o-bugger.livejournal.comI keep looking all over for a time travel fic but I can't remember the author or title. Buffy from after Chosen is sent back to some time in Season Six, but I can't remember exactly when.
The scene that really stands out to me is when she and Spike are making love. Afterwards the vampire is scenting her hair, her skin, apologizing when he realizes she's awake and tells her that the demon is memorizing her so he'll always know her. So that he won't "hurt the girl" and using that phrase reminds Buffy of when he got his soul for her and how horrified and ashamed and desperate he was to not "hurt the girl" again. She tells him she knows he won't.
It's been so long, I don't even remember if it's a WIP or not when I read it, but I wanted to read that fic again because I know Buffy kept thinking about Spike after he got the soul and thinking it was ok that he didn't have it, because he could love her and the demon wouldn't hurt her, soul or not. If anyone recognizes this, please post!