su_herald | Monday, 19 December 2011 (Reply)

BUFFY: Oh, don't be so sure. Before I became the Slayer I was... well I don't want to say shallow, but... let's just say a certain person who shall remain nameless, let's call her "Spordelia", looked like a classical philosopher next to me. If I'm not the Slayer, I mean... what do I have to offer? (quietly) Why would you like me?
ANGEL: I saw you before you became the Slayer.
BUFFY: What?
ANGEL: I watched you, I saw you called. It was a bright afternoon, out in front of your school, you walked down the steps and I loved you.
BUFFY: Why?
ANGEL: Because I could see your heart. You held it before you for everyone to see and I worried that it would be bruised or torn. More than anything in my life I wanted to keep it safe, to warm it with my own.
BUFFY (folds into his arms, whispers): That's beautiful.
A moment, as he holds her.
BUFFY: Or, taken literally, incredibly gross.
ANGEL: I was just thinking that too.

~~Helpless~~

[Drabbles & Ficlets]

(Not) Perfect Happiness ( Spike/Angel | FRAO ) by love-jackianto.
Ambush ( Buffy/Spike | FRC ) by mushroomgal.
It's Behind You ( Buffy/Spike | FRT ) by shapinglight.
Festive Ficlet #19 ( Willow/Oz | FRT ) by brutti-ma-buoni.
Enjoy the Silence ( Spike/Xander | FRAO ) by dustandroses.
Aversion/ Attraction ( Willow/Angel | FRM ) by maryfic.
Porny Advent: Non-porny Sunday Strikes Again! ( Spike, Giles | FRM ) by hello-spikey.
His Reasons ( Buffy/Giles | FRT ) by littleotter73.
Porny Advent - Scrooge! ( Spike | FRM ) by hello-spikey.
Hooked ( Buffy, Spike, OC | FRT ) by readerjane.
Collected Buffyverse Drabbles ( Various | FRM ) by fallingtowers.
The Very Model of ( Buffy/Faith | FRC ) by fallingtowers.
Wound with Mercy Round and Round ( Buffy/Angel | FRT ) by fallingtowers.
Mirror Image ( Spike/Drusilla/John Hart | Torchwood Crossover | FRT ) by wnnb_darklord.
I Will Walk ( Buffy | Covert Affairs Crossover | FRM ) by Emony.

[Other Short Fiction]

Near Mis-tletoe ( Willow/Giles | FRT ) by naughtynyx88.
Christmas Through the Seasons ( Buffy/Spike | FRM ) by slaymesoftly.
More Festive Fic ( Buffy/Spike | Various Ratings ) by slaymesoftly.
All I Want For Christmas is You ( Spike/Xander | FRAO ) by forsaken2003.
Five Times Gibbs Helped Buffy ( Buffy | NCIS Crossover | FRM ) by misse.
Paper ( Spike/Xander | FRAO ) by skuzzbopper.
Taiga ( Spike/Lindsey | FRAO ) by ash-carpenter.
My Face, My Heart ( Faith | FRT ) by kelpyfinners.
If I Remember Thee Not ( Willow | FRC ) by fallingtowers.
Many the Days and Nights, Passing Away ( Buffy, Giles | FRC ) by fallingtowers.
Touch a Hundred Flowers (and Pick None) ( Buffy/Angel | FRT ) by <fallingtowers.
Here Comes the Sun ( Buffy, Willow | Glee Crossover | FRT ) by wnnb_darklord.
Welcome to Sunnydale ( Buffy, Willow, Xander, Giles | Fright Night 2011 Crossover | FRT ) by wnnb_darklord.
Wheel in the Sky ( Xander/Brian O’Conner | Transformers & The Fast and the Furious Crossover | FRC ) by sparrowshellcat.
Break to Keep Fixing ( Sam/Dean/Faith | Supernatural Crossover | FRAO ) by Stone_Princess.
Accidental ( Xander/Oz | FRT ) by Llama.
Led Astray in So Many Ways ( Giles/Ethan | FRM ) by Llama.
Things We Trade For Freedom ( Faith, Buffy | Stargate Atlantis Crossover | FRM ) by Jedi Buttercup.
Time Flies Time Dies ( Spike/Xander | FRT ) by TheShadierTwin.

[Chaptered Fiction]

Endings, Chapter Seventeen ( Giles/Ethan | FRT ) by 0-ruthless-0.
Masters Of Thornfield, Chapter One-Forty-Two ( Spike/Xander | Journal NSFW | FRAO ) by naughty-fae.
Untitled Spangel HAU, Chapter One ( Spike/Angel | FRAO ) by spike-1790.
Santa Claws, Chapter One ( Buffy/Spike | FRT ) by lilachigh.
Connection, Chapters Four & Five ( Spike/Xander | FRT ) by lusciousxander.
You Can’t Take My Fangs From Me, Chapter One ( Spike | Firefly Crossover | FRAO ) by wolffan200.
Three Christmases that Nobody Thought to Tell, Chapters One, Two & Three ( Spike/Drusilla | FRM ) by arina-summer.
Splinters, Chapter Five ( Buffy/Spike | FRT ) by lilachigh.
Cold, Chapter One ( Giles, Willow/Kennedy | FRT ) by gilescandy.
Mine, Part Thirteen ( Spike/Xander | FRAO ) by 2storytellerz.
Balance – Resetting the Scales, Chapter Three ( Spike/Xander | FRAO ) by theladymerlin.
Conversations over Blood and Scones, Chapter One ( Darla/Lydia, Spike, Angelus, Drusilla | FRM ) by rranne.
Darker than Midnite, Chapters One to Thirty-Seven ( Willow Rosenberg/Fleur Delacour/Jungle Julia, Buffy Summers/Faith Lehane/Hermonie Granger | Death Proof, Harry Potter & Constantine Crossover | FRAO ) by blackgrl71.