Mid-Season 5, Buffy's got some kinks she needs worked out. Lucky for her, Spike's got the gift of healing. / Originally published in 2002

It takes fourteen years, liquid courage, and more than a little persuasion to earn a "yes," and just a spare bit of gossip to make her want to take it back.

"I don't need it," Peeta says firmly. "I don't want anything from you." And it's not true, there are things he wants from Katniss; her smile, her laugh, her warm breath on his neck, her body moving beneath his in the dark. But he doesn't want them as part of an exchange. He wants them because she wants him to have them. (AU - Gale dies in the Hunger Games.)

He thought they made an odd pair, the two of them. The oddness, he thought sadly, surely rested with him. Katniss thought they were perfect. He was perfect. Modern day AU.

Katniss has started being intimate with Peeta, but there are still a few barriers she needs to break through to fully enjoy herself. A suggestion from Dr. Aurelius may be just what she needs. Post-Mockingjay, masturbation/mutual masterbation. Written for Everlarkrecs Dirty December Week 3.

So...what did Katniss and Peeta do at the end of their day alone before the Quarter Quell? You know what they did. And here it is. A romantic, realistic story about what might have happened that night.

The victim of a spell gone awry, Buffy finds herself trapped in Victorian London, where she meets a man surprisingly familiar to her. Winner of twenty-seven awards, including three Best WIPs. Thanks to all who review!