Sleepflower
by Prophecy Girl
Character Study; S5
I thought I'd recced this in my very first batch, can't believe I missed it. Twist on Lolita. This is a short piece that does anything but romanticize a twenty-something man's guilty obsession for his girlfriend's little sister. Is Dawn playing a dangerous game, or are the come-ons all in Riley's head? Creepy subject matter, but I liked this a lot.

The Stealing Sky
by SeraC
Angst; Character Study; post-The Gift
Riley comes back to Sunnydale. Some lovely choices of words in this.

You Who Never Arrived
by M. Phoenix
Angst; Romance; AU
AU after The Gift. Dawn and Riley are together, far away from Sunnydale, and it can't last. I love the slow unravelling of the magic.

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