Hello all: can anyone recommend some cute fluffy spuffy stories that are rated 18 or under? I like long (preferably completed!) well-written ones with tension between spike and buffy that's eventually resolved e.g., pride and prejudice. otherwise, no real constraints. Thanks in advance!

The 18 rating is used oddly I've found. Sometimes it is on completely NC-17 fics (which makes sense since NC-17 actually means you need to be over 18) and sometimes it is used to mean more like an R rating would in the movies. Are you looking for fics that are definitely not NC-17 regardless of whether they are rated 18 correctly or not? No truly explicit sex scenes but everything is else is fine?

SMac

I'm looking for fics with no explicit "love scenes". (can't type the 's' word haha). Thanks for the help SMac!

Okay, I'm going to make recs based upon ratings given and what I recall of reading them. But sometimes sex scenes show up when you don't expect them so if that happens in anything I rec please know it wasn't intentional.

They're not particularly "fluffy," but Enigmaticblues has some really exquisite, lovely, long fics, most of which are PG-13.

Here website is here.

Ultrawoman also has some great fics that aren't explicit, and some of hers *are* fluffy. I can't remember where her fics are located, though.

This is hard!

My Boyfriend's Back by Suzee

http://spikeluver.com/SpuffyRealm/viewstory.php?sid=17732

Summary: Buffy and William are well known as one of the closest couples at Sunnydale High. What happens when William goes to England for the summer and Angel decides that he wants Buffy for himself? And when William comes home and faces rumors of a cheating Buffy, what's he going to do?"



Soundtrack for the Night by effection

http://spikeluver.com/SpuffyRealm/viewstory.php?sid=21281

Summary: In an impulsive attempt to dodge his ex-girlfriend, Drusilla, Spike turns to the girl next to him and asks her if she would mind being his five-minute girlfriend. Little do Spike and Buffy know that such a fleeting moment will lead to a night of possibilities, both heart-breaking and heart-mending, playing with love, hate, loss, and a whirlwind of fun.



Sweet William by Kelly

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/551355/1/Sweet_William

Summary: After Tara and Spike figure out what is wrong with Buffy, it is up to Spike to fix the problem. Takes place after "Wrecked" and perhaps "Gone".

Ultrawoman is also Vatwoman and is on fanfiction.net.

http://www.fanfiction.net/u/230283/Ultrawoman

There are actually a lot of stories on ff.net that are the 'cleaner' versions of NC-17 stories on other sites. FF.net technically doesn't permit NC-17 stories any more so quite a few authors posted edited versions of their stories on ff.net in order to get them on there. But it's not foolproof because after a while authors starting just ignoring the no-NC-17 rule there and posted them anyway. But it's a good fishing ground for you, as far as it goes.

There's a pattern here -- I do like me some moxie!


Something Worth Fighting For By Moxie

http://www.sinister-attraction.net/stories/m/somethingworth.htm

Summary :The premise is that William spent two years in prison for a crime he didn't commit and the story begins at the point at which he starts to rebuild his life. He'll find himself working with Buffy, sparks fly (of course) but she's got to get him to believe in himself again before he can love her. I'm thinking beach side setting, Victorian clapboard houses, antiques shopping and dressing up in costume.



In the Dark With You by Moxie

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1545695/1/In_the_Dark_With_You

Summary: The year is 1835. Elizabeth Summers is injured while fleeing from a forced marriage, but when she realises who her rescuer is, she begins to think she may have jumped out of the frying pan into the fire. Are the tales about the golden - haired vampire who lives in the old dark house on the cliff, true? Or are they just stories made up to frighten children? She's just about to find out!



Layaway by moxie

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1570910/1/Layaway

Summary: Buffy runs a famous fanfic archive. Badly burned in love, computer dying, psychotic ex- husband, her life's a mess. Spike's her landlord, who's more than interested in her. But can he teach her to love again?

Home is Where the Heart Is By Rachel

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/970728/1/Home_is_Where_the_Heart_Is

Summary: Buffy Anne Summers is having the time of her life. She's dating Los Angeles' most popular and wanted bachelor, her art gallery is at the height of its popularity, and she loves being in the public eye. When Angel O'Connor proposes, there's only one problem: She's still married to William Giles! (Loosely based on "Sweet Home Alabama.")


Defying Time and Reason for Love by Rachel_SA

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2515603/1/Defying_Time_and_Reason_for_Love

Summary: Buffy/William AU: In 1882 William Stafford purchased a new desk for himself. In 2004, Buffy Summers, fresh from an abusive relationship, buys an antique desk at a garage sale. Suddenly, the two discover a way to communicate through time, falling in love with each other in the process. Is Buffy willing to risk her heart for a relationship that can never be with another man - a man who lived more than 100 years ago?

Always Wait For You ---- by Slaymesoftly

http://spikeluver.com/SpuffyRealm/viewstory.php?sid=28670&i=1

PR-13. Ten years post-NFA. Buffy and shanshued Spike had spent together 10 years, they have two wonderful children. But during one of their patrols Spike gets bitten and he turns into a vampire again. Afraid for her children, Buffy demands him to go away and never come back...

sabershadowkat has many PG-13 Fics as well as some that have PG-13 versions of her fics

http://www.sabershadowkat.com/buffy/SBuffy.html

Winsome's The Grundy Affair and two sequels are rated PG and all are really very enjoyable. You can find all of them on this site.

Another good fishing ground for you is AllABoutSpike, where the stories can be sorted by rating as well as pairing, length, etc. The link to their 'rating' sort is

http://www.allaboutspike.com/rating.html

thanks everyone!