Sunnydale After Dark
Past Featured StorySummary: Sweet changes his mind about leaving without his bride. 
Categories: Season 6, Song Fic
Characters: Dawn, Ensemble - BtVS, Other, Scoobies, Spike, Tara
Genres: Alternate Reality, Dramedy, Fluffy, Kidnapping, Lighthearted, Road Trip
Warnings: (Click Here To Reveal) Adult Language
Completed: Yes Chapters: 16
Word count: 47,182 Hit Count: 24,798 ePub Downloads: 8
Published: 07/17/22 Updated: 08/27/22


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Story Notes: This is all in good fun, kiddies.  So sit back, sing along if you know the tune, and relax. (I decided to post this one without finishing Safe in My Own  Skin because you always need to have silver lining somewhere and I thought this would be a good counterpoint)

1. Chapter 1 by Niamh - Likes: 2 Comments: 0 Word Count: 2,249 Hit Count: 1,589 Published: 07/17/22

A/N: This one was sort of a dare to myself to see if I could actually do it. So bear with me on this one. It’s going to be fun. This is a song fic, but not in the way most of you expect. This is more like Moulin Rouge, where songs are taken and put into. . . yup, you guessed it, a musical. However, I am going to be changing more than a few lyrics, so you’re gonna have to pay attention. Also, as another note, I have not read any other stories set around OMWF, so any resemblance is not intentional. So without further ado. . . . Titles, quotes, song lyrics and music all belong to their respective owners. The titles of the songs and their composers will all be listed at the end in Liner Notes (just like an album or CD), so that no one’s overly spoiled for each chapter before it’s read. I mean absolutely no disrespect in shamelessly using all of them. I only hope I don’t get sued. Disclaimers, please gods, are in full force and effect. I own nothing. Just the twisted mind that brings all of this to you.

2. Chapter 2 by Niamh - Likes: 1 Comments: 0 Word Count: 4,571 Hit Count: 1,596 Published: 07/17/22

A/N: As you can also see, the endnotes will contain just what writers, composers and lyricists I’ve stolen these songs from. . . and well, I just hope none of them are Buffy fans or that the all-knowing ASCAP doesn’t come looking for me, coz I seriously cannot afford any lawsuits.  I own nothing, the disclaimers tell me so.  Just the twisted imaginings of my tortured mind.  Heh.  Enjoy.]

3. Chapter 3 by Niamh - Likes: 1 Comments: 0 Word Count: 2,515 Hit Count: 1,655 Published: 07/17/22

A/N:  While there isn’t going to be much angst (at least I think so) there will be conflict, and there will be darker and more somber emotions. However, this is going to be nowhere as hard as some of my others (think Campfires) and hopefully, there will be some humor. Unfortunately, it’s going to come at some people’s expense. . . . so if you can’t deal with Xander and Angel being the butt of a joke, then this isn’t the story for you. That said, the disclaimers prove I own nothing. Not even the roof over my head. Gods help me if someone decides to sue. . . I mean no disrespect to any of the people whom I shamelessly borrowed from. Liner notes at the bottom.]

4. Chapter 4 by Niamh - Likes: 1 Comments: 0 Word Count: 2,830 Hit Count: 1,644 Published: 07/18/22

A/N:  This is the happy story, so I hope some of the imagery makes you laugh.    Disclaimers are in full force and effect; I don’t own any of the BtVS characters, nor do I own any of the songs.  Liner notes at the bottom.

 

5. Chapter 5 by Niamh - Likes: 1 Comments: 0 Word Count: 1,724 Hit Count: 1,625 Published: 07/19/22

A/N:   This is supposed to be fun, not something that’ll cause me excess grief while I’m writing it and not something that’s supposed to weigh heavily on anyone’s minds.  Real life has far too much of that, right?  Angst is not something I enjoy, at least not while I’m living it.  But it lately seems to be following me around like a really ugly puppy.  I wish I could just banish it from my life.   Liner notes are at the bottom, thereby proving that I once again, own nothing; because the lack of royalties tells me so.  Maybe next lifetime.

6. Chapter 6 by Niamh - Likes: 1 Comments: 0 Word Count: 2,271 Hit Count: 1,623 Published: 07/21/22

A/N:   Liner notes are at the bottom, and I still don’t  own a damn thing.  That damned Pippin connection is there again.  The connection is that John Rubenstein originated the role of Pippin on Broadway and played Linwood Morrow on Angel.   Points if you read the liner notes at the bottom and know the answer – and double points if you know why Cyd’s name is, well, Cyd.  Disclaimers are still in effect; those pesky buggers just won’t go away.  My thanks to Spikeslovebite, because I'm pretty sure she was the beta for this, if she wasn't I can't remember who was, and so I apologize for forgetting that and offer my thanks to the person who did.

7. Chapter 7 by Niamh - Likes: 1 Comments: 0 Word Count: 2,673 Hit Count: 1,663 Published: 07/22/22

A/N: I’m kind of enjoying this trip through memory lane.  I hope you are enjoying it also.  I hope  that some of the newer folks in fandom decide to take a chance on an old dinosaur like me and if you qualify as that, please drop me a line and let me know what you think.  Disclaimers, as always, are in full force and effect.  Liner notes for this story are at the bottom.

 

8. Chapter 8 by Niamh - Likes: 1 Comments: 0 Word Count: 2,771 Hit Count: 1,603 Published: 07/23/22

A/N:  I’ve been recuperating from a fairly serious accident (I was the only one hurt and thankfully there were no other cars on the road when it happened) and haven’t been up to doing a whole lot of anything, and then this happened - a new site opened and I am posting all my old stuff here; fixing some obvious mistakes (and some not so obvious ones) and adding text where I thought it might be needed.  Maybe this will spark the muse but not really sure if that will work.  I would love it, though, if it happened.  I make no promises, though, so we’ll see.  Disclaimers are in full force and effect, and I own nothing.  Liner notes are at the end.

9. Chapter 9 by Niamh - Likes: 1 Comments: 0 Word Count: 2,698 Hit Count: 1,489 Published: 07/24/22

A/N:   Is everyone having fun yet?  Can anyone guess what one of the songs has in common with Buffy??  All disclaimers and caveats are in place, I own nothing.  Not even the paper this is sometimes printed upon.  Liner notes are at the bottom.  Enjoy!

10. Chapter 10 by Niamh - Likes: 1 Comments: 0 Word Count: 3,072 Hit Count: 1,501 Published: 07/28/22

A/N:   Just in case not all the readers caught my postscript to Baby Love, I overdid it last week, editing and posting a whole bunch of stories/chapters and got hit with a migraine (which all harkens back to my accident approximately 18 months ago – don’t ask me to math, please). Said migraine has been downgraded to a mere headache, and in order to remain as migraine-less as possible, I’ll only post 2 chapters a day.  So the updating will take a little bit longer.  Disclaimers are in full force and effect, and I own nothing except the plot.  And perhaps the computer.  Everything else is the property of someone else.  Liner notes, as usual, are at the end of the chapter.

11. Chapter 11 by Niamh - Likes: 1 Comments: 0 Word Count: 3,088 Hit Count: 1,425 Published: 08/03/22

A/N: As I put in my end notes of Chapter 11 of Baby Love, I can’t keep going at the pace I have been.  I read through, edited where it was needed, cleaned up punctuation, and all in all added loads of stuff to this archive.  I did so much of all that, that it triggered a migraine that lasted for the better part of a week.  So I can’t keep adding to two stories a day, I’m going to have to cut it back to one story per day.  That will work until it’s just the Originsverse being updated and then posted.  There are a total of nine? Maybe ten stories in that verse, so it’s going to take a little time to get through that.  But since I have nothing but time, it shouldn’t take more than a couple of months.   Liner notes at the end.  I own nothing but the plot.  Everything else belongs to someone who isn’t me.  More’s the pity.

 

12. Chapter 12 by Niamh - Likes: 1 Comments: 0 Word Count: 3,150 Hit Count: 1,514 Published: 08/08/22

A/N: It has been too long – between suffering from writer’s block to real life woes and worries I haven’t written a damn thing.  But I’ve been cleaning up my catalog (editing, rewriting, and/or adding new scenes) that I think the muse has been roused from his position (emerging from under a huge boulder, and I maybe? Might? Be able to entice him into giving me another story or two.  Keep your fingers crossed.  Or not if you don’t particularly care for what I have to share.  But when one is forced into bed rest, one doesn’t have much choice about it, right?  Well, my illness is your gain.  So, without further ado, I’ll just get on with it.  Oh, and those pesky disclaimers are still in full force and effect.  I own nothing.   Liner notes are at the end.

13. Chapter 13 by Niamh - Likes: 1 Comments: 0 Word Count: 2,877 Hit Count: 1,474 Published: 08/13/22

A/N:  Can anyone guess the connection between one of the songs in this chapter and the Buffyverse? Slowly getting all sorts of tasks done, and this is one of them.  Doing my best to get back in the saddle again.  I hope this finds everyone well and relatively happy.   If I didn't have this already done and ready to post, I would have skipped it today, but I really want to get these done soonish.  I'm off to rest my eyes and my poor head.  Disclaimers, as always, are in full force and effect.  I own nothing.

14. Chapter 14 by Niamh - Likes: 1 Comments: 0 Word Count: 2,831 Hit Count: 1,489 Published: 08/19/22

A/N:   I noticed something while I was going over all these chapters and re-editing, fixing weird mistakes that I made and whatnot, that I have been in ill-health for almost 20 years.  I dislocated my shoulder in May of 2004, and ever since then, there hasn’t been a full year where I could claim I was anything near healthy.  Unfortunately I don’t think it’s going to get any better in the next five years.    Disclaimers in full force and effect, as always.  I own nothing.  Something messed up the spacing, so if you see something please let me know, and I'll see if I can fix it.  

15. Chapter 15 by Niamh - Likes: 1 Comments: 0 Word Count: 5,103 Hit Count: 1,445 Published: 08/25/22

A/N: I honestly thought that last chapter was going to be the end, but it started to get away from me, in the worst way, and so I decided to cut it in half.  Which means this is mostly done, just with the ending parts to go. . . so instead of boring you with updates on my boring life, I’m just going to ask for a kind word or two, and let you read on.  Disclaimers in full force and effect.  I own nothing.    Liner notes at the end.  And, in case no one realized it, I've further modified my posting schedule.  I'm going to get this one, and  Safe in my own skin done, because they are close to completion than the other two.  But I am stockpiling with those, so hopefully it won't be too long a wait.

 

16. Chapter 16 by Niamh - Likes: 3 Comments: 2 Word Count: 2,759 Hit Count: 1,463 Published: 08/27/22

A/N: My thanks to everyone who offered a kind word and encouragement, for all the reviews and enthusiasm that made it all worth my time and effort. I hope everyone enjoys this – and if you’re reading for the first time or the 7th, a kind word never goes amiss. This is set some vague time in the future post-Chosen, non-compliant with NFA or the comics. Liner notes at the bottom. Disclaimers prove that I own nothing.