Summary: In response to one of Tempestt's Challenges --- A late night conversation on a front porch sets into motion events that will turn Spike, Buffy, and the entire Buffyverse as we know it on it's head. A world where everything isn't so black and white. Eventual Spuffy but It's gonna be a bumpy ride.

Categories: Season 2, Season 3, Alternate Reality, Challenge Response
Characters: Buffy, Dawn, Spike
Genres: None
Warnings: Character Death
Challenges: Author's Choice
Completed: No Chapters: 15
Word count: 50,874 Hit Count: 22,257 ePub Downloads: 96
Published: September 18, 2014 Updated: May 20, 2015


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1. Chapter 1 by TieDyeJackson - Likes: 10 Comments: 10 Word Count: 3,656 Hit Count: 3,779 Published: September 18, 2014

2. Chapter 2 by TieDyeJackson - Likes: 5 Comments: 4 Word Count: 3,771 Hit Count: 1,747 Published: October 01, 2014
Thank you to the wonderful Tempestt for putting up with my horrible grammar and my crazy ideas for the last two chapters and I'm sad to see you go as my Beta but I understand when RL gets in the way lol.

3. Chapter 3 by TieDyeJackson - Likes: 7 Comments: 6 Word Count: 3,117 Hit Count: 1,452 Published: October 07, 2014
Special thanks goes to the_bronze for being my new beta and thanks again to tempestt for the wonderful challenge.

4. Chapter 4 by TieDyeJackson - Likes: 7 Comments: 6 Word Count: 2,971 Hit Count: 1,345 Published: October 12, 2014

5. Chapter 5 by TieDyeJackson - Likes: 5 Comments: 4 Word Count: 3,729 Hit Count: 1,443 Published: October 20, 2014
All praise to beta the_bronze for everything she does to help me

6. Chapter 6 by TieDyeJackson - Likes: 5 Comments: 5 Word Count: 4,492 Hit Count: 1,423 Published: November 02, 2014
Many thanks go to my wonderful Beta the_bronze as alwaysd

7. Chapter 7 by TieDyeJackson - Likes: 3 Comments: 5 Word Count: 4,113 Hit Count: 1,426 Published: November 19, 2014
great thanks goes to my lovely beta the_bronze

8. Chapter 8 by TieDyeJackson - Likes: 4 Comments: 4 Word Count: 2,604 Hit Count: 1,292 Published: December 10, 2014
Thanks as always to that wonderful breath of fresh air , my beta the_bronze.

This one is a little short but I found it too dark and I was happy to leave any scenes involving our current main cast in limbo because they are just the right amount of happy right now to shield them from the Whedoning which they will endure shortly,

9. Chapter 9 by TieDyeJackson - Likes: 6 Comments: 6 Word Count: 2,347 Hit Count: 1,396 Published: January 05, 2015
As always, my eternal love and gratitude go out towards my beta the_bronze. Had a bit of the Holiday blahs, sorry for the shortness but I wanted to get it out before you forgot about me lol.

10. Chapter 10 by TieDyeJackson - Likes: 9 Comments: 7 Word Count: 4,041 Hit Count: 1,260 Published: January 19, 2015

11. Chapter 11 by TieDyeJackson - Likes: 9 Comments: 5 Word Count: 3,761 Hit Count: 1,237 Published: January 26, 2015

12. Tara's Story by TieDyeJackson - Likes: 8 Comments: 7 Word Count: 1,614 Hit Count: 1,129 Published: February 02, 2015
This chapter is unbetaed, no offence to my beautiful beta, the_bronze, but this is a little aside ficlet to get people up to speed with where this Tara has come from. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it

13. Chapter 13 by TieDyeJackson - Likes: 10 Comments: 7 Word Count: 3,661 Hit Count: 1,165 Published: February 10, 2015

14. Chapter 14 by TieDyeJackson - Likes: 10 Comments: 8 Word Count: 3,473 Hit Count: 1,073 Published: February 25, 2015

15. Chapter 15 by TieDyeJackson - Likes: 13 Comments: 6 Word Count: 3,524 Hit Count: 1,089 Published: May 20, 2015
Back from the dead, better than ever. Life and writers block got in the way, all apologies . As always, the_bronze is the sun to my previously unbetaed existence.