Sunnydale After Dark
Penname: scratchmeout
Real Name: Heather
Member Since: 06/24/22
Last Active: 04/26/25
Membership Status: Member
Skin: Holiday

Hey, I'm Heather!

I've been a Buffy fan since "Halloween" and started shipping these two lovable idiots during "Becoming", but truly never expected anything to come of it. I was introduced to Spuffy fanfic through Crumbling Walls and LiveJournal. I wrote my first posted fic before "Chosen" aired and wrote off and on for a few years, before taking a break from fandom. I closed up all my Buffy related websites and chilled for the next 15 years ;)

With the 25th, I felt the urge to start writing again, maybe even finish a couple of WIPs I had, and here  we are. I love both Buffy and Spike separately and together. There's never been any couple better and are my absolute OTP.  I also like to manipulate images and am determined to Spuffify whatever I can.

Hope you enjoy!

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Summary: A portal opens in the alley as Buffy, Spike, Dawn, and Willow make their way home and all are sucked into a vortex to another dimension. What they find in this new world shocks them: mirror images of themselves and their own world, but with vastly different beliefs and relationships. As they work with their counterparts to get back home, Buffy and Spike come to realize that they have both been careless with their relationship, sex, and their obvious feelings for one another.
Categories: Season 6
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Dawn, Willow
Genres: Action/Adventure, Dramedy, HEA/HFN, Porn w/ Plot, Romance, Slow Burn
Warnings: (Click Here To Reveal) Adult Language, Blood Play, Sexual Situations
Completed: Yes Chapters: 22 Table of Contents
Word count: 110,185 Hit Count: 2,349 ePub Downloads: 32
Published: 01/09/23 Updated: 03/31/25
Summary: On paper, he's perfect; he's exactly what she's looking for in a nanny. In person? Also perfect and everything she's been looking for in a partner. Great. Just great.
 
Banner Art By: scratchmeout
Categories: All Human
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Dawn
Genres: Dramedy, Fluffy, Friendship, Lighthearted, Porn w/ Plot, Romance, Slow Burn, UST
Warnings: (Click Here To Reveal) Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Completed: Yes Chapters: 30 Table of Contents
Word count: 3,000 Hit Count: 1,821 ePub Downloads: 2
Published: 03/14/25 Updated: 03/30/25
Summary: Do you picture me like I picture you?
Banner Art By: scratchmeout
Categories: Post-Series
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Dawn, Original Characters
Genres: Friendship, Romance, Slow Burn, UST
Warnings: (Click Here To Reveal) Adult Language, Buffy/Other (Temp), Sexual Situations
Completed: Yes Chapters: 30 Table of Contents
Word count: 3,000 Hit Count: 2,071 ePub Downloads: 3
Published: 03/01/25 Updated: 03/30/25
Summary: Spike goes to the high school to kidnap Willow for a love spell, but gets distracted by someone in the library. It would be rude of him not to say ‘hello’.
Canon up to "Lover's Walk" and then veering wildly off course. 
A Gift For: violettathepiratequeen
Categories: Season 3
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Ensemble
Genres: Dramedy, Fluffy, Friendship, Lighthearted, Romance, Slow Burn, UST
Warnings: (Click Here To Reveal) Adult Language
Completed: Yes Chapters: 20 Table of Contents
Word count: 107,748 Hit Count: 7,815 ePub Downloads: 32
Published: 04/19/23 Updated: 03/06/25
Summary: If the spell isn’t broken, don’t try to fix it. Following “Crush”.
Categories: Season 5
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Tara, William, Willow
Genres: Hurt/Comfort, Porn w/ Plot, Romance, Slow Burn, UST
Warnings: (Click Here To Reveal) Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 14,658 Hit Count: 137 ePub Downloads: 5
Published: 12/31/24 Updated: 12/31/24
Summary: Will Buffy make it home for the holidays? Public transportation is being persnickety and she’s running out of options and time. Enter a handsome man with a loud car who offers her a ride.

A Gift For: MaggieLaFey
Banner Art By: scratchmeout
Categories: All Human
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Dawn, Joyce, Tara
Genres: Fluffy, Lighthearted, Porn w/ Plot, Road Trip, Romance
Warnings: (Click Here To Reveal) Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 14,402 Hit Count: 151 ePub Downloads: 12
Published: 12/14/24 Updated: 12/14/24
Summary: Spike Pratt’s Olympic dreams don’t exactly go how he had hoped. Everyone looks at him like he’s that guy who fumbled because of his… well, you know. You must’ve heard. Buffy Summers sure had.
Beta: alittlemoretime
Banner Art By: scratchmeout
Categories: All Human
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Anya, Charles Gunn, Cordelia, Ensemble, Faith Lehane, Kendra, Tara, Willow
Genres: Comedy, Fluffy, Lighthearted, Porn w/ Plot, Romance, UST
Warnings: (Click Here To Reveal) Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Completed: No Chapters: 8 Table of Contents
Word count: 34,298 Hit Count: 649 ePub Downloads: 4
Published: 08/14/24 Updated: 11/22/24
Summary: Buffy must figure out how to save Willow and Spike from outside forces and themselves. A continuation of "The Thing About Being on the Road".
Banner Art By: scratchmeout
Categories: Season 6
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Ensemble - BtVS
Genres: Angst, Drama, Established Relationship, Friendship, Hurt/Comfort, Romance
Warnings: (Click Here To Reveal) Adult Language, Blood Play, Other Mental Health Issues, Sexual Situations, Torture (Emotional/Psychological), Warnings Added As Story Progresses
Completed: No Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 4,727 Hit Count: 54 ePub Downloads: 0
Published: 10/28/24 Updated: 10/28/24
Summary: Manipulate: to change by artful or unfair means so as to serve one's purpose 
My purpose is to Spuffify everything ;)
Categories: Graphic Arts
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Angst, Erotica, Established Relationship, Fluffy, Friendship, HEA/HFN, Hurt/Comfort, Romance
Warnings: (Click Here To Reveal) Sexual Situations
Completed: No Chapters: 7 Table of Contents
Word count: 49 Hit Count: 2,883 ePub Downloads: 6
Published: 08/10/24 Updated: 08/10/24
Summary: A collection of screencaps and lyrics that I love.
Categories: Graphic Arts
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Angst, Dramedy, Fluffy, Friendship, Hurt/Comfort, Lighthearted, Romance
Warnings: (Click Here To Reveal) Adult Language
Completed: No Chapters: 11 Table of Contents
Word count: 11 Hit Count: 4,128 ePub Downloads: 2
Published: 08/10/24 Updated: 08/10/24
Summary: Don't worry. They're just fake dating. It's not real. It isn't.
Banner Art By: scratchmeout
Categories: Season 5
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Ensemble - BtVS
Genres: Fluffy, Lighthearted, Romance, UST
Warnings: (Click Here To Reveal) Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Completed: Yes Chapters: 5 Table of Contents
Word count: 40,717 Hit Count: 700 ePub Downloads: 7
Published: 07/04/24 Updated: 08/04/24
Summary: And all the pieces fall, right into place...
Banner Art By: scratchmeout
Categories: Season 6
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Angst, Fluffy, Friendship, Hurt/Comfort, Porn w/ Plot, Romance
Warnings: (Click Here To Reveal) Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Completed: Yes Chapters: 10 Table of Contents
Word count: 27,620 Hit Count: 1,622 ePub Downloads: 11
Published: 04/23/24 Updated: 07/12/24
Summary: Buffy’s been reading a lot, but tonight, after a tough slay, she’s too tired. Spike offers his services. She would have asked sooner if she had known it would be this good.
A continuation of Haunted/Forever & Always? 
 
Series: Hold Me Close
, Series: Let Go
Banner Art By: Claire
Categories: Post-Series
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Fluffy, HEA/HFN, Lighthearted, Porn w/o Plot, Romance
Warnings: (Click Here To Reveal) Adult Language, Human!Spike, Sexual Situations
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 1,861 Hit Count: 115 ePub Downloads: 3
Published: 06/19/24 Updated: 06/19/24
Summary: A cloudy day isn't going to stop them.
Series: Indirect Sunlight Only
Banner Art By: scratchmeout
Categories: Graphic Arts
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Romance
Warnings: None
Completed: No Chapters: 2 Table of Contents
Word count: 2 Hit Count: 664 ePub Downloads: 1
Published: 06/16/24 Updated: 06/17/24
Summary: Down with Love is about "love blossoming between a playboy journalist and a feminist advice author."
AKA it's perfect and the banter is bantering. Watch it and then Spuffy it. ;)
 
Series: Down with Love
Banner Art By: scratchmeout
Categories: Graphic Arts
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: None
Warnings: None
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 107 Hit Count: 461 ePub Downloads: 2
Published: 05/06/24 Updated: 05/06/24
Summary: Maybe Buffy will win Spike his own Mr. Gordo at the Carnival.
Series: Carnival
Banner Art By: scratchmeout
Categories: Graphic Arts
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Fluffy, Lighthearted, Romance
Warnings: None
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 1 Hit Count: 332 ePub Downloads: 7
Published: 05/03/24 Updated: 05/03/24
Summary: Buffy never expected to meet anyone. And then, bang! There he was.

A Gift For: loveisntbrains
Banner Art By: loveisntbrains
Categories: All Human, Drabbles
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Fluffy, Lighthearted, Porn w/ Plot, Romance, UST
Warnings: (Click Here To Reveal) Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Completed: Yes Chapters: 30 Table of Contents
Word count: 3,000 Hit Count: 3,166 ePub Downloads: 11
Published: 03/15/24 Updated: 03/30/24
Summary: She can't stop herself from telling him how she feels because, god, when she looks at him her brain goes, "Ah".
Banner Art By: scratchmeout
Categories: Season 7, Drabbles
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Fluffy, Friendship, Hurt/Comfort, Romance, UST
Warnings: (Click Here To Reveal) Adult Language, Warnings Added As Story Progresses
Completed: Yes Chapters: 30 Table of Contents
Word count: 3,000 Hit Count: 9,821 ePub Downloads: 36
Published: 03/09/24 Updated: 03/30/24
Summary: Curses shmurses.
Series: Let Go
Banner Art By: scratchmeout
Categories: Post-Series, Drabbles
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Dramedy, Established Relationship, Fluffy, Hurt/Comfort, Romance
Warnings: (Click Here To Reveal) Adult Language, Sexual Situations, Warnings Added As Story Progresses
Completed: Yes Chapters: 30 Table of Contents
Word count: 3,000 Hit Count: 13,292 ePub Downloads: 33
Published: 03/01/24 Updated: 03/30/24
Summary:  Cupid’s having a bad day. Now, that’s Buffy and Spike’s problem.
 
Banner Art By: scratchmeout
Categories: Season 4, Episode Rewrite
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Giles, Willow
Genres: Erotica, Fighting, Fluffy, HEA/HFN, Hurt/Comfort, Lighthearted, Porn w/ Plot, Romance, UST
Warnings: (Click Here To Reveal) Adult Language, Dubious Consent, Sexual Situations
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 14,790 Hit Count: 159 ePub Downloads: 2
Published: 03/10/24 Updated: 03/10/24
Summary: Can love be enough when everything else is working against Buffy and Spike? Including - and especially - themselves.
Banner Art By: scratchmeout
Categories: All Human
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Ensemble - BtVS
Genres: Angst, Dramedy, Fluffy, Friendship, Hurt/Comfort, Porn w/ Plot, Romance, Slow Burn, UST
Warnings: (Click Here To Reveal) Adult Language, Sexual Situations, Warnings Added As Story Progresses
Completed: No Chapters: 10 Table of Contents
Word count: 45,763 Hit Count: 532 ePub Downloads: 4
Published: 12/31/23 Updated: 02/14/24
Summary: Isn’t it Buffy’s luck to end up in a (possibly) haunted mansion with her ex, whom she hasn’t spoken to in over six months? It sure is.

Series: Let Go
Categories: Post-Series, Sunnydale After Dark Debut
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Charles Gunn, Faith Lehane, Original Characters
Genres: Angst, Dramedy, Horror, Hurt/Comfort, Mystery, Reunion, Romance, Slow Burn, UST
Warnings: (Click Here To Reveal) Adult Language, Sexual Situations, Torture (Emotional/Psychological), Warnings Added As Story Progresses
Completed: Yes Chapters: 12 Table of Contents
Word count: 39,905 Hit Count: 2,456 ePub Downloads: 33
Published: 09/01/23 Updated: 01/29/24
Summary: Spike puts his past to good use to get money for Buffy. However, things become complicated when her ex shows up and targets Spike.
Beta: alittlemoretime
Categories: Season 6, Episode Rewrite
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Riley Finn
Genres: Angst, Dramedy, Hurt/Comfort, Romance
Warnings: (Click Here To Reveal) Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 7,947 Hit Count: 178 ePub Downloads: 3
Published: 01/08/24 Updated: 01/08/24
Summary: Let’s pretend Buffy saved the world, defeated Glory, and didn’t die. Now, it’s the summer and Buffy and Spike are tracking down a demon outside of Sunnydale. The sun is coming up and they get a motel room. And guess what? There’s only one bed. I KNOW!
 
A Gift For: Chelle
Banner Art By: scratchmeout
Categories: Season 5
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Erotica, Fluffy, Lighthearted, Porn w/o Plot, Romance, UST
Warnings: (Click Here To Reveal) Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 5,798 Hit Count: 269 ePub Downloads: 6
Published: 12/31/23 Updated: 12/31/23
Summary: Ten kisses, some seen, some not between Buffy and Spike from their perspectives.
Categories: Season 4, Season 5, Season 6, Season 7, Post-Series, Drabbles
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Romance
Warnings: (Click Here To Reveal) Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Completed: Yes Chapters: 10 Table of Contents
Word count: 2,000 Hit Count: 5,329 ePub Downloads: 9
Published: 12/16/23 Updated: 12/25/23
Summary: A drabble a day keeps Demon Santa away. The members of Sunnydale After Dark present a month-long collaborative gift for Magnus, with all the Spuffy things he likes best!
Banner by Cd85!
Series: Merry Month of Magnus
A Gift For: Magnus374
Banner Art By: Claire
Categories: Season 6
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Erotica, Fluffy, Lighthearted, Porn w/o Plot
Warnings: (Click Here To Reveal) Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 100 Hit Count: 103 ePub Downloads: 2
Published: 12/24/23 Updated: 12/24/23
Summary: What happens when two broken people find each other and begin to heal from their newfound friendship?
Secret Santa Gift for SzmattyCat
Categories: All Human
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Faith Lehane, Wesley
Genres: Dramedy, Friendship, HEA/HFN, Hurt/Comfort, Porn w/ Plot, Romance, Slow Burn, UST
Warnings: (Click Here To Reveal) Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 14,015 Hit Count: 102 ePub Downloads: 7
Published: 12/14/23 Updated: 12/14/23
Summary: Buffy and Spike are working together again and have reestablished their friendship as it was before. But now, it’s the holidays and Buffy knows exactly what she wants. She has devised a fool-proof,  2-part plan: Step 1: Buy a great dress for the Watcher Council’s holiday party; Step 2: Have Spike take it off her.
 
For the Spuffy Swifties: Gabby, Dusty, Sari, Chelle, Bee, Kensi, and those who stop by every so often, Liv & Emma.
A Gift For: Gabby
Banner Art By: scratchmeout
Categories: Post-Series
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Dawn, Giles
Genres: Fluffy, Friendship, HEA/HFN, Holiday Fic, Lighthearted, Porn w/ Plot, Reunion, Romance, UST
Warnings: (Click Here To Reveal) Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Completed: Yes Chapters: 2 Table of Contents
Word count: 20,453 Hit Count: 363 ePub Downloads: 10
Published: 12/13/23 Updated: 12/13/23
Summary: This is for Maggie. They're photo manips. They're spicy. If you like those things, then it's for you, too. 
A Gift For: MaggieLaFey
Categories: Graphic Arts
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Erotica
Warnings: (Click Here To Reveal) Sexual Situations
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 1 Hit Count: 246 ePub Downloads: 2
Published: 12/01/23 Updated: 12/01/23
Summary: What happens when Buffy finds out one of Spike's guilty pleasures?
A Gift For: Lady Emma
Banner Art By: scratchmeout
Categories: Season 6
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Fluffy, Lighthearted, Romance
Warnings: (Click Here To Reveal) Sexual Situations
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 342 Hit Count: 175 ePub Downloads: 2
Published: 12/01/23 Updated: 12/01/23