It's Just a Jump to the Left

Fanfiction
Title:	It's Just a Jump to the Left
Author(s):	kimberly_a
Date(s):	2004 or earlier
Length:	37,401
Genre(s):	Time Loop
Fandom(s):	Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Relationship(s):
External Links:	Nothing Like The Sun (archived link), The Spander Files, Ao3
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It's Just a Jump to the Left is a Buffy the Vampire Slayer fic by kimberly_a pairing Spike/Xander. It has a sequel called Late Night Double Feature and together these stories are called the jump!verse. This is a alternate season 6 Time Loop story.

It's Just a Jump to the Left, was originally posted at kimberley_a's personal website Nothing Like The Sun, which also doubled up as a Spuffy fanfic archive. This story was also posted at Fanfiction.net and The Spander Files, and was archived by the author at Ao3 in 2013

Summary

During the summer after Buffy's death after the end of Season 5, Xander finds himself stuck in some kind of time loop with Spike. How can Xander stop the time loop? And what is causing it?

A description of the wider Jump!Verse at Nothing Like The Sun:

A series of NC-17 related fics (two stories currently, but with the intention of more to come), beginning with a bit of a "Groundhog Day" type of time loop problem and then extending to the longterm effects it causes between Spike and Xander. Set in an alternate Season 6 in which Buffy was not raised from the dead.

Reviews and Reception

I saw this story rec'ced on LJ today, and have read it in one go. Or

rather, inhaled it. What a great read - spot-on Xander voice, lots of demony action, humour, and above all a solid plot... (it doesn't hurt that it hits on my favourite plot kink, says the fangirl who watched Groundhog Day eight times ). And I absolutely loved the ending. And the nuances in the S/X relationship. Heck, I loved every bit

about it.