Sunnydale After Dark
Dream by Dusty [R]
Summary: What's a dream? And will it bring her back?
Banner Art By: Dusty
Categories: Season 5, Season 6, Between Seasons, Alternate Universe, Drabbles, Poetry, POV
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Angst, Drama, Dream, Friendship, HEA/HFN, Hurt/Comfort, Romance, Slow Burn
Warnings: (Click Here To Reveal) Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Completed: Yes Chapters: 53
Word count: 5,300 Hit Count: 6,224 ePub Downloads: 71
Published: 07/23/23 Updated: 08/16/23


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Story Notes: I've had this idea percolating for a while. I love drabbles and something I'm excited to explore with these ones is writing in present tense. Present tense just has a dreamy quality to me, and I've always been oddly daunted by changing my writing style to the present tense for something longer. So I'm going to explore that in little bite-sized pieces. This will ultimately be a real story, not random things collected beneath one drabble umbrella. I am excited to see how it goes!

1. Chapter 1 by Dusty - Likes: 8 Comments: 8 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 308 Published: 07/23/23

I do not always plan to rhyme or be poetic for this story, but if I start accidentally rhyming I am just going to roll with it. Drabbles bring out the poetry in me sometimes.

Prompt: Dream

2. Chapter 2 by Dusty - Likes: 6 Comments: 4 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 191 Published: 07/25/23

3. Chapter 3 by Dusty - Likes: 6 Comments: 6 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 152 Published: 07/25/23

4. Chapter 4 by Dusty - Likes: 6 Comments: 6 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 185 Published: 07/25/23

5. Chapter 5 by Dusty - Likes: 5 Comments: 2 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 158 Published: 07/26/23

6. Chapter 6 by Dusty - Likes: 7 Comments: 4 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 140 Published: 07/26/23

7. Chapter 7 by Dusty - Likes: 7 Comments: 0 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 149 Published: 07/27/23

8. Chapter 8 by Dusty - Likes: 7 Comments: 2 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 134 Published: 07/27/23

9. Chapter 9 by Dusty - Likes: 6 Comments: 4 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 120 Published: 07/29/23

10. Chapter 10 by Dusty - Likes: 6 Comments: 2 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 108 Published: 07/29/23

11. Chapter 11 by Dusty - Likes: 6 Comments: 4 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 108 Published: 07/31/23

12. Chapter 12 by Dusty - Likes: 6 Comments: 4 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 128 Published: 07/31/23

13. Chapter 13 by Dusty - Likes: 6 Comments: 2 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 102 Published: 08/01/23

14. Chapter 14 by Dusty - Likes: 6 Comments: 2 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 109 Published: 08/01/23

15. Chapter 15 by Dusty - Likes: 6 Comments: 2 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 107 Published: 08/02/23

16. Chapter 16 by Dusty - Likes: 6 Comments: 4 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 111 Published: 08/02/23

17. Chapter 17 by Dusty - Likes: 6 Comments: 2 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 106 Published: 08/03/23

18. Chapter 18 by Dusty - Likes: 6 Comments: 4 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 108 Published: 08/03/23

19. Chapter 19 by Dusty - Likes: 7 Comments: 5 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 107 Published: 08/03/23

20. Chapter 20 by Dusty - Likes: 7 Comments: 2 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 102 Published: 08/05/23

21. Chapter 21 by Dusty - Likes: 7 Comments: 4 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 109 Published: 08/05/23

22. Chapter 22 by Dusty - Likes: 6 Comments: 2 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 105 Published: 08/06/23

23. Chapter 23 by Dusty - Likes: 6 Comments: 2 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 112 Published: 08/06/23

24. Chapter 24 by Dusty - Likes: 6 Comments: 4 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 109 Published: 08/06/23

25. Chapter 25 by Dusty - Likes: 6 Comments: 2 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 104 Published: 08/09/23

26. Chapter 26 by Dusty - Likes: 7 Comments: 2 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 100 Published: 08/09/23

27. Chapter 27 by Dusty - Likes: 6 Comments: 2 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 107 Published: 08/09/23

28. Chapter 28 by Dusty - Likes: 6 Comments: 2 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 103 Published: 08/10/23

29. Chapter 29 by Dusty - Likes: 6 Comments: 2 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 108 Published: 08/10/23

30. Chapter 30 by Dusty - Likes: 6 Comments: 4 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 111 Published: 08/10/23

31. Chapter 31 by Dusty - Likes: 6 Comments: 4 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 102 Published: 08/10/23

32. Chapter 32 by Dusty - Likes: 6 Comments: 4 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 103 Published: 08/10/23

33. Chapter 33 by Dusty - Likes: 6 Comments: 2 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 102 Published: 08/11/23

34. Chapter 34 by Dusty - Likes: 7 Comments: 4 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 108 Published: 08/11/23

35. Chapter 35 by Dusty - Likes: 7 Comments: 8 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 114 Published: 08/11/23

36. Chapter 36 by Dusty - Likes: 7 Comments: 2 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 96 Published: 08/13/23

37. Chapter 37 by Dusty - Likes: 6 Comments: 4 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 104 Published: 08/13/23

38. Chapter 38 by Dusty - Likes: 6 Comments: 2 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 101 Published: 08/13/23

39. Chapter 39 by Dusty - Likes: 7 Comments: 2 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 102 Published: 08/13/23

40. Chapter 40 by Dusty - Likes: 7 Comments: 4 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 110 Published: 08/13/23

41. Chapter 41 by Dusty - Likes: 7 Comments: 2 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 104 Published: 08/14/23

42. Chapter 42 by Dusty - Likes: 7 Comments: 2 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 101 Published: 08/14/23

43. Chapter 43 by Dusty - Likes: 6 Comments: 2 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 97 Published: 08/14/23

44. Chapter 44 by Dusty - Likes: 7 Comments: 7 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 104 Published: 08/14/23

45. Chapter 45 by Dusty - Likes: 7 Comments: 6 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 104 Published: 08/15/23

46. Chapter 46 by Dusty - Likes: 7 Comments: 2 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 104 Published: 08/15/23

47. Chapter 47 by Dusty - Likes: 7 Comments: 2 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 104 Published: 08/15/23

48. Chapter 48 by Dusty - Likes: 7 Comments: 2 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 104 Published: 08/15/23

49. Chapter 49 by Dusty - Likes: 7 Comments: 4 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 109 Published: 08/15/23

50. Chapter 50 by Dusty - Likes: 7 Comments: 4 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 116 Published: 08/16/23

51. Chapter 51 by Dusty - Likes: 7 Comments: 2 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 109 Published: 08/16/23

52. Chapter 52 by Dusty - Likes: 7 Comments: 4 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 109 Published: 08/16/23

53. Chapter 53 by Dusty - Likes: 10 Comments: 12 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 116 Published: 08/16/23