When a carefree college student runs into a strange man in a club, she soon realizes that there’s more to him than meets the eye. Alternate Reality – Buffy is not the Slayer.

Rewrite of Pangs - While cleaning up Spike’s wounds, following the battle with the spirits, Buffy realizes that there may be more than meets the eye when it comes to the blonde vampire. When Spike reminds her of a simple fact, something happens that may allow their relationship to take a different turn.

Directly following the battle in Not Fade Away, Spike finds himself in a strange place, being tended to by the one person he thought he’d never see again.

On a quest to win back his dark princess, Spike plans on resorting to magic, if that's what it takes. What he doesn't expect is for something to go terribly wrong, causing the spell to target the one girl he's meant to hate. How will Buffy react when the spell is lifted and she finds herself in a compromising position?