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: 5,009 ePub Downloads: 23
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: 5 Comments: 6 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 243 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: 5 Comments: 4 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 160 Published: 07/25/23

3. Chapter 3 by Dusty - Likes: 5 Comments: 6 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 127 Published: 07/25/23

4. Chapter 4 by Dusty - Likes: 5 Comments: 6 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 152 Published: 07/25/23

5. Chapter 5 by Dusty - Likes: 4 Comments: 2 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 128 Published: 07/26/23

6. Chapter 6 by Dusty - Likes: 5 Comments: 4 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 119 Published: 07/26/23

7. Chapter 7 by Dusty - Likes: 5 Comments: 0 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 116 Published: 07/27/23

8. Chapter 8 by Dusty - Likes: 5 Comments: 2 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 115 Published: 07/27/23

9. Chapter 9 by Dusty - Likes: 4 Comments: 4 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 101 Published: 07/29/23

10. Chapter 10 by Dusty - Likes: 4 Comments: 2 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 86 Published: 07/29/23

11. Chapter 11 by Dusty - Likes: 4 Comments: 4 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 84 Published: 07/31/23

12. Chapter 12 by Dusty - Likes: 4 Comments: 4 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 92 Published: 07/31/23

13. Chapter 13 by Dusty - Likes: 4 Comments: 2 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 83 Published: 08/01/23

14. Chapter 14 by Dusty - Likes: 4 Comments: 2 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 88 Published: 08/01/23

15. Chapter 15 by Dusty - Likes: 4 Comments: 2 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 86 Published: 08/02/23

16. Chapter 16 by Dusty - Likes: 4 Comments: 4 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 90 Published: 08/02/23

17. Chapter 17 by Dusty - Likes: 4 Comments: 2 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 85 Published: 08/03/23

18. Chapter 18 by Dusty - Likes: 4 Comments: 4 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 86 Published: 08/03/23

19. Chapter 19 by Dusty - Likes: 5 Comments: 5 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 86 Published: 08/03/23

20. Chapter 20 by Dusty - Likes: 5 Comments: 2 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 82 Published: 08/05/23

21. Chapter 21 by Dusty - Likes: 5 Comments: 4 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 88 Published: 08/05/23

22. Chapter 22 by Dusty - Likes: 4 Comments: 2 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 85 Published: 08/06/23

23. Chapter 23 by Dusty - Likes: 4 Comments: 2 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 88 Published: 08/06/23

24. Chapter 24 by Dusty - Likes: 4 Comments: 4 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 86 Published: 08/06/23

25. Chapter 25 by Dusty - Likes: 4 Comments: 2 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 82 Published: 08/09/23

26. Chapter 26 by Dusty - Likes: 5 Comments: 2 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 77 Published: 08/09/23

27. Chapter 27 by Dusty - Likes: 4 Comments: 2 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 84 Published: 08/09/23

28. Chapter 28 by Dusty - Likes: 4 Comments: 2 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 81 Published: 08/10/23

29. Chapter 29 by Dusty - Likes: 4 Comments: 2 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 85 Published: 08/10/23

30. Chapter 30 by Dusty - Likes: 4 Comments: 4 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 88 Published: 08/10/23

31. Chapter 31 by Dusty - Likes: 4 Comments: 4 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 82 Published: 08/10/23

32. Chapter 32 by Dusty - Likes: 4 Comments: 4 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 85 Published: 08/10/23

33. Chapter 33 by Dusty - Likes: 4 Comments: 2 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 82 Published: 08/11/23

34. Chapter 34 by Dusty - Likes: 5 Comments: 4 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 81 Published: 08/11/23

35. Chapter 35 by Dusty - Likes: 5 Comments: 8 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 89 Published: 08/11/23

36. Chapter 36 by Dusty - Likes: 5 Comments: 2 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 78 Published: 08/13/23

37. Chapter 37 by Dusty - Likes: 4 Comments: 4 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 83 Published: 08/13/23

38. Chapter 38 by Dusty - Likes: 5 Comments: 2 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 80 Published: 08/13/23

39. Chapter 39 by Dusty - Likes: 5 Comments: 2 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 83 Published: 08/13/23

40. Chapter 40 by Dusty - Likes: 5 Comments: 4 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 91 Published: 08/13/23

41. Chapter 41 by Dusty - Likes: 5 Comments: 2 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 86 Published: 08/14/23

42. Chapter 42 by Dusty - Likes: 5 Comments: 2 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 83 Published: 08/14/23

43. Chapter 43 by Dusty - Likes: 4 Comments: 2 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 80 Published: 08/14/23

44. Chapter 44 by Dusty - Likes: 5 Comments: 7 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 86 Published: 08/14/23

45. Chapter 45 by Dusty - Likes: 5 Comments: 6 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 86 Published: 08/15/23

46. Chapter 46 by Dusty - Likes: 5 Comments: 2 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 82 Published: 08/15/23

47. Chapter 47 by Dusty - Likes: 5 Comments: 2 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 86 Published: 08/15/23

48. Chapter 48 by Dusty - Likes: 5 Comments: 2 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 82 Published: 08/15/23

49. Chapter 49 by Dusty - Likes: 5 Comments: 4 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 90 Published: 08/15/23

50. Chapter 50 by Dusty - Likes: 5 Comments: 4 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 93 Published: 08/16/23

51. Chapter 51 by Dusty - Likes: 5 Comments: 2 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 84 Published: 08/16/23

52. Chapter 52 by Dusty - Likes: 5 Comments: 4 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 89 Published: 08/16/23

53. Chapter 53 by Dusty - Likes: 7 Comments: 10 Word Count: 100 Hit Count: 95 Published: 08/16/23