As promised: Spuffy schmoop!

This fic is for jamalov29! You see it was inspired by a picture by mad_brilliant in this post (which will show up in the story, don’t worry)... At first it was supposed to be just a drabble, but that quickly went out of the window. Then I thought it’d be neat if I could make it 1000 words exactly, going with the saying that ‘a picture is a thousand words’. Well that didn’t quite work out either... (word count is approx 3100 words). Anyway, that’s where the bizarre title comes from.

Title: A Picture is a Thousand Words... (or you know, a lot more.)
Pairing: Spike/Buffy.
Setting & Summary: Spike shanshued post-NFA. It is now 2017 and his and Buffy’s 10th wedding anniversary.
Warnings: Excessive schmoop. Seriously - proceed at own risk! That said, I have tried to ground the story in reality, but what with it being a hopelessly romantic anniversary and written for this particular lady, I figured holding back would be pointless.
Rating: U.
Author’s Notes: I am a total geek. So I calculated Spike’s age. Setting his birthyear as 1853 would make him 27 when he was sired. Turning human again in 2004 would make him 40 come 2017. (Buffy is 36.) Also I’ve never really written shanshued!Spike before - I hope he comes across as suitably Spike-like. He’s hard to keep in character when human.
Beta: The ever-wonderful kathyh. (I kept editing. Any mistakes are mine!)
Disclaimer: I do not own these characters, I just play with them.
Feedback: Please, please, please? *begs* It's been *forever* since I posted fic...
Dedication: Dear Caroline. I think you’ll like this, even with the total absence of smut. And you never know, I might just write some one day...


( Schmoopy Spuffy this way... )

As promised: Spuffy schmoop!

This fic is for jamalov29! You see it was inspired by a picture by mad_brilliant in this post (which will show up in the story, don’t worry)... At first it was supposed to be just a drabble, but that quickly went out of the window. Then I thought it’d be neat if I could make it 1000 words exactly, going with the saying that ‘a picture is a thousand words’. Well that didn’t quite work out either... (word count is approx 3100 words). Anyway, that’s where the bizarre title comes from.

Title: A Picture is a Thousand Words... (or you know, a lot more.)
Pairing: Spike/Buffy.
Setting & Summary: Spike shanshued post-NFA. It is now 2017 and his and Buffy’s 10th wedding anniversary.
Warnings: Excessive schmoop. Seriously - proceed at own risk! That said, I have tried to ground the story in reality, but what with it being a hopelessly romantic anniversary and written for this particular lady, I figured holding back would be pointless.
Rating: U.
Author’s Notes: I am a total geek. So I calculated Spike’s age. Setting his birthyear as 1853 would make him 27 when he was sired. Turning human again in 2004 would make him 40 come 2017. (Buffy is 36.) Also I’ve never really written shanshued!Spike before - I hope he comes across as suitably Spike-like. He’s hard to keep in character when human.
Beta: The ever-wonderful kathyh. (I kept editing. Any mistakes are mine!)
Disclaimer: I do not own these characters, I just play with them.
Feedback: Please, please, please? *begs* It's been *forever* since I posted fic...
Dedication: Dear Caroline. I think you’ll like this, even with the total absence of smut. And you never know, I might just write some one day...


( Schmoopy Spuffy this way... )