April Fic Recs

[miya_morana]

Here are the fics that I’ve really liked this past month. All of these are complete. Enjoy!

All of these are complete. Enjoy!

Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (2), Harry Potter (2)

Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Title: Pavlov's Spell 
Author: ret_wat
Pairing: Spike/Buffy Summers
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 35,231
Summary:
Canon divergent after Something Blue, where Spike and Buffy somehow become friends and everyone's really weirded out by it.

And sometimes they do the graveyard smash.

 

Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Title: It Never Happened 
Author: Shadowscast
Pairing: Spike/Rupert Giles
Rating: Mature
Word Count: 37,484
Summary:
It's the summer of 2001. Buffy is buried under a stone that says "She saved the world. A lot." Giles and the others are struggling to figure out how to live in a world without her, and how to continue to protect it. An encounter with a strange demon turns Spike into an ordinary human, which complicates matters. Meanwhile, a curious new camera shop has opened up in Sunnydale...

 

Fandom: Harry Potter
Title: Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)
Author: busaikko 
Pairing: Sirius Black/Remus Lupin/Severus Snape
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 26,152
Summary:
AU. In the aftermath of October 31st, 1981, Severus Snape, Remus Lupin, and Sirius Black try to set their differences aside to keep Harry safe.

 

Fandom: Harry Potter
Title: Digging for the Bones 
Author: Paganaidd
Pairing: None
Rating: Teen and Up Audiences
Word Count: 203,178
Summary:
Rather than allowing Harry to stay at Diagon Alley after he blew up Aunt Marge, the Ministry sends Harry back to the Dursleys. Harry returns to school after a terrible summer, to find that he's not the only one with this kind of secret. A student has been killed by his family. New screening measures are put into place by the Ministry: Every student must be given a medical exam and interview to look for child abuse. With Dumbledore facing an inquiry, Snape is entrusted with the task of making sure EVERYONE receives one.

Answer to the "New measures for screening abuse" challenge at Potions and Snitches.

The first chapter contains a character death and the whole story is quite dark. It begins at the beginning of Prisoner of Azkaban and is AU thereafter. Also note: this story is a "Snape is Harry's biological dad" story. This is not supposed to be the central theme of the story, but people have gotten annoyed that I didn't tell them at the beginning.

Another note: There are no pairings in this story, or explicit sexual content. There are, however, mentions of homosexuality. Since there are no pairings, there is no slash content, but if the mere mention of homosexuality offends you, read something else.