A fic with an abyssinian kitten in love with Spike.

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So I'm looking around and reading fanfic, stalking AJ Hofarce's LJ, and she posted this in her latest entry: "There is a story out there. I cannot for the life of me remember the damn title. I DO remember that it took place sometime after The Gift in an alternate Season 6 that was a little more happier. And I VIVIDLY remember that Spike gave Buffy and Dawn a sweet little tawny colored male kitten with green eyes that Dawn named Lion. And I remember that the most because the kitten attacks Spike's shoelaces when he walks in. Spike picks him up and the kitten snarls at him, right before Spike vamps and snarls back, and the kitten falls absolutely in love with him." I'm sorry if I'm violating her privacy in any way, but I can't remember the freaking title either, and I would very much like to find out!

I know this story. I was gonna help her and then be done and move on. But I forgot. I've been searching for it for over two hours, and nothing. The suspense is killing me! I think I read it on dark solace. I remember it being relatively short. Gosh, I read this two or three times, one of my favorites because it's such a sweet story in season six. It starts and ends with Spike and his "two girls", Buffy and Dawn, calling them family. Buffy is surprised when Dawn says they're boyfriend and girlfriend, but she can see it too. When Buffy says they don't sleep together, Dawn replies with not all married couples do either. The kitten, the abyssinian, I remember I recently looked up on google images. (So cute!) Buffy is doing a history project with her partner Brad and Spike comes in on them and acts upset. Because he's afraid she'll find someone and won't need him anymore and then he won't be in her life. And Brad apologizes or something about offending Buffy's "boyfriend". Or asking if he was always this protective. I dunno, I might be mixing things up. Oh man, if this isn't the same fic I'm thinking of, then darn. Screwy things in my head. So if someone could help me, I would be oh so thankful. Not knowing this fic is killing me!

On another note, I suddenly remembered this scene. Buffy finding pictures of her, Dawn and Joyce in Spike's stuff. And also a picture of them around the Thanksgiving table in Pangs, which Buffy reluctantly let Dawn take a picture of, which she realizes he has because that's the only picture with the two of them.

Gender!swap on my mind...

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With all the recent discussion of gender!swap, there is one story I remember that I haven't seen mentioned anywhere. I believe it takes place in Season 6. Spike takes Buffy to a mystic resort/brothel a few hours outside Sunnydale, where he arranges to have gender-switching parasite-bracelets waiting. It's a temporary, recreational switch, nothing permanent, and he spends a lot of the story explaining why he wants to try it. It's ends up pretty angsty. I thought it was Herself, but I'm obviously not looking in the right places. Anybody?

time travel fic - sort of

[wannabdonna.livejournal.com]

hi - looking for a fic (wip I think). Set post BTVS in Scotland at slayer central. Darla is Buffy's 'guide' and keeps showing her scenes of her past which is referred to as 'tripping'. Last chapter I can remember reading has Connor comforting Buffy after a bout of 'tripping' where everyone (Angel, Faith, Dawn, Spike etc) accompanied Buffy to view some really painful things from the past. Think it is a follow up to previous fic (which I can't find either!)Thought this was an excellent story - please continue it whoever wrote it!