Willow Gets Help (Author's Choice) by SpindleKitten +19
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Categories: Season 6
Characters: Buffy, Dawn, Giles, Spike, Tara
Summary:

At the end of Wrecked, Willow breaks down and tells Buffy that she needs help. What if, rather than assisting with the cold turkey approach, Buffy remembered that Giles had had some issues with dark magic in his teens and calls him to ask for advice on how best to help Willow. 

If Willow is taken in by the Devon coven at this point, she is ready to accept help but hasn't been truly broken by the deaths of Tara and Warren. How will this affect the future for the rest of the Scoobies? 

Will Tara escape death because she didn't spend a lazy morning in bed with Willow? Will she instead be downstairs and able to use healing magic to stop Buffy dying from the gunshot wound? What will happen with Warren? 

And, most importantly, how will not having to deal with all the Willow drama change Buffy's relationship with Spike?