Summary: It’s Buffy’s first Christmas as a college student. She should be living it up with her friends in San Francisco, but instead she is stuck patrolling the Hellmouth. To make matters worse, Giles is heading off to England to make amends with his girlfriend, Olivia, leaving Buffy on her own and with sole responsibility to babysit Spike.
This is an Elysian Fields 2024 Secret Santa fic for tragic. I hope you enjoy this slight AU version of a Season 4 Christmas!
Thank you to violettathepiratequeen for her beta review.

Categories: Season 4, Alternate Reality, Holiday
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Giles, Willow, Xander, Anya, Joyce
Genres: Action/Adventure, Dramedy, HEA/HFN, Slow-Burn
Warnings: Adult Language
Event: Secret Santa Gift Exchange 2024
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 14,119 Hit Count: 409 ePub Downloads: 28
Published: December 23, 2024 Updated: December 23, 2024

Summary: What would have happened in Season 4 if Spike had worked with the Scoobies after getting chipped?  And what if he was secretly also working with one Ethan Rayne?

Series: Spike and the Scoobies
Categories: Season 4, Challenge Response
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Giles, Willow, Xander, Adam, Anya, Clem, Ethan Rayne, Other, Riley Finn, Willy the Snitch
Genres: Action/Adventure, Drama, HEA/HFN, Mystery, Slow-Burn
Warnings: Adult Language, Buffy/Other (Temp)
Event: Mystery Ficathon 2021
Completed: Yes Chapters: 5 Table of Contents
Word count: 29,853 Hit Count: 7,214 ePub Downloads: 113
Published: July 08, 2021 Updated: August 07, 2021

Summary: This story, told in drabbles, is written for the 2023 Elysian Fields Drabblemania and is part of my Spike and the Scoobies series.
The story is set in an AU Season 4, where Spike has helped take down the Initiative, supported Buffy when Faith took over her body, and was around for the early arrival of Dawn. He and Buffy have just returned from a road trip to deal with a rogue demon prince and are officially together.

Series: Spike and the Scoobies
Categories: Between Seasons (any), Alternate Reality, Drabbles
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Giles, Willow, Xander, Anya, Dalton, Dawn, Faith Lehane, Graham Miller, Joyce, Tara
Genres: Dramedy, HEA/HFN, Romance
Warnings: Sexual Situations
Event: Drabblemania 2023
Completed: Yes Chapters: 25 Table of Contents
Word count: 19,593 Hit Count: 8,941 ePub Downloads: 64
Published: July 03, 2023 Updated: July 28, 2023

Summary: In A Halloween to Remember, Buffy and Spike had a different type of encounter when Buffy’s costume turned her into a Victorian gentlewoman. But Spike’s behavior left her with much confusion. This story finds Buffy confiding her thoughts to her diary.
 

Categories: Season 2, Alternate Reality, Drabbles
Characters: Buffy
Genres: Drama
Warnings: None
Event: Drabblemania 2023
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 583 Hit Count: 392 ePub Downloads: 10
Published: July 30, 2023 Updated: July 30, 2023

Categories: Season 5, Crossover (AtS), Alternate Reality
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Angel, Ben Wilkinson, Darla, Dawn, Drusilla, Ensemble, Glory, Other
Genres: Drama, HEA/HFN
Warnings: Adult Language, Character Death
Event: Truce Challenge 2023
Completed: No Chapters: 7 Table of Contents
Word count: 29,326 Hit Count: 2,612 ePub Downloads: 27
Published: October 29, 2023 Updated: January 28, 2024

Summary: What if the Gem of Amara has another purpose than just providing a vampire protection? One vampire is about to discover a destiny that had been lost to the ages…and will face a choice that will alter his future and upend everything a certain Slayer thinks she knows about her calling.
 
Written for the Elysian Fields ‘Called Challenge'. Banner made by Dirtyaim. Beta’d by Vogon Poet.
 

Categories: Between Seasons (any), Alternate Reality, Challenge Response
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Giles, Original Characters, Other, Quentin Travers
Genres: Action/Adventure, HEA/HFN, Slow-Burn
Warnings: Adult Language, Character Death, Gun Violence, Spike/Other (Temp)
Event: Called Challenge 2021
Completed: Yes Chapters: 12 Table of Contents
Word count: 75,281 Hit Count: 16,117 ePub Downloads: 231
Published: October 05, 2021 Updated: June 11, 2022

Summary: The Season 5 Christmas episode we all needed. Merry Christmas all!
 
This fic is an Elysian Fields 2021 Secret Santa gift for VampyricRose.
Thank you to OffYourBird for the use of her Secret Santa banner.
 
Beta’d by Vogon Poet, who did a fantastic job of injecting his own brand of quirky humor! I can’t thank you enough!

Categories: Season 5, Missing Scene, Challenge Response, Holiday
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Clem, Dawn, Joyce
Genres: Lighthearted
Warnings: None
Event: Secret Santa Fic Exchange 2021
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 8,505 Hit Count: 889 ePub Downloads: 25
Published: December 24, 2021 Updated: December 24, 2021

Summary: Buffy and Spike find themselves in an unusual venue when fighting the latest baddie.

Categories: Post-Series
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Fluffy/Comedy
Warnings: None
Event: 2023 Satisfaction-athon
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 1,901 Hit Count: 502 ePub Downloads: 16
Published: February 13, 2023 Updated: February 13, 2023

Summary: Spike is back in Sunnydale when Anyanka grants Cordelia’s wish and the whole world changes. How would it be to live under The Master’s rule?
This fic is an Elysian Fields 2022 Secret Santa fic for Dirtyaim.
Thank you to Vogon Poet for beta’ing, even when sick, and to HappyWhenItRains for her amazing banner
 

Categories: Season 3, Wishverse, Alternate Reality, Missing Scene
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Giles, Willow, Xander, Angel, Anya, Other, The Master
Genres: Angst, Apocalyptic/Dystopian, HEA/HFN, POV, Under Magical Influence
Warnings: Character Death
Event: Secret Santa Fic Exchange 2022
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 13,128 Hit Count: 835 ePub Downloads: 40
Published: December 24, 2022 Updated: December 24, 2022

Summary: What if Buffy realizes that during the Tabula Rasa spell, Spike had no memories but wasn't evil. Not only that, he had no inclination to do wrong and none of them questioned that he was a soulful human. How would that change her outlook and their relationship?
 
Written for the Elysian Fields 2022 Challenge Month.

Categories: Season 6, Missing Scene, Challenge Response
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Giles
Genres: Fix-It, HEA/HFN
Warnings: None
Challenges: Hey Wait a Minute (author's choice of name)
Event: April Challenge 2022
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 5,636 Hit Count: 2,019 ePub Downloads: 55
Published: April 27, 2022 Updated: April 27, 2022

Summary: Now Complete! In an AU Season 4, Giles sends Buffy and Spike on a trip to Mammoth Lakes to clean up his unfinished business from A New Man.
 
This story is written for the Elysian Fields Road Trip Challenge 2022.
 
What happened in the previous stories
In an AU Season 4, Spike decided to work with the Scoobies to take down the Initiative and in the process was relieved of his chip. He’s been building trust with Buffy and realizing he likes working with the Slayer. Recently, he helped Buffy when Faith took over her body and her sister, Dawn, mysteriously arrived. Giles, Buffy, and Spike know Dawn is the Key and Spike and Buffy know they are Dawn’s metaphysical parents. When Faith kidnapped Dawn, Spike stopped at nothing to get her back, almost killing Faith. He thought Buffy would stake him or make him leave Sunnydale, since he is not safe, but Buffy thinks he’s being too hard on himself. He and Buffy have begun to recognize their growing feelings for each other. 

Series: Spike and the Scoobies
Categories: Season 4, Alternate Reality
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Giles, Original Characters
Genres: Action/Adventure, HEA/HFN, Road Trip, Slow-Burn
Warnings: Adult Language, Blood Play, Cheating/Infidelity
Event: Road Trip Challenge 2022
Completed: Yes Chapters: 7 Table of Contents
Word count: 35,747 Hit Count: 5,437 ePub Downloads: 70
Published: October 27, 2022 Updated: March 28, 2023