su_herald | Friday June 2nd, 2012

WILLOW: I'm not possessed. I-I think I figured it out. This demon, i-it's not a demon we let out. It's, it's a demon that we made.
XANDER: We made a demon? Bad us.
WILLOW: Thaumogenesis is when doing a spell actually creates a being. In this case it was like, a, a side-effect, I guess. Like a price.
DAWN: What?
WILLOW: Think of it like, the world doesn't like you getting something for free, and we asked for this huge gift. Buffy. A-and so the world said, 'fine, but if you have that, you have to take this too.' And it made the demon.
ANYA: Well, technically, that's not a price. That's a gift with purchase.

~~After Life~~

[Short Fiction]

Microwave Meals (Quick, Easy and Sometimes Satisfying) - The I Can't Get No Satisfaction Remix by cindergal. Spike, Dawn.
Falling feels like flying by jennygotfamous. Spike/Xander. NC-17.
Property by drizzlydaze. Spike. PG.
Fall by the Axe by entrenous88. Angel/Spike. NC-17.
Abandoned Defenses by apckrfan. Buffy/Angelus. Mature.
Interrogation Time by museofspeed. Spike/Buffy, Dawn. G.
Misfortune Seemed His Lot by seductivembrace. Spike/Buffy. Teen.

[Chaptered Fiction Updates]

Rides a Pale Horse Chapter 21 by raynejelly. Xander/Spike. R.
Time Chapter 16 by niroc-scribbles. Faith/Cordelia. NC-17.
Welcome to the Jungle Chapter 7 by Niamh. Spike/Buffy. Mature.
Resolutions Chapter 4 by Niamh. Spike/Buffy. Giles/Anya. Explicit.
What Comes Around, Goes Around Chapter 19 by sinecure. Spike/Willow. Mature.

[Images & videos]

Headers: Giles by angelus2hot.

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