This section deals with my fanfictions that don't center on comedy as their main focus. That doesn't necessarily mean these end tragically or are angsty or dark, although there are some of those in here. Some of them even, hopefully, have funny moments.
Absolution
Rating: PG
A Drusilla piece set around 1900. Rather melancholy.
Rating: FRT
Wesley has sent Giles a most interesting set of books. Crossover with Firefly and Serenity.
Rating: G
Set after The Body. Angel arrives to help Buffy and Dawn.
Rating: PG
Willow and Xander’s betrayal has left Oz feeling hollow. Giles won’t stand for it.
Rating: G
Thirteenth in the Jewel Box series. Dawn reflects on why she started stealing and why she's doing it again in season six.
Rating: G
Willow returns to a place from her childhood to help her through a time of grief. Set after The Gift.
Rating: R (for the series)
The second in The Quartet. Abigail's life has not turned out as her father planned.
Rating: R (for the series)
The third in The Quartet. A look at what happened after the Worthshires.
Rating: R (for the series)
The first in The Quartet. The story begins.
Rating: R (for the series)
The fifth in the Quartet. One trap can lead to another.
Rating: R (for the series)
Sixth in The Quartet. The New World is the setting of a completely new life for Sarah, but not the one she envisioned. Things will never be the same.
Rating: R (for the series)
The fourth in the Quartet. Venus must live with the consequences of her choice.
Rating: R (for the series)
The seventh in the Quartet. Returning to England as a vampire, the tables have turned for the girl who was once Sarah.
Rating: FRM
Doyle hadn't really wanted to stop in Oxnard, but by the time he left, he was glad he had.
Rating: PG-13
An injured Angel is protected by Wesley, but who will protect Wesley from himself?
Rating: G
Giles explores the Mayor’s home in the aftermath of Graduation Day.
Rating: G
Seventh in the Jewel Box series. An impoverished William ponders what he can give his beloved.
Rating: PG
Drusilla is trapped, but she doesn’t know where or by whom.
Rating: PG-13
Spike looks at Drusilla and sees a million things: some that he loves, some that he hates, and some that he fears.
Rating: G
Eleventh in the Jewel Box series. Lilah has angered the Senior Partners and awaits her punishment.
Rating: FRT
Before she leaves for the University of Sunnydale, Tara stops to see a fortune teller but learns more than she bargained for.
Rating: PG
I don't like Hank. After the events of season five, I'm betting Angel doesn't either.
Rating: PG-13
It's 1885 in Venice. William, tired of Angelus and his rules, rebels. The repercussions last far longer than anyone could have expected.
Rating: soft R
During season 2 of Angel, one of Cordelia’s shopping excursion ends in a way she did not expect.
Rating: G
A 500-word look at Gunn's current moral plight in season 5. There's something unusual about this fic...
Rating: FRT
In the aftermath of Angelus’s departure, Drusilla fall to pieces.
Rating: PG
After Empty Places in season seven, Buffy is left with nothing but one ally.
Rating: FRT
The Mayor needs to clean up a little accident and bumps into the new Englishman in town.
Rating: G
In all the sadness from Illyria's arrival, someone has been left behind. He's not forgotten, though.
Rating: G
Fifth in the Jewel Box series. A young Wesley is confronted with what his life will be like.
Rating: G
Eighteenth in the Jewel Box series. Set just after the events of "Doppelgangerland," Oz finds his voice.
Rating: FRT In the aftermath of “Not Fade Away,” Angel is left reeling. His steadying force comes from the last person he expected.
The Enemy Within
Rating: R
After the events of “Not Fade Away,” Spike is sent to England to take care of Dawn, but not in the way he once did.
Rating: PG
Buffy and Angel meet again... finally.
Rating: PG
Draco visits his father's menagerie. BtVS/Harry Potter crossover.
Rating: PG
After the Deeper Well, Spike and Angel still face a long plane flight back to L.A.
Rating: PG
Ninth in the Jewel Box series. Before Sunnydale, Faith experiences a moment of balance and power.
Rating: PG-13
As Lindsey drives away from L.A., he knows he will be drawn back again. Angel/Lindsey
Rating: G
Fourteenth in the Jewel Box series. After Xander takes back his necklace in "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered," Cordelia decides she never like it.
Rating: G
Seventeenth in the Jewel Box series. In the summer after season two, Fred's fears of Pylea haunt her.
Rating: PG
A year after the events of "Chosen," there have been a lot of changes, but some things remain the same.
Rating: PG
Willow goes through a wrenching loss, and, surprisingly, Spike is the one to help her through it.
Rating: R
Angel reacts to the return of Spike. A/S slash... which could be a sign of an apocolypse coming from me.
Rating: G
A sequel to "The Other Side," of sorts. Spike has helped save the world and has earned a bit of rest, but it seems that other plans are in store for him.
Rating: G
The Mayor recalls who he cares about the most.
Rating: PG
Sixteenth in the Jewel Box series. As a special day rolls around, the Mayor spends time with an old companion.
Rating: PG
"Longing," a Firefly Simon/Kaylee ficlet, and "The Moment I Forgot about Kermit," a Miss Piggy/Puppet!Angel ficlet, both inspired by Livejournal icons.
Rating: R
Owen meets a fellow booklover after Buffy dumps him.
Rating: FRT
Five years after Sunnydale, Willow sees a familiar face.
Rating: PG
Willow's magic backfires yet again, and this time she decides it would be better if she left Sunnydale. Someone else has other ideas. Eight chapters and complete.
Rating: PG
Gotham is full of interesting people. One of them just happens to be dead. Joker/Drusilla (Dark Knight xover)
Rating: PG
Twenty-fifth in the Jewel Box series. Kate experiences the guilt and grief of the death of her dreams. Kate, jewelry, haunted.
Rating: PG
In a room in the future, minds drift and meld, false is true, and things are never what they seem. Crossover with Firefly.
Rating: PG
Twenty-third in the Jewel Box series. Willow treasures a secret birthday gift from season four.
Rating: G
Human grow old, die, and move on, but vampires remain. A portrait of Spike many years from now. Warning: character death.
Rating: PG
Cordelia comes to Faith to tell her that Buffy has died and to bring her a parting gift.
Rating: G
Willow's spell in Chosen left a few unanswered questions. What was actually happening there?
Rating: FRT
Gunn survives with the help of someone like him. Gunn/Oz.
Rating: G
When someone is lost, finding him again can prove to be very dangerous for the seeker.
Rating: G
Third in the Jewel Box series. Giles remembers a lost love.
Rating: PG
Drusilla and Spike take a trip abroad to a most unusual place where Drusilla sees the outcome of not one romance, but two. Crossover with Labyrinth.
Rating: PG
It's Christmas Eve in London, 1859. Two outcasts wind up spending the evening together.
Rating: G
Eight in the Jewel Box series. This fic attempts to explain Riley's rather unusual moniker. Caution: Not a bashing fic.
Rating: G
Angel has just moved into the Hyperion and spends some time in the courtyard, remembering what it's like to be loved. This is my take on why there's jasmine in his garden.
Rating: PG-13
After Oz leaves Sunnydale for the second time, his path crosses with an unlikely traveler.
Rating: PG
Willow takes time to remember Tara on a very ordinary day.
Rating: PG
Takes place immediately following the events of Intervention. I didn't like the idea of Spike being left alone and hurt after what he'd done, so someone comes to help him.
Rating: PG
Drusilla returns to London feeling alone, outdated, and obsolete.
Rating: PG
Twelfth in the Jewel Box series. Lindsey faces yet another obstacle to achieving what he wants.
Rating: PG-13
When he falls into Drusilla's snare, Steven's life will never be the same again.
Rating: PG
Fred is attempting to give Spike a corporeal body in season 5 of Angel, but things go extremely wrong… or is it extremely right?
Rating: PG
Fourth in the Jewel Box series. Drusilla waits to receive a gift from Angelus.
Rating: soft R
Lindsey needs a little help, and Wesley has a problem on his hands.
Rating: PG-13
Darla, Spike, Angel, and Drusilla answer a few questions about themselves.
Rating: G
Sixth in the Jewel Box series. Tara is on her way to UC Sunnydale and reflects on her life.
Rating: R
After “Crush,” Spike has a change of heart and goes to L.A. to rejoin his old family.
Rating: G
After Buffy’s flight from Sunnydale at the end of season 2, she finds herself working as a waitress, but the fate that awaits is still lurking in the background.
Rating: PG
Angel receives a letter from the last person he'd ever expect.
Rating: PG-13
Fifteenth in the Jewel Box series. Set around 1910, Darla's life has changed, but the past still calls to her.
Rating: PG-13
Angel is struck by how fitting the dominant setting of his life has been.
Rating: R, for general creepiness
Angelus answers a few questions for the Watchers Council.
Rating: PG-13
Drusilla answers a few questions about her life.
Rating: PG-13
Spike lets the new Watchers Council in on some of what makes him tick.
Rating: PG
Giles is hovering on the brink of a precipice he wants to fall into. Cordy give him a shove.
Rating: PG
Takes place following Help. Spike asked someone to site with him. This is my take on what might happen. Seven chapters and complete.
Rating: PG
Poor William always had trouble with the ladies. A Spike/Dru fic, quite on the mushy side.
Rating: PG
Willow’s recuperation in England doesn’t go according to plan when she begins to hear voices.
Rating: PG
First in the Jewel Box series. When Xander is least expecting it, he is reminded of what was and what might have been.
Rating: G
In season five, Spike finally gets the chance to smash the Scooby gang once and for all. Will he? If you said yes, get some freaking holiday spirit already!
Rating: G
Twenty-first in the Jewel Box series. Lorne gets ready for another happy, lovable day as himself... or does he?
Rating: PG-13
Buffy jumped through the portal and died, but what happened to her next? Twenty-one chapters and complete.
Rating: R
Drusilla and Spike have set up their happy little home in the Swiss Alps, but an evening stroll leads to an unforgettable evening of murder, nudity, and other vampiric delights.
Rating: G
Joyce is a lady in distress. Her knight just happens to be armed with a plunger.
Rating: FRM
Spike get a lot more than he bargained for with the amulet. xover with Lord of the Rings, Spike/Legolas
Rating: PG-13
This is a multi-character reflection on the last scene from End of Days.
Rating: PG
River still needs guidance after the events of Serenity, so Simon takes her to see a specialist.
Rating: PG
In the aftermath of his soul's restoration, William is guilt-ridden. How will he cope?
Rating: FRT A pairing and a crisis draw together two souls in turmoil. Angel/Oz.
Unmatched
Rating: PG
Twenty-second in the Jewel Box series. Buffy reflects on the many different ways her life has been pierced.
Rating: PG
Second in the Jewel Box series. Spike finally finds the perfect gift for his princess.
Rating: G
Tenth in the Jewel Box series. In the summer between seasons two and three, Joyce is left alone with her guilt.
Rating: PG-13 for some innuendo
Cordelia was always good at getting information, but Angel never learned not to listen at doors. Wes/Angel
Rating: PG
Buffy's attitude towards Spike is given a major jolt when she receives a parcel that makes her confront her worst fears about him.
Rating: PG
When Drusilla killed Kendra, what did the Slayer see in those eyes?
Rating: PG
Twentieth in the Jewel Box series. Anya can't sleep, and she remembers what her life once was.
Rating: Nothing too objectionable
Twenty-sixth and final in the Jewel Box series. At the end of the nineteenth century, Angelus enjoys an evening in Paris.
Rating: G
Twenty-fourth in the Jewel Box series. Kendra has some unforeseen and unsettling experiences in Sunnysale.
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