My brain amuses me.

So Perfect World, which is finished, and posted, and which I never have to ponder again, was to be my last big fanfic hurrah, right? Officially, at least -- nevermind the scene I posted recently because I've already talked myself out of that fic ... for the most part. And also, Dancing Lessons doesn't count. Anyway. The point is, I am officially at-least-semi-retired from writing fanfic, and my writing priority (again, not counting DL) is my novel. It is, dammit! Which I had to remind my brain rather insistently when it assaulted me with a brand new fic idea as soon as I woke up this morning. "Fine!" my brain eventually relented, and I thought the matter over. But then all day long it kept showing me scenes and plot variations and spiffy dialogue and doing all it could do to plead this story's case. But no! I am strong! I will not succumb to the lure of the pretty fic idea! I have a novel to write, for which I could actually get paid and begin a career!

Okay, I lie. I'm not strong. I'm very, very weak. As such I'm going to attempt to remove temptation by offering up this idea as a challenge, because if I know it's being done by others that will (theoretically) ruin the appeal of writing it for me. So here's the basic premise: Buffy becomes ill, and the only cure involves "blood and ash from one [vampire] whose kiss [the victim] has known" (and by the by, feel free to word this better; but you get the idea). Spike initially offers himself up, but they figure out that "kiss" means "bite" and as such he's not a candidate. Once everybody convinces Spike that he can't kill Angel to save Buffy, he (and whoever wants to go with him) sets out to hunt down Dracula. My only rule is that it must be pro-redemption and that it cannot be anti-S/B. It needn't necessarily be 'shippy, but no proselytizing about how they should never be together, ever. Also, no slash. I guess that's actually three rules. But they're easy rules.

Please let me know if you decide to take this on so that my brain can stop trying to write this fic behind my back. Thank you.