| Amejisuto |
| Hold Me. Thrill Me. Kiss Me. Kill
Me. |
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Excellent
Adult
Drama
Novella |
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One night, Xander stumbles
across a drunken Spike mourning the loss of Drusilla and plotting to kill
of the rest of Aurelius. Xander takes him in, even if he is a vampire that
Xander doesn't know. Spike takes a shine to the boy and takes him in when
his father beats him and kicks him out for being gay and the romance
begins. After Angelus returns, Drusilla visits Xander in a dream and
offers him her power to help find Spike. This is basically an excellent
re-write of season 2 (from the Anointed One to Acathla) if homosexuality
was as mainstream as heterosexuality and Xander had been the protagonist.
Astonishingly, no Xander-Sue to be seen. Cordelia is bitchy as ever and
Ethan Rayne is a perfect foil for Giles. |
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| Alexandria Brown |
| Waiting Here |
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Good
Adult
Drama
Novella |
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Xander, with
years upon years of abuse from his father hidden in his past, has turned
to cutting to deal with the pain. One night, he accidentally goes too far.
Spike dropped by just before it was too late. Spike comes through for
Xander, even to the point of testifying in court. I hate fics with cutting
in them because they're usually the author's autobiography mixed in with
the fandom, but this one was very different. The cutting was plot, not
angst. Sexual abuse galore and some improbable characterizations
and a suspicious coincidence here and there for convenience
sake. |
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| Anna S. |
| Your Horoscope for Today |
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Excellent
Teen
Romantic Comedy
Novella |
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After finding Xander drowning
his sorrows about Anya leaving him for a troll, Spike gets commiserates
and tanked with him. There's a gambling debt, a pissed off wizard, and
eventually an amnesiac vampire in a harem boy outfit that Xander gets
stuck with. Normally, I hate the idea of a guy in a harem boy outfit. I
think they're stupid. This, though, was so well done that I could see
it. |
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| Cicirossi |
| Chocolate Hurricane |
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Excellent
Adult
Romantic Comedy
Novella |
|
Very
cute and very amusing. Xander gets mojoed and starts to notice Spike that
way premise, but the angle is original. The formatting is a little
annoying. The author took down her webpage where it was truly fucking
annoying, but spanderfiles did a lovely job of bringing it down from 39
web pages to 8. Though, the very excellent tale really redeemed the
annoyance factor. I have no qualms with the story telling
itself, just the format. I like to read this one a lot. |
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| crazydiamondsue |
| Sunday Morning Come Down |
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Excellent
Adult
Drama
Skinny Novel |
|
In the summer after Buffy's death during the
Glorificus Apocolypse, Xander deals with his failing relationship with
Anya in a not so good way. He's then forced to deal with his new feelings
Spike as well as Spike himself in the wake of Anya. It's a nicely
character driven story that takes its time to focus on how things develop.
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| Echo's Revenge |
| Forged in Hell |
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Great
Adult
Action/Drama
Skinny Novel |
|
Angel comes back from three
months/three hundred years in hell after Buffy banished Angelus. Buffy is
on her road trip and Xander let his hyena out to keep the Scoobies
together and patrolling. Xander finds his equal in Angel. It's a little
too fast in some places and little too slow in others. Other than some
pacing problems, the story is nicely woven. |
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| Echo's Revenge & Creed Cascade |
| Legacy |
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Great
Adult
Romance
Novella
MalePregnancy |
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Spike leaves a little
"present" behind in his fuck-buddy Xander the night before they face the
First Evil. A few months later, Willow takes Xander to LA to see if Angel
can figure out what the heck is wrong with him. Angel develops this thing
for grumpy, pregnant Xanders. The pacing is more even than usually found
with ER, but there's a lot of editorial expositing getting in the
way. |
| Lost Soul |
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GuiltyPleasure
Adult
Romance
Novella |
|
After Angel gives Xander to
Spike in the school, Spike decides to keep him. Unnappreciated by his
friends and abused by his family, Xander finds love and acceptance with
Spike. It's the usual poor Xander finds love from the only critter that
understands him story. Nicely written, but too short for plot and
character development to make this anything more than cliche. |
| Time Well Spent |
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Good
Adult
Romance
Novella |
|
When Spike puts on the amulet
to save the world from the first, he, Xander, and Angel are all sucked
back into the vampires' past. To save Xander from Darla, the two turn
Xander into their pet. This is more of a porn with a plot than much of
anything else. The plot is actually interesting and the characters are
developed to a degree. |
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| Esmerelda |
| Stranger Things Series |
|
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Excellent
Adult
Action
Epic Doorstop |
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After a chipped Spike saves
Xander from horny demon who thought he'd make a fine mate, they go to LA
for a little help from Angel in the claiming process. Angel and Doyle are
involved in an Angel style courtship, full of guilt and brooding. It makes
for an odd sort of foursome fighting evil in LA, the Initiative, and
lawyers, all while trying to work through relationship issues. Aside from
the convenient demon issues forcing Spike and Xander to have sex the first
time so they can later angst about how wonderful it was and eventually get
to making like bunnies, and the occasional bits of plot-gratuitous sex,
this series is extremely well written. Characterization is wonderful. The
entire series is not finished, but each part of the series is, so you're
not left hanging. |
