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Answering Prayers by Gabrielle [FRM]

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*Set in the summer between Seasons 2 and 3 of BTVS* Looking for answers about her daughter, Joyce heads for Angel's mansion... and finds answers she never expected.

A timestamp set after Joyce's death has been added.

Categories: Angel/Joyce; Characters: Angel, Joyce; Genres: Angst
Story Type: Multi-Chapter
Warnings: None
Chapters: 29 Table of Contents Series: None
Word count: 43114; Read Count: 710; Completed: Yes

Updated: 24 Apr 2016; Published: 06 Jan 2015

Best Laid Plans by Gabrielle [FRAO]

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*Set in Season Six* Willow finds a spell that just might fix everything, but you know what they say about the best laid plans...

Categories: Willow/Angel; Characters: Angel, Anya, Buffy, Cordelia, Fred, Gunn, Lorne, Spike, Tara, Wesley, Willow, Xander; Genres: Fluff, Romance
Story Type: Multi-Chapter
Warnings: Explicit Sex
Chapters: 18 Table of Contents Series: None
Word count: 47170; Read Count: 9222; Completed: Yes

Updated: 11 Jun 2010; Published: 11 Jun 2010

Civilian by Gabrielle [FRT]

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*Set post series* Willow rounds a corner in Istanbul and runs into a man from her past. The thing is? It's not Oz.

Categories: Willow/Riley; Characters: Riley, Willow; Genres: Drama, Friendship
Story Type: One-Shot
Warnings: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents Series: None
Word count: 1985; Read Count: 763; Completed: Yes

Updated: 04 Jun 2014; Published: 04 Jun 2014

Come Pouring Down Unified by Gabrielle [FRAO]

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*Set post NFA* In the aftermath of the final battle, Willow, Angel, Spike, and Buffy are faced with the challenge of what to do when the war is over.

Categories: Willow/Angel, Spike/Buffy; Characters: Angel, Buffy, Dawn, Faith, Giles, Gunn, Lorne, Other Female, Oz, Spike, Willow, Xander; Genres: Drama, Friendship, Romance
Story Type: Multi-Chapter
Warnings: Explicit Sex
Chapters: 25 Table of Contents Series: None
Word count: 79274; Read Count: 12749; Completed: Yes

Updated: 04 Oct 2010; Published: 18 Jun 2010

Facing the Clock by Gabrielle [FRM]

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*Sequel to The Faceless Clock* A year has passed since Drusilla kidnapped Willow.

Categories: Angel/Drusilla, Willow/Angel; Characters: Angel, Drusilla, Willow; Genres: Dark
Story Type: Multi-Chapter
Warnings: Hurt/Comfort
Chapters: 3 Table of Contents Series: Clocks
Word count: 3940; Read Count: 961; Completed: Yes

Updated: 12 Jun 2010; Published: 12 Jun 2010

Folly by Gabrielle [FRAO]

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*Season Four* Instead of performing the Will Be Done spell, Willow heads to L.A. in search of Oz.

Categories: Willow/Angel; Characters: Angel, Willow; Genres: Angst
Story Type: One-Shot
Warnings: Explicit Sex, Hurt/Comfort
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents Series: The Aftermath of Folly
Word count: 5275; Read Count: 1251; Completed: Yes

Updated: 12 Jun 2010; Published: 12 Jun 2010

If Wishes Were Horses by Gabrielle [FRAO]

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One night can change everything.

Categories: Willow/Spike, Spike/Tara; Characters: Spike, Tara, Willow; Genres: Angst, Friendship, Romance
Story Type: Multi-Chapter
Warnings: Explicit Sex
Chapters: 5 Table of Contents Series: None
Word count: 9138; Read Count: 2320; Completed: Yes

Updated: 11 Jun 2010; Published: 11 Jun 2010

In the Dark (the What's a Nice Jewish Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This remix) by Gabrielle [FRT-13]

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*AU of the AtS Season One episode In the Dark* Oz has a gig in San Francisco so Willow is tapped to take the Gem of Amara to Angel instead, leading her into danger... and into the deepest recesses of herself.

Categories: Willow/Angel; Characters: Angel, Cordelia, Other Male, Spike, Willow; Genres: Angst
Story Type: Multi-Chapter
Warnings: Abuse, Violence
Chapters: 2 Table of Contents Series: None
Word count: 15512; Read Count: 1853; Completed: Yes

Updated: 10 Aug 2013; Published: 10 Aug 2013

In the Shadow of the Dead by Gabrielle [FRT]

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(This was written for the whichwillow community in answer to the Season One prompt: What if Willow was the one who staked Jesse?) *Set right after the events of The Harvest* She might not have meant to, but she killed her best friend. Now she's back at the scene of the crime and it's as if nothing happened here at all... at least to everyone but Willow. Oh, and some strange guy in the alley behind The Bronze.

Categories: Willow/Angel; Characters: Angel, Buffy, Willow, Xander; Genres: Angst, Friendship
Story Type: One-Shot
Warnings: Character Death
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents Series: None
Word count: 2145; Read Count: 922; Completed: Yes

Updated: 17 Nov 2014; Published: 17 Nov 2014

Jigsaw Cuts by Gabrielle [FRM]

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Sometimes it's too late to put the pieces together.

Categories: Spike/Xander; Characters: Spike, Xander; Genres: Angst
Story Type: Ficlet
Warnings: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents Series: None
Word count: 987; Read Count: 451; Completed: Yes

Updated: 11 Jun 2010; Published: 11 Jun 2010

Out of the Grey by Gabrielle [FRT-13]

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Trying to help Spike deal with his soul, Willow calls for reinforcements.

Categories: Willow/Angel/Spike; Characters: Angel, Spike, Willow; Genres: Humour
Story Type: One-Shot
Warnings: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents Series: None
Word count: 4883; Read Count: 2096; Completed: Yes

Updated: 10 Jun 2010; Published: 10 Jun 2010

Phases by Gabrielle [FRT]

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She will always be Willow.

Categories: Gen Fiction; Characters: Willow; Genres: Drama
Story Type: Drabble
Warnings: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents Series: None
Word count: 411; Read Count: 1307; Completed: Yes

Updated: 12 Jun 2010; Published: 12 Jun 2010

Pity Us, We Wakeful by Gabrielle [FRAO]

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*Set during Season Six of BTVS and Season Three of A:tS* When Willow's addiction to magic destroys her relationship with Tara and results in grave injury to Dawn, Buffy decides that Willow's recovery will go better away from the Hellmouth.

Categories: Willow/Angel/Spike; Characters: Angel, Anya, Buffy, Cordelia, Dawn, Fred, Giles, Gunn, Lorne, Other Male, Spike, Tara, Wesley, Willow, Xander; Genres: Angst
Story Type: Multi-Chapter
Warnings: Explicit Sex, Hurt/Comfort, Slash
Chapters: 48 Table of Contents Series: None
Word count: 154968; Read Count: 15627; Completed: Yes

Updated: 11 Jun 2010; Published: 11 Jun 2010

Sanctuary by Gabrielle [FRT-13]

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*Set during As You Were* Once you've gone down into the darkness, there's no escaping it.

Categories: Willow/Riley; Characters: Riley, Willow; Genres: Angst
Story Type: One-Shot
Warnings: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents Series: None
Word count: 1084; Read Count: 1292; Completed: Yes

Updated: 24 May 2012; Published: 24 May 2012

Sleepless by Gabrielle [FRM]

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While struggling through Buffy's death and resurrection, Spike and Willow bond.

Categories: Willow/Spike; Characters: Buffy, Dawn, Spike, Willow, Xander; Genres: Angst, Romance
Story Type: Multi-Chapter
Warnings: None
Chapters: 10 Table of Contents Series: None
Word count: 20085; Read Count: 4204; Completed: Yes

Updated: 11 Jun 2010; Published: 11 Jun 2010

Stopping Time by Gabrielle [FRAO]

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*Sequel to The Faceless Clock and Facing the Clock* Angel's soul is secure, but Drusilla remains.

Categories: Angel/Drusilla, Willow/Angel; Characters: Angel, Drusilla, Willow; Genres: Dark
Story Type: Multi-Chapter
Warnings: Explicit Sex, Rape
Chapters: 3 Table of Contents Series: Clocks
Word count: 4224; Read Count: 1129; Completed: Yes

Updated: 12 Jun 2010; Published: 12 Jun 2010

Tea and Crumbling by Gabrielle [FRT-13]

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*Season Seven* Willow finds Spike in the basement of the high school.

Categories: Willow/Spike; Characters: Spike, Willow; Genres: Angst
Story Type: Ficlet
Warnings: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents Series: None
Word count: 598; Read Count: 1379; Completed: Yes

Updated: 11 Jun 2010; Published: 11 Jun 2010

The Conquering Hero by Gabrielle [FRT-13]

Past Featured Story

You're safe. You know what works.

Categories: Angel/Xander; Characters: Angel, Xander; Genres: Dark
Story Type: Drabble
Warnings: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents Series: None
Word count: 159; Read Count: 1866; Completed: Yes

Updated: 12 Jun 2010; Published: 12 Jun 2010

The Faceless Clock by Gabrielle [FRM]

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*Takes place during Season Three of BTVS* Drusilla's plan to get her Daddy back goes horribly wrong.

Categories: Angel/Drusilla, Willow/Angel; Characters: Angel, Drusilla, Willow; Genres: Dark
Story Type: Multi-Chapter
Warnings: Hurt/Comfort
Chapters: 3 Table of Contents Series: Clocks
Word count: 3946; Read Count: 1143; Completed: Yes

Updated: 12 Jun 2010; Published: 12 Jun 2010

The Lonely Ones by Gabrielle [FRM]

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(This was written for the whichwillow community in answer to the Season Two prompt: What if Ford tried to woo Willow into his vampire-wannabe cult as a way to get to Buffy in Lie to Me?) Willow decides to step out of her sidekick role and finds herself playing a very different part, and one that's not nearly as safe, as she gets caught in someone else's unexpected voyage of self-discovery.

Categories: Willow/Angel; Characters: Angel, Other Male, Willow; Genres: Angst
Story Type: One-Shot
Warnings: Humiliation
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents Series: None
Word count: 8734; Read Count: 816; Completed: Yes

Updated: 19 Dec 2012; Published: 19 Dec 2012

The Secret by Gabrielle [FRAO]

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*A darker trip down Lover's Walk* Spike decides that there will be some having after all.

Categories: Willow/Angel; Characters: Angel, Buffy, Cordelia, Faith, Giles, Jenny, Oz, Spike, Willow, Xander; Genres: Angst, Drama
Story Type: Multi-Chapter
Warnings: Character Death, Dub-Con, Explicit Sex, Hurt/Comfort, Rape
Chapters: 46 Table of Contents Series: None
Word count: 109498; Read Count: 16350; Completed: Yes

Updated: 11 Jun 2010; Published: 11 Jun 2010

The Things You Find in Vending Machines by Gabrielle [FRT]

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*Set right after the events of New Moon Rising* Maybe it's not such a bad thing that Buffy didn't get all the provisions for hiding from the Initiative ahead of time.

Categories: Gen Fiction; Characters: Buffy, Tara; Genres: Friendship
Story Type: Ficlet
Warnings: Slash
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents Series: None
Word count: 914; Read Count: 798; Completed: Yes

Updated: 02 Sep 2014; Published: 02 Sep 2014

This Is The End For Which We Twain Are Met by Gabrielle [FRT-13]

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Willow takes the news of Buffy's death to Angel...and carries extra grief of her own.

Categories: Willow/Angel; Characters: Angel, Cordelia, Willow; Genres: Angst
Story Type: One-Shot
Warnings: Character Death
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents Series: None
Word count: 5485; Read Count: 3902; Completed: Yes

Updated: 06 Dec 2010; Published: 06 Dec 2010

Where the Wind Never Goes by Gabrielle [FRT]

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*Set around the time of When She Was Bad* Buffy dances with Xander - again - and Angel and Willow finally have a conversation.

Categories: Willow/Angel; Characters: Angel, Buffy, Willow, Xander; Genres: Angst, Friendship
Story Type: One-Shot
Warnings: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents Series: None
Word count: 6727; Read Count: 837; Completed: Yes

Updated: 08 Oct 2012; Published: 08 Oct 2012