Ah, so we're talking about Spike trying to rape Buffy and then their relationship and that she said "I love you" afterwards. So the AR was before he went and got himself resouled. I haven't seen the latter episodes as often and am not as up on that part of the series.

Word of warning: Ash's stories are heavily into non-con / rape. If that's not your thing, give them a go. I mentioned them as an example of where my Giles fic might go. I'll possibly write that one but I'm also thinking of writing another where he's a more BtVS type Big Bad. I'm just not sure how that one's going to work yet.