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2008 IWRY Stories
† November 1 Night Time is the Right Time By married_n_mich PG As Buffy teams up with Faith to find other slayers, she starts dreaming about Angel. One or two dreams were no big deal in her opinion, but when they start happening more often? And then someone else from her past enters the picture to tell her she’s on the wrong track, what is a slayer to do? Winner of Reader's Choice Best Happily-Ever-After † November 2 In Sunshine or In Shadow By Spiralleds PG13 The pipes, the pipes are calling/ From glen to glen, and down the mountain side/ The summer's gone, and all the flowers are dying/ 'Tis you, 'tis you must go and I must bide. † November 3 Of Dragons and Vampires By Moscow Watcher PG. What if Willow couldn't bring Buffy back from her catatonic state in The Weight of the World? What if Buffy slept through a regularly scheduled apocalypse? † November 4 and every breath we drew was (hallelujah) By biggrstaffbunch Hard R I did my best, it wasn't much/I couldn't feel so I learned to touch/I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool you. Angel, Buffy, and reunion. Happy endings don't come easy. Sometimes they don't come at all. Five times our star-cross'd lovers never made it to their final act. Winner of Reader's Choice Best Angst Winner of Reader's Choice Best Overall Story † November 5 Gamble on Destiny By Leni PG-13. If you watched ‘The Wish’, you’re good to go. Suppose Angel avoided getting staked, and then managed to save Buffy from the Master. The story starts an hour after the worst of the battle has passed. Winner of Reader's Choice Best Overall Story † November 6 What's Cooking? By Lee PG-13 Angel has a new crush and it isn’t Buffy. Winner of Reader's Choice Best Romance Winner of Reader's Choice Best Overall Story † November 7 On the Road to Somewhere By clevermonikerr R Angel experiences some changes after he leaves the monastery, and finds new life on more ways than one. AU from Heartthrob. † November 8 Intent By Ares PG13 for violence Some say the road to hell is paved with good intentions. What about the bad? Can evil intentions bring about some good? † November 9 Weighing Each Link of the Chain By quirkytaverna G Whistler brings the big moments and the big decisions. Buffy is surprised to see him. † November 10 I Can't Stop Loving You By angelus2hot PG13 Angel reclaims his soul mate. † November 11 Always & Forever By Aaronlisa PG Angel & Buffy share a love that's eternal. † November 12 The Burning Girl By Trixen R Thou shalt not suffer a slayer to live. Winner of Reader's Choice Best Drama † November 13 Here, Instead of Other Theres By landrews PG Angel's madness is destroying him. His family tries to help him. † November 14 Saved the World, But I Never Saved You By thenyxie R There are some things in life you never get over. This is one of them. † November 15 Oblivion By Dark Star PG What do you do when your heart is broken? Takes place between Becoming (part 2) and Anne. † November 16 A Life in Hell By Laure R, language, hints of sex Buffy and Angelus have been living on her estate in Hell in peace and solitude until she receives a summons from the King of Hell that she can't ignore. † November 17 Capturing the Moment By Bruttimabuoni R Thirty precious seconds just before the start of Innocence. Approximately 29 seconds before, in fact. † November 18 No Romeo and Juliet By bringthewonder PG The aftermath of Buffy's death and resurrection. † November 19 Persistence of Memory By tkp R Angel thinks turning back the day he turned human (in the episode “I Will Remember You”) is one of the best things he ever did. These are the other things. † November 20 A Brief History of Time (A Love Story) By Lamia Archer R Now she realizes that, had they never met, she wouldn't be. She'd be some other girl, some other Buffy. † November 21 Fire & Thirst By Starryseed PG 13 Angel's sanity slowly slips away after Buffy sends him to hell. When he returns to Sunnydale, there's no promises that he'll be okay anytime soon. † November 22 5 Times it didn’t work out and 1 Time it did By Bashipforever PG Easy wasn’t in the equation for them. It never had been. † November 23 A Second Surprise By Zoe/baffae PG “The part of the end of the night [morning] where we say goodbye, it’s getting harder.” † November 24 Be Careful What You Wish For By annegables PG Spike makes a wish that has unusual consequences. † November 25 Off Route 17 By ClawofCat R Something stable, something familiar. She needs that. She needs land and not water. † November 26 Angel, After By Lostakasha G Seasons and centuries pass, but Angel’s devotion to Buffy remains. † November 27 Set Your Hope On Fire By Regala Electra PG-13 In her dreams, she brings the First Slayer out of the desert. † November 28 You Ain't Goin Nowhere By clevermonikerr R Buffy finds Angel in Chicago, and realizes that they’re still the same. † November 29 Photograph By Jo PG The Bachelor Party is the episode immediately prior to I Will Remember You. Leafing through a book on Angel’s desk, Doyle finds a photograph. This story explores what Angel might have been remembering, before Doyle came into the office. † November 30 I Was Lost By a2zmom PG Angel wakes up in alley with no memory of anything that happened once he was resouled. Somehow, he needs to make sense of his life. Uses some elements of the AtS comic After the Fall, although knowledge of that story is completely unnecessary. † Bonus Fic
La Mariée By Maren NC 17 If all the things that made you who you are disappeared, would you still exist? † Crash Into Me By landrews PG A ghost asserts herself to get what she needs from Buffy and Angel. † Unraveling By chrislee PG Sometimes you have no choice but to say goodbye. † |