Written for Seasonal Spuffy. Spike kisses Buffy at the end of Out of My Mind and wakes up panting and in horror at the revelation that follows…but not in this reality, when it wasn’t a dream at all. This is season five as it could have been, as Buffy struggles with her attraction to Spike and the feelings that inevitably follow.

When Buffy steps out of the Bronze one night for some air, she's hurtled into a new world that will change her irrevocably...as will the blond vampire lurking in the shadows...

During Normal Again, Spike’s the one who’s affected by the demon. But this is a different kind of demon, and to Buffy’s dismay and Xander’s not-quite-horror, Spike suddenly finds himself madly in love with Xander…

[Crossover with Angel] Still reeling from their victory over the First, the Scoobies are forced to flee when they discover that the rest of the world has been brainwashed by Jasmine. While Buffy and Spike try desperately to understand what they mean to each other, the other Scoobies begin to disappear from their mysterious stronghold into a world that may prove to be the one thing that can finally defeat them...