wesleysgirl

(In case anyone's wondering, I haven't forgotten Cordelia! I consider her an Ats character more than a BtVS one.)

Mumukshutva by Magpie.
Ethan/Giles, NC-17, 31k words. "Suppose you keep the head of a man immersed in water. He will struggle for breath. He will desire intensely to get out of the water so that he can breathe. He will forget everything of this world. His sole concern will be freedom from the water. Such an intense desire for liberation is Mumukshutva."

Smoke by Jane St. Clair. Ethan/Wesley, NC-17.

Feral by Trekker. Ethan/Oz, R.

Five Things That Never Happened to Spike by kita0610. Spike, R.

A Quiet Pint by Klytaimnestra. Spike & Tara.

Miles to Go by Rachel Anton. Spike/Angel, NC-17. There are one hundred and forty-six miles between Sunnydale and Los Angeles, and on the way Spike thinks of one hundred and forty-six reasons he shouldn't be doing this.

Bonus - Puzzles by flaming_muse. Spike/Wesley ficlet.

I was hoping to stick to stories that were set during BtVS (before Angel went to LA) but it was too hard. Here are three stories. It would have been easier to choose thirty.

Strawberry Fields by keelywolfe. Angel/Doyle, NC-17. Such a fantastic pairing, and this story does it so much justice.

Here On Earth by chrisleeoctaves. Angel/Buffy, S3 BtVS, strong R rating.

Aftershocks by flaming june. Angel/Wesley. NC-17.

The Shades of Grey series by Athene. Giles and Spike. Six PG-rated stories in the series.

Grief, Written on Skin by mireille719. Giles/Wesley, Adult, one of many wonderful stories that came out of the watcherlove ficathons. Gorgeous, just like all of Mir's stories.

Why Do You Breathe? and Scar Tissue by savoytruffle. Giles/Xander. Xander in Africa post-Chosen; Giles goes to bring him home.

Starting today, I'm going to try to post a few 'classic' recs each day for the next week. I'm calling them 'classic' in the sense that they were written several years ago or more and because I've recced them in the past. It's my goal to suggest at least some stories that you maybe haven't read before -- but even if they aren't, it's my hope that they'll be ones you enjoy reading again.

Seeing Africa and Showing Sunnydale by huzzlewhat. Xander, post-Chosen, PGish.

Beholder by kimberly_a. Spike/Xander, PG-13. After Xander loses his eye. I love this story so, so much, and the fact that the title is so perfect makes me love it just a little bit more.

In the Bleak Midwinter by annakovsky. Dawn/Xander, PG. I don't see how it could be possible not to love a story that includes the line, They find the baby Jesus in the dumpster behind the local supermarket.