su_herald | Saturday December 28th - Sunday December 29th 2013

(Buffy is fighting the vampire when all of a sudden Spike flies out of nowhere and stakes him)

BUFFY: Spike ... why did you do that?

SPIKE: Not for money, if that's what you're thinking. Your heartfelt gratitude's plenty. (stops grinning) I expect I'll be getting that any moment.

BUFFY: Gratitude. For getting in my way?

SPIKE: Ge-getting in your way? I saved you.

BUFFY: I was regrouping.

SPIKE: You were about to be regrouped into separate piles. You needed help.

BUFFY: I didn't need you. I never need you, Spike.

(She turns and starts to walk off.)

SPIKE: Oh, I get it. (follows) You just don't like who did the rescuin', that's all. Wishin' I was your boyfriend what's-his-face. Oh wait, he's run off.

BUFFY: You know what? I don't need a boyfriend, to rescue me or for any other reason.

SPIKE: Don't need or can't keep?

~~Checkpoint ~~

[Drabbles]

What happened at The Espresso Pump during the events of Once More With Feeling? by thenniel

[Short Fiction]

It's Complicated by theladymerlin Spike/Angel. PG.
The Cure by theladymerlin Spike/Xander. R.
Hero's Return by gillo Spike. G.
Long Way From Home by okdeanna Spike/Willow. R.
Something New by okdeanna Spike/Other. PG.
Never Too Late by okdeanna Spike/Buffy. PG.
Love, and Other Things by okdeanna Spike/Buffy. PG-13.
Snippet of Time by killedkelly Spike/Angel. R.
Control by vulcansmirk Spike/Buffy. Explicit.
43 by nausicaa_of_phaeacia Giles/Buffy. General audiences.
Istanbul by spikewriter Willow, Xander. General audiences.
Glow by emeraldsword Willow. General audiences.
Leopards Have The Best Spots by emeraldsword Cordelia. General audiences.
How I Love Going Out In the Storm by zarabithia Buffy/Faith. Teen and up.
I Wanted to Save You by bittenqueen Buffy. Teen and up.
From the Shadows by scifishipper Spike/Buffy. Teen and up.
A list of 2013 stories by dragonyphoenix

[Chaptered Fiction Updates]

Got Away Chapter 10 by cafedemonde Spike/Lilah. R(ish).
Matchmaker, Matchmaker Chapter ? by naughty-faeWilliam/Xander, Dawn, Buffy/Willow, Liam. NC17.
Twelve Days - Four by abbykrieger Spike, Rayanne Graff. General audiences. Crossover with My So-Called Life.
Santa Claws Chapter 4 by Lilachigh Buffy/Spike, Xander/Anya. Teen and up.

[Images & Videos]

Icons roundup by rua1412
Dreaming (Spike)by comlodge
Spike graphics by okdeanna
Deeds That Have Made Me vid by frayadjacent Buffy. (Buffy/Angel implied.)
Drenched in Blood by comlodge Spike.

[Community Announcements]

Every girl who might be a Slayer, will be a Slayer ficathon - opinions sought by upupa_epops
December poll at sb-fag-ends

[Fandom Discussion]

BTVS Review: Season 9, Issue 14 by harsens-rob