Looking for long, well written AU Spuffy stories in the vein of Long Time Gone (which I discovered in November!). Something that might have fallen under the radar. Thanks!

We just did a thread on this. Check it out and if you want to refine your search more than that we can do that. But this one is very vague and very very close to that other threads enormous number of response recs. Thanks.

I saw threads for favorite Spuffy fics but not one for long off the beaten path AU. I am looking for something not posted at an archive. Like Long Time Gone is posted only on the author's private website.

I am sorry. Should be All Human, not AU.

That is a different search all right. And also a very very hard one for me. I hope others here will have more knowledge of stories on livejournal and individual author's sites to recommend to you. I've been all archive-y myself. Too bad pepperlandgirl took down Mad World series - that would have been my first rec. Sad. Anyway, good luck with this, and I hope someone has some recs to suggest. The results should be interesting.

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hello! where can i find Long Time Gone?

Awakenings by Lady Anne

Summary: Buffy's parents are killed and she come to live with her uncle, Giles, who is a professor at UC-Sunnydale. There she meets the gang, Willow, Cordelia, Angel, Xander and William and they grow up together. To fulfill provisions in her parent's will, Buffy, accompanied by Willow, goes to England to finish high school and returns 3 years later to find what her future holds for her.

http://www.sinister-attraction.net/stories/l/awakenings.htm


Blue Horizons by Kantayra

Summary: AU; everyone's human. All her life Elizabeth has done exactly what everyone expects of her. Now in her first year of college, she discovers the vast possibilities in life. But can she escape the ghosts of her past and find the courage to explore the new paths before her... including the affections of an infuriating young sophomore named William 'Spike' Giles?

http://www.sinister-attraction.net/stories/k/blue.htm

Siren's Song by Seredipity

Summary: Fantasy: Buffy is an exotic dancer, Spike, a wealthy lawyer. He wants her, but does she want him?

http://www.sinister-attraction.net/stories/s/sirens.htm

Something Worth Fighting For by Moxie

Summary: William spends 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 for the summer, 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, dressing up in costume, oh and a book called The Art of Seduction may make a cameo appearance.

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


As You Wish by William's Girl

I don't have a link for this one but it's one of my favorites and I can send it to you as a word doc - just send me an email with your request.

Here is a link for As You Wish by William's Girl.

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Long Time Gone by bitterness

Summary: AU all-human. When Buffy and Spike were in high school, everything was nearly perfect for them-- until she mysteriously disappeared. Now, five years later, Buffy's returned for her mother's funeral, and to take over caring for her sister, Dawn. Can Dawn and Spike ever forgive her for running away? Especially when she won't tell them why?