5 Long Spuffy Fics

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Where "long" = "more than one chapter."

1. Better Late Than Never (11 chapters), by cindergal
post-Intervention
Spike and Buffy head back to the 1970s to retrieve an artifact to help them defeat Glory. Sweet and hopeful and very quietly romantic. Plus: time travel! and Ripper!

2. The Indefinite Article (2 chapters), by rahirah
Barbverse; NC-17
After losing his temper one time too many, and afraid of doing his family further damage, Spike decides it's time to get himself one of those soul things. It goes badly. Full of angst, soul exploration, and Barb's usual wonderful prose.

3. Fin Amour (6 chapters), by angearia
AU S5
Buffy never wanted to be pregnant with a mystical Key, but nobody asked her. Meanwhile, Spike's just trying to help, and getting nowhere. Emmie says she began this piece as "as a dare to write a powerful love story that had no sex in it," and she does a marvelous job. Angsty but also joyful (despite the major character death). Just gorgeous.

4. To Apprehend Air (3 chapters), by quinara
S7
One morning, Spike wakes up without his soul. He wants it back. This launches a quest to a faraway fantasy dimension with lots of soul exploration along the way. Also has lots of Anya being awesome.

5. Something (4 chapters), by gryfndor_godess
post-Chosen
Absolutely gorgeous Spuffy suggestion of how things might have turned out post-S7 if Spike hadn't burned to death in "Chosen," but also very clever in subverting certain standard fannish expectations. Just excellently written. SEVERE ANGST WARNING.