The challenge was: What if Spike, rather than Riley, saved Buffy at the beginning of Fool For Love?

While under her Will Be Done spell, Willow just happened to say “I don’t care about anything,” and as a result, wanders blithely off as a vengeance demon. Spike and Buffy are left to protect a threatened Xander and a blind Giles while under the effect of a powerful love charm. But all is not happy in paradise – they’re still constantly fighting, and Angel is determined to end the spell they’re under. In a desperate attempt to collect the tattered remains of all their lives, ex-watcher Wesley Windham-Pryce is called in to try and play marriage counselor between the vampire and the slayer. Not entirely as crack fic or as fluffy as the premise would suggest, though it starts funny.

One year after Chosen the Scoobies are rebuilding their lives and the Watcher's Council in upstate California. What happens when Spike comes back?

Post Chosen, Buffy and the Scoobies are regrouping and head to LA for Angel's assistance. Angel's all too happy to help, figuring he'll get the Buffy cookies when they're baked. But he fails to take into account that she's mourning the love of her life - and it isn't him. What's he going to do about it?