This is "Ice Cream" by Maz. http://spanderfiles.com/arvs/maz/icecream.html
It may or may not be what you're looking for, but it's definitely before School Hard.

You may also want to check out Sorrel's "Carpe Noctem" here: http://www.angelfire.com/fang/journals/arvs/sorrel/arvs/carpenoctem.html

Seriously, what would we do without Spanderfiles? I do not know.

Lol. SpanderFiles is awesome, isn't it?

I've already read both of those and enjoyed them very much. But thanks for the links!

Oh, NEW. Well... that does make it trickier. Good luck!

Not new--esoteric might be a more appropriate word. It's a fic I'm sure I read a bit ago on FF.net, wasn't even that good, but it's killing me that I can't find it again. Normally I bring out my Google-fu and track it down in minutes, but... not this one.

I was hoping for a nice big pile for me to pick through. I'm sure it's not on SpanderFiles, or any of the rec lists I've found... Honestly, I don't even know how I found it in the first place. I never take random ventures over to The Pit.

Anyway. Thanks for trying!

I know someone mentioned how much SpanderFiles.com rocked so I'm not sure if this is one you read (or even looking for) but Amejisuto's "Thrill Me" verse popped into my head at your description of looking for diverges of the season.

And here is a link: http://spanderfiles.com/arvs/amejisuto/thrill.html


Granted this one isn't quite what your looking for it does become AU after 'School Hard' with Spike coming back early and being part of the cast. It would be Xandercordy1's "Amends, Friendship, and Moving On".

Found here: http://spanderfiles.com/arvs/xandercordy1/afamo.html

I've pretty much hit up SpanderFiles to the point of exhaustion, so I've already read those, but they're awesome nonetheless.

Thanks for the recs!