Brothers in Arms by poshcat takes place at the first post-"Chosen" Christmas. A hungry and penniless Xander sneaks into the seemingly empty offices of W&H where he's surprised by Spike. They're actually glad to see each other and end up playing a friendly game of cards for more than just money. It's the start of a beautiful friendship but I believe BiA ( Read more... )

In her "Waffle House" (http://sajinn.com/buffyficmain.html) sajinn sends Xander on a road trip sometime around S5. He has decided to go on another to make up for the one that stalled in Oxnard. After a year of roaming the country he ends up in Charleston and runs into ...Spike (I bet you ( Read more... )

What Brought Us Here by spikedluv is the story I head for when I want to cheer up and read schmoop. It goes AU after "The Gift'. Xander marries Anya who dies in childbirth leaving him to take care of their daughter. Slowly Spike becomes a welcome addition to Xander's household helping to raise "their" daughter so that Jess has 2 daddies. Willow, Tara, Dawn ( Read more... )

Broken by Kayla is another Spander h/c fic that was among the earliest I read. It goes AU around "A New Man" as Spike finds Xander after he's been abused by his father, takes him to a clinic and informs the staff that he's claimed Xander becoming his nursevamp afterwards. After another attack by his father Spike removes Xander and takes him away. ( Read more... )

"It's a Hellmouthful Life" by morrigushout(http://www.dymphna.net/secretslash/2003/itsahellmouthfullife.html) is a BtVS version of you-know-what. A post-"Chosen", suicidal Xander is shown by Spike (in the Clarence role) how awful things would have been had Xander ( Read more... )

Stranger Things by tolerik/Esmeralda is a very long series that veers off canon in the 4th season. In the first story "The Deal", Spike, in order to rescue Xander from becoming a demon sex toy, needs to prove his "claim" on the boy. Unable to be the one to penetrate a virgin Xander because of the possible pain setting off the chip, he must persuade and ( Read more... )

firehorse 's My Scorpion is a beautifully written fic that goes AU sometime around the beginning of S5. In this tale Xander goes to Spike with a proposition: he'll help Spike with the chip and in return Spike is to take Xander with him when he leaves Sunnydale. What I liked was that it's all Xander's idea--he goes to Spike and propositions him. Xander knows ( Read more... )

jameschick 's Quantum Xander is a fascinating romp across parallel worlds with Xander finding and losing Spikes along the way. You see he made this wish, "I wish I knew how my life could have been, if I had made different choices." and we all know what happens when you make a wish in Sunnydale. It's a long tale (75 chapters) that takes a year's time to ( Read more... )

I believe alexandriabrown's  Waiting Here was the first Spander story I ever read (probably in the spring of 2002). I recall being astonished by the pairing (I certainly overlooked that subtext) and the h/c as I hadn't encountered a fic quite that graphic in the hurt department before. At the time I was not much of a fan of Xander as depicted in canon. ME never ( Read more... )

Long Time Gone by
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