fickledame, Aaronlisa who all helped field ideas as to what Buffy and Angel had and didn’t have in common which really fleshed out this story.



November 23rd

Coat Tails by Wendy

Rating: PG-13.
Summary: There's a tale behind every leather jacket.
Pairing: B/A.
AN: Some lines in the story are taken from Buffy Season One's "Teacher's Pet".



November 24th

Sky Painted Epiphanies by Rachel

Disclaimer: Joss owns everyone, I own nothing. I’m simply taking them out to play with. The lyrics are from 3x5 by John Mayer.
Rating: PG
Spoilers: Post- NFA
Notes: Yeah, this is fluff, if you like fluff you’ll like this, (I hope). Lyrics are in parentheses
Summary: Angel has a moment of clarity, and he does something about it.
Feedback: Is loved and much appreciated :)

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Awful Beautiful Life by Dana

Rating - Pg-13
Pairing - B/A
Summary - Angel and Buffy set out to pay Connor back for the glow-in-the-dark hair dye
Author’s Note - This is only part of this story, written as a back up for Leni’s IWRY Marathon. The whole Connor/Faith part will proceed it when the story is complete. All you need to know is that this fits into The Thin Spun Life. Angel is recovering from his injuries after Black Thorn’s attack in Cleveland with the help of the Scoobies. He and Buffy are trying to get back together and Angel is trying to rebuild his relationship with Connor. He hadn’t gambled on a Post-Origin’s Connor having a wicked sense of humor built into him.



November 25th

First Date by a2zmom

Rating: PG
What if B/A actually went on that date that they talked about at the end of "Reptile Boy"



November 26th

Ever Since by Faith

Rating: Strong R to be safe
Summary : Set during Season 2, Buffy and Angel take that extra step
Author's Notes: I’m basically saying PAH to Angel’s silly soul binding thing. I do not agree with it and need to be a tad free of angst for a while ;) I'm very, very nervous since this is the first B/A I have ever written. So, please try not to be too mean, but I would appreciate constructive critiscm. :) Everyone else here is so amazing, so I hope I do the B/A marathon justice.



November 27th

In The End There Was Always You by Mickey

Rating: PG
Summary: Post-NFA unexpectedly getting help in the battle makes Angel reevaluate his life ... his past ... his present ... his future

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Buffy the vampire slayer by jenny haniver

Summary: the Buffy and Angel saga. tongue in cheek.
Rating: light R, hard PG-13



November 28th

Ice Cream by Emmy

Rating: PG-13
Pairing: B/A – what else? *g*
Timeline: BtVS Season 4/AtS Season 1
Spoilers: Specifically AtS 1.8 I Will Remember You, BtVS 4.9 Something Blue, 4.10 Hush, 4.11 Doomed. I've made various changes to all of these, but I've pretty much maintained the original plotlines of each. And, um, Angel canon after I Will Remember You does not exist, and thus Doyle does not die.
Author's Notes: MUST READ BEFORE READING FIC. V. IMPORTANT. Ah yes. This is another IWRY rewrite. I suck, yes. However, I think I've attacked it differently than most: I don't think I've ever stumbled upon this particular plotline before. If someone has done it before, let me know, kay? Anyhow, this idea came into being one day when I was re-watching that lovely gorgeous episode and thought, 'What if their hands didn't touch? What if they stuck to the mature plan? And then what if they freaked out and didn't call each other?' And thus, a fic was born. I thought it would be interesting to see if I could do it, because I've read so many of these damn fics that just piss me off because they all employ the same old tired clichés: Buffy gets pregnant; Riley and Angel get into a fight; Buffy remembers after Angel has the day rewound; the Oracles intervene; and I'm sure you guys can add a few more in there. Suffice to say, I tried to steer away from this stuff, and hey, I even made Riley nice. That is, I made him act like he did in canon at that time, which, um, was nice. [/thinly veiled poke at people who insist on writing Riley as a jealous bastard pre-The Yoko Factor, when he got a reason to be a jealous bastard.] Anyway, since this could now be considered a foreword, I will go away and let you read the fic. Hopefully you enjoy it.



November 29th

Two by Cassie

Rating: PG-13ish.
Pairing: Angelus/Buffy, of sorts.
Timeline/Spoilers: s2, post-Surprise.
Summary: At night, Angelus still watches Buffy.
A/N: Inspired by Emily Dickinson’s “2”



November 30th

Walls by Cassie

Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Buffy/Angel
Timeline/Spoilers: Set sometime in a blurry post-Chosen, post-Not Fade Away Italy, though with barely any actual spoiler content.
Summary: Angel’s been watching Buffy, waiting for the time to approach.
Word Count: 1500 (so, one of my longer fics.)


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