The Hellmouth is closed, Anya and Spike are dead, and the remaining gang is scattered far and wide. Xander's lost in the heart of Africa, seeking an impossible demon. What he finds, instead, is a shaman, a vision quest...and a secret: If only Buffy and Spike had been joined together in unconditional love, they all could have been saved.

Buffy and Spike died miserable and alone. Dawn is going to fix that. So what if she has to break the laws of physics and the temporal prime directive to do it?

You can't always get what you want, unless, of course, you're drinking with a vengeance demon. Buffy, quite be accident makes a wish that has consequences she never imagined. Creating an alternative reality, she soon discovers that the love that once so disgusted her, a love she took for granted had really meant the world to her. Wildly AU after 'Tabula Rasa.' Must read summary.