Original fiction and poetry may be found in Duck and Cover in the projects section.

The following stories are works of fanfiction by Bella Temple. They tend to run a bipolar gamut between extreme silliness and extreme angst. Read at your own discretion.

Stories are arranged by title.

The Alpha and the Omega 0~1~2~3 unfinished: on hiatus
category: BtVS, multiple parts
timeframe: Seventh season, post "First Date"
characters: Xander, ensemble
warnings: religious imagery, adult language, some violence
rating: Teen/Adult
summary: Due to a very slight alteration in season 7's "First Date", the Other First plays its hand.

Best You've Ever Seen
category: BtVS, Song Drabble
timeframe: Post "Chosen"
characters: Dawn, Andrew, Buffy
warnings: crossdressing
rating: Teen
summary: Dawn and Andrew have fashion fun to a song from Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Cemetery Tales
category: BtVS, Drabble series
timeframe: Post "Chosen"
characters: Buffy, Willow, Dawn, Giles, Faith, Andrew, Xander
warnings: dark
rating: Teen
summary: Five Halloween drabbles

Fanon Fodder 0~1~2~3~4~5~6~7 unfinished
category: BtVS, crossover (multiple), multiple parts
timeframe: Post "Chosen"
characters: Xander, OCs, others from multiple fandoms
warnings: satire, silliness, adult language, some violence, drug use
rating: Teen/Adult
summary: Xander has been chosen as a champion in the Masters of the Multi-verse competition. This is not a good thing.

Hiccups
category: BtVS
timeframe: Sixth Season, post "Wrecked"
characters: Ensemble
warnings: Silliness
rating: Teen
summary: Take one recovering magic addict. Take a common yet chaotic and uncontralable malady. Mix them together. . . .

In the Middle: Alive
category: BtVS
timeframe: pre-series
characters: Willow, Xander, Jesse
warnings: none
rating: teen
summary: before Buffy, before high school, there was middle school. On a hellmouth

Left My Love Incognito unfinished: on hiatus
category: BtVS/Alias crossover
timeframe: Post "Chosen", post season 4 of Alias
characters: Weiss, Marshall, Jack, Xander, others
warnings: probably too unweildy to be believed
rating: adult
summary: Vaughn is comatose. Sydney is missing. Jack has a lead, which isn't such good news for Xander and the Watcher's Council

Leprechaun
category: BtVS, crossover (Gnome Man's Land trilogy by Esther Freisner)
timeframe: Post "Chosen", Post Unicorn U
characters: Buffy, Giles, Willow, Xander, Tim Desmond, Teleri, Master Runyun
warnings: omigod, I'm so sorry.... it wouldn't leave me alone.... BAD PUNS
rating: Teen
summary: It seemed like it would just be a nice, relaxing vacation in Ireland. Of course, that would be too easy for the Scoobies. . . .

The Mercy Seat 0~1~2~3~4~5 unfinished
category: BtVS, multiple parts
timeframe: Post "Chosen"
characters: Xander, ensemble
warnings: violence, character death, adult language, drug use
rating: Adult
sumamry: One moment, Xander is in Johannesburg. The next, he's back in Sunnydale. Soon, he finds himself questioning good, evil, slayers, the nature of prophesy, and his own sanity.

The Miraculous Love Life of Pigwidgeon
category: BtVS/HP crossover
timeframe: Post "Chosen"/Post Half-Blood Prince spoiler free!
characters: Pigwidgeon, Ron, Hermione, Harry, Willow, Xander
warnings: silly
rating: Teen
summary: Pigwidgeon meets his "one true love".

Music of Pain
category: BtVS, song-drabble
timeframe: Post "Chosen"
characters: Willow, Dawn, Xander
warnings: none
rating: Teen
summary: In an effort to help Xander recover from the events of Chosen, Willow and Dawn go after his music collection.

Peace Treaty
category: BtVS
timeframe: Third season, post "Dead Man's Party"
characters: Buffy, Xander
warnings: none
rating: Teen
summary: Buffy reacts to "the lie". For once, no one gets hospitalized.

The Power of Cheese
category: BtVS, ficathon entry
timeframe: Post "Chosen"
characters: Dawn
warnings: Character death, silliness
rating: Teen
summary: Written for the "death by" ficathon: Dawn has her own calling.

Proof of Giants unfinished: on hiatus
category: BtVS, multiple parts, song fic
timeframe: Post "Chosen"
characters: ensemble
warnings: character death
rating: Teen
summary: Connected vignettes set to various They Might Be Giants songs, leading to an ultimate conclusion.

Quick Stop
category: BtVS, crossover drabble
timeframe: Post "Chosen"
characters: Faith, Robin Wood
warnings: none
rating: Teen
summary: Faith stops for cigarettes in New Jersey

Sweet Sixteen unfinished: on hiatus
category: BtVS, AU
timeframe: Early season 7
characters: Xander, Buffy, Dawn
warnings: none
rating: teen
summary: High school is hell. Especially the second time around.

Tangent
category: BtVS, semi-crossover, semi-AU
timeframe: end of season six
characters: Tara
warnings: broken narrative, dark
rating: adult
summary: excerpts from the diary of Tara McClay

The V-Word
category: BtVS, ficathon entry
timeframe: Fifth season, post "Triangle"
characters: Xander, Anya, Willow
warnings: explicit sex, adult language, silliness
rating: Adult
summary: Xander and Anya take in a little feminist theatre. Written for PAL-athon, nominated for a White Knight award.

Viole(n)t Eye unfinished: on hiatus
category: BtVS
timeframe: post "Chosen" and shortly after "The Witch"
characters: Xander, Willow, Buffy, Giles
warnings: dark imagery
rating: adult
summary: What the hell does "the one who sees" MEAN, anyway?

Whistling in the Dark unfinished: on hiatus
category: BtVS, multiple parts
timeframe: post "Chosen"
characters: Xander, Buffy
warnings: angst
rating: adult
summary: One deals by always moving, one deals by never moving at all

Why Faith Can't Be a Pirate
category: BtVS
timeframe: Post "Chosen"
characters: Faith, Xander
warnings: absurdity, pirate-talk, foul language
rating: teen
summary: Written for International Talk Like a Pirate Day. It all started the day Faith came downstairs in the morning to find Andrew wearing pantaloons.

The WIP meme
category: nonFic
timeframe: varies
characters: vary
warnings: silliness
rating: teen
summary: a humorous sneak peak into my various works-in-progress.