Summary: OMG! IT'S A NEW CHAPTER 26!!! 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?
Winner at The Blood Ties Awards for Best Romance (RU), at VKA for Best Romance, Best AU, and Best WIP (RU),
at LLGA Round 12 for Best Romance, Best William (RU) and Best Romance (RU) for Best of 2005 Round,
and The Lie to Me Awards for The Glued At the Mouth (RU), The In The Shadows
Award (RU), and The Nothing Goes BUMP Award (RU). Thanks!
Rated: 15
Categories: General Fics Characters: None
Genres: Romance
Warnings: None
Challenges:
Series: None
Chapters: 26 Completed: No
Word count: 93699 Read: 25269
Published: 07/15/2005 Updated: 09/27/2006
1. Chapter 1 by Rachel_SA [Reviews - 13] 
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2. Chapter 2 by Rachel_SA [Reviews - 10] (3472 words)
Thank you everyone for the kind reviews for chapter one! I hope you continue to enjoy the story!
3. Chapter 3 by Rachel_SA [Reviews - 15] (3053 words)
Thank you ALL for the amazing reviews - I never expected such a great reaction from this story! And I want to quickly thank Enigmaticblue for doing such a wonderful beta-ing job! :)
4. Chapter 4 by Rachel_SA [Reviews - 13] (3522 words)
Thank you all for the amazing reviews! I am somewhat blown away by the reaction from here - thank you so much!
5. Chapter 5 by Rachel_SA [Reviews - 11] (3819 words)
Thank you, as always, for the comments and feedback for the last chapter! :)
6. Chapter 6 by Rachel_SA [Reviews - 11] (3904 words)
Sorry for the wait for the next chapter, but I hope you'll find it was worth the wait! Thank you to EVERYone who has left reviews for my story - I am just so thankful to all of you for making my writing so much fun!
7. Chapter 7 by Rachel_SA [Reviews - 16] (4162 words)
Reposting...I am also reposting the reviews for this chapter since I saved them in between the server crashes in case something like this happened.
8. Chapter 8 by Rachel_SA [Reviews - 11] (4232 words)
Reposting... *Sigh*
I am also reposting the reviews for this chapter since I saved them in between the server crashes in case something like this happened.
9. Chapter 9 by Rachel_SA [Reviews - 8] (2932 words)
Reposting...If you could please take the time to leave a new review for this chapter since I did not backup the reviews for this one, I would just LOVE you forever!
10. Chapter 10 by Rachel_SA [Reviews - 24] (3552 words)
Here it is - a new chapter! Thanks for all the reviews and being patient with me in posting this one. Please review!
11. Chapter 11 by Rachel_SA [Reviews - 15] (3787 words)
WOW! Thank you all for the incredible reviews for the last chapter! I knew that the reaction would be big, but never that major! Thank you!
12. Chapter 12 by Rachel_SA [Reviews - 16] (4185 words)
Thank you all for the incredible reviews! And also, the nominations! THANK YOU!
13. Chapter 13 by Rachel_SA [Reviews - 11] (3739 words)
14. Chapter 14 by Rachel_SA [Reviews - 15] (3556 words)
THANK YOU, as always, for the amazing reviews! Please see the bottom for an extended author's note.
15. Chapter 15 by Rachel_SA [Reviews - 17] (4621 words)
THANK YOU for the reviews for this story - you all are simply amazing!
16. Chapter 16 by Rachel_SA [Reviews - 12] (4063 words)
As always, thank you for the reviews everyone! I was pleasantly surprised by the reviews for the last chapter, so keep 'em coming!
17. Chapter 17 by Rachel_SA [Reviews - 12] (4067 words)
Thank you, as always, for the reviews! There is a longer author's note at the bottom of the chapter.
18. Chapter 18 by Rachel_SA [Reviews - 15] (3320 words)
Thank you for the reviews and noms! Longer AN at the bottom...
19. Chapter 19 by Rachel_SA [Reviews - 13] (3261 words)
Author's note at bottom.
20. Chapter 20 by Rachel_SA [Reviews - 15] (2898 words)
See bottom for AN
21. Chapter 21 by Rachel_SA [Reviews - 20] (3470 words)
See below for author's note.
22. Chapter 22 by Rachel_SA [Reviews - 22] (3493 words)
See bottom for AN
23. Chapter 23 by Rachel_SA [Reviews - 13] (3571 words)
See bottom for author's note and a BIG thank you!
24. Chapter 24 by Rachel_SA [Reviews - 31] (3638 words)
Sorry it took so long to get this out - longer AN at the bottom.
25. Chapter 25 by Rachel_SA [Reviews - 22] (3510 words)
WOW! All of the reviews?! THANK YOU!
26. Chapter 26 by Rachel_SA [Reviews - 32] (3281 words)
Hi guys...remember me? More in the story below.