Top 5 Classic Spuffy One-Shots

[clawofcat.livejournal.com]

Each of the following fics (and authors) left an indelible impression on me as a reader years ago, but I also credit them with heavily influencing my own work. I have always been interested in the interplay between sexuality-as-plot-device and how intimate encounters can work to reveal hidden truths about characters. These stories do just that while also exploring a theme near and dear to me - the value memory and rememberance.

1. By Way of Pain by AmyB
RATING: NC-17 for heavy BDSM and bloodplay
SETTING: Season 6
PAIRING: Spike/Buffy, Spike/Drusilla
SUMMARY: During Dead Things, Spike muses on his experiences with bondage through the years and its effects on who he has become.

2. Tooth and Nail by KJ Draft
RATING: NC-17 
SETTING: Season 6
PAIRING: Spike/Buffy
SUMMARY: Set during Smashed, this fill-in-the-blank fic follows Spike and Buffy's first evening together after they bring the house down.

3. Viewpoint by st_salieri 
RATING: NC-17
SETTING: Season 6
PAIRING: Spike/Buffy
SUMMARY: A season 6 interlude in which Buffy finally gets to see herself through Spike's eyes.

4. Disenchantment by Herself  (herself_nyc_fic)
RATING: NC-17
SETTING: A decade post-NFA
PAIRING: Spike/Buffy
SUMMARY: Years out of the Slayer business, Buffy vacations on an island and unexpectedly reconnects with someone she thought long gone. The problem is he doesn't seem to remember her.

5. Five Stages of Grief by calove 
RATING: PG
SETTING: Post-Chosen/ AtS S5
PAIRING: Spike/Buffy
SUMMARY: After the fall of Sunnydale, Buffy learns what it means to grief. Five interconnected scenes that follow Buffy as she goes through each step.

 

Comments

[yourlibrarian]

I remember several of these well. Some great recs.

[petzipellepingo.livejournal.com]

Viewpoint & Disenchantment are two of my all time favorites.

Great list, thanks for posting.

[clawofcat.livejournal.com]

You're welcome! It's been fun revisiting all the oldies but goodies.