Sunnydale After Dark
Penname: violettathepiratequeen
Real Name: Rachel
Member Since: 07/16/22
Last Active: 07/08/25
Membership Status: Member
Skin: Spuffy Purple

Buffy and Spike mean the world to me, and that's all there is to it. I love them to bits, every part of them, and I dimly remember having other characters who were contenders as my favorites, but now it's clearly these two. She keeps me strong, and he keeps me sane.

Violetta is the looking-glass version of me; she is the link to every fandom I've ever loved, and she is the root of all my imaginings. She came to me when I was 11 years old, and if you see me favoring that number in my stories, that's why. 

Thanks so much to everyone who visits and reads my stories!

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Summary: For nineteen days after the collapse of Sunnydale, Buffy dreams of being with Spike alone on a train. Unless they never were dreams...
Series: The Journey
Banner Art By: teragramm
Categories: Post-Series
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Dawn, Giles, Willow, Xander
Genres: Romance
Warnings: (Click Here To Reveal) Adult Language, Character Death, Sexual Situations
Completed: Yes Chapters: 2 Table of Contents
Word count: 14,710 Hit Count: 1,448 ePub Downloads: 12
Published: 08/30/22 Updated: 07/06/25
Summary: When the Intiative captures and tortures Spike, Tara, and Oz, Buffy's house makes the most sense for them to go to once they escape. But will she be willing to open her home and her heart to three broken creatures who don't know how to control the monsters inside them?

(The answer, obviously, is yes.)
Banner Art By: irandamay
Categories: Season 4, Drabbles
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Ensemble - BtVS, Oz, Tara
Genres: Action/Adventure, Angst, Comedy, Fighting, Friendship, HEA/HFN, Hurt/Comfort, Lighthearted, Romance, Slow Burn
Warnings: (Click Here To Reveal) Other Mental Health Issues, Substance Misuse/Addiction, Torture (Emotional/Psychological), Torture (Physical), Violence
Completed: No Chapters: 6 Table of Contents
Word count: 5,862 Hit Count: 276 ePub Downloads: 0
Published: 07/01/25 Updated: 07/05/25
Summary: When Buffy has difficulty sleeping post-resurrection, Spike somehow becomes the one to sing her lullabies every night. 
Banner Art By: Claire
Categories: Drabbles, Season 6
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Angst, HEA/HFN, Hurt/Comfort, Romance, Slow Burn
Warnings: (Click Here To Reveal) Other Mental Health Issues
Completed: No Chapters: 3 Table of Contents
Word count: 2,878 Hit Count: 214 ePub Downloads: 0
Published: 07/01/25 Updated: 07/05/25
Summary: What makes this show so GREAT. A meta look at all the best parts of Buffy the Vampire Slayer's 144 episodes. 
Categories: Season 1, Season 2, Season 3, Season 4, Season 5, Season 6, Season 7, Essay (BtVS), Essay (Spuffy)
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Ensemble - BtVS
Genres: Action/Adventure, Romance
Warnings: (Click Here To Reveal) Buffy/Other (Temp), Spike/Other (Temp)
Completed: No Chapters: 25 Table of Contents
Word count: 59,076 Hit Count: 1,654 ePub Downloads: 32
Published: 05/16/25 Updated: 06/17/25
Summary: She just needs to keep moving forward.
Categories: Season 5, Between Seasons
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Angst, Baby/Kid, Dark, Fluffy, HEA/HFN, Hurt/Comfort, Road Trip, Romance
Warnings: (Click Here To Reveal) Character Death
Completed: No Chapters: 2 Table of Contents
Word count: 7,389 Hit Count: 235 ePub Downloads: 0
Published: 06/03/25 Updated: 06/08/25
Summary: When Wood and Giles succeed in keeping Buffy distracted enough for the unthinkable to happen, Buffy will call on any unholy force necessary to save her vampire.
Banner Art By: CheekyKitten
Categories: Episode Rewrite, Season 4, Season 7
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Angel, Anya, Dawn, Drusilla, Giles, Joyce, Willow, Xander
Genres: Angst, Fluffy, HEA/HFN, Hurt/Comfort, Romance
Warnings: (Click Here To Reveal) Character Death
Completed: No Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 9,440 Hit Count: 121 ePub Downloads: 2
Published: 05/23/25 Updated: 05/23/25
Summary: They'll always belong to him.
Categories: Season 3, Episode Rewrite
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Angel
Genres: Angst, Apocalyptic/Dystopian , Dark, HEA/HFN, Horror, Hurt/Comfort, Slow Burn, Tragedy
Warnings: (Click Here To Reveal) Abuse, Adult Language, Alcohol/Drug Use, Buffy/Other (Temp), Character Death, Dubious Consent, Other Mental Health Issues, Rape (Implied), Sexual Situations, Torture (Emotional/Psychological), Torture (Physical), Violence
Completed: No Chapters: 5 Table of Contents
Word count: 17,090 Hit Count: 383 ePub Downloads: 5
Published: 09/30/23 Updated: 05/19/25
Summary: When Buffy jumps off Glory's tower, Spike's demon doesn't take it well. What is Buffy to do when she comes back home to a creature just as lost as she is?
Banner Art By: Claire
Categories: Season 6, Challenge Response
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Ensemble - AtS, Ensemble - BtVS
Genres: Angst, HEA/HFN, Hurt/Comfort
Warnings: (Click Here To Reveal) Other Mental Health Issues, Violence
Completed: No Chapters: 4 Table of Contents
Word count: 19,173 Hit Count: 1,114 ePub Downloads: 9
Published: 06/04/23 Updated: 04/15/25
Summary: They only eloped to prove it wasn't a spell. Except it totally was. What the hell are you supposed to do after realizing you're lawfully wedded to the person you hate most?
Categories: Season 4
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Anya, Giles, Joyce, Riley Finn, Willow, Xander
Genres: Angst, Fluffy, HEA/HFN, Hurt/Comfort, Romance, Slow Burn
Warnings: (Click Here To Reveal) Adult Language, Torture (Physical), Violence
Completed: No Chapters: 5 Table of Contents
Word count: 23,987 Hit Count: 699 ePub Downloads: 9
Published: 10/13/24 Updated: 04/10/25
Summary: The only reason Buffy and Spike would break up was if it was to save the world. 
Series: Comic Days
Categories: Season 12 (Comic), Missing Scene
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Action/Adventure, Angst, HEA/HFN, Hurt/Comfort, Reunion, Romance
Warnings: (Click Here To Reveal) Chooses Not to Use Warnings
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 14,996 Hit Count: 145 ePub Downloads: 2
Published: 04/08/25 Updated: 04/08/25
Summary: 100 years in the future, Spike and Buffy are kept busy fighting their own battles and apocalypses around the world, but they never stop fighting for each other.
Banner Art By: Harmony99
Categories: Post-Series, Drabbles
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Andrew Wells, Illyria
Genres: Fluffy, HEA/HFN, Romance
Warnings: (Click Here To Reveal) Chooses Not to Use Warnings
Completed: Yes Chapters: 22 Table of Contents
Word count: 2,200 Hit Count: 1,895 ePub Downloads: 11
Published: 03/01/25 Updated: 04/06/25
Summary: Buffy agrees to donate some of her blood to heal Spike's paralyzed legs, and Spike vows to take Dru out of the country and she'll never hear of them again. So why is it that now he's gone, Buffy can't get him out of her head? 
Banner Art By: teragramm
Categories: Season 2, Episode Rewrite
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Angel, Angelus, Drusilla, Ensemble - BtVS
Genres: Action/Adventure, Alternate Reality, Angst, HEA/HFN, Hurt/Comfort, POV, Romance, Slow Burn
Warnings: (Click Here To Reveal) Adult Language, Buffy/Other (Temp), Spike/Other (Temp), Violence
Completed: Yes Chapters: 19 Table of Contents
Word count: 60,552 Hit Count: 2,941 ePub Downloads: 15
Published: 12/20/22 Updated: 03/31/25
Summary: When Spike calls upon a vengeance demon to grant him a wish regarding the Slayer, it comes with... unexpected consequences. Magic always does, right? But now Buffy is invincible, carefree and unemotional, more focused on going out with that cute doctor Ben than protecting her sister, while Spike is bearing all the physical and emotional pain of both Buffy and himself.
 
And Glory's still out there somewhere. 
Banner Art By: honeygirl51885
Categories: Season 5
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Ben Wilkinson, Dawn, Ensemble - BtVS, Glory, Original Characters, Sineya
Genres: Angst, Dark, Fighting, HEA/HFN, Hurt/Comfort, Romance
Warnings: (Click Here To Reveal) Adult Language, Buffy/Other (Temp), Character Death, Other Mental Health Issues, Self-harm, Torture (Emotional/Psychological), Torture (Physical), Violence
Completed: Yes Chapters: 9 Table of Contents
Word count: 45,272 Hit Count: 1,973 ePub Downloads: 41
Published: 01/24/23 Updated: 03/01/25
Summary: Sometimes a tiny drop is all that's needed to ripple into something greater. 
Categories: Season 6, Between Seasons, Episode Rewrite, Vignette
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Ensemble - BtVS
Genres: Action/Adventure, Angst, HEA/HFN, Hurt/Comfort, Lighthearted, Romance, Slow Burn
Warnings: (Click Here To Reveal) Adult Language, Character Death, Other Mental Health Issues, Violence
Completed: Yes Chapters: 27 Table of Contents
Word count: 39,626 Hit Count: 2,736 ePub Downloads: 92
Published: 12/03/24 Updated: 02/06/25
Summary: When Hank Summers makes a surprise request for Dawn, Buffy, and her boyfriend to stay with him for the holidays, Buffy has to scramble to find a Riley replacement. But having to pretend-date Spike isn't even the most awkward thing about this particular Christmas. 
An EF 2024 Secret Santa gift for rkm. 
 
Categories: Season 5, One-Shot
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Dawn, Hank Summers
Genres: Comedy, Fluffy, HEA/HFN, Holiday Fic, Lighthearted, Romance
Warnings: None
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 11,603 Hit Count: 155 ePub Downloads: 6
Published: 12/24/24 Updated: 12/24/24
Summary: Spike is fated to pop up at random moments in Buffy's life, with only a short window of time to guess what she most needs right then. And Buffy's just trying to figure out why she isn't more weirded out by it.
Banner Art By: disco-tea
Categories: Season 2, Season 3, Season 4, Season 5, Season 6, Drabbles, Episode Rewrite, Missing Scene
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Fluffy, HEA/HFN, Hurt/Comfort, Lighthearted, Romance
Warnings: (Click Here To Reveal) Adult Language, Character Death, Violence
Completed: Yes Chapters: 70 Table of Contents
Word count: 48,707 Hit Count: 8,793 ePub Downloads: 79
Published: 07/02/23 Updated: 11/23/24
Summary: "You almost died, that’s what’s happened," Buffy scoffed. "And the fever isn’t helping. And you’re in the wreckage of the Wolfram and Hart med lab, in case you’re wondering."
 
Spike really only registered one part of that. "But vampires don’t get fevers."
 
"I know," she said softly.
 
In this version of BtVS season 8, we will see Xander date a normal girl for once, discover why the Immortal and Buffy entered each other's lives, and answer the age-old question of the Shanshu Propechy. Actually, more than one age-old question about it. And if we could figure out how to not have so many apocalpyses anymore, well, that wouldn't be terrible.
Categories: Post-Series, Crossover (AtS)
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Andrew Wells, Angel, Connor, Dawn, Faith Lehane, Giles, Illyria, Original Characters, Other, Oz, Riley Finn, Tara, The Immortal, Willow, Xander
Genres: Action/Adventure, Dramedy, Fluffy, HEA/HFN, Hurt/Comfort, Plot-driven, Reunion, Romance, Slow Burn
Warnings: (Click Here To Reveal) Buffy/Other (Temp), Character Death, Human!Spike, Violence
Completed: No Chapters: 13 Table of Contents
Word count: 131,323 Hit Count: 7,371 ePub Downloads: 60
Published: 01/11/23 Updated: 10/05/24
Summary: Glory knows who Dawn is, and Buffy needs to get her out of town. And there's only one person strong enough to protect her.
A Gift For: disco-tea
Categories: Season 5
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Dawn, Original Characters
Genres: Angst, Fairytale, Fantasy, Fluffy, Friendship, HEA/HFN, Hurt/Comfort, Road Trip, Slow Burn
Warnings: None
Completed: No Chapters: 4 Table of Contents
Word count: 13,899 Hit Count: 294 ePub Downloads: 6
Published: 09/01/24 Updated: 09/29/24
Summary: She likes him sometimes. 
Banner Art By: scratchmeout
Categories: Season 6, Canon Compliant, Missing Scene
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Angst, Dark, Hurt/Comfort, Romance, Slow Burn
Warnings: (Click Here To Reveal) Adult Language, Other Mental Health Issues, Sexual Situations, Suicidal Ideation/Thoughts, Violence
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 13,208 Hit Count: 118 ePub Downloads: 5
Published: 06/25/24 Updated: 06/25/24
Summary: Spike had found the love of his life, and now she's dead and gone. He keeps texting her anyway.
A Gift For: honeygirl51885
Banner Art By: Claire
Categories: All Human, Alternate Universe
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Anne Pratt, Dawn, Giles, Joyce, Oz, Tara, Willow, Xander
Genres: Angst, HEA/HFN, Hurt/Comfort, Romance, Slow Burn
Warnings: (Click Here To Reveal) Adult Language, Other Mental Health Issues, Spike/Other (Temp), Substance Misuse/Addiction, Suicidal Ideation/Thoughts, Violence
Completed: Yes Chapters: 15 Table of Contents
Word count: 53,603 Hit Count: 1,484 ePub Downloads: 46
Published: 05/04/24 Updated: 05/18/24
Summary: Okay, Buffy. This whole Spike thing is just a glitch in the Matrix. You’re going to put your foot down and tell him once and for all that there is zero chance with you, now or ever in the future. Using threats and imposing glares if you have to.
 
Or, how things might have played out if Buffy had actually confronted Spike about his declarations of love, rather than Drusilla coming in and disrupting things. 
Banner Art By: Lady Emma
Categories: Episode Rewrite, Season 5, Challenge Response
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Drusilla
Genres: HEA/HFN, Hurt/Comfort, Slow Burn
Warnings: (Click Here To Reveal) Adult Language, Character Death
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 14,830 Hit Count: 165 ePub Downloads: 6
Published: 04/28/24 Updated: 04/28/24
Summary: Spike was just as nervous as Buffy when that social worker appeared, and when he offers to help make things right, Buffy is too desperate to say no. Rewrite of "Gone."
Banner Art By: MillennialCryBaby
Categories: Season 6, One-Shot
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Andrew Wells, Ensemble - BtVS, Jonathan Levinson, Warren Mears
Genres: Angst, Fluffy, Friendship, HEA/HFN, Hurt/Comfort, Romance
Warnings: None
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 6,848 Hit Count: 168 ePub Downloads: 7
Published: 04/02/24 Updated: 04/02/24
Summary: He might lose control of the demon within, but he knows she won't let him get loose. 
Series: Walking Through Words
Banner Art By: honeygirl51885
Categories: Season 7, Drabbles, Missing Scene
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Angst, Hurt/Comfort
Warnings: None
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 951 Hit Count: 52 ePub Downloads: 4
Published: 04/01/24 Updated: 04/01/24
Summary: Buffy and Spike are lonely and miserable in LA the summer after Acathla... but when the sun goes down, two other people are living their best lives. Apparently. 
Banner Art By: Double Dutchess
Categories: Season 3, Drabbles
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Angst, Dramedy, Fluffy, HEA/HFN, Hurt/Comfort
Warnings: (Click Here To Reveal) Adult Language, Dubious Consent, Other Mental Health Issues, Warnings Added As Story Progresses
Completed: Yes Chapters: 31 Table of Contents
Word count: 3,100 Hit Count: 3,039 ePub Downloads: 27
Published: 03/01/24 Updated: 03/31/24
Summary: Buffy tries to figure out what she thinks about Spike in the school basement.
Series: Walking Through Words
Banner Art By: honeygirl51885
Categories: One-Shot, Season 7, Canon Compliant, Drabbles
Characters: Buffy
Genres: Angst
Warnings: None
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 999 Hit Count: 53 ePub Downloads: 2
Published: 01/31/24 Updated: 01/31/24
Summary: The Scooby gang is sick and tired of Spike and Buffy being so on edge after the engagement spell, and they have a plan to restore peace to Giles' apartment. 
Series: Bits & Pieces
Banner Art By: honeygirl51885
Categories: Season 4, Drabbles
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Ensemble - BtVS
Genres: Comedy, Fluffy, HEA/HFN, Lighthearted, Romance
Warnings: None
Completed: Yes Chapters: 26 Table of Contents
Word count: 2,600 Hit Count: 2,180 ePub Downloads: 36
Published: 01/01/24 Updated: 01/26/24
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 (Claire!).
Series: Merry Month of Magnus
A Gift For: Magnus374
Banner Art By: Claire
Categories: Season 6, Drabbles, Sunnydale After Dark Debut
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Dawn
Genres: Angst, HEA/HFN, Holiday Fic, Hurt/Comfort, Romance
Warnings: None
Completed: Yes Chapters: 2 Table of Contents
Word count: 1,500 Hit Count: 364 ePub Downloads: 7
Published: 12/12/23 Updated: 12/12/23
Summary: When Dawn and Spike don't think they can go on another day... they have an unexpected visitor. 
Series: In the Depths of October
Banner Art By: disco-tea
Categories: Season 6, Alternate Universe
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Dawn
Genres: Angst, HEA/HFN, Hurt/Comfort
Warnings: (Click Here To Reveal) Character Death, Violence
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 2,187 Hit Count: 134 ePub Downloads: 6
Published: 12/01/23 Updated: 12/01/23
Summary: Spike begs for help at his lowest moment. What is it about Buffy that makes him feel safe?
Banner Art By: disco-tea
Categories: One-Shot, Season 4, Episode Rewrite
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Anya, Giles, Willow, Xander
Genres: Angst, HEA/HFN, Hurt/Comfort
Warnings: (Click Here To Reveal) Violence
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 4,523 Hit Count: 119 ePub Downloads: 8
Published: 11/23/23 Updated: 11/23/23
Summary: Spike and Buffy are actors on a renowned TV show. But there will always be some scenes difficult to film.
Series: In the Depths of October
Banner Art By: disco-tea
Categories: One-Shot, All Human, Alternate Universe
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Angst, HEA/HFN, Hurt/Comfort, Romance
Warnings: None
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 1,642 Hit Count: 160 ePub Downloads: 8
Published: 11/21/23 Updated: 11/21/23