shadowscast | Entries tagged with fic: how the light gets in

Sorry this update took so long in coming; life got busy for a while, and the last chapter was more difficult to write than I expected!

I started this thing back in November, with what was supposed to be a little plotless piece of h/c fluff (ha!) that I wrote when I was home sick from work one day. That story implied a bunch of history between Spike and Xander that I'd thought out only in the very fuzziest of ways. Then I decided to try to fill in the gap—to get them from where they were at the end of the series to where they were in "Human Frailty." It took me five months. Those were five pretty difficult months in my real life, and seriously, working on this story was one of the things that kept me sane. So at this point I want to say a gigantic THANK YOU! to everyone who ever commented on this thing and encouraged me to keep on going. I honestly couldn't have done it without you.

For this last chapter in particular, I'd like to thank

estephia for helping me with the local details, and for trying to keep me within the realm of physical possibility.

And now, without further ado, the standard intro:

This is part of my Fragments series. It's a sequel to "Late Night Porn Store Blues," which is in turn a prequel to "Human Frailty."

Rating: 18+ for language and sexual content

Warnings: Spoilers for all of BtVS and AtS.

( Previously in the Fragments 'verse )

Previous parts can be found here.

( Chapter 16 )

I've finished another chapter—and now I know that there's only one more after this one. I might return to this 'verse later, but this particular tale is drawing to a close.

Standard intro:

This is part of my Fragments series. It's a sequel to "Late Night Porn Store Blues," which is in turn a prequel to "Human Frailty."

Rating: R for the language at the moment. There might be some sexual content later, depending on how Spike and Xander behave. (What, you think I'd tell you ahead of time?)

Warnings: Spoilers for all of BtVS and AtS. The whole series was originally just an excuse to indulge my hurt/comfort kink. Somehow a plot crept in too (funny how that happens!) but expect lots of hurt/comfort still to come. My Spike's kinda broken, and my Xander's got problems of his own.

( Previously in the Fragments 'verse )

Previous parts can be found here.

( Chapter 15 )

I've completed another angsty chapter. Yay!

And my job wraps up in 28 days. Double yay!

Hope you enjoy...

Standard intro:

This is part of my Fragments series. It's a sequel to "Late Night Porn Store Blues," which is in turn a prequel to "Human Frailty."

Title: How The Light Gets In

Author:

shadowscast

Rating: R for the language at the moment. There might be some sexual content later, depending on how Spike and Xander behave. (What, you think I'd tell you ahead of time?)

Warnings: Spoilers for all of BtVS and AtS. The whole series was originally just an excuse to indulge my hurt/comfort kink. Somehow a plot crept in too (funny how that happens!) but expect lots of hurt/comfort still to come. My Spike's kinda broken, and my Xander's got problems of his own.

( Previously in the Fragments 'verse )

Previous parts can be found here.

( Chapter 14 )

Another Saturday, another chapter! You'd almost think I'm posting regularly. Oh, and I just missed posting Chapter 13 on Friday the 13th. Heh.

Anyway. Things continue to be angsty. Standard intro:

This is part of my Fragments series. It's a sequel to "Late Night Porn Store Blues," which is in turn a prequel to "Human Frailty."

Title: How The Light Gets In

Author:

Work was a bit lighter this week, so I've managed to get another chapter written. *happy* I'm not sure how many parts are left, but it's definitely nearing completion.

And now, the standard intro:

This is part of my Fragments series. It's a sequel to "Late Night Porn Store Blues," which is in turn a prequel to "Human Frailty."

Rating: R for the language at the moment. There might be some sexual content later, depending on how Spike and Xander behave. (What, you think I'd tell you ahead of time?)

Warnings: Spoilers for all of BtVS and AtS. The whole series was originally just an excuse to indulge my hurt/comfort kink. Somehow a plot crept in too (funny how that happens!) but expect lots of hurt/comfort still to come. My Spike's kinda broken, and my Xander's got problems of his own.

( Previously in the Fragments 'verse )

Previous parts can be found here.

( Chapter 12 )

It's been a while since I updated. Work's been long and exhausting. Yuck. But now I have cobbled together another chapter, so I hope you enjoy it!

First the standard intro:

This is part of my Fragments series. It's a sequel to "Late Night Porn Store Blues," which is in turn a prequel to "Human Frailty."

Rating: R for the language at the moment. There might be some sexual content later, depending on how Spike and Xander behave. (What, you think I'd tell you ahead of time?)

Warnings: Spoilers for all of BtVS and AtS. The whole series was originally just an excuse to indulge my hurt/comfort kink. Somehow a plot crept in too (funny how that happens!) but expect lots of hurt/comfort still to come. My Spike's kinda broken, and my Xander's got problems of his own.

( Previously in the Fragments 'verse )

Previous parts can be found here.

And now...

( Chapter 11 )

I've managed another short chapter. Haven't had time yet to respond to all comments on the last section, but please know that I treasured every one and will try to respond soon!

Meanwhile...back to "How the Light Gets In," with my standard intro:

This is part of my Fragments series. It's a sequel to "Late Night Porn Store Blues," which is in turn a prequel to "Human Frailty."

Rating: R for the language at the moment. There might be some sexual content later, depending on how Spike and Xander behave. (What, you think I'd tell you ahead of time?)

Warnings: Spoilers for all of BtVS and AtS. The whole series was originally just an excuse to indulge my hurt/comfort kink. Somehow a plot crept in too (funny how that happens!) but expect lots of hurt/comfort still to come. My Spike's kinda broken, and my Xander's got problems of his own.

( Previously in the Fragments 'verse )

Previous parts can be found here.

( Chapter 10 )

I have another chapter to post. This will be the last of the vacation posts; after this I'll be back at work and back to writing veeerrrrrry sloooooowwwwly.

Of course if I had any impulse control, I'd keep this post under my hat for a week or so while working on the next chapter, so that I could post them at more regular intervals. But, of course, I don't! So I continue to subject you to my binge/purge writing schedule.

New this post: I'm putting a "Previously, in the Fragments 'verse" summary before the chapter, to help you with the keeping track.

So, here we go!

This is part of my Fragments series. It's a sequel to "Late Night Porn Store Blues," which is in turn a prequel to "Human Frailty."

Rating: R for the language at the moment. There might be some sexual content later.

Warnings: Spoilers for all of BtVS and AtS. The whole series was originally just an excuse to indulge my hurt/comfort kink. Somehow a plot crept in too (funny how that happens!) but expect lots of hurt/comfort still to come. My Spike's kinda broken, and my Xander's got problems of his own.

( Previously in the Fragments 'verse )

( Chapter 9 )

And this time, a real chapter!

This is part of my Fragments series. It's a sequel to "Late Night Porn Store Blues," which is in turn a prequel to "Human Frailty."

Title: How The Light Gets In

Author:

shadowscast

Rating: R for the language at the moment. There might be some sexual content later.

Warnings: Spoilers for all of BtVS and AtS. The whole series was originally just an excuse to indulge my hurt/comfort kink. Somehow a plot crept in too (funny how that happens!) but expect lots of hurt/comfort still to come. My Spike's kinda broken, and my Xander's got problems of his own.

Summary: It's a few months after "Not Fade Away." Giles sent Xander to L.A. looking for a Slayer, and what he found was a human Spike and a not-human Illyria. Now Xander's supposed to recruit one or both of them for the Council.

Previous parts can be found here.

( How the Light Gets In, Chapter 8 )

I'm back from my travels, and I did indeed manage to write on paper! It's strange, and different. Of course, now there's still the work of typing it in to do.

Meanwhile...I realized after writing it that a certain part would fit better at the end of the last chapter than at the beginning of the next chapter. It's not much more than a snippet, but I'm going to post it anyway—and promise that a much longer update is coming soon.

For posting purposes I'll call this part Chapter 7 B. I won't bother with all the headers and such for this little update...if you've never read it before, find the previous parts here and check out the notes at the start of the first part.

( How the Light Gets In, Chapter 7 B )

Thanks to a lovely invention called "vacation," I bring you my second update in two days. And this one is longer, too!

A big thank-you hug to everyone who commented on the last bit. It's really fun and interesting seeing what you think as you read along—and I'm completely delighted whenever someone tells me they're enjoying my story.

Previous parts can be found here.

( Chapter 7 )

Looking at the date on my last update, I see it was over a week ago. Man, it seems like just yesterday.

I'm very grateful for everyone who doesn't get bored and give up on me.

Anyhow, I am on vacation now so I might be able to get another update up a bit more quickly next time, barring writer's block. In the meantime, here we go:

Previous parts can be found here.

( Chapter 6 )

Yay, I survived the week! And now I have another chapter to post.

I feel like these updates are pathetically short, but if I waited 'till they were more substantial it would be so much longer in between. I choose...immediate gratification.

Thanks so much to all the very sweet people who've been reading and commenting thus far. And now, on with the show:

(For those just tuning in: this is part of my Fragments series. It's a sequel to "Late Night Porn Store Blues," which is in turn a prequel to "Human Frailty.")

Rating: R for the language at the moment. There might be some sexual content later.

Warnings: The whole series was originally just an excuse to indulge my hurt/comfort kink. Somehow a plot crept in too (funny how that happens!) but expect lots of hurt/comfort still to come. My Spike's kinda broken, and my Xander's got problems of his own.

Summary: It's a few months after "Not Fade Away." Giles sent Xander to L.A. looking for a Slayer, and what he found was a human Spike and a not-human Illyria. Now Xander's supposed to recruit one or both of them for the Council.

Previous parts can be found here.

( Chapter 5 )

Sleep, who needs sleep?

Oh wait. Me.

By the way I haven't managed to respond to every comment on the last part yet, due to no spare time at all (see, writing the next part was my priority! even over sleep!) but I've read and appreciated and treasured every one, and will respond eventually.

This is likely to be the last update for at least a week, as next week at work is looking even crazier than usual. So, um, enjoy!

By the way, for this part I borrowed a prop from Camisha and Reremouse. Hope they don't mind! I'll give it right back when I'm done with it, I promise.

Previous parts: here.

( Chapter 4 )

And now, back to our regularly scheduled fanfic.

Now that I've finally admitted I'm posting this as a WIP (someday I should post about why I'm so neurotic about that), I've made a memories page to keep track of the chapters. I've also gone and merged the first two posts into one, so the new part I'm posting now counts as chapter 3.

Previous parts listed here.

( How The Light Gets In, chapter 3 )

Okay, I guess I have to admit this is a WIP, and put together a memories list. But right now I really really need to go to bed, so I'll just say it's continued from here.

( How the Light Gets In, chapter 2. )

So apparently I am posting this as a WIP. I'm avoiding admitting it to myself, though, by not properly labelling my posts or putting it in the memories or anything. Also, I'm warning you again: I don't know when I'll finish this. Updates are liable to be irregular. It's a rough draft, and stuff from the beginning could change later. Oh, and speaking of changes, I did end up going back and switching it all to past tense. Please don't hate me. (God I need to sleep more and be less insecure.)

EDIT: Originally this first chapter was posted in two short parts. I've gone back and added the first bit to this part to make it easier to read.

This is part of my Fragments series. It's a sequel to "Late Night Porn Store Blues," which is in turn a prequel to "Human Frailty."

Title: How The Light Gets In

Author:

shadowscast

Rating: R for the language at the moment. There might be some sexual content later.

Warnings: Spoilers for all of BtVS and AtS. The whole series was originally just an excuse to indulge my hurt/comfort kink. Somehow a plot crept in too (funny how that happens!) but expect lots of hurt/comfort still to come. My Spike's kinda broken, and my Xander's got problems of his own.

Summary: It's a few months after "Not Fade Away." Giles sent Xander to L.A. looking for a Slayer, and what he found was a human Spike and a not-human Illyria. Now Xander's supposed to recruit one or both of them for the Council.

All completed parts can be found here.

( How The Light Gets In, Chapter One )