I have no idea who is even reading my posts at this point, but for the sake of all humanity and fandom, drop what you are doing, and go read "The Ties That Bind" fic by
thisiszircon, now! The first 14 of 20 chapters are already online, with the remaining being posted daily. I am seriously drooling over plot (attention to detail... wowser!) and characterization and B/G smoldering, believable, post-s7 goodness. Go. Now.
PS~ So many seem to be 'coming back around' right now. What is it? For me, it was knowing Giles' fate in the comicverse (I refuse to call it canon). I needed to know there were better endings out there, so right now, post-Chosen is my crack. Will accept recs.