Sunnydale After Dark
A Life That’s Good by VeroNyxK84
Summary: A collection of my fics set in a post-series, post-S11 alternate reality where Buffy and Spike are an established couple. 
Dawn, Xander, and baby Joyce are also part of these stories.
TIMELINE EXPLAINED:
  • Early summer of 2010 — The Alphabet of Spuffy 
  • October 2010 — Autumn in San Francisco 
  • Halloween of 2010 — Joan and Randy’s Night Out 
  • December 2010 — Xmas in the Air Is the Love We Share 
  • Valentines Day of 2011 — Cupids Day Portrait 
  • December 2011 — A Very Summers Winter 
  • January 2026 — Like the Sands of Time 
The title for this series was inspired by the song "A Life Thats Good" by the Nashville cast
Banner Art By: VeroNyxK84
Categories: Comic (Season Not Specified), Post-Series, Sunnydale After Dark Exclusive
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Alternate Reality, Established Relationship, Fluffy, Friendship, HEA/HFN, Lighthearted, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Alcohol/Drug Use
Challenges: None
Parent Series: None
Stories: 8
Series Type: Closed

Summary:

A few years into the future, Dawn learns that Buffy & Spike are thinking about ending their relationship and she believes they’d make a big mistake, so she stages a small ‘intervention,’ hoping to help them see that they simply hit a bump in the road and they can overcome this one and many others. Although, the way she goes about it is rather unusual.

Drabble fic with little plot and a good trip down memory lane. 


Series: Spuffy Shorts
, Series: A Life That’s Good
Banner Art By: VeroNyxK84
Categories: Post-Series, Drabbles, Poetry, Sunnydale After Dark Exclusive
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Dawn
Genres: Established Relationship, Fluffy, Friendship, HEA/HFN, Lighthearted, Romance
Warnings: (Click Here To Reveal) Adult Language
Completed: Yes Chapters: 30 Table of Contents
Word count: 3,000 Hit Count: 4,646 ePub Downloads: 44
Published: 07/10/23 Updated: 08/31/23
Summary:

A Spuffy Autumn in San Francisco.
Snippets of Buffy and Spike’s everyday life during the infamous “quiet year” mentioned in S12 comics. 
A cohesive story built from a list of prompts, told in short chapters (below or slightly above 1,000 words), and set in a post-S11 world where Spuffy never broke up, hence the “Alternate Reality” tag.  

Rated [R] to err on the safe side mostly because of Spike’s language. 

Series: A Life That’s Good
Banner Art By: VeroNyxK84
Categories: Comic (Season Not Specified), Post-Series, Sunnydale After Dark Exclusive
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Dawn, Xander
Genres: Alternate Reality, Dramedy, Established Relationship, Fluffy, Friendship, HEA/HFN, Lighthearted, Romance
Warnings: (Click Here To Reveal) Adult Language, Alcohol/Drug Use
Completed: Yes Chapters: 30 Table of Contents
Word count: 30,789 Hit Count: 4,432 ePub Downloads: 44
Published: 10/01/23 Updated: 10/31/23
Summary:

After leaving Dawn’s small family gathering for Halloween, Buffy and Spike head to a festival out of town.
Set in a post-S11 alternate reality. 

Written for Pen & Paint 2024
 

Series: SAD Events Collection
, Series: A Life That’s Good
, Series: Carnival
, Series: Once Upon a One-Shot
A Gift For: scratchmeout
Beta: marinaeulalia
Banner Art By: scratchmeout
Categories: One-Shot, Post-Series, Sunnydale After Dark Exclusive
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Mr. Gordo
Genres: Established Relationship, HEA/HFN, Lighthearted, Romance
Warnings: (Click Here To Reveal) Adult Language
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 2,711 Hit Count: 157 ePub Downloads: 11
Published: 06/26/24 Updated: 06/26/24
Summary:

For Buffy and Spike it’s their first Christmas as a soon-to-be-married couple and as designated godparents to their newborn niece, Joyce Charlotte Harris.

Domestic fluff galore set during the infamous “quiet year” that followed S11 (comics); sequel to “The Alphabet of Spuffy” and “Autumn in San Francisco” but can be read as a stand-alone.
No specific comic knowledge required. Check the story notes for additional info.

Series: A Life That’s Good
A Gift For: marinaeulalia
Banner Art By: VeroNyxK84
Categories: Comic (Season Not Specified), Post-Series, Sunnydale After Dark Exclusive
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Dawn, Robert Dowling, Xander
Genres: Alternate Reality, Established Relationship, Fluffy, Friendship, HEA/HFN, Holiday Fic, Lighthearted, Romance
Warnings: (Click Here To Reveal) Adult Language, Alcohol/Drug Use
Completed: Yes Chapters: 10 Table of Contents
Word count: 15,053 Hit Count: 782 ePub Downloads: 12
Published: 12/25/24 Updated: 02/04/25
Summary: A Spuffy Valentine’s Manip. 
Some time in a post-series future, Buffy and Spike get ready for a romantic dinner date. 
Series: Every Picture Tells a Story
, Series: A Life That’s Good
Banner Art By: VeroNyxK84
Categories: Post-Series, Graphic Arts, Sunnydale After Dark Exclusive
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Established Relationship, Fluffy, Romance
Warnings: (Click Here To Reveal) Chooses Not to Use Warnings
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 31 Hit Count: 153 ePub Downloads: 4
Published: 02/15/24 Updated: 02/15/24
Summary:

For Buffy and Spike it’s their first Valentine’s Day as a married couple.

Set in my “A Life That’s Good” ’verse, a few weeks after “Xmas in the Air Is the Love We Share” but can be read as a stand-alone.
No specific comic knowledge required. Check the story notes for additional info.

Series: A Life That’s Good
, Series: Once Upon a One-Shot
Beta: marinaeulalia
Banner Art By: VeroNyxK84
Categories: Comic (Season Not Specified), Post-Series, One-Shot, Sunnydale After Dark Exclusive
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Alternate Reality, Established Relationship, Fluffy, HEA/HFN, Lighthearted, Romance
Warnings: (Click Here To Reveal) Adult Language
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 1,368 Hit Count: 79 ePub Downloads: 6
Published: 02/14/25 Updated: 02/14/25
Summary:

Where the Summers go on a family holiday trip in Vermont!
Set in a post-S11 alternate reality where Buffy and Spike are an established couple, this drabble story takes place one year after my fic “Autumn in San Francisco.”

However, there’s no need to read that or to have an extensive knowledge of the comics; you will find a short recap of what you need to know in the Story Notes. 
Written for Sunnydale After Dark “2023 ’Tis The Season” event.

Series: Spuffy Shorts
, Series: SAD Events Collection
, Series: A Life That’s Good
A Gift For: marinaeulalia
Banner Art By: VeroNyxK84
Categories: Comic (Season Not Specified), Post-Series, Drabbles, Sunnydale After Dark Exclusive
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Dawn, Xander
Genres: Alternate Reality, Dramedy, Established Relationship, Fluffy, Friendship, HEA/HFN, Holiday Fic, Lighthearted, Romance
Warnings: (Click Here To Reveal) Adult Language
Completed: Yes Chapters: 24 Table of Contents
Word count: 2,500 Hit Count: 2,527 ePub Downloads: 32
Published: 12/01/23 Updated: 12/24/23
Summary:

It’s been over twenty years since Sunnydale turned into a giant sinkhole, exactly fifteen years since Buffy and Spike got hitched, and about five years since Spike got unexpectedly shanshued. 

A Spuffy anniversary with little trips down memory lane. 

Written for the 2024 Spring Round of Seasonal Spuffy. Theme: “Thanks For The Memories.”
 

Series: A Life That’s Good
, Series: Once Upon a One-Shot
Beta: marinaeulalia
Banner Art By: VeroNyxK84
Categories: Comic (Season Not Specified), Post-Series, One-Shot, Seasonal Spuffy Entries
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Established Relationship, Fluffy, HEA/HFN, Romance
Warnings: (Click Here To Reveal) Adult Language, Alcohol/Drug Use, Human!Spike
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 3,599 Hit Count: 112 ePub Downloads: 6
Published: 06/02/24 Updated: 06/02/24