Title: Skin on Skin

Author: NautiBitz (nautibitz.com/contact.html)

Show | Pairing | Rating: Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Spike/Buffy | NC-17/M (not for kids)

Summary: Mid-Season 5, Buffy's got some kinks she needs worked out. Lucky for her, Spike's got the gift of healing.

Timeline: Season 5, somewhere between 'Into The Woods' and 'Blood Ties.' Riley has left, Spike hasn't declared his love, and Buffy's mom is still alive and well.

Originally Published/Completed: September 2001/April 2002 (Revised: Sept. 2007)

Genres: Smut, Romance, Comedy, Awesomeness

Length: 6 chapters | 10,506 words

Awards Won: "Best Romance - 2nd Place" from the Shades of Grey Awards. See 'em in all their shiny glory here.

Author's Note: I wrote the bulk of this story in early Fall 2001, then put it aside once the new season started. Any similarities to dialog and/or content actually used in Season 6 is mostly coincidental.

Distribution: Links only, please. Do not reprint. Do not post translations. Thanks!

Disclaimer: Buffy, Spike and Sunnydale, et al, are property of Mutant Enemy and 20th Century Fox Film Corporation. I merely use them as pawns in my perverse fantasies, and sometimes for chores.

Rights: I do not own these characters or the worlds they inhabit. However, the text I have written is not YOURS to paste into your own fic in any way, shape or form. That is called plagiarism, and it is not cool. Not that YOU would ever do that, because YOU are awesome. Obviously. :)

Feedback: Like magical Spike hands on the soul.