Hey everybody! I just read The Rose by coaltingirl (didn't look up that name so it might be spelled wrong. Sorry!) and I'd like to see more fics were we see the council more on the inside. Like their training or something. I'm also reading Beloved by spikes_heart (which is sadly unfinished) and it has the council like I'm describing which is probably poorly. Lol. My describing, not the fic. Basically, fics with an inside look of the council. Thanks!

Is this pre or post series Council? Post-series the Council pretty much was run by Giles and the scoobies. Pre-series would be when Buffy was first called, or an AU when she was a potential, with Merrick, whatever. And of course the series itself has more of a 'canon' Council that we saw glimpses of in the series itself. Is your rec preference for any of these in particular?

Not really, I'd just like to an inside look of the council. New or old. I guess my preference would be pre or during the season council rather then post. But I'll read any fic that has a closer look of it.

I think this story fits. We get a lot of scenes of/about the Council with Quentin the evil one.

Plus Spuffy stuck together is always fun.

Offers You Can't Refuse By sweetprincipale

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8625858/1/Offers-You-Can-t-Refuse

Late S.3 AU. Buffy's only way to stay alive and expose a plot by a deranged Quentin Travers involves staying out of Sunnydale and staying one step ahead while Giles finds a way to save her life and get the evidence to stop the corrupt Head of the Council. But who watches the Slayer's back when she's the prey? Someone makes Spike an offer he can't refuse- but not what you'd expect. Complete

I think these might work:

Strangers by Sosa Lola

Summary: Grief pushes Buffy to do something really stupid. Now she has to deal with the consequences. Things get more complicated when she discovers that Spike is no longer dead.
Setting: Starts in the eighth of February 2005. Buffy, Xander and their Slayers are living in a castle in Scotland.




The Seventh Slayer By Kantayra

Summary: The year is 2058, and Slayers are pitted against each other in a war between the Watchers Council and a group that calls themselves...the Scoobies? A futureverse including the fates of all the BtVS characters. Becomes B/S.
Spoilers: I assume everything through the S6 finale. Yes, that's all the way up to 'Grave', folks. Sometimes, even I surprise me





Seven Years in the Desert By Caro

Summary: Seven years have passed since the end of S6. Life has gone on. Some things ...




London Calling By Spike's Bint

Summary: Set just after the episode "Hush" Giles is finding it hard to adjust to a life of leisure, having no job as well as being sacked by the watchers council. When a surprise letter arrives from London from the Watcher's council requesting the presence of a certain slayer and recently chipped vampire in England, he's eager to help them, even if Spike and Buffy will be less than thrilled..

This is post series but has a fair amount of modern council viewing (plus it is a great fic)...
Coming Back Wrong by dreamweaver
After the destruction of Sunnydale and the Hellmouth, Spike comes back wrong.

Another post series...
Future Imperfect by cousinjean
In the year 2336, Buffy wakes to find she is humanity's only hope for the future, and Spike is the only link to her past. Contains spoilers for Season 5. Set during and 335 years following "The Gift."

Thanks you guys! I'll get to reading those right away.