Categories: Season 3, Alternate Reality, Episode Rewrite
Characters: Angel, Buffy, Ensemble, Spike
Summary:
In season 4, Oz left Willow and for a long time she was distraught. Then she met Tara and moved on from Oz fairly quickly, so that by the time he returned she didn’t want to get back together with him.
I thought: What if Buffy had moved on from Angel that quickly, and in a similar way?
There must be a rewrite of “Lovers Walk” in which Willow’s spell goes wrong and Angel almost forces himself on Buffy. Angel leaves in order to find a way to secure his soul.
Spike can't return until “Amends”, and Buffy lets him hang because she knows how he feels.
A relationship builds between the two - but then Angel returns in the episode “The Prom” with a secured soul just as the relationship is starting to get serious.
Angel should go to Africa like Spike did in canon.
By this time, Buffy has realized that she no longer loves Angel.
Spike can point out that Buffy and Angel’s few months together are nothing compared to his and Drusilla’s century of love.
Spike should give Buffy a confidence boost during “Helpless”.
A story told in a series of 500 word drabbles.
Written for the Elysian Fields 2022 Challenge Month. Banner by me.
Artists: Wonder and Ashes
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Ensemble
Genres: Drama, Fix-It, HEA/HFN, POV, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Attempted Rape, Attempted Suicide, Buffy/Other (Temp), Spike/Other (Temp), Violence
Challenges: Buffy & Willow Relationship Similarities (Author's Choice of Name)
Event: April Challenge 2022
Completed: Yes Chapters: 30 Table of Contents
Word count: 15,000 Hit Count: 22,033 ePub Downloads: 113
Published: April 14, 2022 Updated: May 13, 2022