Jackboots and Bubblegum

Pairing: Spike, Drusilla

Rating: PG-13

Summary: He’s not her Boy Nightmare anymore, ready to paint the world in fire and blood to please his Princess. In a small motel room in Vegas, Spike begins to let go.

Original Story: Waiting in the Fog by quinara

A/N: Many thanks to anxiety_junkie for the hand-holding. There's nothing like a good friend to talk you down from a remix inspired panic attack - I mean, you still have the panic attack but at least they remind you to take deep breaths and use semi-colons.

Based on the Spike comics with spoilers for the whole series. Some dialogue taken from Issue # 4.

( Her teeth sink playfully into the soft skin of his throat and he remembers that Drusilla doesn’t give a tinker’s damn about the now... )

Characters: Spike, Angel

Rating: PG-13

Summary: And there it is. All laid out for him in pretty wrappings – the weight of his soul, all Angel-shaped and broody. Spoilers for the comics up to issue #36.

A/N: Posted for prompt #37-missing on my 50ficlets table. Inspired more by the recent Buffy comic than anything - I like the idea of Spike's soul stuck in a co-dependent relationship.

Feel free to suggest pairings or ideas for the other 47 prompts!

( He doesn’t need a reflection to tell him what he already knows... )

I can't believe how much I enjoy this show. I haven't seen some of these episodes in awhile and rewatching them has given me a new appreciation for both the show and the characters. I'd forgotten the nuances of expression, and the delicate shading of tone, that first captured my attention and made this my first (and thus far, only) fandom.

So, in honor of my rediscovered love for this show and its awesomosity, two 100-word drabbles on my favorite Season Two love triangle: Spike, Drusilla, and their obsession with Angel. Also a brief (slightly spoiler-y) nod to my second-favorite love: the comics canon.

( That Anne Rice Routine )

*~*~*~*

( Are you lost? )

Pairing: Spike/Illyria

Rating: R

Summary: A brief look at Spike and Illyria after the fall. Based on comics canon up to Angel: AtF #27. Minor spoilers.

A/N: Written for lash_larue's request for Spike/Illyria. It's not very long or very graphic, but I did my best. I hope you enjoy!

Inspired in part by the Pat Califia poem "When She Snaps": When She snaps her fingers/The torches light/Knives appear in her hand and sing/She advances upon a carpet of serpents/And the voices of wolves announce her.


( When She bares her breasts/Her foes are abashed )

Pairing: Spike, Xander (pre-slash)

Rated: R

Summary: Comics canon compliant, future fic. He can remember a few moments like this from Sunnydale, all misinterpretation and humiliation. So he stands in front of the bed, watching Xander watching him.

A/N: A continuation of my comics canon fics A Spot of Trouble and Nearly Triumphant. Contains spoilers for Buffy S8 up to Issue #26.

( The blushes strike him as funny. Xander blushes a lot these days and it’s just odd... )

Pairing: Spike, Xander (pre-slash)

Rating: PG-13

Summary: “I spend so much bloody time hiding in alleys,” he grouses, pulling out a crumpled pack of cigarettes. “There’s nothing heroic about skulking in an alley."

A/N: This was supposed to be my entry for the Spander Valentine's Day Ficathon. I ended up roadblocked and didn't get to post it. It's taken two and a half months to write it, it's pre-slash, and definitely not in line with the original requirements. I give!

This is comics-canon compliant and set in a not-to-distant comics canon future. It is compliant up to AtF 19 and S8 23. After that, Joss only knows (and remember that he's the trope namer).

( What the hell is he doing in London? )

Pairing: Angel, Spike

Rating: PG-13

A/N: Written for selene2's banner at indigo_crypt, Set just after the end of AtS S5 episode "You're Welcome"...