So the deadline to post for the lynnevitational was yesterday. And I'm not ready. *sigh* I still need to email Lynne. But I'd thought I'd post some excerpts of this fic that's kicking my ass. Mostly gen. And about fathers. Boring, yeah, I know. *g*

( Connor takes a long drag, breathes it out long and slow, runs his free hand through his hair. Blood in his nails. The way dad looked at him as he leapt at that buck, bullet wound non-lethal in its flank, pulled its head back and slit its throat, bringing it down. Not exactly something you learn in boy scouts. )

I'm behind in comments. Always. But I'll get to them, really! *feels guilt*

So today is Snow's (sweptawaybayou) birthday and those wonderful sneaky people known as lostakasha and tabaqui set up a birthday comm for her, its_snow_day. There's some GREAT contributions over there--fic, pic spam, all sorts of things. Go and take a gander.

Well, anyway, here's my contribution.

Title: Different Day
Author: Romany
Fandom: AtS
Pairing: Angelus/Lindsey, Angel/Spike
Rating: Teen, PG-13
Length: 815 words
Spoilers: post NFA
Warnings: slash, no porn (sorry!)
Disclaimer: Not mine, seriously. All belongs to Joss and ME.

Summary: Some things are worse than death. Lindsey can handle it.


( When he closes his eyes, he feels rage, disappointment. Blood in his mouth. And when he opens them, it's the same damn thing. Same shit, different day. Blood in his mouth. )

I was going to do the "quote your own fic" meme, but decided to post a Jossverse snippet instead.

Title: Sides of the Bed.
Author: Romany
Pairing: Angel/Spike
Rating: Teen, PG-13
Fandom: AtS
Length: 802 words
Spoilers: AtS S5, no specific spoilers
Warnings: slash, my own sense of humor, peculiar domesticity.
Disclaimer: Not mine, seriously. All belongs to Joss and ME.
Summary: Spike tries to prove a point, bickering ensues.

( And Angel just looked at him, even in the dim light so luminous. How had it come to this? Spike's soggy and dog-earred paperbacks littering the floor here, Angel's immaculate shaving kit underneath the chipped vanity over there. They even had sides of the bed now. )

Title: Five Years Later at a Holiday Inn
Author: Romany
Pairing: Angel/Connor; A/S, Connor/Faith, Connor/Faith/Buffy implied
Rating: Adult
Length: 1,636 words
Spoilers: post-NFA
Warnings: slash, incest--seriously, I do not shy away from it here.
Disclaimer: All belongs to Joss, ME and such; all for fun, not for profit.
A/N: written for stoney321, whose birthday is today.

( Why'd you have to grow up to be like him? God, you sound just like him. )

Title: An Encyclopedia of Why Not
Author: Romany
Pairing: Spike/Dawn, S/B & S/A implied
Rating: Adult (explicit sex)
Length: 1,159 words
Warnings: het, dialogue only
Spoilers: post-Chosen, post-NFA
Disclaimer: All belongs to Joss, ME and such; all for fun, not for profit.
A/N: Written for the wonderful tinpanalley whose birthday was two days ago. I suck. Also, all dialogue. I know, work with me. Set late 2005.

( You know why not. There's an encyclopedia of why not, Bit. )

I haven't contributed to the conversation in a while...

Title: Some Monsters More Than Others
Author: Romany
Pairing: Spike/Angel
Rating: Adult (violent themes)
Length: 1500 - 2000 words
Spoilers: Takes place prior to AtS 5x21, "Power Play"
Warnings: violence, dark.ish, no porn
Disclaimer: All belongs to Joss, ME and such; all for fun, not for profit.
A/N: Thanks to Sofia (netweight) for the look-over. Takes place in Unfinished Epic!verse.

( Avert not your eyes from the wickedness of man...He's a demon, doesn't apply. )

Okay, I've been missing from LJ-land. I still owe comments, and I owe charity fic. Took a quick peek this morning and saw that someone needed comfort fic. This is nothing new (to me), just a little something from ye olde epic that may never get posted in its entirety. This is for kita0610 who requested comment porn. So it's Connor-flavored A/S.

Title: Things Once Done Gladly
Author: Romany
Pairing: Angel/Spike
Rating: Adult (explicit sex)
Length: 1,392 words
Spoilers: takes place after AtS 5x18, "Origin"
Warnings: slash, use/abuse of the word "Da", Connor-flavoring, possible schmangst
Disclaimer: All belongs to Joss, ME and such; all for fun, not for profit.
A/N: Thanks to netweight for the look-over.


( Our gifts once given are now twice taken; acts once done gladly are now rue laden... )

I'm *way* behind on comments but I'd thought I'd post a short, schmoopy Angel/Spike interlude since someone on my flist is having a hard time. Yes, I wrote schmoop. *runs away*

Rating: Teen (mild slash, mild language)
Spoilers: AtS 5, "A Hole In The World"
Disclaimer: All belongs to Joss, ME and such; all for fun, not for profit.

( Here there be dragons...well, on pay-per-view )

I can't play LJ fairy this month (sorry, dovil!) so I come bearing fic instead...

Title: House Rules
Pairing: Angel/Spike, Angel/Nina
Length: 1046 words
Rating: R for language
Spoilers: Set immediately after AtS 5x14: Smile Time
Warning(s): No puppethood was violated during production. Sorry, no puppet!porn.
Disclaimer: All belongs to Joss, ME and such; all for fun, not for profit.
A/N: Thanks to netweight for the lookover and handholding. This piece is part of the s5 epic which seems to be posted as a patchwork quilt.

( House Rules: Or Sometimes a Thing is More than a Thing when It's Just a Thing )

Well, another attempt at het. Heh. But this is for doyle_sb4 (HAPPY BIRTHDAY!) who made me see the validity of the Angel/Nina pairing. But there's some Angel/Spike in there too. Ah well, couldn't help it. *g*

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Title: Something Else
Pairing: Angel/Nina, Angel/Spike
Rating: hard R
Length: 1599 words
Spoilers: takes place somewhen after AtS 5x14, "Smile Time"
Disclaimer: All belongs to Joss, ME and such; all for fun, not for profit.
A/N: Not beta'd yet, wanted to get it up today


( What my humble heart can offer or Always invite them up for coffee... )

Well, last night, kita0610 said that she wanted something to distract her. Well...I don't think there's any deep meaning to this piece, but it's got a sprinkle of B/S/A in it (all talk, believe me, but there's some het, omg!)

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Title: Don't Tell Me
Length: 772 words
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: A/S, B/A/S
Spoilers: set immediately after AtS 5x20, The Girl In Question
Warning: m/m slash, m/f/m threesome, no angst
Disclaimer: All belongs to Joss, ME and such; all for fun, not for profit.
A/N: Thanks to netweight for the lookover.

( Look, Ma! No angst! )

Now I'm off to reply to all the lovely comments from my last post. Running a bit slow. Holiday and family stuff. Let the happyhappycheer stress begin!

Okay, before anyone starts thinking that I've left Jossverse fandom, I've decided to post another little snippet. Right now, I'm suffering from a little bit of ack!-everything-I-write-is-so-mediocre. Oh well. I kinda like this little piece though.

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Title: Familiar
Rating: NC-17
Length: ficlet/758 words
Pairing: Spike/Angel
Spoilers: set AtS s5, no specific spoilers
Warnings: m/m slash, attempt at humour
Disclaimer: All belongs to Joss, ME and such; all for fun, not for profit.
A/N: Thanks to netweight for the look-over. Not done with the beta though so any mistakes are mine. This is part of my epic that I may never post, but it works as a stand-alone.

( Familiar )

These are just some snippets from my massive Angel epic that I've decided *not* to use to fulfill my ever so late ficathon assignment. These are just a small part of a much *longer* work (about 30,000 words). I'm hastily putting together something smaller to meet the ficathon.

I'm just posting these because kita0610 is in need of distraction (though she'd much rather see my Home Depot RPS. It's coming, babe, promise!). And rubywisp hasn't had the best week either (though I think she'd only be interested in the S/L).

Title: Triptych, Variations on a Theme
Rating: NC-17
Length: 3200 words
Pairing(s): Spike/Angel, Spike/Lindsey
Warnings: some sex, some violence, the usual
Disclaimer: All belongs to Joss, ME and such; all for fun, not for profit.
A/N: Thanks to netweight and nihilistbear for the quick look-over. Any mistakes are mine.

( Can't Feel A Thing, S/A, R, NC-17ish, spoilers to AtS 5x11 Damage )


( That Doyle Fellow, S/L, NC-17, spoilers to AtS 5x10 Soul Purpose )



( Not To Give It A Name, S/A, NC-17, some violence, spoilers to AtS 5x12 You're Welcome )

Just a little something for this weeks open_on_sunday challenge: dialogue only.

Title: Three One-Times That Never Happened
Length: 3 drabbles, 300 words
Pairing: Angel/Spike
Rating: R for language, m/m slash
Spoilers: set AtS s5, no specific spoilers except one quote from 5x21 Power Play
Disclaimer: All belongs to Joss, ME and such; all for fun, not for profit.
A/N: This is dialogue only, nothing else, no thought balloons, no ambience, nothing, nada, zip

( Three One-Times That Never Happened... )

This started out as a couple of drabbles for open_on_sunday. Got a little out of hand so now there's 12 of them. Yep, kinda turned into a story. For those of you who know, I've been lamenting my dry-spell. So of course, I've been up most of the night with this. Still haven't posted to the community. Heh. Go me. Always did manage to do things backwards. Need to get a little sane first, but I'll try to catch up with y'all in a bit.

Title: His Body A Boat
Pairing: Spike/Angel
Length: 12 drabbles, 1200 words
Rating: Hard R/light NC-17
Spoilers: Set AtS S5, no specific spoilers
Warnings: Some sex, some violence. Wha'd'ya want? It's S/A.
Disclaimers: Not mine. Nope. Just play with'em.
Beta: None. Wanna?
Notes: In case you miss the twenty pound anvil I've flung at your head, helps if you know who Connor is.

( His Body A Boat )

Well, to all of you lovely people who responded to my last post, I'm going to seem like such a hypocrite for posting this. Because it's off-the cuff and it's rough cut. Heh, go me. Don't even ask me what I was thinking. Okay, ask. Tell me WTF? It's better than hearing the crickets chirp.

Title: Home, Sweet Home
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Spike/Angel
Warning: m/m, BDSM ref, torture ref
Spoilers:AtS 5 up to 5.09, but it's AU because the WB ain't gonna be showing this on my TV
Disclaimer: Not mine. Nope, I just play with the poseable Ken dolls in the sandbox.
Betas: NONE, off-the-cuff rough-cut, Proceed with extreme caution.

You guys are going to so defriend me because this is flat and kinda squicky. Nothing worse than flat and squicky. *sighs*

::runs away::

::pops back in:: Sofia, I hope you're better! I so owe you a comment. But it's 3 a.m. I'm going to bed.

And I owe lots of pimps and comments. And yeah... ::hangs head in shame::

::runs away again::



( Home, Sweet Home pt. 1 )

This started out as a few sentences that I ejected from another story that I'm working on.
I'm not sure what this is. It's not a story and it's not really a character study. Ummm, it's a thing.

I am posting this for someone in particular who requested it by Monday. It is now Monday.

Just in case somebody wanders over to read it, here are the warnings:

Spoilers: BtVS early S5
Pairings: Spike/everybody (mostly Spike/Spike)
Rating: NC-17
Warning: contains het and m/m slash, non-con ref, graphic imagery, language
Disclaimer: All belongs to Joss, ME and such; all for fun, not for profit.
Summary: Sometimes Spike has a bad night and vampires have needs...
Beta(s): NONE. Proceed with extreme caution

( One of Them )