Five of My Favorite Pre-2008 Angst/Drama Fics

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Break out the hankies...

1. Crib by spuffyduds
http://spuffyduds.livejournal.com/7341.html
rating: G
length: drabble
setting: AtS season 3
summary: Angel mourning the loss of baby Connor.

2. Heartwood by Renee2939
http://renee2939.livejournal.com/3048.html
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2612751/1/
rating: PG-13
length: ficlet
setting: post-AtS season 5
summary: A Buffy/Immortal ficlet; very melancholy but extremely moving, with haunting prose and good characterization. It can actually make you have empathy for The Immortal.

3. Take the Heat by Estepheia
http://www.allaboutspike.com/fic.html?id=636
characters: Spike, Oz
rating: PG-13
length: ficlet
setting: between BtVS S6 and S7
summary: Spike is back from Africa and on his way to Sunnydale...

4. Never Again Would Birds’ Song Be the Same by spuffyduds
http://spuffyduds.livejournal.com/13499.html#cutid1
characters: Spike
rating: G
length: drabble
setting: between BtVS S5 and S6
summary: Spike mourning Buffy’s fall from the tower.

5. Anne, After the Fade by spuffyduds
http://spuffyduds.livejournal.com/39701.html?view=426773
characters: Anne
rating: G
length: drabble
setting: just after AtS season 5’s “Not Fade Away” episode
summary: A vignette of Anne in her teen shelter, thinking of Gunn’s last visit.