Written for the "Called" Challenge at EF. An unexpected phone call from Angel to Giles, which is answered by Xander, leads to Angel learning about Buffy and Spike's engagement. With predictable results. Goes off-canon as Buffy determines to protect Spike from his vengeful grandsire, who she has decided is very much a thing of her past. It takes her a while to convince Angel of that fact...

“Yeah, Spike always was a romantic,” Angel said with scorn. He glanced at Buffy. “It’s not love,” he pointed out. Buffy and Angel spy on Spike and Drusilla out and about. Set in season 2, after "Lie To Me".

Summary: written for Good__Evil’s Evil Buffy month. Buffy comes home after having been missing overnight. She’s different - and not all that unhappy about it. Turns out, a soul can keep you from being evil, but it can’t make you good… Many thanks to always_jbj who conquered a bad headache to look this over and catch me in my plot holes. :)