Okay.  So...I've been sitting on this chapter for a while now, tweaking small things, hesitant to post.  Because I don't know about it.  I don't know if it matches the tone of the rest of the piece or if it wraps things up too neatly or if it's too schmoopy.  I do know it's the talky-est thing ever written.  But if I don't go ahead and post it, I never will.  So I'm very interested in your thoughts.  You've all been so wonderful in sharing your reactions so far, and I can't tell you how much I appreciate it.  I sincerely hope this post meets your expectations.

Yay!  My first longer-than-a-one-shot in this fandom is now complete!  Maybe I'll write an epic next!

Title:  Infinitas Infinitio Infinitus
Fandom:  Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Characters/Pairing:  Buffy/Spike, Angel, Dawn
Genre:  Romance, Angst
Timeline:  post-"Not Fade Away"
Rating:  PG-13
Summary:  Learning to live is a lot harder than learning to die.  And just when Buffy masters one, she learns she's a novice at the other.
Installment:  Chapter five of five.

Previous chapters:  One   Two   Three  Four

I'm sorry it took so long to get this chapter up; spring break + multiple important papers with looming due dates + graduation approaching = stressed out me.  Hopefully the next (and final) chapter won't take so long.

Also, don't judge Buffy too harshly here.  She really is making progress.

Title:  Infinitas Infinitio Infinitus
Fandom:  Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Characters/Pairing:  Buffy/Spike, Angel, Dawn
Genre:  Romance, Angst
Timeline:  post-"Not Fade Away"
Rating:  PG-13
Summary:  Learning to live is a lot harder than learning to die.  And just when Buffy masters one, she learns she's a novice at the other.
Installment:  Chapter three of five.

Previous chapters:  One  Two  Three




Continued here

Title:  Infinitas Infinitio Infinitus 
Fandom:  Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Characters/Pairing:  Buffy/Spike, Angel, Dawn
Genre:  Romance, Angst
Timeline:  post-"Not Fade Away"
Rating:  PG-13
Summary:  Learning to live is a lot harder than learning to die.  And just when Buffy masters one, she learns she's a novice at the other.
Installment:  Chapter 3 of 5

Chapter one here.  Chapter two here.



Continued here.

New chapter!  A couple of things first--I've added one more installment to this, so it's going to be five sections instead of four.  Also...no Spike in this chapter, at least not "on screen," but nobody hate me (or Buffy) for the way this goes, please.  We both know what we're doing.

Title:  Infinitas Infinitio Infinitus 
Fandom:  Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Characters/Pairing:  Buffy/Spike, Angel, Dawn
Genre:  Romance, Angst
Timeline:  post-"Not Fade Away"
Rating:  PG-13
Summary:  Learning to live is a lot harder than learning to die.  And just when Buffy masters one, she learns she's a novice at the other.
Installment:  Chapter 2 of 5.

Previous chapter here.



Continued here.

This is a major departure for me stylistically, not to mention the fact that it's the first actual multi-chapter fic (as opposed to collections of vignettes or character studies) I've written in...years, mostly because I started things and never finished them, and so I swore to myself that I'd never post anything if I didn't know for a fact that I was going to finish it.  But this is mostly written, and the later chapters only need to be cleaned up a bit, so I can guarantee it will be finished!

Also, I just about killed myself trying to come up with a title for this.  The one I settled on is more pretentious than this story warrants, but it's all I could do. I'd really appreciate feedback on this since it is so different and I have no way of judging whether it's any good or not.


Title:  Infinitas Infinitio Infinitus
Fandom:  Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Characters/Pairing:  Buffy/Spike, Angel, Dawn
Genre:  Romance, Angst
Timeline:  post-"Not Fade Away"
Rating:  PG-13
Summary:  Learning to live is a lot harder than learning to die.  And just when Buffy masters one, she learns she's a novice at the other.
Installment:  Chapter One of five.



Chapter Two here.