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Looking for some less angsty reading!

 
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#1 | Posted: 17 Nov 2010 12:48 
I'm hoping you guys could help me find some good reading for the weekend!
I'm so sick of angst at the moment, so I'm looking for finished stories that have some or all of the following: romance (some NC17/AO stuff would be nice,naturally Spuffy), humor, banter, Riley/Angel/Xander bashing...Well I guess you get the picture . Some minor angst is ok, since all sunshine and puppies makes a boring story

Author SMac
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#2 | Posted: 17 Nov 2010 13:21 
Well, it's hard. Nothing is really angst free (not long ones anyway) and I live for angsty goodness so that limits my recs as well. But here are some regular (as in not all human) fics that are less angsty than most. Hope it helps.

A Pirate's Life for Me by Addie Logan

http://dark-solace.org/elysian/viewstory.php?sid=351&warning=NC-17

Summary: As the Slayer, Buffy Summers is certain she hates the vampire Spike. But when an enchanted book pulls her into a world where she's Lady Elizabeth Summers, trapped on the ship of famed pirate William the Bloody, things start to look a little different...





Delust or Dust by dampersandspoons

http://dark-solace.org/elysian/viewstory.php?sid=2555

Summary: Spike has returned to Sunnydale, heartbroken that Drusilla has left him. When a love spell goes horribly wrong, how will the Scoobies react when the slayer gets involved with yet another vampire? Will Giles wipe his glasses in disapproval? Will Xander not understand but be too enamored with the visuals to say anything? Is Angel going to brood about it or will he do something more? WHAT WILL HAPPEN? (Starts off with the episode "Lover's Walk" and then goes AU practically from the start.)




Irony Becomes Her By Starmouse

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/916876/1/Irony_Becomes_Her

Summary: Buffy. Spike. Multiple Slayers, DemonBuffy, and a touch of rude language. Irony abounds.



Just a Teenage Crush by Addie Logan

http://dark-solace.org/elysian/viewstory.php?sid=343

Summary: After Buffy's day from hell thanks to the Geek Trio, Willow decides to "help" by making Buffy forget she ever died. And -- big surprise here -- this goes terribly, terribly wrong. (Less angsty alternative to season 6; goes off canon following "Life Serial.")




One Glorious Summer by dawnofme


http://dark-solace.org/elysian/viewstory.php?sid=2882

Summary: Two years after NFA, Buffy is about to leave the country when she sees Spike on TV. Thought to be dead, he's anything but - except he has no memories of who or what he once was. Buffy decides to return to California in hopes of seeing Spike again. She finds herself falling in love with a man who calls himself John, who has found contentment in a career he loves and in a new lifestyle that would have been impossible for him to be a part of in the past. It isn't long, though, before their budding relationship is threatened when the secrets of their past come out.

Author SMac
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#3 | Posted: 17 Nov 2010 13:42 
The all human ones are easier to find. These are some of the less angsty ones IMO.


It's Okay; I'm With the Band By Starmouse

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1443601/1/Its_Okay_Im_With_the_Band

(Fantasy Fic. Two members of the punk band XCOD have landed themselves in extended detox, leaving bandmates Xander, Oz, and Spike scrambling to fill in the blanks before the tour starts.



Milkshakes and Motorcycles by dampersandspoons

http://dark-solace.org/elysian/viewstory.php?sid=2246

Summary: In the perfect 1950's All-American Christian Suburban community of Sunnydale, California, Buffy Summers lived without any troubles. She's in college, a typical American girl stuck in the monotony of suburban life and repression. But what happens when single, bad boy greaser "Spike" moves to town and turns the uptight Leave it to Beaver community upside down? (This will be light-hearted, funny, totally 50's in slang and references, and WAY sexy. If you like "Grease", "Shag" and "Hairspray", then this is the fic for you.)




Strawberry Wine by Lady Anne

http://spikeluver.com/SpuffyRealm/viewstory.php?sid=3673

Summary: Buffy Summers spends a summer unlike any other with her grandparents, and meets a man who will change her life forever. Loosely based on the Deana Carter song by the same name.




Whiskey and Wine by Mrs Muir

http://dark-solace.org/elysian/viewstory.php?sid=453

Summary: Once upon a time in Sunnydale there was a port that served a hundred ships a day. Spike was a lonely sailor passing the time away. Buffy worked laying whiskey down and loves the lonely sailor. Will she steal his heart away or end up alone when he returns to his life, his lover, and lady the sea.




Buffy and the Cowboy by flyingnicole

http://spikeluver.com/SpuffyRealm/viewstory.php?sid=28746

Summary: Buffy gets shipped off to her grandparents for the summer. Will they make her life hell? and who is the new ranch hand and why is everyone telling him to stay away from trouble?

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#4 | Posted: 17 Nov 2010 14:54 
Thanks , there were couple of fics here that sounded promising (few of them were already familiar to me). Please feel free to dig up some more I like the writing-style of writers like Slaymesoftly and dreamweaver, but I've read their stories so often that I think I have some of them already memorised...

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#5 | Posted: 17 Nov 2010 15:30 
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How about Spikeslovebite? She has a few medium to long fics that fit your criteria and her fics can be found at Elysian Fields.

Shades of Something Blue: Shy Slayer William, Vamp Buffy, and the usual cast of characters with a few bizarre twists and surprises! *wink* Completed.

With All My Heart: Post Chosen. Fed up with their lies and deceitful ways, Buffy has broken off from both her friends and the Council, but she doesn't know that they are still meddling in her life. She doesn't know they set up a slayer to pose as "Buffy" in Rome, nor does she know that Spike is back. She's living a quiet life mourning her lost Champion when the Powers-that-be decide her that her duty is not done.

One Perfect Night: Season 3. Basically a Spike-centric rewrite of Season 3 episode 'The Prom'. Just because Angel won't go to the Prom, doesn't mean Buffy has to be dateless; especially when Spike--Angel's most hated family member-- shows up drunk and amenable. A jilted Buffy seeks the best revenge and gets more than she ever bargained for. Completed.

Pfeifferpack has some great ones and can also be found at Elysian Fields. A few that fit your criteria completely would be Love's Gift, Hero's Reward, and Before I Take That Walk. Most of what she writes would fit.

Megan at Elysian Fields also has a few. And Here We Go Round Again, A Road Less Travelled, and Nanny Spike and Aunt Buffy.

All of these authors have some great short fics as well that range from 4000 to 15,000 words.

Author Shadows babe
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#6 | Posted: 17 Nov 2010 17:57 
Here are some fun stories for the weekend. Angst light.

MURPHY'S LAW --- by: IM BLOODY ENGLISH

http://spikeluver.com/SpuffyRealm/viewstory.php?sid=29610&warning=NC-17

This is not complete but it is a lot of fun.
You know what it means... whatever can go wrong, will go wrong. 'Murphy's Law' comes into play from the moment our two favorite blonds meet despite any initial attraction to one another. What's the result when a womanizing genius and a prudish workaholic are forced together in every way with no choice but to deal with each other 24/7? Tons of UST! Will it ever get resolved, or will they kill each other first? .... Romance, comedy and mild angst.


WHITE LIE -- by: BRAT

http://spikeluver.com/SpuffyRealm/viewstory.php?sid=10134

AU: Having had a one night stand, Buffy ends up pregnant. She has to go home for a wedding and tell her family except she's afraid to. Spike, her best friend, offers to pretend he's her fiance. Will their white lie become more?


THE MATCHMAKER --- by: DEE

http://web.archive.org/web/20031227141216/www.spuffyfantasy.com/

SUMMARY: Story based on Jane Austen's 'Emma', but using a bit of the 'Clueless' approach. Buffy Summers is a young woman, who loves meddling in the business of those around her, especially when it benefits her greatly. But, even with all of her match making, she still remains utterly clueless about her own feelings for a certain man.


WILLIAM SUMMERS, VAMPIRE HUNTER --- by: PRETTYPOPPY

http://spikeluver.com/SpuffyRealm/viewstory.php?sid=28403

Summary: A brief glimpse into the life of William Summers, Vampire Hunter. A short, one shot, fluffy Spuffy future fic.


Equal Opportunities by Constance

http://www.bloodshedverse.com/stories.php?go=chapters&no=8402

Season Two. ----Some time post Surprise. Buffy and Spike have an encounter.


GETAWAY --- by: COUSINJEAN

http://dark-solace.org/elysian/viewstory.php?sid=411

Summary: Spike kidnaps Buffy. Hijinks ensue. Follows "Normal Again." S/B.


Kisses and Cupcakes by Vanilla

http://spikeluver.com/SpuffyRealm/viewstory.php?sid=31276

Summary: Days after the tragedy that was her seventeenth birthday, Buffy sits alone on her porch. An unexpected visitor becomes her partner in misery, and together they come to understand how thin the line is between love and hate.


INSTANT SUN --- VERITY WATSON

http://www.bloodshedverse.com/stories.php?go=chapters&no=7055

Takes place in Season Six, after All the Way, which means it is before Buffy and Spike kiss, but after she confesses to Spike that she was in heaven.

Author Guest
 
#7 | Posted: 18 Nov 2010 11:50 
Thanks a lot for your input
Spikeslovebite and I'm Bloody English are very familiar to me already (I used to wait anxiously for updates from Tina, but I guess her RL has made it so that she doesn't have time to write like before).
There were some recs that made me want to go down memorylane, some fics do deserve a second read (or third,fourth...). Few of the fics were new to me and I'm definitely going to check them out too

Author SMac
Partaker 
#8 | Posted: 18 Nov 2010 20:20 
What Was I Thinking? by Mrs Muir

http://dark-solace.org/elysian/viewstory.php?sid=452&warning=NC-17

Summary: Spike joins his friend, Lindsey, for spring break at Lindsey's family ranch. There he meets a little spitfire named Buffy who shows him a vacation he'll never forget.

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