Sunnydale After Dark
Penname: violettathepiratequeen
Real Name: Rachel
Member Since: 07/16/22
Last Active: 12/07/23
Membership Status: Member
Skin: Pool Dance

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. There's a lot of media out there that represents poor mental health, and I used to cling to them and feel seen by them... but I think this show is special in the way that it shows it, but doesn't wallow in it. It doesn't embrace the darkness, and it doesn't coddle the weakness, but gives room to feel it and work through it, and then rise above and overcome it, and I never knew how much I was missing that in shows until this one! 

So, I think it's time I take a moment to explain my username, lol! I love the pirate aesthetic and always have, and adding "queen" to that just makes it more epic in my mind BUT that part of the name only exists because I needed something random when I created my A03 account. And since that was the first place I started posting Buffy stories, I didn't want to change it when I moved here. Plus the whole thing flows like "buffythevampireslayer," which I don't hate!

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. I've had wild romps and adventures and just cuddles in bed with characters I've loved for YEARS, and she is the one I fantasize having those experiences, instead of myself. I came up with her when I was 11 years old, and if you see me favoring that number in my stories, that would be why. 

And I wasn't expecting to become known as this, but I absolutely LOVE being called Violetta, or V, or Vi, or whatever other variation you can think of, haha. You guys bring my imagination to life way more than I ever could, and my inner child feels so very loved whenever I read that name! hug

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

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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: 55 ePub Downloads: 2
Published: 11/30/23 Updated: 11/30/23
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: 79 ePub Downloads: 1
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: 64 ePub Downloads: 1
Published: 11/21/23 Updated: 11/21/23
Summary: If Dawn hadn't been in trouble that Halloween night, what would Buffy have said to Spike? Rewrite of "All the Way."
 
FANTABULOUS banner by disco-tea!
Series: In the Depths of October
Banner Art By: disco-tea
Categories: Episode Rewrite, Season 6
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Friendship, HEA/HFN, Slow Burn
Warnings: None
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 1,997 Hit Count: 103 ePub Downloads: 2
Published: 11/20/23 Updated: 11/20/23
Summary: When Spike gets custody of Andrew's camera, he can't resist the temptation to see what's there. 
Series: Walking Through Words
Banner Art By: honeygirl51885
Categories: Missing Scene, Season 7, Canon Compliant, Drabbles
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Fluffy/Comedy, Slow Burn
Warnings: None
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 992 Hit Count: 54 ePub Downloads: 1
Published: 11/14/23 Updated: 11/14/23
Summary: Written for the 25th anniversary of "Welcome to the Hellmouth" and "School Hard." 
Banner Art By: honeygirl51885
Categories: Season 4, Season 6
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Hurt/Comfort
Warnings: None
Completed: Yes Chapters: 2 Table of Contents
Word count: 6,789 Hit Count: 1,022 ePub Downloads: 5
Published: 09/30/22 Updated: 11/13/23
Summary: In the summer following Buffy's death, Willow finds a letter in Spike's crypt that gets her thinking about bringing her best friend back...
Categories: One-Shot, Season 6, Between Seasons, Episode Rewrite
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Willow
Genres: Angst, HEA/HFN, Hurt/Comfort
Warnings: (Click Here To Reveal) Chooses Not to Use Warnings
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 6,871 Hit Count: 64 ePub Downloads: 1
Published: 11/11/23 Updated: 11/11/23
Summary: Missing scenes throughout both shows.
Categories: Season 1, Season 2, Season 3, Season 4, Season 5, Season 6, Season 7, Season 8 (Comic), Season 9 (Comic), Season 10 (Comic), Season 11 (Comic), Season 12 (Comic), Canon Compliant, Crossover (AtS), Episode Rewrite, Missing Scene
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Ensemble - AtS, Ensemble - BtVS
Genres: Romance
Warnings: (Click Here To Reveal) Adult Language, Buffy/Other (Temp), Character Death, Other Mental Health Issues, Spike/Other (Temp), Violence
Completed: Yes Chapters: 171 Table of Contents
Word count: 220,851 Hit Count: 115,784 ePub Downloads: 4
Published: 07/31/22 Updated: 11/10/23
Summary: Dawn is lucky to have a such a doting sister and vampire to take care of her when she's sick, but what happens when she has to return the favor? Post-Chosen AU. 
Series: In the Depths of October
A Gift For: honeygirl51885
Categories: Post-Series
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Dawn
Genres: Alternate Reality, Established Relationship, Fluffy/Comedy, HEA/HFN, Humor, Lighthearted, POV, Romance
Warnings: (Click Here To Reveal) Sexual Situations
Completed: Yes Chapters: 2 Table of Contents
Word count: 7,209 Hit Count: 933 ePub Downloads: 4
Published: 11/11/22 Updated: 11/09/23
Summary: Four-year-old Buffy has an unusual next-door neighbor.
Banner Art By: honeygirl51885
Categories: Alternate Universe
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Joyce
Genres: Baby/Kid, Fluffy/Comedy, HEA/HFN, Lighthearted
Warnings: (Click Here To Reveal) Adult Language
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 3,903 Hit Count: 62 ePub Downloads: 1
Published: 11/08/23 Updated: 11/08/23
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/Comedy, HEA/HFN, Hurt/Comfort, Lighthearted, Romance
Warnings: (Click Here To Reveal) Adult Language, Character Death, Violence
Completed: Yes Chapters: 68 Table of Contents
Word count: 47,691 Hit Count: 6,476 ePub Downloads: 1
Published: 07/02/23 Updated: 10/18/23
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/Comedy, 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: 12 Table of Contents
Word count: 121,244 Hit Count: 4,551 ePub Downloads: 12
Published: 01/11/23 Updated: 10/11/23
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: 2 Table of Contents
Word count: 7,057 Hit Count: 230 ePub Downloads: 1
Published: 09/30/23 Updated: 10/07/23
Summary: He’d gotten his soul back, but that soul belonged to her now.
Categories: Episode Rewrite, Season 7, Drabbles
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Angst, HEA/HFN, Hurt/Comfort
Warnings: None
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 996 Hit Count: 73 ePub Downloads: 2
Published: 08/01/23 Updated: 08/01/23
Summary: It's a tough choice to make. But a Slayer fights for everyone. 
Categories: Post-Series
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Angst, Baby/Kid, HEA/HFN, Hurt/Comfort, Romance
Warnings: (Click Here To Reveal) Adult Language, Attempted Rape, Buffy/Other (Temp), Dubious Consent, Other Mental Health Issues, Torture (Emotional/Psychological), Violence
Completed: Yes Chapters: 3 Table of Contents
Word count: 28,593 Hit Count: 744 ePub Downloads: 2
Published: 06/24/23 Updated: 07/14/23
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?
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: 3 Table of Contents
Word count: 14,260 Hit Count: 601 ePub Downloads: 2
Published: 06/04/23 Updated: 06/20/23
Summary: Three years after leaving Sunnydale, the Scooby gang is back together in LA to celebrate a wedding. With so many familiar faces popping up, how crazy could things get? 
A Gift For: honeygirl51885
Banner Art By: scratchmeout
Categories: Post-Series, One-Shot
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Ensemble - AtS, Ensemble - BtVS
Genres: Established Relationship, Fluffy/Comedy, HEA/HFN, Lighthearted, Romance
Warnings: None
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 8,573 Hit Count: 234 ePub Downloads: 4
Published: 05/18/23 Updated: 05/18/23
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, HEA/HFN, Hurt/Comfort, POV, Romance, Slow Burn
Warnings: (Click Here To Reveal) Adult Language, Buffy/Other (Temp), Spike/Other (Temp), Violence
Completed: No Chapters: 2 Table of Contents
Word count: 5,234 Hit Count: 1,067 ePub Downloads: 1
Published: 12/20/22 Updated: 05/01/23
Summary: The memories were jumping around in her brain; little crickets of thought hopping all over each other as she sat alone in the Bronze.
 
A "Tabula Rasa Kiss" story!
Categories: Season 6, Challenge Response, Missing Scene, One-Shot
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Angst, Romance
Warnings: None
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 2,322 Hit Count: 167 ePub Downloads: 1
Published: 04/29/23 Updated: 04/29/23
Summary: Vernalagnia: A romantic mood brought on by spring. One that even Angel doesn't dare try to get in the middle of. 
Banner Art By: Grief Counseling
Categories: Post-Series, Drabbles
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Angel
Genres: Angst, Fluffy/Comedy, HEA/HFN, Hurt/Comfort, Romance
Warnings: None
Completed: Yes Chapters: 30 Table of Contents
Word count: 3,000 Hit Count: 6,999 ePub Downloads: 2
Published: 04/16/23 Updated: 04/17/23
Summary: Some minutes are harder than others. 
Banner Art By: honeygirl51885
Categories: Season 6, Challenge Response, Drabbles, Episode Rewrite, Sunnydale After Dark Debut
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Ensemble - BtVS
Genres: Angst, HEA/HFN, Hurt/Comfort
Warnings: (Click Here To Reveal) Attempted Suicide, Other Mental Health Issues, Warnings Added As Story Progresses
Completed: Yes Chapters: 31 Table of Contents
Word count: 3,100 Hit Count: 12,043 ePub Downloads: 1
Published: 03/01/23 Updated: 03/30/23
Summary: Buffy contemplates how things are changing between her and Spike. Again
Series: Walking Through Words
Banner Art By: honeygirl51885
Categories: Season 7, Drabbles, Missing Scene
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Willow, Xander
Genres: Angst
Warnings: None
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 999 Hit Count: 347 ePub Downloads: 0
Published: 03/23/23 Updated: 03/23/23
Summary: Buffy makes a wish on a Christmas star, and Spike chooses that moment to waltz into her backyard. Could he somehow be the answer?
Banner Art By: HappyWhenItRains
Categories: Season 5, One-Shot
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Ben Wilkinson, Dawn, Ensemble - BtVS, Glory
Genres: Angst, HEA/HFN, Holiday Fic, Hurt/Comfort, Lighthearted, Romance
Warnings: (Click Here To Reveal) Adult Language, Character Death, Violence
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 12,602 Hit Count: 393 ePub Downloads: 1
Published: 02/15/23 Updated: 02/15/23
Summary: With half of Sunnydale coming down sick, including everyone living under Buffy's roof, and Willow still under the influence of her own magic, Spike gets unwittingly drawn into watching over and taking care of the members of the household.
Banner Art By: disco-tea
Categories: Season 6, Episode Rewrite
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Dawn, Tara, Willow
Genres: Angst, HEA/HFN, Hurt/Comfort
Warnings: None
Completed: Yes Chapters: 3 Table of Contents
Word count: 18,514 Hit Count: 1,465 ePub Downloads: 3
Published: 01/26/23 Updated: 02/08/23
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, Sineya
Genres: Angst, Fighting, HEA/HFN, Hurt/Comfort
Warnings: (Click Here To Reveal) Adult Language, Character Death, Other Mental Health Issues, Torture (Physical), Violence
Completed: No Chapters: 2 Table of Contents
Word count: 9,620 Hit Count: 870 ePub Downloads: 1
Published: 01/24/23 Updated: 02/06/23
Summary: When a prophecy springs up about two vampires having to get married in order to stop the world from ending, Spike and Drusilla seem like the obvious choice. But aren't they off somewhere in Brazil? And how can they really be in love without souls anyway? And why is it that Buffy's slowly starting to grow jealous of Drusilla for having a more attentive boyfriend than Angel ever was to her?

Set in the summer between S3 and S4. 
Categories: Season 4, Between Seasons
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Drusilla, Giles, Original Characters
Genres: Action/Adventure, Angst, Dramedy, HEA/HFN, Hurt/Comfort, Road Trip, Romance, Slow Burn
Warnings: (Click Here To Reveal) Adult Language, Character Death, Spike/Other (Temp)
Completed: No Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 5,903 Hit Count: 104 ePub Downloads: 0
Published: 01/29/23 Updated: 01/29/23
Summary: Even happily ever after has it's ups and downs, but Buffy and Spike wouldn't have it any other way. A year in the life of Spuffy, told in a series of drabbles.
Series: Two Odds Make an Even
Banner Art By: honeygirl51885
Categories: Post-Series, Drabbles
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Dawn
Genres: Angst, HEA/HFN, Hurt/Comfort, Lighthearted, Romance
Warnings: None
Completed: Yes Chapters: 15 Table of Contents
Word count: 1,486 Hit Count: 1,383 ePub Downloads: 0
Published: 01/24/23 Updated: 01/24/23
Summary: Buffy's life doesn't make sense a lot of the time, but when Spike's around, it doesn't seem so bad. A drabble series made from the odd letters of the alphabet. 
Series: Two Odds Make an Even
Banner Art By: honeygirl51885
Categories: Season 1, Season 2, Season 3, Season 4, Season 5, Season 6, Season 7
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Angst, HEA/HFN, Hurt/Comfort, Romance
Warnings: None
Completed: Yes Chapters: 15 Table of Contents
Word count: 3,833 Hit Count: 5,846 ePub Downloads: 0
Published: 01/23/23 Updated: 01/23/23
Summary: He never doubted that she'd save him.
Series: Walking Through Words
Banner Art By: honeygirl51885
Categories: Season 7, Drabbles, Missing Scene
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Angst, HEA/HFN, Hurt/Comfort
Warnings: None
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 993 Hit Count: 414 ePub Downloads: 0
Published: 01/21/23 Updated: 01/21/23
Summary: Buffy thinks that having to spend Christmas watching Spike is the worst thing that could happen to her, but Harmony has a plan to try and test that theory.
 
Banner Art By: irandamay
Categories: Season 4
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Harmony, Joyce
Genres: Fluffy/Comedy, HEA/HFN, Holiday Fic
Warnings: None
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 9,228 Hit Count: 539 ePub Downloads: 2
Published: 12/24/22 Updated: 12/24/22