[identity profile] jamalov29.livejournal.com posting in [community profile] buffyversetop5
Sometimes despair is conveyed so beautifully that you’re irresistibly drawn and in the end happy to have been. Dark S/B is good when it is luscious dark.
We're entering deeply moving territories , with some sparks of hope here and there,of course. ;)


1--When she kept showing up by [livejournal.com profile] pennydrdful.
PG. Post The Gift.
Part of him wanted badly, so very badly, to stop the car and turn in his seat, and just look at her. Soak her all in. But he didn’t. Partly because he was afraid if he did, she would simply disappear. Like Orpheus leading his girl out of the underworld, so very desperate, but forbidden to look back at her.


2. The Widening Gyre by [livejournal.com profile] cindergal.
R . Post series
Death has been a part of her life for almost as long as she can remember, and people she has loved have died before. But this is different. Everyday she sees more horror than she could have ever imagined, and that's saying a lot.


3.Scarlet and Midnight by [livejournal.com profile] penny_lane_42
Post S.2 AU
The world becomes opalescent like the inside of a seashell, blues and sunset pinks blessing everything, and there’s beauty again (though he now knows that beauty is just an extension of her).

4.One more night
by [livejournal.com profile] darklingdawns.
S.6 PG
It's a fool's paradise he's living in, close enough to see the heaven that he won't ever enter, and when she's not here Spike wonders if it's really worth the pain.


5.Damnation from [livejournal.com profile] mere_ubu 's fabulous "Fool for love" spaïku.

Date: 2009-01-09 09:59 am (UTC)
shapinglight: (Default)
From: [personal profile] shapinglight
I like a bit of angst/dark myself. Thanks very much for the links.

Date: 2009-01-09 10:48 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] petzipellepingo.livejournal.com
Very nice list.

Date: 2009-01-09 12:07 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] petzipellepingo.livejournal.com
No, they can come from anywhere - as long as they were created or still worked on in 2008.

Date: 2009-01-09 01:53 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bluekaty.livejournal.com
I like angst. Thank you for the list.

Date: 2009-01-09 02:05 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] moscow-watcher.livejournal.com
Wonderful list - all the choices are fantastic!

Date: 2009-01-09 02:10 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cindergal.livejournal.com
Thank you for the rec! :-)

Date: 2009-01-09 05:20 pm (UTC)
yourlibrarian: Angel and Lindsey (AnyaTop5-kathyh)
From: [personal profile] yourlibrarian
It'll be a while before I can get to all of these but quite like that haiku.

Date: 2009-01-09 06:50 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] brunettepet.livejournal.com
I loved your first recommendation, so I'm looking forward to reading the rest of these. Thanks for sharing this list.

Date: 2009-01-09 07:50 pm (UTC)
debris4spike: (Spuffy - Love and Death embrace)
From: [personal profile] debris4spike
I really have enjoyed [livejournal.com profile] mere_ubu s work ... Thanks for reccing it to others Caroline.

Date: 2009-01-09 07:50 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mere-ubu.livejournal.com
Thank you for including "Damnation!" *squishes you* I'm honored to be in such good company and delighted that you enjoyed it.

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