These are some of my favorites and must-reads that take place in season 5 of the show.

 

 

 

After Glory

~  Author: Slaymesoftly

    Summary: What might have happened after Glory tortured Spike - if Buffy'd been a little more grateful.....

        Rated:  PG-13

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Black The Sun

~  Author: Ellie 

    Summary: On the eve of a solar eclipse, an exotic baddie needs the blood of a vampire - and Spike just drew the short straw.

        Rated:  R/NC-17

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Charms of the Clarion

~  Author:  Eurydice

    Summary: When the Council approaches Buffy with an offer she can't refuse, she finds herself in another world, with Spike as her necessary partner. Set early Season 5.

        Rated:  NC-17

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Checkers

~  Author: Anne Rose 

    Summary:  Follow-up to Intervention (the Buffybot episode). What happened after Buffy left Spike's crypt?

        Rated:  PG-13

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Cherish the Day

~  Authors: Hilary and Richess

    Summary: Buffy gets sent back in time. A Buffy/William ship. Set after Intervention

        Rated:  PG-13

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Dialogue of Self and Soul

~  Author: Isabelle 

    Summary: Story set after "Blood Ties". S/B. While fighting a demon Spike and Buffy are injured and their blood mixes with the demon's. The next morning they can communicate with each other mentally. They have been linked.

        Rated:  NC-17

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English Patient, The

~  Author: Pipergirl 

    Summary: After making a promise in the heat of the moment, Buffy finds herself stuck at home, on a long weekend, having to play nursemaid to a sick Spike.

        Rated:  NC-17

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Fly Me To the Moon 

~  Author: Peta

    Summary: Set during Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 5. AU After Crush. Spike decides to return to LA with Drusilla after Buffy rejects him, leaving the Slayer bereft and sending Spike down a spiral of self-discovery that he's not the vampire he once was.

        Rated:  NC-17

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Future Written in Blood

~  Author: MadRog 

    Summary: Tainted blood sets off a chain reaction of events. Ready for a snarky Spike and spunky Slayer? This story includes season 5 with a few of my own alterations and continues from there. (But, no, it is not the typical post-Gift fic.)

        Rated:  NC-17

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Hoping's Very Fears

~  Author: Enigmaticblue

    Summary: First story in The Blood of the Victims Series. Spike tries to do Buffy a favor and gets himself cursed in the process. Can Buffy and the Scoobies accept the changes he's undergone? And what are they going to do about Glory?

        Rated:  PG-13

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Hot Chocolate

~  Author: Juliatheyounger 

    Summary: Spike, Buffy, sex. What? You want a plot? OK, Spike and Buffy spend some quality time fighting a child snatching snot monster

        Rated:  R

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Hunt, The

~  Author: Eurydice

    Summary: Buffy is forced to seek asylum with Spike when a new enemy targets her. Set mid-Season 5, Joyce is still alive, and Spike hasn't told Buffy about his feelings yet.

        Rated:  NC-17

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Illuminati, The

~  Author: Kaz 

    Summary: Sequel to 'Getting Pumped'. Takes place 2 years after B/S that night--Buffy searches out and finds Spike...only he's very different.

        Rated:  NC-17

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Journeys  *Unfinished*

~  Author: Mary 

    Summary: Picking up shortly after the events of "The Gift", this is my version of Spike's journey. Buffy/Spike (of course) with emphasis on Spike/Dawn friendship, and other relationships that help shape Spike's life, and move him along that redemption road.

        Rated:  NC-17

            Promise to a Lady

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            Awakenings

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            Revelations  *Draft Version*

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Just for Tonight?

~  Author: Dolally

    Summary: S/B post The Body/Forever - But Buffy hasn't seen Spike since Lover's Walk so no pesky chip.

        Rated:  R

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Love, Give, Forgive

~  Author: Cody 

    Summary: Buffy/Spike. A little post-"Intervention" hurt/comfort.

        Rated:  NC-17

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Love is Blind 

~  Author: Avalon 

     Summary: When Buffy is blinded, Spike, of all people, becomes her only hope.

        Rated:  NC-17

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Not Beneath Me

~  Author: ~*~Tasha~*~

    Summary: What if Buffy hadn't kept completely silent when Spike sat down next to her? What if she had asked him to stay and opened up to him, even a little? How will her friends react? What will Riley do when Buffy breaks up with him? Will Spike being around effect things with Dawn and Joyce? This story follows as parallel to Season 5 as possible until the end of the season.

        Rated:  NC-17

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Of Fact Or Fiction

~  Author: Angeline 

    Summary:  A Post-Intervention fic where Buffy & Spike get tossed in an alternate world while the Scooby Gang can only read what's going on

        Rated:  NC-17

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Ostara Project, The

~  Author: Kismet

    Summary: The Initiative has shut down, Riley is gone, and Spike and the Slayer are getting closer. But their lives are never safe, and the arrival of a black ops team puts them both in jeopardy. A crossover with Le Femme Nikita - even if you never watched the show, read this series!

        Rated:  NC-17

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Out of My Head 

~  Author: AJ Hofacre 

    Summary: Ever wonder how things might've gone if Spike HAD gotten the chip out in "Out of My Mind?" Well he's definitely chip free now... but that doesn't mean the bloodsucker isn't Buffy-whipped.

        Rated:  NC-17

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Origins Series  *Unfinished*

~  Author: Ripe Wicked Plum 

    Summary: Set Post-"The Body." Spike moves in with Buffy and forms a family along with Dawn while the entire gang has to face Glory.

        Rated:  G - NC-17

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Pirate's Life for Me, A 

~  Author: Addie Logan

    Summary: As the Slayer, Buffy Summers is certain she hates the vampire Spike. But when an enchanted book pulls her into a world where she's Lady Elizabeth Summers, trapped on the ship of famed pirate William the Bloody, things start to look a little different… (Set in Season 5)

        Rated:  NC-17

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Protection

~  Author: Lucy Van Pelt 

    Summary: After the death of her mother, Buffy prevails on Spike to help protect Dawn from Glory. The implications of this request prove too much for Buffy to realize, and too much for Spike to resist.

        Rated:  NC-17

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Restitution 

~  Author: Limerickgirl

    Summary: Set at the end of Season Five during 'The Gift', only Buffy doesn't have to jump... swerves off in a whole new direction from that point. Spike feels a tremendous amount of failure. The beginning is a painful look at Spike's lament for himself, Dawn and Buffy. Despite the outcome, despite the fact that everyone is safe, he loses in that horrendous fall to the earth the one thing that drove him day in and day out... hope. Will Buffy help him find it again?

        Rated:  NC-17

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Sideways Shanshu

~  Author: HLynn 

    Summary: Picks up right where The Body left off, and continues from there. Buffy has to try and deal with the aftermath, and it's just then that Glory decides to push things into overdrive. S/B.

        Rated:  PG-13

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To Make Much of Time 

~  Author: Ellie 

    Summary: The forces of Good and Evil are balancing the books. The threat of a new Armageddon is keeping the Scoobies busy, but Buffy has other things on her mind...The Sequel to Black the Sun

        Rated:  NC-17

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Tunnel Series, The

~  Author: Once Bitten Spike

    Summary: This series begins with Buffy is still in 'denial' of her true feelings for Spike,  and then things begin to change, and naturally Xander and Giles aren't too happy about it, Willow and Tara are ok with it, Joyce is very fond of our little Spike, Dawn is crazy about as usual, and is eager to help him, and Spike's chip is de-activated at some point so he's un-neutered but behaving like a lamb . . .

        Rated:  NC-17

            The Light at the End of The Very Long Tunnel

            The Tunnel Just Got Longer   

            Tunnel Blockage

            Digging Out of the Tunnel

            Tunnel Vision

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Weathered 

~  Author: Winter 

    Summary: AU S/5. Buffy and Spike are kidnapped to fulfill a prophecy.

        Rated:  PG-13

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When Eternity Lies in the Balance

~  Author: Tracy

    Summary: Buffy's sacrifice has consequences, grave consequences, and the Powers That Be are left with little choice but to seek help from an outside source to set things right - a source that should be willing to do anything to get Buffy back.  Problem is, their source, Spike, doesn't work and play well with others, and when he finds out what needs to be done, the Big Bad is none too pleased. 

        Rated:  NC-17

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Whispers in the Dark

~  Author: Ashlee

    Summary: Battling a demon on a routine patrol one night, Buffy is seriously injured. When Giles realizes the full extent of the damage, he knows there is only one person who can help her get back to the Slayer she used to be.

        Rated:  NC-17

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With a Little Help

~  Author: MadRog

    Summary: Season 5 AU, starting after Spike and Harmony try to get the chip out of his head (towards the end of Out of My Mind), but Spike has not had any sexual dreams about Buffy…yet. One night, Buffy’s patrol turns out a little differently than expected - with some help. B/S!!!

        Rated:  NC-17

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