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Real Name: Holly
Pronouns: She/her
Location: Here, there, and everywhere
Last Active: July 27, 2024
Membership Status: Administrator
Skin: undercover
I am one of the Elysian Fields administrators, specializing in member and public relations, media management, and overall operations. My primary goal is to ensure that everyone who calls Elysian Fields “home” has a warm, engaging experience. Please don’t hesitate to reach out with any questions, concerns, or other issues.
About Me
I came to Buffy the Vampire Slayer fandom in 2002. I’d known about the show for a while, but had avoided it as I was loyal to the movie (or, more accurately, to Luke Perry’s Pike), but finally caved at the start of the summer when a friend insisted on watching her new Buffy DVDs (Seasons 1 and 2 had just come out). I was entertained by Season 1, but with Season 2 (specifically Spike’s entrance) I became enthralled. Even more so when my friend told me that bad boy slayer-killer Spike later had a romance with Buffy. Enemies to lovers is my favorite trope in all the trope land, so this idea took root in my head and has yet to leave.
Though was only seventeen, I was already a rather prolific writer. I had also been active in a few fandoms, so it didn’t take me long to do a deep dive in all things Buffy. I read episode summaries for the episodes I hadn’t seen, started recording the reruns off FX, and absorbed as much Spuffy fanfic as I could find…and being that Season 6 had just concluded, I could find quite a bit. It took me no time at all to start sketching out my own Spuffy fic, which I wanted to set after Grave (an episode I hadn’t even seen, just had read about thanks to insanely detailed episode summaries) and have firmly established prior to the debut of the yet-to-be-aired Season 7. That fic, Sang et Ivoire, was my first foray into fandom, and the longest piece of fiction I’d written at that point. It became insanely popular thanks to an invitation to be archived on The Crypt section on the invitation-only archive Fonts of Wisdom, and helped launch me firmly into the Spuffy corner of the internet, where I have been (in one way or another) ever since.
In 2006, five fandom friends and I decided to start an archive called Elysian Fields, a name I chose since it was designated to be “a resting place” of our heroes. It wasn’t too long after this that I met my husband, graduated college, and truly began the arduous process of growing up. By 2010, I had more or less exited fandom (in presence only, never in spirit) and started writing original fiction (mostly paranormal romance) under the penname Rosalie Stanton. I also became a professional editor for a boutique digital-first publisher, which consumed most of my time. Even while I was away, though, I would periodically check in with Elysian Fields, sometimes dreading that I would find it had gone the way of other Spuffy archives and always relieved to be proven wrong.
By the time the show’s 20th anniversary rolled around in 2017, I had done a lot of that growing-up thing. I’d gotten married, bought a house, experienced extreme professional highs and lows, and lost a parent. The sudden renaissance of all things Buffy that occurred that year struck something in me, and I dipped my toe back into Spuffy. I was instantly reminded of exactly how much fandom meant to me, how much writing these characters and sharing these stories meant to me, and vowed to not only finish my long-standing WIP Strawberry Fields (which I had abandoned in 2008), but write new stories. Lots of new stories. I also started an intense personal editing project to make my older fics more readable. This mostly involves clearing up some of the awkwardness that was a reflection of a young girl trying to sound like she had more experience than she did. All of my work on Elysian Fields will eventually be edited; it will just take time. If you're looking at my older work, I suggest sticking to the stories that have an edit date in the summary.
In 2020, I was approached by OffYourBird with an offer to rejoin the Elysian Fields administrative team as the tech mod…and I wanted to so badly that I forced my very non-techy brain to learn as much as it could about our software so I can help keep this site running. This is thankfully no longer my primary role, thanks to Mods DarkVoid116 and cawthraven.
I have never been happier as a writer anywhere than I am right here, and I am so grateful to everyone, especially my fellow EF Founders and Susan, who kept this archive alive while I was off growing up.
About My Spuffy Work
The real world sucks. A lot. It’s painful and stressful and sometimes downright ugly.
I read and write to escape the real world. That doesn’t mean that my work will be all sunshine and rainbows—sometimes I write things that are downright depressing. But no matter how deep into Mordor I take you, my work will always feature an HEA/HFN ending (which isn’t to say everything will be resolved, but that Spike and Buffy will be in a good place together). I know suffering in the real world doesn’t always lead to something good, but that’s what the real world is for. And as Stephen King says, the ending’s not really why you’re reading, anyway. You’re reading to take a journey.
Most of my fics with a publish date prior to 2017 will involve claims, and this was always to secure the HEA ending (so Spike and Buffy never had to say goodbye because of old age). As a result, some of those works, admittedly, became a little redundant. Works published after 2017 do not feature claims and won’t unless the claim is an integral plot point and not just a lazy way to say, “Buffy never dies.” There are other ways to make Buffy immortal, and I have my favorites.
Elysian Fields is my home, and there is truly no place like it.
![A Love Like Ours](https://storiesbyhollycom.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/lovelikeours.jpg)
Originally published in 2007. Edited in 2020.
Artists: Unknown
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Drama, Fix-It, HEA/HFN, Hurt/Comfort, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Completed: Yes Chapters: 5 Table of Contents
Word count: 22,044 Hit Count: 45,963 ePub Downloads: 1,151
Published: September 02, 2007 Updated: September 22, 2007
Artists: None
Categories: Drabbles, Post-Series
Characters: Buffy
Genres: Established Relationship, Lighthearted
Warnings: None
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 269 Hit Count: 1,812 ePub Downloads: 26
Published: April 01, 2022 Updated: April 01, 2022
![Aflame](https://dark-solace.org/elysian/Library/3/images/1675622504.png)
Artists: MillennialCryBaby
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Erotica, Fighting, HEA/HFN, Lighthearted, Porn w/o Plot
Warnings: Adult Language, Blood Play, Sexual Situations
Event: 2023 Satisfaction-athon
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 14,754 Hit Count: 3,443 ePub Downloads: 136
Published: February 14, 2023 Updated: February 14, 2023
![After](https://dark-solace.org/elysian/Library/3/images/1635805098.jpg)
Artists: teragramm
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Giles, Dawn
Genres: Drama, Fix-It, HEA/HFN, Romance, Slow-Burn
Warnings: Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Completed: Yes Chapters: 3 Table of Contents
Word count: 23,529 Hit Count: 8,413 ePub Downloads: 217
Published: November 10, 2021 Updated: November 12, 2021
![Almost Paradise](https://dark-solace.org/elysian/Library/3/images/1603563471.png)
Artists: Holly
Categories: Season 6, Alternate Reality, Seasonal Spuffy Entries
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Angel, Ensemble, Lilah Morgan, Lindsey McDonald, Lorne, Wesley
Genres: Angst, Dark, Drama, HEA/HFN, Hurt/Comfort, Romance, Slow-Burn
Warnings: Adult Language, Attempted Suicide, Blood Play, Character Death, Cheating/Infidelity, Gun Violence, Mental Health Issues, Rape (Actual), Sexual Situations, Suicidal Ideation
Completed: Yes Chapters: 31 Table of Contents
Word count: 204,309 Hit Count: 60,291 ePub Downloads: 786
Published: November 27, 2020 Updated: July 02, 2021
![Another Auld Lang Syne](https://dark-solace.org/elysian/Library/3/images/1716653913.jpg)
Artists: loveisntbrains_
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Giles, Willow
Genres: Drama, Fix-It, HEA/HFN, Resurrection, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Dubious Consent, Sexual Situations, Sexual Violence, Voyeurism
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 6,897 Hit Count: 899 ePub Downloads: 33
Published: May 25, 2024 Updated: May 25, 2024
![Autumn Sunsets](https://storiesbyhollycom.files.wordpress.com/2022/07/658010_original.jpg?w=500)
Runner up for Best Long Story at Love's Last Glimpse Awards 2005.
Originally published in 2005 for Seasonal Spuffy | Edited in 2019
Artists: Edgehead
Categories: Season 5, Alternate Reality, Holiday Fic, Claim, Award Runners-Up, Seasonal Spuffy Entries
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Fluffy/Comedy, HEA/HFN, Lighthearted, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Completed: Yes Chapters: 5 Table of Contents
Word count: 23,055 Hit Count: 24,471 ePub Downloads: 627
Published: October 28, 2006 Updated: October 28, 2006
![Baptism](https://storiesbyhollycom.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/658376_original.jpg)
Edited in 2021
Artists: Edgehead
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Drama, HEA/HFN, Porn w/ Plot, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 9,497 Hit Count: 7,687 ePub Downloads: 377
Published: January 20, 2007 Updated: January 20, 2007
![Be Hunted](https://dark-solace.org/elysian/Library/799/images/1653992490.png)
Artists: EllieRose101
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Action/Adventure, HEA/HFN
Warnings: Adult Language
Completed: No Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 8,454 Hit Count: 808 ePub Downloads: 14
Published: May 30, 2022 Updated: May 30, 2022
Artists: None
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Fluffy/Comedy, HEA/HFN, Lighthearted, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Completed: Yes Chapters: 5 Table of Contents
Word count: 23,697 Hit Count: 16,309 ePub Downloads: 297
Published: March 16, 2017 Updated: March 16, 2017
![Beloved in Blood](https://dark-solace.org/elysian/Library/3/images/1601578860.jpg)
Winner at the Spark and Burn awards.
Artists: teragramm
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Giles, Willow, Xander, Angel, Cordelia, Faith Lehane, Oz
Genres: Dramedy, HEA/HFN, Kidnapping, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Blood Play, Dubious Consent, Rape (Implied), Sexual Situations
Completed: Yes Chapters: 52 Table of Contents
Word count: 120,380 Hit Count: 313,274 ePub Downloads: 2,311
Published: October 30, 2006 Updated: October 30, 2006
Artists: None
, Series: Drabblephabet
Categories: Between Seasons (any), Vignettes, Drabbles
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Erotica, Established Relationship, Porn w/o Plot
Warnings: Blood Play, Sexual Situations
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 319 Hit Count: 2,023 ePub Downloads: 72
Published: April 03, 2022 Updated: April 03, 2022
![Blip](https://dark-solace.org/elysian/Library/3/images/1689608523.png)
Artists: loveisntbrains_
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Drama, Hurt/Comfort
Warnings: Abortion, Adult Language
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 12,720 Hit Count: 1,634 ePub Downloads: 54
Published: July 01, 2022 Updated: July 01, 2022
Artists: None
Characters: Spike
Genres: Angst
Warnings: None
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 95 Hit Count: 225 ePub Downloads: 10
Published: March 13, 2022 Updated: March 13, 2022
![Blood and Mistletoe](https://dark-solace.org/elysian/Library/3/images/1617119550.jpg)
Artists: Holly
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Fluffy/Comedy, HEA/HFN, Lighthearted, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Blood Play, Sexual Situations
Completed: Yes Chapters: 6 Table of Contents
Word count: 25,472 Hit Count: 26,231 ePub Downloads: 633
Published: October 30, 2006 Updated: July 29, 2017
![Bloom](https://dark-solace.org/elysian/Library/3/images/1703720686.png)
Artists: scratchmeout
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Drama, Erotica, Fighting, HEA/HFN, Kidnapping, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Sexual Situations, Violence
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 14,769 Hit Count: 1,167 ePub Downloads: 71
Published: February 23, 2024 Updated: February 23, 2024
![Blow](https://dark-solace.org/elysian/Library/3/images/1602460322.jpg)
Artists: Holly
Categories: Season 4, Vignettes
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Erotica, Porn w/o Plot
Warnings: Adult Language, Cheating/Infidelity, Sexual Situations
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 11,211 Hit Count: 4,707 ePub Downloads: 262
Published: October 11, 2020 Updated: October 11, 2020
![Bruised](https://dark-solace.org/elysian/Library/3/images/1613315272.jpg)
Banner by OffYourBird
Artists: OffYourBird
Categories: Season 4, Episode Rewrite
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Willow, Riley Finn
Genres: Angst, Erotica, Fighting, Porn w/ Plot, Under Magical Influence
Warnings: Adult Language, Buffy/Other (Temp), Dubious Consent, Sexual Situations, Spike/Other (Temp)
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 12,251 Hit Count: 4,709 ePub Downloads: 261
Published: March 22, 2021 Updated: March 22, 2021
Artists: None
Categories: Post-Series, Vignettes, Drabbles
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Established Relationship, Lighthearted
Warnings: None
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 409 Hit Count: 1,301 ePub Downloads: 19
Published: April 04, 2022 Updated: April 04, 2022
![Cavalry](https://dark-solace.org/elysian/Library/3/images/1710047087.png)
Artists: MillennialCryBaby
Categories: Season 4
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Willow, Xander, Adam, Anya, Joyce, Tara
Genres: Dramedy, Erotica, Established Relationship, Fighting, HEA/HFN, Hurt/Comfort
Warnings: Adult Language, Blood Play, Sexual Situations, Torture (Physical), Vampire!Buffy, Violence
Event: Monster Mash 2024
Completed: Yes Chapters: 2 Table of Contents
Word count: 16,790 Hit Count: 1,261 ePub Downloads: 45
Published: March 10, 2024 Updated: March 10, 2024
![Chasing Heaven](https://dark-solace.org/elysian/Library/3/images/1617119535.jpg)
Edited in 2021
Artists: Holly
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Angst, Drama, HEA/HFN, Porn w/o Plot, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 4,336 Hit Count: 5,890 ePub Downloads: 219
Published: April 27, 2013 Updated: April 27, 2013
![Crash](https://dark-solace.org/elysian/Library/3/images/1606347991.jpg)
A Secret Santa gift for maryperk.
Artists: Axell
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Dramedy, Fix-It, HEA/HFN, Lighthearted, Porn w/ Plot, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Sexual Situations, Violence
Challenges: Through the never
Event: Secret Santa Fic Exchange 2020
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 14,823 Hit Count: 8,037 ePub Downloads: 263
Published: December 22, 2020 Updated: December 22, 2020
![Crumbs](https://dark-solace.org/elysian/Library/3/images/1658108184.png)
Artists: Holly
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Ensemble
Genres: Drama, Fix-It, HEA/HFN, Romance, Slow-Burn
Warnings: Adult Language, Blood Play, Character Death, Gun Violence, Sexual Situations, Violence
Challenges: Buffy the Debt Collector
Event: 2020 Challenge Month
Completed: Yes Chapters: 28 Table of Contents
Word count: 166,457 Hit Count: 83,856 ePub Downloads: 831
Published: April 29, 2020 Updated: November 13, 2020
![Cupidity](https://storiesbyhollycom.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/cupidity-1.jpg)
Artists: vampkiss
Categories: Season 3, Episode Rewrite, Award Winners
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Dramedy, Erotica, Fighting, Porn w/ Plot, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Blood Play, Cheating/Infidelity, Sexual Situations
Completed: Yes Chapters: 8 Table of Contents
Word count: 27,711 Hit Count: 54,211 ePub Downloads: 1,326
Published: October 28, 2006 Updated: May 05, 2019
![Dancing in the Moonlight](https://storiesbyhollycom.files.wordpress.com/2022/07/658670_original.jpg?w=500)
Runner up for Best Romance at Love's Last Glimpse Awards 2005. Winner for Best Villain (Penn) at Love's Last Glimpse Awards Round 18. Winner for Best General Fluff Award at the Spuffy Awards Round 7.
Artists: Edgehead
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Giles, Angel, Angelus, Drusilla, Ensemble, Other
Genres: Dramedy, HEA/HFN, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Sexual Situations, Violence
Completed: Yes Chapters: 20 Table of Contents
Word count: 90,008 Hit Count: 58,910 ePub Downloads: 1,006
Published: October 28, 2006 Updated: October 28, 2006
![Dreamscape](https://storiesbyhollycom.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/dreamscape1.jpg)
Artists: vampkiss
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Angst, Dark, Drama, Fighting, HEA/HFN, Hurt/Comfort, Porn w/ Plot, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Buffy/Other (Temp), Dubious Consent, Sexual Situations, Underage Sex
Completed: Yes Chapters: 15 Table of Contents
Word count: 72,027 Hit Count: 44,634 ePub Downloads: 603
Published: June 13, 2019 Updated: June 25, 2019
![Drive](https://dark-solace.org/elysian/Library/3/images/1700709773.png)
Good thing soulless vampires can't fall in love or she might be in trouble.
Published for the Elysian Fields Road Trip Challenge
Artists: MillennialCryBaby
Categories: Season 4, Crossover (AtS), Challenge Response
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Giles, Willow, Xander, Angel, Cordelia, Doyle, Lorne, Riley Finn
Genres: Dramedy, Erotica, Fighting, HEA/HFN, Lighthearted, Road Trip, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Character Death, Gun Violence, Sexual Situations, Torture (Physical), Vampire!Buffy, Violence
Challenges: Unliving Conditions
Event: Road Trip Challenge 2022
Completed: Yes Chapters: 24 Table of Contents
Word count: 155,730 Hit Count: 29,403 ePub Downloads: 372
Published: October 14, 2022 Updated: January 28, 2024
Artists: None
, Series: Fade to Bright
Categories: Post-Series, Vignettes, Drabbles
Characters: Buffy
Genres: Angst
Warnings: Adult Language
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 214 Hit Count: 1,301 ePub Downloads: 22
Published: April 07, 2022 Updated: April 07, 2022
![Echoes](https://storiesbyhollycom.files.wordpress.com/2020/01/echoes-1.jpg)
Written in 2007 | Edited in 2019
Artists: m_ravensblood
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Giles, Willow, Xander, Angel, Drusilla
Genres: Angst, Drama, Fighting, HEA/HFN, Historical, Resurrection, Romance, Under Magical Influence
Warnings: Adult Language, Blood Play, Buffy/Other (Temp), Sexual Situations, Spike/Other (Temp), Underage Sex, Violence
Completed: Yes Chapters: 34 Table of Contents
Word count: 96,586 Hit Count: 92,440 ePub Downloads: 987
Published: March 08, 2017 Updated: March 09, 2017
Artists: None
, Series: Fade to Bright
Categories: Drabbles, Post-Series, Vignettes
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Drama, Fix-It, HEA/HFN, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 551 Hit Count: 1,212 ePub Downloads: 21
Published: April 09, 2022 Updated: April 09, 2022