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2006 IWRY Stories
† November 1 Letters By Jo If you’re old enough to watch the show, I guess you’re probably old enough to read this. There’s the odd naughty word and just a smidgin of sex. It’s about Angel and Buffy, and communication, and the Post Office. The Oracles lived under the Post Office, if you recall. † November 2 Pentimento By Lostakasha NC-17 Post-Chosen, Post-NFA, Post-Shanshu. Angel understands worship’s most damaging truth: sometimes prayers are answered, leaving victims in their wake. Winner of Reader's Choice for Best Angst. † November 3 here, not waiting By Regala Electra R Wherein not-ghosts pay many visits, Buffy meets a transdimensional being, a treasure hunt of a sort is begun, a horrible metaphor is invoked, and they meet again. † November 4 Puzzle Pieces By *stars* R AU, all human fic. When Hank Summers suddenly reappears in his daughter’s life, Buffy thinks that all of her dreams were coming true. She is about to find out how wrong she was about that. † November 5 Ever After: Five Fairy Tale Endings By seraphcelene NC17 Love can be as sharp as the point of a knife, as piercing as a sliver of glass. Five fairy tales, Buffy and Angel. † November 6 Facing the Future, Facing the Past By Lee R How does one move on? To embrace his future, Angel must first say goodbye to his past. † November 7 Dreamscape By Leni PG Seven years ago she'd thought she'd burn and never ask for anything else if only she could enjoy a moment like this. † November 8 What is Forever? By married_n_mich aka smiling NC-17 Buffy’s having a hard time since her mother’s death and only one person can help her through it. † November 9 Reflections By Ares G A chance encounter? † November 10 Talk Like Lions By WesleysGirl NC-17 It's Buffy's turn to remind Angel how to be strong. Winner of the Reader's Choice for Drama † November 11 Intermezzo By Maren PG Intermezzo: a short dramatic, musical, or other entertainment of light character, introduced between the acts of a drama or opera. Winner of the Reader's Choice for Best Happily Ever After † November 12 Gods and Monsters By Lamia Archer NC 17 A really weird morning after leads Buffy into a world where her wildest dreams can come true, until - as usual - it turns out that things are not always as they seem. Winner of Reader's Choice for Best Romance and Best Overall Story † November 13 As Dark Things are Loved By Redbrickrose PG The thing about circles is they come back around. Winner of Reader's Choice for Best Overall Story. † November 14 Persistence of Memory By Tesla NC-17 Even if Angel hadn't lost his soul, people would have died in Sunnydale † November 15 Four Times Buffy Saved Angel’s Life (and One Time She Couldn’t) By semby PG If she had the choice, she’d save him every time. † November 16 Their Love Will Never Fade Away By angels_terra NC-17 Angel gets a vision. † November 17 Aestus By Snow NC 17 What if Wolfram and Hart had brought back Buffy instead of Darla? † November 18 What We Do By Ares NC 17 There are few rewards in this new reality. † November 19 It Had To Be You By biggrstaffbunch R Just because they're both human now, doesn't mean they're automatically gonna get a happy ending. Three seasons, three sides of the Shanshu-ever-after. † November 20 With Wings By Jo/Canadiangirl_86 PG There are some things even a 250-year old former vampire is afraid of. † November 21 A Sorta Fairytale By Rachel R A semi-chance meeting, because really, when was anything ever chance with them? † November 22 Same Time, Next Year By Emma Grant NC-17 for explicit m/f sex Angel goes to San Francisco after Cordelia has a vision that Buffy is in danger there, but he finds more trouble than he'd bargained for. (Set after the end of BtVS S4 and AtS S1, just after Restless and To Shanshu in LA. † November 23 Out of Time By Dark Star R Who knows what the future holds? † November 24 After the End By violaclaire PG The B/A meeting post-Flooded/Carpe Noctom. † November 25 Serendipity By Spiralleds G The shanshu doesn't make things any simpler. Sometimes you need serendipity. (Post-Chosen and Not Fade Away) † November 26 A Place in Hell By Laure R Willow didn't give Angel his soul back and when Buffy stabbed him with the sword, something very different happened to both of them. † November 27 City in the Sun By Denny NC 17 Post-Chosen, Post-NFA. Buffy celebrates a special day by remembering a good day. † November 28 What Am I To You By A2Zmom NC-17 When Angel unexpectedtly shows up at Buffy's door, she realizes how little she knows him and wonders if she ever did. Winner of Reader's Choice for Best Overall Story. † November 29 Conceit(s) By tkp NC-17 Used to be "5 Ways B/A Never Shagged", but Spike decided to make it eponymous. B/A, with a heavy B/A/S at the end. † November 30 Happily Ever After By Lynne PG Angel goes home again † Bonus Fic Dead Letter Office By Jo G It’s about Angel and Buffy, and communication, and the Post Office. The Oracles lived under the Post Office, if you recall. That was what I said about ‘Letters’, and it holds good for this, too. But this is different. Maybe 50 years after Not Fade Away. In this dimension, anyway † Twilight By Chrislee NC-17 Buffy is never far from her past. But eventually she must let it go |