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Claim: BtVS: Xander Harris
Title: Lilac City
Author: NWHepcat
Characters: Xander/Faith, OCs
Prompt: Future Fic
Rating: NC-17
Length: Epic
Brief summary: Xander left the supernatural behind years ago and got sober. Unfortunately, the past doesn't always let you go. This is a future-Xander that I could buy. He's battered, but he's not broken, and he cares more than he lets himself think. I love all three parts (this is technically a trilogy, but it reads to me more like a chaptered story), but the end of part three kills me every time.
Link to the story: Lilac City

Claim: BtVS: Xander Harris
Title: What a Wicked Thing to Do
Author: Elena
Characters: Xander/Spike
Prompt: Dream
Rating: R
Length: Medium
Brief summary: Season Five, Spike and Xander get drunk. I love this story; it's short, sharp, and utterly perfect. Excerpt )
Link to the story: What a Wicked Thing to Do
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Claim: BtVS: Xander Harris
Title: I Am What I Am
Author: M. McGregor
Characters: Xander/Buffy/Faith
Prompt: Time
Rating: NC-17
Length: Epic
Brief summary: This is, hands-down, my favorite time-travel fic in any fandom, ever. I love the story, and I love the Interludes, where we get to see Xander's life in the future/past, and I love the explanation of time-travel, even if it makes my brain feel like it's gonna explode, and I love how Xander-from-the-future is still recognizably Xander. Basically, this story = pure love. Also? Xander/Buffy/Faith = OT3 like you wouldn't believe, all because of this author, and at least half because of this specific story. Oh, and the author's currently posting a commentary track of this story over at his livejournal.
Link to the story: I Am What I Am
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Claim: BtVS: Xander Harris
Title: A Long Time
Author: The Mad Poetess
Characters: Xander/Spike
Prompt: Death
Rating: R
Length: Epic
Brief summary: Xander and Spike have Issues: some are mystical, some are just plain pigheadedness. I love this story, beginning to middle to end. I love Xander's immortality, and I love the end, and oh, Willow, how much do I love Willow in this story?
Link to the story: A Long Time

Claim: BtVS: Xander Harris
Title: Dictaphonic Rambling
Author: Littleflame
Characters: Xander/Spike
Prompt: Confession
Rating: G
Length: Long
Brief summary: Xander's time in Africa, as told to a dictaphone. Love the alt-take on Spike's resurrection, and I really love the Xander-voice here.
Link to the story: Dictaphonic Rambling
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Claim: BtVS: Xander Harris
Title: There's Girls and There's Women and There's Ladies
Author: Silvertedy
Characters: Xander
Prompt: Break-up
Rating: PG-13
Length: Long
Brief summary: Xander thinks of all the women he's loved, and lost, and left, and never had to begin with. This story feels oddly right to me, Xander's life as defined by the women who've passed through it.
Link to the story: There's Girls and There's Women and There's Ladies
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Claim: BtVS: Xander Harris
Title: The Bright Blessed Day, The Dark Sacred Night
Author: NWHepcat
Characters: Xander/Buffy
Prompt: Kiss
Rating: R
Length: Long
Brief summary: Xander and Buffy, roadtripping across America. It's a quiet story, and a lovely one. Excerpt )
Link to the story: The Bright Blessed Day, The Dark Sacred Night
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Claim: BtVS: Xander Harris
Title: Here's the Thing
Author: The Mad Poetess
Characters: Xander/Illyria
Prompt: Reccer's Choice
Rating: PG-13
Length: Short
Brief summary: This is, without a doubt, one of the most bizarre pairings I've ever read. But the way it's written, this makes sense. Which sounds crazy, I know, but seriously, just try it.
Link to the story: Here's the Thing

Claim: BtVS: Xander Harris
Title: Esperanza
Author: Silvia Kundera
Characters: Xander/Buffy
Prompt: Reccer's Choice
Rating:
Length: Medium
Brief summary: This is a Buffy story that feels (deliberately) like The House on Mango Street. It shouldn't work, but it does, with more grace than you would ever expect. It's Xander, in glimpses and so very much in love. Excerpt )
Link to the story: Esperanza

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Apr. 30th, 2006 10:16 pm
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Claim: BtVS: Xander Harris
Title: Joli Coeur
Author: Carmel Covered Carioca
Characters: Xander, John Burke
Prompt: Reccer's Choice
Rating: NC-17
Length: Epic
Brief summary: Crossover with Anita Blake. This is one of my all-time favorite crossovers; Dawn tries to do a prosperity spell and Xander ends up hijacked by the loa to solve a problem in Anita's world. There are a ton of great lines (sadly, all my favorites are spoilery), and the plot is genuinely interesting. There's a lot of slash in this one, if that matters to you.
Link to the story: Joli Coeur
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Claim: BtVS: Xander Harris
Title: Comfortador
Author: Victoria P.
Characters: Xander, Willow, Dawn
Prompt: Epiphany
Rating: G
Length: Short
Brief summary: After Grave, they grieve for Tara. This story's short, and simple, and so very Xander.
Link to the story: Comfortador

Claim: BtVS: Xander Harris
Title: Indomitable
Author: M. Scott Eiland
Characters: Xander, Buffy, Willow
Prompt: Mask
Rating: PG-13
Length: Medium
Brief summary: Takes place just after Xander loses his eye. It starts out just a Xander lovefest - which I don't have a problem reading, but I wouldn't rec it. But the end stuck with me.
Link to the story: Indomitable
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Claim: BtVS: Xander Harris
Title: Zoo
Author: Te
Characters: Xander/Oz
Prompt: Make-up
Rating:
Length: Medium
Brief summary: Xander's in Oxnard. Oz shows up. Dude, I'd love this story just for stripper!Xander. Thankfully, it's Te, so there's a whole lot more to love, too.
Link to the story: Zoo

Claim: BtVS: Xander Harris
Title: Xander Wishes
Author: Kay Tee
Characters: Xander/Anya, Angel
Prompt: UST
Rating: PG-13
Length: Medium
Brief summary: I don't usually dig UST stories, but this one's gorgeous. I love the way Xander thinks in this, and I love Anya here, too. Excerpt )
Link to the story: Xander Wishes
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Claim: BtVS: Xander Harris
Title: Patroness
Author: Kate Bolin
Characters: Xander/Anya, Cordelia
Prompt: Jealousy
Rating: R
Length: Short
Brief summary: Xander has Anya...and dreams of Anyanka. Mesmerising, for all its lack of length.
Link to the story: Patroness

Claim: BtVS: Xander Harris
Title: Not a Day of Rue
Author: k
Characters: Xander, Buffy
Prompt: Light
Rating: PG
Length: Medium
Brief summary: Post-Chosen, Xander and Buffy in Rome. A short, sweet, little friendship fic.
Link to the story: Not a Day of Rue
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Claim: BtVS: Xander Harris
Title: Keeper of the Book
Author: Nwhepcat
Characters: Xander, Wesley, Anne
Prompt: Dark
Rating: NC-17
Length: Epic
Brief summary: Xander falls in love with the wrong woman. Again. And this time, it goes bad for everyone. Excerpt )
Link to the story: Keeper of the Book

Claim: BtVS: Xander Harris
Title: Eclipse
Author: Livia and Julad
Characters: Xander/Larry
Prompt: Fight
Rating: R
Length: Medium
Brief summary: Xander, forty-five minutes before the apocalypse, sending his schoomates off to die and then having sex in a broom closet. It's just a tiny little interlude, but it's awesome, start to finish. Excerpt )
Link to the story: Eclipse
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Claim: BtVS: Xander Harris
Title: SEAL Team 13, Book 1
Author: Tenhawk
Characters: Xander, AJ Chegwidden
Prompt: Crossover
Rating: R
Length: Epic
Brief summary: Starts out a crossover with JAG. Now (speaking, of course, as a girl who's read every scrap of the sequel thus far), I have no idea how many fandoms are involved. JAG, Invisible Man, Supernatural, Stargate SG-1, Jake 2.0...And, this being Tenhawk, there are more sure to come. The Navy has a sea monster problem. They need help...and Xander's the only Scooby to pass the security check. Instead of going on a roadtrip after graduation, he consults with the Navy to form a team to fight the monsters. I love this story. I love the potential, and I love the execution, and I was incredibly pleased to see there's going to be more written in this universe.
Link to the story: SEAL Team 13
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Claim: BtVS: Xander Harris
Title: It Started
Author: Kate Bolin
Characters: Xander/Jesse/Willow
Prompt: Seduction
Rating: PG-13
Length: Medium
Brief summary: A gorgeous little AU that leaves you wanting more. Excerpt )
Link to the story: It Started

Claim: BtVS: Xander Harris
Title: Nexus
Author: Raksha
Characters: Xander/Angel(us)
Prompt: Secrets
Rating: NC-17
Length: Epic
Brief summary: Xander's kidnapping by Angelus, told in flashbacks. This story's like a romance novel, but more with the violence and BDSM and noncon. But there's True Love, like in a romance novel, and it requires that same suspension of disbelief to sell its premise; only instead of asking to believe that no, really, handsome Greek billionaires fall in love with secretaries all the time, this story asks you to believe that Angelus isn't completely lost to human emotions like love. I'm kind of a ridiculous sucker for this story, though, especially Chapter 15.
Link to the story: Nexus
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Claim: BtVS: Xander Harris
Title: Turning the Tables
Author: Kate Bolin
Characters: Xander/Cordelia
Prompt: Reccer's Choice
Rating: NC-17
Length: Medium
Brief summary: As the author says, "Cordelia does a little role-reversal on Xander at Pimp and Ho Night at the Bronze." Short, funny, and sexy.
Link to the story: Turning the Tables

Claim: BtVS: Xander Harris
Title: The Shortest Xander Had Powers Story
Author: Eddie29456
Characters: Xander, Willow, Giles
Prompt: Oops
Rating: G
Length: Short
Brief summary: Incredibly tiny parody fic. Xander has a superpower!
Link to the story: The Shortest Xander Had Powers Story
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Claim: BtVS: Xander Harris
Title: Warmth
Author: Te
Characters: Xander/Willow
Prompt: Loss
Rating: R
Length: Medium
Brief summary: This is an uncomfortable story. Just post-Grave, Xander tries to comfort Willow. It's good, and well-characterized, and you just keep thinking "nothing good can come from this".
Link to the story: Warmth

Claim: BtVS: Xander Harris
Title: Lilah and Xander v. the Zombie Gods of Redding
Author: Jennifer-Oksana
Characters: Xander/Lilah
Prompt: Teamwork
Rating: PG-13
Length: Medium
Brief summary: Lilah and Xander team up to retrieve a Slayer. Of course things go wrong. But they've got a Plan.Excerpt )
Link to the story: Lilah and Xander v. the Zombie Gods of Redding
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Claim: BtVS: Xander Harris
Title: About That Bomb
Author: Bastard Snow and Drake Tepes
Characters: Xander, Ensemble
Prompt: Crack!Fic
Rating: NC-17
Length: Epic
Brief summary: First in a trilogy. And wow, I cannot even tell you how very much crack this is. There're orgies, and mocking of just about everything from Marti Noxon to...well, every major storyline of BtVS and Angel, ever. Oh, and the authors? Do not like Connor. At all. But it's the funniest script-fic I've ever read.
Link to the story: Bastard Snow and Drake Tepes

Claim: BtVS: Xander Harris
Title: A Part of This Complete Breakfast
Author: The Mad Poetess
Characters: Xander/Spike
Prompt: Established Relationship
Rating: NC-17
Length: Medium
Brief summary: Mostly a PWP (Xander and Spike have sex in the kitchen, with spanking), but there's ensemble stuff after the sex. The whole thing's just light-hearted and fun.
Link to the story: A Part of This Complete Breakfast
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Claim: BtVS: Xander Harris
Title: A Free Man in Rome
Author: Tesla
Characters: Xander
Prompt: Character Study
Rating: PG
Length: Short
Brief summary: Xander, waiting at a coffee shop in Rome for an unspecified lady-love, sits and ponders. It's just a brief little introspection, but it rings true.
Link to the story: A Free Man in Rome

Claim: BtVS: Xander Harris
Title: The History of Humor in the 20th Century
Author: Liz Marcs
Characters: Xander, Faith
Prompt: Humor
Rating: PG-13
Length: Medium
Brief summary: Part of a series, but stands alone. A Faith POV story in which she and Xander bond over TV Land, post-Chosen. The voices are right and the whole thing's just...endearing.
Link to the story: The History of Humor in the 20th Century
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Claim: BtVS: Xander Harris
Title: Repossession
Author: Lazuli
Characters: Xander/Spike
Prompt: Hurt/Comfort
Rating: NC-17
Length: Epic
Brief summary: There's something you should keep in mind when starting this story: It's 124 chapters. Think about how much angst and torture you'd put in an h/c fic of that length...and then double it. That's not a criticism, by the way; if it's not your thing, though, you should know that up front. This story's Xander has been away from Sunnydale for years, and grown up a lot. But he never completely moved on, as we see when a mute, injured, amnesiac Spike shows up practically at his door.
Link to the story: Repossession

Claim: BtVS: Xander Harris
Title: Throwing Shapes
Author: Anna S.
Characters: Xander/Spike
Prompt: Fandom Cliche
Rating: NC-17
Length: Epic
Brief summary: (Fandom Cliche: Amnesia) This story is...God, it's pretty. And even with amnesia, Spike and Xander are utterly, utterly themselves.Read More )
Link to the story: Throwing Shapes
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Claim: BtVS: Xander Harris
Title: Facing the Heart in Darkness (WiP)
Author: Liz Marcs
Characters: Xander, OCs
Prompt: Original Character
Rating: PG-13
Length: Epic
Brief summary: My love for this story cannot be textually rendered. Even though, on the surface, it looks like it should be horrible. It's narrated by an original female character, who's a coward, hates Xander, and (as the author's said) suffers from the delusion that she's in an Bronte novel. And yet, awesome. Part of it's the fact that the story's written as if it's Eva's memoirs, so we get to see that she won't always be insufferable. But a lot of it's the universe the story takes place in, where a post-Chosen Xander is in Africa, training Slayers, and smack in the middle of a schism in the Council. It also has the most horrifyingly logical explanation for the Cruciamentum I've ever heard. And there's nifty Slayer lore and smart villains and the whole thing leaves me torn between: 1) smacking Eva in the face, bunches, 'til she shapes up, 2) squealing incoherently of my chest-bursting love for Xander, all grown-up and loyal and clever and flawed and still awesome beyond the telling of it, and 3) shouting "Viva la revolution!", because Roger Wyndham-Pryce and his nasty little cabal are getting put down and hard and I can't freaking wait.
Link to the story: Facing the Heart in Darkness
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Claim: BtVS: Xander Harris
Title: Lover's Reciprocation
Author: M. McGregor
Characters: Xander/Buffy, Faith, Cordelia
Prompt: Kink
Rating: NC-17
Length: Epic
Brief summary: One of the most interesting AUs I've ever read. Okay, and also one of the porniest. In two universes, Xander and Buffy get hit by a spell. A spell that requires them to have sex. A lot. In universe A, Xander is the victim of the curse; in universe B, Buffy is the victim. And then there are wacky hijinks and D/s and polyamory. And of course, True Love.
Link to the story: Lover's Reciprocation